Acquiring minds want to know: acquisitions and new technology

An Acquiring Minds Want to Know column: "Acquisitions as a function faces two major challenges. One is the general lack of an automated system that manages complicated acquisitions processes, provides interfaces to vendors, publishers, and institutional financial departments, and gathers significant and useful management data. The second challenge is the ever-increasing pressure to streamline, become more efficient and productive, and automate routine acquisitions processes."