Ariba Set to Transform Business Commerce

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Company announces powerful line up for Ariba LIVE 2010 Orlando designed to help businesses reach next level of productivity

SUNNYVALE, Calif. - April 20, 2010– Each year, companies lose an estimated $650 billion in productivity due to inefficient processes. Ariba, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARBA), the leading spend management solutions provider, wants to help them get some of this money back. The company today unveiled the agenda for Ariba LIVE 2010 Orlando (www.aribalive.com), the premier conference for anyone engaged in buying, selling or managing cash, which kicks off May 24 at the JW Marriott Grande Lakes. Through a powerful line up of mainstage speakers and interactive breakout sessions, the event aims to provide companies with insights into the technology, capabilities and community needed to drive better commerce and results.

"Over the last decade, companies have spent billions on technology to automate processes within the four walls of their organizations. Yet most remain hugely inefficient, and it's costing them lots of money," said Tim Minahan, Chief Marketing Officer, Ariba. "Ariba LIVE 2010 is a unique event designed to help buyers and sellers attack the inefficiencies that hinder their operations and fuel more effective collaboration among trading partners to improve their performance and financial results."

Productivity 3.0

The first two waves of productivity were all about desktop and enterprise operating systems that made employees and functions more efficient. But the future will be driven by inter-enterprise platforms that allow companies to share common business processes. Ariba LIVE Orlando will provide a view into the technology, capabilities and community underlying such platforms and gather leading executives, practitioners and analysts to share their thoughts on how they will ultimately transform business commerce. Among the featured speakers set to present on mainstage: 

• W. Lamar Chesney, Executive Vice President & Chief Procurement Officer, SunTrust Banks, Inc.
• Peter S. Cook, Director Global B2B Sales Strategy, IBM
• Jeff Howe, Author of Crowdsourcing: Why the Power of the Crowd is Driving the Future of Business and Contributing Editor, Wired Magazine
• Robert Mahawald, Research Vice President, IDC
• William S. McNee, Founder and CEO, Saugatuck Technology
• Mickey North Rizza, Research Director, AMR Research, a Gartner Company
• Christopher S. