Apttus raises the bar for CPQ
Apttus has announced its Full-Spectrum Configure-Price-Quote (CPQ). The solution combines subscription and services with product proposals in what the company claims is an industry first.
The news comes just a few days...
Microsoft make it easier to send and pay invoices
Vendors are queuing up to integrate their invoicing software to Microsoft Pay. First announced in 2016 the Microsoft Wallet was renamed Microsoft pay last year.
Microsoft has now enabled vendors to integrate...
SoftBank cashes in Flipkart stake for US$ 4.5 billion
SoftBank, the Japanese conglomerate, is poised to sell its stake in India’s Flipkart to Walmart for US$4.5 Billion. The deal looked done weeks ago when many of the other investors in Flipkart...
Vena Solutions to promote Cadeau as CEO
Vena Solutions has announced a change of CEO. Don Mal, Founder and current CEO will step down from his position on 1st June 2018.
Shawn Cadeau will become the new CEO on...
Business Leader interview Arnie Bellini CEO ConnectWise
Arnie Bellini is the founder and CEO of ConnectWise. Enterprise Times spoke to Bellini at IT Nation Europe, the annual European conference for ConnectWise users.
Bellini runs one of the few companies...
Epicor adds major Japanese partner
Epicor has announced a partnership with FPT Software Co Ltd in Japan. It is a subsidiary of FPT Corporation headquartered in Vietnam. This is a significant deal as it looks to...
Improbable technologies: lasers to scare birds
A Sonoma, California vineyard uses robotic lasers to scare birds and solve its bird problems. This decreased crop losses and bird nuisance by over 99%, saving around US$25K a year.
Jim Griffin,...
Impressions from SAP Ariba Live, Amsterdam
SAP Ariba Live in Amsterdam was unusual, for a vendor-organised group selling events in two ways. The first was SAP Ariba President Barry Padgett's exhortation on the first day to dream...
Google and Amazon trump social influencers
Retail has been the industry that has been most affected by the rise of the Internet. Online shoppers, manufacturers disintermediating their channels to go direct to consumers, social media and search...
Small merchants struggling with compliance and cyber security
The latest survey from Sysnet Global Solutions claims that SMEs are struggling with PCI compliance and security.
The survey was conducted across a number of acquiring organisations (e.g. banks), including five of...