by Robert Solomon | Dec 28, 2011 | Uncategorised
My last post was an attempt to categorize many of the B2B software providers that engage in commerce related activities between buyers and suppliers. (I guess I could call them B2B supply chain providers, but the supply chain term conjurs up images of planning and...
by Robert Solomon | Dec 12, 2011 | Uncategorised
As you consider the world of software companies that serve businesses, especially in the supply chain arena, you typically consider only a small segment of that world. For instance, given the excitement around cloud computing, you might consider only those providers...
by Robert Solomon | Nov 30, 2011 | Uncategorised |
Ebix is one of the most interesting, and controversial, Industry in the Cloud (IC) providers I follow. (It’s stock symbol is also EBIX.) Ebix describes itself as ” a leading provider of On-Demand software and e-commerce solutions to the insurance...
by Robert Solomon | Nov 21, 2011 | Consolidating Competition, Healthcare |
If you are interested in B2B e-commerce, you are interested in the history and future of the EDI giants: GXS and Sterling Commerce. They remain behemoths in the space, despite almost 20 years of Internet-based encroachment. Pre-Internet Days EDI was the original...
by Robert Solomon | Oct 31, 2011 | Foodservice, Uncategorised
In the last post, I wrote that B2B networks, marketplaces, and Industry in the Cloud (IC) platforms tend to grow like flywheels, rather than like viruses with “tipping points”. One of the reasons for this, as anyone who has sold software to a business...
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