The latest iteration of Emptoris' software solution, Emptoris 8, has put risk at its core, among more than 200 enhancements to the product. 

By partnering with Equifax and pulling in data from that relationship, as well as from internal systems and suppliers themselves, the software company hopes it can tap into an opportunity which is near the top of every CPO's priority list. 

It's a worthy move by Emptoris and a valid effort to address an obvious and current need - and having seen a brief demonstration here at Empower, it also looks fairly intuitive with a lot of the onus for compliance being passed to the supplier. 

But, here's the question. Is risk a technology issue or is it a people/process issue? For sure, technology can help but it's no replacement for good systems - a point I'm sure Emptoris would agree with.