by Robert Solomon | Oct 30, 2017 | B2B Software, Electronic Payments, Healthcare, Media
Two recent articles reminded me how important it is to “follow the money” when understanding software platforms. Many software platforms have a “free” (or subsidized) side and a “money side”. The money side is where the revenue...
by Robert Solomon | Oct 23, 2017 | B2B Software, Enterprise Software, Veeva
BCG and Fortune Magazine joined forces to produce the inaugural Fortune Future 50. The list represents their ranking of the companies best positioned for “breakout growth”. The Future 50 comprises two lists: 25 Leaders (companies with a market...
by Robert Solomon | Oct 6, 2017 | B2B Software, Consolidating Competition, Financial services, Industry Big Data
At almost exactly this same time in 2016 and 2015 I wrote about the consortia of banks, Symphony, trying to take on one of the most successful enterprise software platforms of all time: Bloomberg (see here and here). Now comes the 2017 update: the battle is on!...
by Robert Solomon | Jul 19, 2017 | B2B Software, Procure to Pay, Valuation |
Six weeks ago The Forrester Wave™: eProcurement, Q2, 2017 was published. (Okay, I’m late.) And if there is one thing my readers seem to enjoy, it is a free Forrester Wave or Gartner Magic Quadrant. Sorry, No Forrester Wave Image Here If you are looking for the...
by Robert Solomon | Jul 13, 2017 | B2B Software
The 2017 Enterprise Almanac by Work-Bench is a must-read presentation for enterprise software aficionados (see here.) While Mary Meeker’s annual Internet Trends presentation offers precious little coverage of enterprise software (see here), the 2017 Enterprise...
by Robert Solomon | Jun 5, 2017 | B2B Software, Enterprise Software
Last week, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner Mary Meeker delivered her much awaited annual report, Internet Trends 2017. Internet Trends 2017 a 353-page PowerPoint presentation full of interesting statistics. You can view the whole deck here. I highly...
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