Manoj Ranaweera
Paper is still King!
I have recently paid lot more attention to identify the biggest threat to the growth of e-invoicing and document exchange solutions worldwide. And my conclusion sadly is, it is the paper that we love dearly and hate equally. Tags: paper, workflow management, document exchange, e-invoicing, EIPP
Review of McKinsey global survey on business usage of web 2.0
In January 2007, 2,847 executives worldwide responded to a survey conducted by McKinsey on business usage of web 2.0 technologies. Key conclusions were: Identify web 2.0 technologies as strategic Plans to increase investment in web 2.0 technologies Less reliance is placed on well know web 2.0 trends such as blogs Greatest importance is placed on […]
NW StartUp 2.0 – Success or Failure? Your feedback is important
The second event of "NW StartUp 2.0" was held on 15th March 2007 at KPMG Manchester, sponsored by KPMG. Many thanks to Steven Livingston of KPMG for providing a superb venue and food, and working with me to make the event successfull. The evening started as planned with a quick introduction by me and Steven. […]
OpenCoffee Manchester – Inaugural event on 27th March 07
Just a quick note to say that the inaugural event of OpenCoffee Manchester will take place on the 27th March 2007 at Starbucks, Television House, 10, Mount St, Manchester, Manchester M2 5NT. It will be held from 07:30am to 09:30am. But I understand the coffee shop opens at 6:30am and closes around midnight. So, don’t […]
capturing the essence of e-invoicing by OB10
Over the years, many solution providers have tried to explain e-invoicing, both textually and graphically. Here is a very effective explanation from OB10. [Copy rights with OB10: code drives the *.swf file at OB10 website] The flash presentation explains the problem, how OB10 solution works and the benefits it brings. Accountis pulled out from their […]
Cricket World Cup 2007 is here
A question people ask from me is do I support Sri Lanka or England. The cheeky answer is it depends on who is winning! Seriously, when it comes to cricket, just like all other Asians living in England, we all support the country we were born in. Here was our moment! Can we repeat it? […]
Fully integrated EIPP Proposition from American Express
In December 2005, I reported the acquisition of Harbor Payments by American Express. At the time, American Express claimed that Harbor technology would become the basis of its Source-to-Settle (S2S) e-purchasing system, driving greater levels of cost savings while improving control and compliance requirements across its customer base. Today, American Express (Amex) announced further information […]
Is Manchester ready for OpenCoffee?
I live in Manchester (well actually in Greater Manchester, a place called Cheadle Hulme in Stockport). Having lived in Sri Lanka (first 19 years), Brighton (3 yrs), Leicester (1 yr – thank god for that), Newcastle Upon Tyne (5 yrs), Abu Dhabi (nearly 4 yrs) and now Manchester (over 6 yrs), I feel at home […]
My old blog vs. new blog
http://manojranaweera.wordpress.com (last posted on 29/01/07) continues to be more popular than http://www.manojranaweera.com. Here is a comparison of the two blogs: WordPress hosted Hits: 16,082 Google page rankings: 5 Technorati rankings: Rank: 129,676 (104 links from 31 blogs) Self-hosted (somewhere on earth) Hits: 14,841 Google page rankings: 0 Technorati rankings: Rank: 462,695 (15 links from 9 […]