There are piles of enterprise software review websites, and most of them are clickbait garbage. Business models with sponsored listings and affiliate marketing favor the site owner rather than the user. As six-year-old G2 Crowd attempts to go up a notch, buyers still need to watch for red flags. G2 Crowd offers “unbiased” reviews from “verified” users of… Read More »
Today’s From The Field contribution could not be more timely — or serious. It came to us the day before news broke of alleged gender discrimination and sexual harassment at a corporate travel agency. In this submission, Databasics CEO Alan Tyson calls on those involved in sending employees on the road to better recognize and prevent such misconduct.… Read More »
[UPDATE, Sept. 7, 2017: Expense management system provider Certify bought nuTravel’s online booking system. It will offer the tool as part of Certify Enterprise Travel. The two companies announced a partnership for that product in July. The expense management system provider already offers booking tech to small businesses under the Certify Travel brand. NuTravel will maintain its airline… Read More »
[UPDATE, June 22, 2017: Concur no longer integrates e-receipts from Starbucks purchases. “This is due to issues that prevent us from providing you with the standard that we maintain for all our apps,” according to information sent to users. When Concur announced the feature in 2015, it claimed Starbucks was “the most commonly expensed restaurant” and that its… Read More »
[UPDATE, Oct. 9: Amadeus statement included. An Oct. 12 BCD Travel statement is here.] Travel and expense management providers don’t expect drastic changes in response to the European Court of Justice’s annulment of a key EU-U.S. data privacy accord. The data will still flow. But they’re attentive to these and similar developments, and thinking about where they may . . . The… Read More »
One of the more intriguing ways Concur impacted corporate travel was how it created a market of its own based on combining two otherwise discrete products. Now, just about everybody is offering integrated travel booking and expense software, at least through partnerships. With Concur’s established leadership in the large market, rivals are targeting small and medium enterprises or… Read More »