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6 thoughts on what the SAP purchase of Ariba might mean

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 [...]

SAP announces it will acquire Ariba for $4.3 billion

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 [...]

Winners of corporate tickets and free places…

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 [...]

Exploring the e-invoicing landscape at Sibos

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 [...]

Clerkenwell – home to sharedserviceslink.com

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 [...]

Are you making the most of your shared services community?

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 [...]

Have you paid us a visit lately?

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 [...]

Happy birthday sharedserviceslink.com!

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 [...]


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