Beyond the Hype: Managing Our Expectations of AI in the Age of ChatGPT
April 18, 2023“We overestimate the impact of technology in the short-term and underestimate the effect in the long run.” – Ray Amara, Stanford computer scientist Tweet Simfoni’s Chief Technology Officer Alan Buxton shares insights into expectations around the capabilities of AI and...
Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye (in Spend Classification)
May 25, 2022When you’re working out your procurement strategy you need the right level of data granularity. But often the data in your corporate systems is not structured in a way that is most useful for buyers. Enter Spend Classification: the process...
The Road to SOC2 through Controls that build trust
February 21, 2022SOC2 tests compliance on a few trust principles namely Security, Availability, Processing Integrity, Confidentiality and Privacy of data. Some basics about SOC2 (Service Organizational Control ver 2) is that it is a compliance standard set by AICPA(It is the body...
Tech from Startup to Scale up – Strangulating the Monolith
February 3, 2022If you are an early stage startup you will start with something small and a single piece of software that proves your idea. Scale and complexity are not on your mind and your first few customers are there to help...
Estimation and Velocity of Engineering Delivery
February 1, 2022Estimation and Velocity are serious unsolved industry problems. It applies to us very much but we are not alone.There are 3 distinct factors that determine how quickly you can deliver a feature and how accurately you can estimate the delivery....
We’ve been at this for a long time. And we recognize procurement is more than just finding an item at the cheapest price. We all need to see spend differently. Responsible sourcing and sustainable procurement are not a sidebar, they are at the core of the job. And to do this job well it takes technology + humans. Simfoni is here to bring opportunity, balance, impact and control to your procurement team and process. We are here to help you see spend differently.