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SirionLabs: Vendor Analysis, 2021 Update (Part 3) — Company SWOT, SirionLabs’ competitors, tech selection tips, analyst conclusion - [PRO Content]
March 3, 2021 | Nick Heinzmann
Last spring amid the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, SirionLabs announced it had completed a $44 million Series C round, an event that Spend Matters said signaled the vendor’s arrival at the CLM winners podium. Of course, from our perspective it had already been there for a bit, as Sirion has consistently placed in our Value Leader…
SirionLabs: Vendor Analysis, 2021 Update (Part 2) — Product Strengths & Weaknesses - [PRO Content]
March 2, 2021 | Nick Heinzmann
Part 2 of this Spend Matters PRO Vendor Analysis provides a detailed assessment of SirionLabs’ strengths and weaknesses of its solution for contract lifecycle management (CLM) and supply management. In many ways, the easiest method for differentiating CLM solutions comes down to two questions: How deeply does a system model the commercial aspects of legal…
SirionLabs: Vendor Analysis, 2021 Update (Part 1) — Background & CLM Solution Overview - [PRO Content]
March 1, 2021 | Nick Heinzmann
SirionLabs is a contract lifecycle management (CLM) vendor with solutions at the forefront of the contract management space. While originally positioned as a supplier performance […]
Incremental to exponential: 5 overlooked benefits of procurement automation - [Sponsored Article]
March 1, 2021 | Alan Holland, Keelvar
The most obvious benefits of AI-powered procurement automation are speed and efficiency. But a more holistic and compelling business case for investing in automation requires consideration of ancillary benefits. These advantages are often more important than speed and efficiency and they can crystalize the case for senior executives that automation can lead to a step…
UK government gets vaccine procurement right — What can we learn?
February 23, 2021 | Guest Contributor
Spend Matters welcomes this post from Peter Smith, procurement expert and author. The UK government has taken a lot of flack over the past year in terms of its Covid pandemic-related procurement. However, in one spend area, the UK appears to have outperformed most countries, including the member states of the European Union. That is…
ContractAI (App Orchid): Vendor Analysis — Solution overview for contract analytics and negotiation, ContractAI competitors, roadmap, customer feedback, analyst insights - [PRO Content]
February 3, 2021 | Nick Heinzmann
This Spend Matters PRO Vendor Analysis provides an overview of ContractAI and its solution for long-tail negotiations. To say that artificial intelligence has become a hot topic in contract management would be an understatement. Whereas even two years ago AI was more of an aspirational goal among contract lifecycle management (CLM) vendors, today many of…
SourcingCockpit (from With): Vendor Analysis — Solution overview for vendor and contract management, roadmap, SourcingCockpit competitors, analyst insights - [PRO Content]
January 26, 2021 | Nick Heinzmann
This Spend Matters PRO Vendor Analysis provides an overview of SourcingCockpit and its solutions for vendor and contract management. The convergence of technology and services is a key trend we’re watching in the procurement solutions market. More often than not, procurement transformation projects are accompanied not only by the adoption of a new system to…
Coronavirus crisis affected the most negotiated contract terms of 2020, Icertis survey shows
January 19, 2021 | Kyra Senese
Unforeseeable circumstances brought on by the coronavirus pandemic added significant pressure on companies this year as executives had to adapt, and supply chains were strained globally. A new report by Icertis, a provider of contract lifecycle management technology, evaluated the extent to which the crazy year dominated by the pandemic affected negotiated contract terms.
2021 Procurement and Supply Chain Predictions from the market — Icertis
December 21, 2020 | Nancy Clinton
We are running a series of procurement and supply chain predictions for 2021 from expert tech and service providers in the market. It is always interesting and often useful to try to look ahead at what might be in store for our profession, our industry and our way of working. And of course the best…
Icertis launches new ‘contract intelligence’ branding, emphasizing ability to balance urgent and future customer needs
December 8, 2020 | Sally Ehrmann
Icertis, a contract management specialist, launched a new branding strategy today, describing the next evaluation of the contract lifecycle management (CLM) space as the era of “contract intelligence.” It shared its vision for the future of the contract lifecycle management market with Spend Matters.
Future 5 start-up winner Trakti talks blockchain-integrated contract lifecycle management
December 7, 2020 | Nancy Clinton
Trakti, a contract lifecycle management specialist, is becoming known for its “digital native” contract negotiation and management platform that makes CLM fully digitized, and was recently named a Future 5 start-up by Spend Matters. We chatted with Trakti’s CEO and co-founder, Luigi Telesca, to learn more about the solution and to get a first-hand understanding…
Malbek: Vendor Analysis — Solution Overview for Contract Management, Roadmap, Customer Feedback, Competitors, Analyst Insights - [PRO Content]
November 24, 2020 | Nick Heinzmann
This Spend Matters PRO Vendor Analysis provides an overview of Malbek and its solution for contract management. They say hindsight is 20/20, but rarely in the competitive world of software development do people get a chance at a do-over. Malbek, a 4-year-old contract lifecycle management (CLM) solution, may just be the exception. Many of the…

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