Manoj Ranaweera

As you can imagine, I get to know quite a number of start up and early stage EIPP (and related) vendors, both here and across the pond. At the same time, I have also attracted a number of potential investors and acquirers seeking startup and early stage EIPP vendors. In these cases, with permission from […]

Here is a quick comparison of Google Rankings for some of the vendors already leveraging edocr: VENDOR THIS BLOG edocr Accountis 3 (Dec 06 post) 7 DDC HRO 19 (Jan 07 post) 8 Paystream Advisors 4 & 5 14 It will not take long for edocr to appear on Google first page for almost all […]

This Guest Post is from Will Donovan of Paystream Advisors of USA So! First post on Manoj’s blog and I have to be honest with you, it will have little to do with EIPP, except a little tangentially. I’ll leave the expertise to the expert himself, and spend my time here at manojwaneera.com waxing about […]

  Folks, let me introduce my friend, Will Donovan, Communications and Marketing Director of Paystream Advisors, who has accepted my request of becoming a guest blogger. Will and I continue to have extensive discussions on many subjects from Middle East to Mobile EIPP since we came to know each other in July 07. Will has driven […]

BarcampLeeds is taking place on 17th November 07, thanks to startup evangelists such as Imran Ali. North’s first Barcamp took place in Sheffield, which I could not attend. Manchester has not yet managed to pull off a Barcamp this year, even though it has been on the agenda and has been discussed many times by […]

As we believe that everyone had a good time on the 18th October, Simon Grice and I with Stewart Townsend (and with thought leadership from Lee Strafford) have decided to fast forward the next Mashup event from Feb 08 to 6th December 2007. We are also making a significant change to the programme. There will […]

    We had a great Mashup Manchester inaugural gathering on 18th October at Sun Microsystems, Sale, Manchester. The session was started by none other than David Terrar, who is one of the three people who inspired me to start blogging in mid April 2006. David has become a familiar face at many networking events taking […]

  According to Justin Fogarty of Ariba: “Ariba Consistently Outperforms ERP Providers in E-Procurement. When it comes to e-procurement, bigger is not necessarily better. According to the results of a new research brief from independent research firm Aberdeen Group, the flexible and focused offerings of Ariba, Inc. the leading spend management solutions provider, deliver greater value […]

    It seems that Oracle has given an ultimatum to BEA to accept its offer of $6.7 billion for all stock by Sunday evening. BEA seems to be holding on until another bidder emerges with a higher offer. Potential bidders, SAP, IBM and HP have all declined to comment, suggesting that no other bidder […]

Today, I had the pleasure to meet Steve Brauner, Editor of soon to be launched, Crain’s Manchester Business, a weekly tabloid aimed at business reader covering Greater Manchester. Steve is a veteran journalist, having previously edited North West Evening Mail, Barrow-in-Furness, Liverpool Daily Post and North West Business Insider. The new tabloid aims to capture […]