Day: February 27, 2007

Speaker 1 – Anish Kapoor – CEO of Yuuguu   Anish was co-founder of TeleCity PLC, the pioneering European collocation and data centre service provider. He is currently NXD for Jacamar, an online gaming infrastructure provider and a NXD for Xware, a mobile gaming software developer. In addition he has held various executive roles at EXML Systems a mobile software applications developer. Speaker 2 – Ed French – Investment Director – Rising Stars – Enterprise Ventures     Edward joined EV in 2002, initially to help set up the RisingStars Growth Fund and later to assess and complete technology investments. Edward…

Copyright: Billentis According to Billentis, number of B2B e-invoices exchanged in Europe will grow by 75% from 240 million to 420 million. This is still a small fraction of the overall invoicing market constituting both paper and e-invoices. According to the presentation given by Bruno Koch at ExPP summit, the average number of e-invoices exchanged in Europe was around 123 million in 2005. This shows a remarkable upside for e-invoicing expectations in 2007, finally getting some traction. Thanks Accountis Blog for the tip. As seen from above sketch, Nordic countries continue to lead the market with just under 10% penetration,…

According to today’s blog post from Accountis, they expect to handle over 5 million e-invoices for one of their clients. Looking at their client portfolio on the website, I assume this has to be DHL. This is a remarkable achievement for Accountis. Other clients identified on the website includes: Abbey International (Isle of Man) Christian Salvesen Conwy Council DHL Ericsson Expotel Goodyear Dunlop G4S Cash Services ICICI Bank Islington Council Jersey Telecom Liverpool FC North West Wales NHS Trust Paragon Group Salford City Council Scottish and Southern Energy Singer & Friedlander T-Mobile Veolia Water UK Virgin Retail However, it is not…

Click here to listen to an interview given by Jamie Gunn, CEO of OB10. Tags: OB10, Jamie Gunn, EIPP, e-invoicing

The pre-qualification process for selecting an e-invoicing system for East Riding of Yorkshire Council started in August 06. In Jan 2007, OB10 announced award of a three year contract by the council. What is amazing is the short buying cycle! This proves that the council has done its home work and was genuinely interested in the benefits. Here is an extract from the news brief: We have always strived to improve our operational efficiencies, and maintain good relations with suppliers. said Nigel Pearson, Chief Executive, East Riding of Yorkshire Council. With the implementation of the OB10 solution we will continue…