SAP和Microsoft将在Microsoft Azure Cloud上部署SAP HANA的新集成计划，并将SAP应用程序链接在包括ARIBA，包括Microsoft Office 365，为他们定期使用的工具中增强的协作，功能和连接提供了采购机会。根据乔·福克斯，SAP阿里巴商业发展和战略高级副总裁，与微软的伙伴关系显示SAP / ARIBA通过开放平台提供创新的承诺
To say that the supplier network business model itself has crossed the chasm would be an understatement. For companies like Ariba/SAP, network revenue has become one of the very core components of overall growth — and the network model itself has become a key value proposition to customers, including supplier enablement, transactional connectivity and supply chain risk management. We will be talking about networks and related enabling technologies, including cloud, platform as a service (PaaS) and blockchain, with ISM at the全球采购技术峰会taking place on March 14–16 in Baltimore.
这是官方的。虽然他的待命出发来自SAP的几个月，但蒂姆·米拉潘，毫无疑问，过去十年的采购空间中的最具影响力最有影响力的营销领导者，却为Citrix留下了SAP。蒂姆最近曾担任SAP云的首席营销官，并在此之前是阿里巴的首席营销官。在阿里巴之前，他开始作为记者/分析师在跳转到“黑暗的一面”（即，供应商世界）作为Procuri的营销负责人 - 阿里巴最终获得。
The history of banks and related financial institutions (e.g., American Express) getting into anything having to do with purchase-to-pay (P2P) is a road paved with […]