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Manoj Ranaweera Posts

Comparison of SAP and Oracle revenues incorporating JD Edwards and PeopleSoft earnings

Dave Stephens of Coupa (ex-Oracle Executive) has analysed quarterly revenues of SAP and Oracle. Here are the graphs. Visit his blog for the full analysis. Dave, how about doing a similar analysis on Ariba, Procuri, Bottomline Technologies and others from eProcurement point of view. Perhaps I ought to do it from EIPP point of view (time permitting). Tags: Coupa, eProcurement

Entrepreneurs Wanted!

We currently have following immediate requirements: Head of Sales – equity participation Head of Operations and Customer Service- equity participation Head of Product and Solution Development – equity participation All must be entrepreneurial. Do not apply if you are interested in becoming an employee. Tags: Entreprenuers

Mentoring and Coaching

I just spent the whole day with Gerry, my mentor! Gerry got me to attend an Executive Coaching session run by Mark Cauchi of Sandler Sales Institute in the morning. Excellent session. Got me to think in a completely different way to approach prospects. I also had the pleasure to meet Simon Bain of TENdotZERO. Another great business! There is a lot I can learn from Simon. Tags: Silver Fox Ventures, Sandler Sales Institute, TENdotZERO

Investing in People – The Access Accounting Way

Recently John Beech, Managing Director of Access Accounting wrote: People are the lifeblood of any company. A cliché perhaps, but I can’t help being a great believer in the importance of investing in staff whether this is through training, self-development or enhancing their current role to make it more rewarding. Quite simply, we’ve found this approach to add great value to the company. This whole philosophy is part of our ‘always recruiting’ culture where we’re constantly on the lookout for talented individuals with spark, passion, creativity and vision – even if no role currently exists for them. There’s no denying…

Introduction 1: ebdex Document Exchange – Various Configurations

In a previous article, I explained how the market can be segmented in to: Supplier-centric: sending documents such as invoices electronically from Accounts Receivable (A/R) systems. Purchaser/buyer-centric: receiving documents such as invoices electronically in to Accounts Payable (A/P) systems. Enterprise-centric: sending and receiving documents such as invoices electronically from/into A/R and A/P systems. Exchanges: Connects suppliers and buyers – many different configurations exists. Perhaps I will cover this under separate heading. ebdex Document Exchange can be used in following configurations: Web-to-Web: brings benefits to users. Web-to-End: brings benefits to users with significant benefit to "End" user. End-to-Web: brings benefits to…

Tiyga – 3rd User Group Event

Having introduced Tiyga on my blog few days ago, I am privileged to report that I have been invited to attend the 3rd User Group Event planned on 2nd August 06 by Tiyga! Katrina has achieved significant publicity since featuring on The Daily Telegraph‘s Trailblazers event and featuring on Orange. 1 month free trial has been offered to all Orange subscribers. I also understand that other mobile operators are also interested in partnering with Katrina. Tiyga is based on a simple concept. Yet the solution when correctly installed and used, gives unparallel visibility to how one spends his or her…

ebdex Document Exchange – Release 1 is almost ready

I have been testing our first release today. It looks better and stable than ever before. We have been testing and debugging since April 06. The web-to-web facility with e-mail notifications will be offered free to companies who register during the build up to formal launch later this year. If you are interested in trying out or using it for real, e-mail your contact details to [email protected] with your company details. Nimeshe, Manoj, Hemanjalee, Suchira, Roshan, Seshan and Suren (plus those guys and gals who were in the initial two teams – we lost over the year): Thank you very…

Get a load of this – ebdex finally been covered by none other than John Stokdyk

John Stokdyk, editor of Accounting Web rang me couple of days ago to enquire about ebdex. As a result, he has published an article about the EIPP market as well as ebdex. Extract of the article (the interesting bits about us) is captured below for your convenience: Visit the purchase ledger department of almost any organisation and you are likely to witness working practices that still reflect their Victorian origins. Manoj Ranaweera is CEO of a web-based EIPP start-up called ebdex, which is due to go live in the next couple of weeks. He first got interested in the subject…

Entrepreneurs: Introducing Tiyga

My friend, Katrina Delargy few weeks ago launched Tiyga, a revolutionary time management tool that could be loaded on to your smart phone and/or computer or work off the web. With minimum effort, Tiyga records how you spend your time, in 15 minute slots and run analysis to help you manage your time more effectively. Its a great tool that we can all benefit from. Have a go and let me know what you think! Katrina is also an alum of Manchester Business School (that’s where I met her first) and operates out of Daresbury Innovation Centre, where ebdex is…