Media Coverage for 2008

Recent media coverage featuring Ariba, Ariba.com, and Ariba Spend Management Solutions:

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Monitoring Suppliers Becoming A Necessity
Investors.com, 4 Nov 2008
Consumers and investors are wary. Recent headlines have blared warnings about tainted baby formula from China, salmonella outbreaks in the U.S. and toy recalls due to lead......

Hays optimiert Sourcing- und Vertragsmanagement mit Ariba
PRESSEBOX, 3 Nov 2008
Mit Ariba On Demand strafft der globale Personaldienstleister unternehmensweit Prozesse und maximiert seinen......

Ariba Wins Emptoris Patent Suit
ComputerWire, 1 Nov 2008
Spend management software vendor Ariba has won its patent suit against Emptoris, a Massachusetts-based enterprise supply and contract management software provider, after the US District Court of Texas ruled that Emptoris Sourcing Solution infringed two Ariba patents related to electronic......

Ariba remporte l�affaire des brevets contre Emptoris
EUROInvestor.fr, 31 Oct 2008
La soci�t� Ariba, Inc. (Nasdaq : ARBA), le premier fournisseur de solutions de gestion des d�penses, a annonc� aujourdhui quelle lavait emport� dans un proc�s pour violation de brevet � lencontre dEmptoris,......

Jury Awards Ariba $4.9M In Online Auction Patent Suit
Law360, 30 Oct 2008
-- A Texas jury has awarded Ariba Inc. $4.9 million after finding that Emptoris Inc. infringed two of the company's patents for electronic auction......

Profiles In Travel Management: Motorola Mandates Using Meetings Team, Processes
Business Travel News, 21 Oct 2008
Wireless equipment manufacturer Motorola last year developed a strategic meetings management program as part of a Six Sigma certification that resulted in mandating the use of its meetings team, a standard addendum and a meetings identification......

Air Products takes fresh look at sourcing
Purchasing.com, 16 Oct 2008
Sourcing team's influence continues to expand across broad industrial gas......

Streamlining Customer Service by Dropping the Paper
Supply & Demand Chain Executive, 3 Oct 2008
On any given business day, the customer service representatives at Greenlee, A Textron Company might field 150 to 200 calls each from any of the company's 4,000-plus distributors phoning in to check on an order's status, discuss the details of an order or go over an......

The network effect
/pdf/FinancialASNInterview.pdfhttp://www.financial-i.com, 2 Oct 2008
Ariba’s Supplier Network (ASN), which boasts more than 160,000 e-enabled suppliers across 120 countries, is one of the largest open trading networks. As Bob Solomon, vice president and general manager, ASN, explains, it is also helping forge the next generation of supply chain efficiencies in the form of supplier financing and discovery....

Supplier Enablement: Still a Work in Progress
Supply & Demand Chain Executive, 1 Oct 2008
Supplier enablement how, and how fast, to connect online with one's suppliers continues to be a key issue for buying organizations seeking to get the most out of their e-procurement......

Launching Allied Waste's Procurement Organization with Eye Toward Success
Supply & Demand Chain Executive, 29 Sep 2008
Leading waste services company taps Ariba for a system that would enable them to obtain the crucial spend information necessary to make meaningful, sustained......

Ariba Beefs up Supplier Discovery, Enablement Features in Supplier Network
Supply and Demand Chain Executive, 27 Sep 2008
Spend management specialist Ariba has released the latest version of its Web-based business commerce and collaboration platform, adding capabilities designed to fuel greater collaboration among buyers and suppliers globally, including a supplier discovery service, transaction dashboard and invoice......

West Penn Allegheny Executive Recognized as National Leader in Supply Chain Innovation and Profitability
Media Relations:WPAHS News, 17 Sep 2008
David Zimba, vice president of Corporate Contracting for the West Penn Allegheny Health System, has been recognized by Healthcare Purchasing News, a leading healthcare industry trade magazine, as one of the...

