Posted by: susiewest on: May 23, 2012
We have had about 12 hours for the SAP/Ariba news to sink in. And now the market players are beginning to think about the ramifications. Here are 6 thoughts on what this acquisition means: 1. It’s good and bad for other P2P/e-invoicing networks. Good because SAP bought Ariba for 10 x revenue. This is partly because of [...]
Posted by: susiewest on: May 22, 2012
Have you heard the news? The favoured child of the shared services world, SAP, has just announced it will be buying cloud-based business commerce network Ariba. The buy-price is stated to be $4.3 billion and SAP’s subsidiary, SAP America Inc., is offering $45 per share for the platform. The plan is to close the deal during the [...]
Posted by: sharedserviceslink on: May 22, 2012
Last month we ran a survey amongst our members to assess our website and the services we provide. We have been overwhelmed with the response we received, and we would like to thank all of you who participated. The feedback will help us improve our website and the services we provide to you in the [...]
Posted by: Sandra on: August 15, 2011
Sibos is one of the biggest events in the financial services’ calendar and we’ve just announced that this year it will welcome Susie West to its panel debate on e-invoicing in Toronto. The session will explore the evolving landscape for electronic invoicing, in particular how collaboration between banks, solution providers and corporates is crucial to [...]
Posted by: Sandra on: May 4, 2011
Those of you with eagle eyes will have spotted a small but significant change on the sharedserviceslink.com website yesterday. After two years in the bustle of the City next to the wonderful Spitalfields market, we’ve relocated to new and bigger offices a short step away in Clerkenwell. With more space to breathe and grow, we [...]
Posted by: Sandra on: January 24, 2011
We’ve just hit 500 members on our sharedserviceslink.com LinkedIn group! We are proud of the people we’ve attacted to this group so thank you if you’re a member and do join if you’ve yet to. This milestone also promtps me to ask, how do you like to interact with your peers in a virtual community such as [...]
Posted by: Sandra on: November 19, 2010
We don’t normally like to brag at sharedserviceslink.com, but we’re quietly proud of reaching the latest milestone in our journey as we launch our revamped website today. Our old site wasn’t doing full justice to the depth of knowledge and insight available. So, after running a user survey earlier this year and taking on board [...]
Posted by: susiewest on: October 1, 2010
Yesterday the team at sharedserviceslink.com celebrated the company’s third birthday! Drinking Champagne and feasting on a huge carrot cake, we became a little reminiscent. The company started life in September 2007 from my London flat. Ricardo Molina, Marketing Director, was the second team member to join and for the first six months he and I [...]