Ariba's Momentum Continues With 38 Live Customers in Last Quarter
Ariba B2B eCommerce Solutions Provide Rapid ROI for Customers Across All Industries
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Ariba, Inc., (Nasdaq: ARBA) the leading business-to-business (B2B) eCommerce solutions provider, further demonstrated its ability to provide customers with smooth, simple and fast implementations, by taking 38 customers live on with Ariba(R) B2B eCommerce solutions in the quarter ended March 31.
Over 240 of Ariba's global customers in a wide variety of industries are already conducting live electronic transactions and enjoying the benefits of streamlined commerce processes, reduced costs and improved trading partner relationships. A selection of customers which recently went live with their Ariba solution include:
-- Clorox, a Fortune 500 household products company recently rolled out
phase one of their Ariba Buyer solution. Clorox plans to extend the
solution to 60 plants and 20 offices worldwide;
-- John Deere, a global company providing innovative machinery, services
and concepts for farmsite, worksite and homesite customers rolled out
Ariba Buyer to its Moline, Illinois headquarters last month, and plans
to extend the solution to other locations later this year;
-- Bezeq-Zahav (GoldNet), an Israeli B2B company, has launched "The Ring,"
a Marketplace providing eCommerce end-to-end solutions for the Israeli
Business Sector. "The Ring" is the first Hebrew deployment of Ariba(R)
Marketplace(TM), Ariba(R) Dynamic Trade(TM) and Ariba(R) Buyer ASP
Edition(TM). The first hosted Ariba Buyer solution was successfully
implemented in Bezeq, The Israeli PTT, a $2.5 Billion company;
"The Ariba and EDS implementation team has enabled a smooth, phased deployment, resulting in a complete, integrated solution for automating the cycle of procuring products and services -- from requisition to fulfillment," said Bobby Zachariah, vice president of procurement for Clorox.
"Phase one of our Ariba Buyer implementation included enabling nine suppliers, and we have an aggressive plan to add additional suppliers quickly," said Mike Lentz, project manager for online buying with John Deere.
"Now that "The Ring" marketplace is up and running, and the first implementation of Ariba Buyer turned out to be a success, we look forward to offering other companies our end-to-end eCommerce services in a secure, cost effective and managed environment," said Arie Rimini, vice president eCommerce of Bezeq-Zahav (GoldNet).
"Ariba has always measured its success based on the success of our customers, and in today's economic climate rapid deployment is more critical than ever as this equates to a faster ROI, which significantly impacts a company's bottom line," said Eileen Basho, senior vice president operations for Ariba. "The combination of our open platform, results-driven determination, customer focus, and best-of-breed partners enables us to get customers up and running in a smooth and fast manner, benefiting all players in the B2B ecosystem."
A recent IDC report, "eProcurement Applications Market Forecast and Analysis, 2000-2004," identified Ariba as the worldwide market leader for buy-side eProcurement in 2000, with a 36 percent market share.
Ariba Buyer enables customers to electronically aggregate purchasing from employee desktops and direct this spending to preferred suppliers and B2B marketplaces, resulting in significant time and cost savings.
About Ariba
Ariba, Inc. is the leading business-to-business (B2B) eCommerce solutions provider. Ariba's open, end-to-end, interoperable software solutions and hosted Web-based commerce services enable efficient online trade, integration and collaboration between B2B marketplaces, buyers, suppliers and commerce service providers. The global reach and best-of-breed functionality of Ariba B2B eCommerce solutions 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. Ariba Buyer, Ariba Marketplace, Ariba Dynamic Trade and Ariba Commerce Services Network are trademarks of Ariba, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
Ariba Safe Harbor
Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act 1995: 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; lengthening sales cycles and 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.
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SOURCE Ariba, Inc.
CO: Ariba, Inc.
ST: California
IN: ECM MLM
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