CGI to help Ontario schools buy online
Washington Technology, 15 Sep 2008
CGI Group Inc. will build and operate an electronic marketplace for Ontario s publicly funded education institutions under a five-year contract worth about $38 million in......

Ariba Enhances Supplier Network
Biz Yahoo! Finance US : News Providers, 10 Sep 2008
New Features and Capabilities Added to Industry-Leading Web-Based Business Commerce Network Fuel Greater Collaboration among Buyers and Suppliers......

SPEND MANAGEMENT: Banks offer unified corporate portals
U.S. Banker, 4 Sep 2008
By Glen Fest Print Email Reprints Feedback From spend management tools to SWIFT network integration, money-center banks are quickly evolving into the one-stop corporate payments shop that their treasury clients have long......

Tech Changes Fast Can Firms Keep Up?
Investors.com, 29 Aug 2008
Dot-com burnout Ariba (ARBA) reignites with on-demand software. Applied Materials, (AMAT) the top seller of equipment to chipmakers, plunges into the faster-growing solar-power equipment......

Wipro Joins Ariba Spend Management Program
Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies, 18 Aug 2008
Ariba reports that Wipro has joined its Solutions Provider Partner Program, and will begin offering Ariba Spend Management solutions to its enterprise clients......

Employers Boost 401(k)s to Meet Workers' Demand
ABC News, 11 Aug 2008
Companies Expand Their 401(k) Plans to Aid With Recruitment and......

Supply Chain Mavericks: Six degrees of separation
People, Places, Processes & Products that Influence the Supply Chain, 3 Aug 2008
Some may hear the term "maverick" and envision actor James Garner from the late 1957-1962 television series western. Or think of actor Mel Gibson in the 1994 big screen remake. Or actor Tom Cruise in the 1986 movie "Top Gun."...

The Do-It-Yourself Guide
Industry Week, 16 Jul 2008
In a down economy, companies must pursue any and all opportunities to drive savings and efficiencies across their operations in order to stay......

Ariba Soared, Plunged -- And Made Comeback
Investors.com, 11 Jun 2008
Bob Calderoni joined software maker Ariba (ARBA) as chief financial officer in early 2001 and became CEO six months later. At that time, Silicon Valley was reeling from the dot-com......

Ariba's contract-management solution curbs maverick spending
Mbtmag, 9 Jun 2008
AM According to a joint study conducted by the International Association of Contracts and Commercial Management and Ariba, enterprises are experiencing an increase in the number and complexity of commercial agreements while headcount has declined, says Ken Miklos, senior product marketing manager,......

Tracking Outsourcing's Paradigm Shift
Forbes.com, 4 Jun 2008
Global outsourcing has undergone a paradigm shift. From a practice that once offered long-standing opportunity and significant cost advantage, outsourcing now holds greater risks and, as a result, requires more highly honed management......

Web Spending Tools Help in Tight Times
The Wall Street Journal, 3 Jun 2008
Services Let Firms Track Internal Habits, Select Outside Contractors By MYLENE MANGALINDAN When the economy starts to sour, many corporations look to cut......

Stocking Your Supply Chain Management Talent Pool
Supply and Demand Chain Executive, 30 May 2008
The topic of supply chain talent management is becoming ever more urgent, and increasing numbers of organizations are waking up to the challenges of recruiting, rewarding and retaining the high-quality executives they need to run, ramp up and refine their supply......

Diebold Using Ariba Software
American Banker, 12 May 2008
The automated teller machine company Diebold Inc. says it is using expense management software from Ariba Inc. as part of a continuing effort to signifiatnly reduce its operating costs and other......

From Many to One: Managing the Multi-Sourced Supply Chain
Supply Chain Brain, 6 May 2008
Even if a product is assembled in one place, its parts probably come from multiple locations. Here s how some companies are dealing with the complexities of truly global supply......

