I spent all of last week in the San Francisco Bay Area (and a little beyond), and besides attending the EyeForProcurement Technology for Procurement Forum, which had some really good presentations that I'll start blogging about in about a week (playing catch up at the moment), I also met with ten different companies (with follow-up calls to be scheduled with at least half of them). Over the next month, expect some elucidating posts on not only some of the hottest technology companies in the sourcing and procurement space, but some disruptive offerings about to come out of these shops as well. It may take me half the summer to get through them all, but you can be sure it will be worth the wait. From A to Z, in the last week I've had detailed conversations with Aravo , Arena , CombineNet , Denali , Enporion , Ketera , MFG , Nextance , Provade , and TrueDemand. Stay tuned!