Archive for the ‘North America’ Category
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 [...]
Welcoming several industry solution providers this month (and how we really do care)
Posted by: susiewest on: February 1, 2012
We have had a great start to 2012 in signing many key industry solution providers to support our events and webinars through sponsorship this month. We welcome all these companies who are helping to drive the most relevant information we provide to our members: Ariba Avid Exchange BancTec Certipost Fundtech Invest in Lithuania Invest Northern [...]
Accounts payable: it’s a jungle out there…
Posted by: Sandra on: May 18, 2011
When Matt and Susie said they were going to Fusion 2011 in Orlando, we didn’t realise the extent of the risks they would face. We knew that a trip to Florida could bring with it alligator encounters. We didn’t, however, anticipate that they would need rescuing from the accounts-payable jungle by Indiana Jones! Thank goodness [...]
The direction for North American shared services? Upbeat and value-driven
Posted by: Sandra on: May 6, 2011
The panel of speakers on our webinar yesterday couldn’t have been better placed to discuss the future direction for finance shared services and outsourcing in North America. Their pace and energy was matched by the audience’s contributions to poll questions that made this one of our most upbeat and knowledge-packed sessions this year. Deborah Kops [...]
