Friday 13 April, 2012

Ariba has has announced a new strategic alliance arrangement with Microsoft enabling the companies to link their leading business commerce and ERP applications, and provide businesses using Microsoft Dynamics AX with access to the Ariba^® Network. The aim being to help them to connect and collaborate more efficiently and effectively across the entire commerce process. The news came during Ariba LIVE 2012, being held at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas.

Thursday 12th April, 2012

Why is personal commerce so easy? Because you don’t have to think about it. It’s all done for you. You don’t need to struggle with complicated buying or selling processes. It’s simplified into a single, intuitive cloud-based experience that can be accessed from any device, anywhere in the world. Business commerce is about to become just as simple. With the release of its latest collaborative commerce platform, Ariba has announced the next-generation experience that will make buying and selling goods and services in the business world as efficient and effective as it is in the consumer market.

Wednesday 11th April, 2012

Advanced’s customers can now access Intuitive Dashboards, which are integrated with a range of Advanced solutions including OpenAccounts finance system, OpenHR human capital management (HCM) system and OpenLogistix supply chain management (SCM) solution, enabling a real-time, consolidated view of key management information.

Thursday 5 April, 2012

After reading the National Audit Office (NAO) report on shared services, Colin Cram, a public sector consultant specialising in procurement, has produced a quick and simple checklist based on his experience to help improve the management of shared services projects. Read more...

Wednesday 4 April, 2012

According to the latest CBI/PwC Financial Services Survey, the volume of business in the financial services sector grew for the eighth quarter running at well above the average pace in the three months to March. The growth is reflected in the first rise in optimism among financial services firms (+32%) in a year and an unexpected increase in employment in the sector (a balance of +19%). Companies also plan to invest more in IT over the next year. Read more..