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Coupa is a cloud-based spend management software company located in San Mateo,〔Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal. "(Coupa raises $12M for cloud spend management )." February 15, 2011. Retrieved January 30, 2012.〕 California. The company was founded in 2006〔Coupa Software Press Release March 13, 2007 "(E-Procurement Software Innovator Coupa Secures Series-A Funding )." March 13, 2007. Retrieved October 31, 2013.〕 by Dave Stephens and Noah Eisner.〔 Stephens and Eisner previously worked at Oracle (enterprise procurement applications).〔 Rob Bernshteyn joined Coupa as CEO in February 2009 after serving as Vice President of Global Product Marketing and Management at SuccessFactors, Inc.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=27876006&privcapId=33192299 )〕 Former Yahoo CEO and PayPal president Scott Thompson joined the company’s board of directors in April 2013. Coupa has been named one of North America's fastest-growing technology companies, ranking 53rd in revenue growth on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 released in November 2014. The company expanded globally in 2014, announcing new operations in Dublin, Ireland; Paris, France and Frankfurt, Germany. Coupa's other international operations include its offices in Australia and its EMEA headquarters in the United Kingdom. Coupa expanded its leadership and governance in 2014 with the (hiring of Tara Ryan ) as the company's CMO and the (appointment of Roger Siboni ) as a new member of the company's Board of Directors. The company’s competitors include (Zycus ), GEP, (Verian ), Ariba,〔Larry Dignan, ZDNet. "(Five questions with Coupa Software CEO Rob Bernshteyn )." June 18, 2010. Retrieved January 27, 2012.〕〔Jason Busch, Spend Matters. "(Coupa and Ariba – Analyzing Comparative Claims (Part 2) )." February 25, 2010. Retrieved January 27, 2012.〕 Oracle (which has Oracle iProcure),〔Chris Kanaracus, Network World. "(Oracle offers sourcing software-as-a-service )." October 10, 2013.〕 Procurify,〔(www.procurify.com )〕 SciQuest,〔http://www.paystreamadvisors.com/eResearch/eResearch.cfm?eResearch=Electronic+Procurement+2013〕 PROACTIS 〔Jason Busch, Spend Matters. "()." October 2011. Retrieved. October 10, 2013. March 09, 2009. Retrieved January 24, 2012.〕 Ketera〔Larry Dignan, ZDNet. "(On-demand software squared: Coupa launches SaaS e-procurement system running on Amazon’s EC2 service )." October 19, 2007. Retrieved January 30, 2012.〕 and SAP.〔〔Antone Gonsalves, InformationWeek. "(Coupa Brings Amazon.com Look To E-Procurement )." March 21, 2007. Retrieved January 30, 2012.〕 ==Technology== Coupa’s Cloud Spend Optimization SaaS product manages indirect purchases, invoices and expenses in real-time.〔Jason Busch, Spend Matters. "(New Coupa Release – Updated UI, Features, Same Opinionated Spend Management Attitude (Part 1) )." May 24, 2011. Retrieved February 9, 2012.〕〔Jason Busch, Enterprise Irregulars. "(Coupa and Ariba – Analyzing Competitive Claims (Part 3) )." March 9, 2010. Retrieved February 9, 2012.〕 Built on Coupa’s cloud architecture, it provides executive dashboards,〔Jason Busch, Spend Matters. "(Coupa Heads for the Clouds – eProcurement, T&E and Beyond (Part 1) )." March 10, 2010. Retrieved February 9, 2012.〕 alerts,〔 expense management〔Peter Smith, Spend Matters. "(Introducing Coupa (got to be a pun there, just can’t think of it …) )." February 10, 2011. Retrieved February 9, 2012.〕 and real-time benchmarking〔Jason Busch, Spend Matters. "(Coupa Heads for the Clouds -- eProcurement, T&E and Beyond (Part 2) )." March 18, 2010. Retrieved February 9, 2012.〕 into a single user interface.〔〔 This spend optimization software suite focuses on three core spend areas including procurement, accounts payable, and expense management. Coupa is cloud-based and built on Amazon Web Services infrastructure, and it has Amazon-like features.〔〔Anthony Ha, VentureBeat. "(Coupa raises $6M to manage business spending )." April 9, 2008. Retrieved January 27, 2012.〕 In 2007, the company launched a SaaS (Software-as-a-service) product called Coupa On Demand for SMBs (small and midsize businesses). This platform uses Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud Web services (EC2).〔 Coupa’s software is based on the Ruby on Rails (RoR) platform.〔〔 With RoR, Coupa developed software that helps companies to better monitor costs〔Leena Rao, TechCrunch. "(Coupa Raises $12 Million To Help Companies Spend Smarter )." February 15, 2011. Retrieved January 30, 2012.〕 with less implementation time〔Robin Wauters, TechCrunch. "(Coupa Raises $7.5 Million, Helps Companies Spend Smarter )." September 1, 2009. Retrieved January 16, 2012.〕〔Dennis Howlett, ZDNet. "(The clouds are gathering for Coupa )." August 7, 2009. Retrieved January 16, 2012.〕 and employee training〔Information Management. "(5 Companies that Stand Out )." November 1, 2011. Retrieved January 23, 2012.〕 In 2006, its first free open-source product, Coupa Express, was built using RoR.〔 Coupa's application can be accessed by any user via their mobile device browser. In November 2011, Coupa released its first spend analysis product called Coupa Spend Optimizer.〔Justin Kern, Information Management. "(New Product News )." November 17, 2011. Retrieved February 9, 2012.〕〔Jason Busch, Spend Matters. "(A P2P Vendor Crosses the Analytics Line: Coupa Ventures Into Spend Analysis (Part 2) )." November 17, 2011. Retrieved February 9, 2012.〕 According to Coupa, this product provides spending insight to employees in both the procurement and finance sectors, with its easy-to-use interface.〔Jason Busch, Spend Matters. "(A P2P Vendor Crosses the Analytics Line: Coupa Ventures Into Spend Analysis (Part 1) )." November 16, 2011. Retrieved February 9, 2012.〕 Also, users have access to data from other platforms, like ERP or HR systems, so they have a broader understanding of spend across their companies.〔Peter Smith, Spend Matters. "(Coupa get your procurement spend organized )." November 16, 2011. Retrieved February 9, 2012.〕 In August 2012, Coupa added an application called Coupa Contracts to its software suite. Companies can use the contracts repository to access their approved contracts and to leverage their negotiated pricing at the time of purchasing. In May 2013, Coupa introduced applications Coupa Sourcing and Coupa Catalogs. The former makes it easier for companies to run sourcing events with suppliers to save money. With Coupa Catalogs, companies are able to use Coupa’s software platform as a shopping and catalog management front end to their ERP-based procurement system. In April 2014, Coupa introduced Coupa Inventory which provides all employees in an organization real-time visibility into inventory availability while they are ordering, thus reducing wasteful spending. In October 2014, Coupa announced an update to its applications, which includes new features to optimize spend and supply chain management in the enterprise. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Coupa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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