by Robert Solomon | Feb 7, 2014 | B2B Software, Media
Two more enterprise SaaS plays plan to go public: Paylocity and The Rubicon Project. Paylocity is not a network or Industry Cloud play, it is a SaaS payroll and Human Capital Management (HCM) application targeted squarely at the mid-market–companies with 20 to...
by Robert Solomon | Feb 5, 2014 | Airlines, Automobile, CPG/Retail, Healthcare, Industry Cloud
GHX, one of the early industry marketplace consortia (2000 anyone?), announced today that it had been acquired by Thoma Bravo a PE Firm. GHX was originally a consortium of suppliers to the healthcare industry–sort of the opposite of a GPO. Over time GHX added...
by Robert Solomon | Feb 5, 2014 | Construction, Uncategorised
When facilities maintenance software attracts a $100 million investment, you know enterprise software is hot. Don’t get me wrong, facilities management software is a fairly interesting space (nerd alert), but I did not expect this level of love from PE firms!...
by Robert Solomon | Jan 28, 2014 | Airlines, B2B Software, Travel
In my last post, I promised to share some lessons gleaned from SABRE’s 50+ years of history as a B2B transaction platform. Many of these lessons are useful for today’s B2B entrepreneurs. Here are some key points gleaned from Sabre’s history and...
by Robert Solomon | Jan 24, 2014 | Airlines, B2B Software, Industry Cloud, Travel |
Sabre, one the grand-daddies of B2B transaction platforms, recently filed to go public. I should say, the great grand-daddy of all B2B transaction platforms. SABRE, you old fogies will recall, was the original passenger reservation system for American...
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