Although we're well into 2012, we're still encountering some great 'best of', 'predictions' and 'trends' lists. Steve Keifer from GXS gives us his predictions for 2012 on businesscomputingworld.co.uk. Although EDI isn't mentioned specifically, it's embedded in several of his most important points.

In the following article by Jason Busch on the Spend Matters site, a couple software company names that are pretty familiar in the purchasing world are getting together. These companies provide much of the same functionality as EDI, albeit with XML-based processes.