Supply chain execution proves a rich niche for best-of-breed solutions
Mbtmag, 2 May 2008
By Malcolm Wheatley, senior contributing editor -- , 5/1/2008 If the tendency for most manufacturers is to settle on a single enterprise suite standard for a wide range of functions, the warehouse remains a resolute......

On Steel's Price Surge: Part II
Seeking Alpha, 1 May 2008
Last week, we looked at the driving forces behind rising steel prices in the US: surging raw materials, a weak dollar and global consolidation. Those are the Big 3, but there are other long term forces at work here, including greater vertical integration and steel executives with finance (rather than......

India's Ratan Tata Is On A Roll
Money CNN, 16 Apr 2008
Apr. 17, 2008 (Investor's Business Daily delivered by Newstex) -- Ratan Tata had a dream: build a car cheap enough for average Indians. He promised to price it at just one lakh, or $2......

Many auto parts suppliers failed to widen base
USA Today, 27 Mar 2008
DETROIT A few years ago, Plastech Engineered Products was considered one of the auto supply industry's success stories. The plastics company, which had revenue topping $1 billion in 2004, was heralded as a triumph in the auto......

Controlling Supply Chain Costs
Industry Week, 19 Mar 2008
As complicated as it's made out to be, applying a strategy to a business practice comes down to a relatively simple premise -- developing a good plan to reach the goals you've set out to......

Ariba Named Best Electronic Invoice Presentment and Payment Services Provider
TMCnet, 18 Mar 2008
SUNNYVALE, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Ariba, Inc. (Nasdaq:ARBA), the leading spend management solutions provider, today announced that it has again been recognized as "Best Electronic Invoice Presentment and Payment Services Provider" by Global Finance......

Revisiting Ariba's 9s5 (Rambling Number 2)
Spend Matters, 17 Mar 2008
This post will be one of my last on Ariba's latest release -- except for a forthcoming one sharing some of the latest details on the Procuri integration -- until I actually have a chance to play around in the sandbox with the actual solutions at LIVE this......

START-IT Names the Top 125 Manufacturing Technology Providers
Start, 15 Mar 2008
Contact:Michelle Mayer, Publicistmmayer@start-itmag.com+1 630.933.0844 ext. 246 Carol Stream, Ill. - March 14, 2008 - Today, START-IT magazine announced the companies named on the START-IT 125 for......

Sources of Strength
Industry Week, 12 Mar 2008
As complicated as it's made out to be, applying a strategy to a business practice comes down to a relatively simple premise -- developing a good plan to reach the goals you've set out to......

Revisiting Ariba's 9s5 (Rambling Number 1)
Spend Matters, 6 Mar 2008
Earlier in the week, I posted a news announcement of Ariba's latest foray into the on-demand world with its recent 9s5 release. As one astute reader pointed out in a comment, the name "9s5" does not exactly have any market/marketing connation -- in fact, in my view, it flies in the face of the non......

"2008 Priorities and Challenges in Spend Management"
Supply and Demand Chain Executive, 4 Mar 2008
Feeds for Andrew Reese Feeds for SDCExec More Information Meeting the Promise of the Perfect Order Sponsored by Ariba. Delivering measurable results. Increasing spend......

AmeriQuest Transportation Services Selects Ariba For Spend Management...
Logistics Online, 3 Mar 2008
Ariba, Inc., the leading spend management solutions provider, recently announced that it has signed an agreement with AmeriQuest Transportation Services, a leading provider of comprehensive fleet management services in North America that has recently been named to......

Spend analysis strategy supports Minnesota's 'Drive to Excellence'
GovPro.com, 1 Mar 2008
By implementing a Web-based system that integrates procurement information, state purchasers gain insights to target savings. Similar to other state governments throughout our nation, Minnesota buys a wealth of products and......

Curing complexity: Pfizer Switzerland advances spend management initiatives with Ariba
Mbtmag, 29 Feb 2008
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