Archive for the 'B2B 3.0' Category

The Sourcing Maniacs 2008 Vendor Tour Part 21: Vinimaya

Today’s post has been broken down into vacuity, vindication, and veil. Vacuity Wakko I never imagined a Stampede could be so much fun! Editor’s note: the maniacs took a little detour […]

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e-Procurement is All about Content

e-Procurement, the counterpart to e-Sourcing that starts where e-Sourcing ends and ends where e-Sourcing begins (as outlined in It’s Sourcing AND Procurement), is the “e” implementation of the procurement cycle that is concerned with the requisitioning, receiving, and reconciliation of received goods, as opposed to the analysis, auction, and strategic award that takes place in […]

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A Good Supply Chain is Agile … and Powered by B2B 3.0!

Perfect Financial Storm Shutters SuppliersCommunistic Leader Closes BordersHurricane Hades Shutters East Coast PortToothpaste Terrorizes Teeth … Millions TaintedMelamine Mauls Mutts … Thousands DeadSpinach Salmonella Kills HundredsHow many times have we seen these headlines in recent years? Too Many. How many times in the past year has a crises like this affected your average […]

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Content Enablement Technologies Enable e-Procurement 3.0

Like it’s predecessors in the series, this latest white paper on how Content Enablement Technologies Enable e-Procurement 3.0 is about B2B 3.0 (Business-to-Business 3.0), the next generation of technology for the enterprise that generates value throughout the supply chain, and how it enables e-Procurement 3.0, which is the only implementation of e-Procurement technology that is […]

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Web 2.0 is Dead! Good thing B2B 3.0 Takes Business Intelligence Out of IT’s Hands and Into Yours

Loren Feldman of 1938 Media is right! Web 2.0 is Dead! Good thing there’s B2B 3.0 to pick up the slack!Scanning through the past few months of ZDNet’s Tech archives, I came across this commentary by Sid Probstein, CTO of Attivio, one of the many companies popping up in the “semantic web” and […]

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Simplifying B2B for Suppliers Enables Buyers

As an enterprise software user, you’re tired of hearing about “Web 2.0″ because, despite all of the buzz it has generated for the last few years, and all of the “value” it has delivered to consumers through Amazon, Google Apps, and Facebook, it hasn’t done a single thing for you. And it’s good that […]

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