By the year 2020, technologies like the cloud, mobile devices, big data, and the Internet of Things will have digitized our world in many ways….

March 10, 2014 • 3 minutes read

More and more corporate treasury organizations are considering SWIFT services to route payment instructions or collect account statements from their banks around the world. But…

February 12, 2014 • 3 minutes read

On November 5, 2013 we announced our intention to acquire GXS Group, Inc (GXS). Today, I am pleased to report the acquisition has closed and…

January 16, 2014 • 3 minutes read

Every business is an information business and this is why digitization is a key corporate priority. Every enterprise exchanges massive amounts of information on a…

December 3, 2013 • 2 minutes read

The growth of unstructured information inside the enterprise is staggering. In fact, experts estimate that over 80 percent of data in organizations is unstructured and…

November 20, 2013 • 3 minutes read

The global automotive industry has grown around a collection of regional B2B standards, primarily covering documents and communication protocols. The key automotive regions even had…

June 28, 2013 • 5 minutes read

Cost shedding and process optimization are the typical drivers of supply chain technology purchases. No surprise there. However, according to Gartner, a shift is taking…

June 16, 2013 • 1 minute read

Companies of all sizes have found significant cost savings by automating high-volume or time-consuming processes—B2B commerce is no exception. Automating the exchange of business documents…

March 21, 2013 • 5 minutes read

While reminiscing about a recent trip to London, England I was reminded of my travels on the Underground. With every step onto or off the…

March 18, 2013 • 6 minutes read

GXS recently sponsored a webinar titled “Compliance in the Cloud: Raising the Bar in Financial Services.” CEB TowerGroup Senior Research Director Rod Nelsestuen joined me…

September 20, 2012 • 3 minutes read

Yesterday, SAP announced its intention to acquire B2B e-commerce vendor, Ariba for $4.3 billion. In addition to its suite of spend management and procure-to-pay applications,…

May 23, 2012 • 5 minutes read

It is not news that buying on credit (open-account) dominates global trade. The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) generally acknowledged that at least 80-85% of…

April 23, 2012 • 5 minutes read