Ariba Launches Online Community for Spend Management

Sometimes, it’s not what you know, but who you know and what they know that can make all the difference. In an effort to link those responsible for what remains a key business priority and challenge, Ariba, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARBA) today launched Ariba Exchange (http://exchange.ariba.com), the first online community for spend management. Built using state-of-the-art technology, Ariba Exchange is a unique forum through which executives and professionals charged with managing costs and risk can connect to share insights and learn about solutions and best-practice processes that can help them achieve their goals.

"When it comes to managing spend, time is money,” said Tim Minahan, Chief Marketing Officer, Ariba. "Today’s spend management professionals need real-time access to people who understand the challenges they face and information on solutions and processes they can implement to overcome them. This is exactly what Ariba Exchange provides.”

Designed to facilitate meaningful interaction among spend management practitioners, industry analysts, category specialists and others dedicated to reducing costs and risk to improve profits and competitive advantage, Ariba Exchange is an open forum through which users can engage in lively discussions and access articles, whitepapers, videos and other leading-edge information focused on their specific needs.

While many networks provide for broad discussions of business topics such as procurement and sourcing, Ariba Exchange enables spend management professionals to engage in targeted conversations with others who share their goals and understand the challenges they face through targeted sub-communities focused on specific spend categories and spend management solutions.

"If you’re a metals buyer, you don’t want to have to search through multiple categories to find the information you need to solve your problems,” said Justin Fogarty, online community manager, Ariba. "You want a place to go where you can quickly and easily find what you need and connect with others who are either in or have been in your shoes.”

Among the communities within the Ariba Exchange today:

Spend Analysis

Sourcing

Contract Management

Supplier Management

Procurement

Finance & Accounting

Supplier & Network

"Social networks are fast becoming a critical business tool that professionals of all stripes are leveraging to deliver on their objectives,” Minahan said. "By joining Ariba Exchange, those charged with driving spend management can make real-time connections online that enable them to drive real-world results.”

Thousands of executives and professionals are already engaged on Ariba Exchange. Join them today at http://exchange.ariba.com

About Ariba, Inc.

Ariba, Inc. is the leading provider of on-demand spend management solutions. Our mission is to transform the way companies of all sizes, across all industries, and geographies operate by delivering technology, service, and network solutions that enable them to holistically source, contract, procure, pay, manage, and analyze their spend and supplier relationships. Delivered on demand, our enterprise-class offerings empower companies to achieve greater control of their spend and drive continuous improvements in financial and supply chain performance. More than 1,000 companies, including more than half of the companies on the Fortune 100, use Ariba solutions to manage their spend from sourcing and orders through invoicing and payment. For more information, visit www.ariba.com

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