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Fascinating public information now available from the SEC

This week, the SEC documents from Ariba filing of the recent acquisitions, were made public. Wow, they are packed full with incredible information. For those that do not enjoy reading financial filings, here are some of the gorey details of the string of acquisitions that led us to today.

Procuri was losing money and not getting [...]

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Global economy buckles – spend management…?

Apparently, it is showing major cracks too, although I will only speak for others as Iasta will be clocking in some pretty good numbers in 2008.
First, there were the rumors about major problems at Emptoris. A week before this post come online, I knew something was going on, as I got 4 resumes from [...]

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The first casualty of recession is long term planning

With everyone talking recession, I’ve been asking colleagues over the past couple of weeks whether they’d rather be Coupa or Ariba in this economic climate. Almost unanimously, my colleagues have said Ariba because it’s better to be a more well-known brand in a down-turned economy, but I’m not so sure. Like a body, when an [...]

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