State of California Launches Ariba-Powered State-Wide eProcurement System
Ariba Buyer Provides Foundation for State's CAL-Buy On-Line Buying System
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Ariba Inc., (Nasdaq: ARBA) the leading business-to-business (B2B) eCommerce platform and network services provider, today announced that the State of California is now live with the Ariba(R) Buyer(TM) solution as the foundation of CAL-Buy, a statewide strategic eProcurement initiative developed by the California Department of General Services' (DGS) Procurement Division. The DGS, CALTRANS and the California Highway Patrol are the first agencies to have access to the new Web-based CAL-Buy system.
Powered by Ariba Buyer, CAL-Buy will enable state employees to use an online, desktop purchasing system to facilitate the annual procurement of approximately $2 billion in goods and services. To date, over 50 employees in three state agencies have access to 180 suppliers through the CAL-Buy system. CAL-Buy is expected to save time and money by streamlining and automating product catalog searches, order approval, transactions and receipts, allowing DGS to better manage supply and services procurement and supplier relations.
"The State of California is a welcome addition to our growing roster of government institutions using Ariba Buyer to eliminate inefficiencies in their business processes," said Jerry Connell, director, Public Sector, Ariba. "We are pleased to bring the benefits of eCommerce to the governing organization of a state that, if weighed as an independent country, would rank sixth in the world in gross domestic product. With CAL-Buy, the State of California will enjoy significant savings in employee time and procurement costs, which translates to better use of taxpayer dollars."
"Whether we are purchasing school buses or computers, state purchasing agents can use CAL-Buy to order the products needed to keep the State of California operating," said Governor Gray Davis. "CAL-Buy will automate existing contracts for goods and services. This will lead to greater efficiencies while reducing government costs."
Ariba Buyer is the industry's leading Internet application for automating and managing corporate sourcing, buying and internal business processes, from planning to payment, to travel and expense. All Ariba Buyer customers have instant access to over 30,000 suppliers worldwide through the Ariba Commerce Services Network(TM) (Ariba CSN), allowing for transparent collaboration between buyers and suppliers. Ariba CSN is Ariba's network infrastructure for connecting buyers and suppliers and to deliver commerce services to companies in the B2B ecosystem.
Accenture, a systems integrator of Ariba, worked with DGS to implement andintegrate Ariba Buyer with the state's financial and human resources solutions.
About Ariba, Inc.
Ariba, Inc. is the leading business-to-business (B2B) eCommerce platform and network services provider. Through the Ariba B2B Commerce Platform - an open, end-to-end infrastructure of interoperable software solutions and hosted Web-based commerce services -- the company enables efficient online trade, integration and collaboration between B2B marketplaces, buyers, suppliers and commerce service providers. The global reach and best-of-breed functionality of the Ariba B2B Commerce Platform create Internet-driven economies of scale and process efficiencies for leading companies around the world. Ariba can be contacted in the U.S. at 650-930-6200 or at www.ariba.com.
NOTE: Ariba and the Ariba logo are registered trademarks of Ariba, Inc. in the United States and in other countries. Ariba B2B Commerce Platform, Ariba Buyer and Ariba Commerce Services Network are trademarks of Ariba Inc.
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Information and announcements in this release involve Ariba's expectations, beliefs, hopes, plans, intentions or strategies regarding the future and are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. All forward-looking statements included in this release are based upon information available to Ariba as of the date of the release, and we assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results could differ materially from our current expectations. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: delays in development or shipment of new versions of our Ariba B2B Commerce Platform; lack of market acceptance of the Ariba B2B Commerce Platform or other new products or services; inability to continue to develop competitive new products and services on a timely basis; introduction of new products or services by major competitors; our ability to attract and retain qualified employees; difficulties in assimilating companies previously acquired, including Tradex, Trading Dynamics, and SupplierMarket.com; inability to expand our operations to support increased growth; the recognition of an increasing portion of revenues at the end of the quarter; declining economic conditions, including a recession; inability to control costs; changes in our pricing or compensation policies; inability to successfully manage a reduction in the company's workforce; and significant fluctuations in our stock price. These and other factors and risks associated with our business are discussed in the Company's Form 10-K filed December 29, 2000 and Form 10-Q filed February 14, 2001.
SOURCE Ariba, Inc.
CO: Ariba, Inc.; State of California; California Department of General Services; , CALTRANS; California Highway Patrol
ST: California
IN: NET ECM
SU: CON
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