What has Manoj Ranaweera been up to this week?

I had the fortune to speak and/or meet number of ebdex’s competitors this week. These include Simon Fox (CEO of TBiConnect), Rhys Jones (CEO of Accountis), Philip Brown (CEO of Causeway) and Mike Gibbard (Chief Solutions Architect of Burns e-Commerce Solutions). I wish I can share what we discussed openly. But alas, I had to […]

Bottomline Technologies adopts Oracle Fusion Middleware

One idea I recently entertained was to examine the possibility of adopting Oracle Fusion Middleware within ebdex Document Exchange for integration with Oracle, PeopleSoft and JD Edwards, as well as using it for such functionality as business rule engine, mobility, etc. It seems I was not the only one having these thoughts. Recently, Bottomline Technologies […]

Introducing TBiConnect – Another EIPP player

The following is based on an analysis of TbiConnect’s website. TBiConnect is another UK based EIP player. TBiConnect passed the 3 million transaction volume mark in 2005 with over 60 clients benefiting from their services. They estimate a savings of 40 Euros per transaction. Further data and analysis is needed to understand this figure. Soon […]

Who has been most active in terms of marketing this month?

I just had a quick glance at key players in the EIPP (specially those who are considered to have models similar to ebdex) space including those who integrate with accounts payable systems. To my disappointment, Accountis, Causeway Technologies, Burns e-Commerce Solutions, and Tradocs have no news to share this month. How sad is this? These […]

European companies raised €52.9 million last week including $4.5m for UK based Shiny Media

According to Library House, 35 European companies raised €52.9 million (15 deals were undisclosed) last week – i.e. an average of €2.6 m per company. Among the UK based deals were: Shiny Media – a blog network – raised $4.5m from Bright Station Ventures in exchange for 50% of the company. Shiny Media attracts almost […]

Success measured by transaction volume – A maturing industry

In Nov 2006, Causeway reported annual transaction volume in excess of 2.5 million for its Tradex platform, which has been operational for number of years and was originally designed specifically for the construction industry. Causeway also reported the value of transactions to be in excess of £1bn, i.e. an average transaction value of £400. Tradex’s […]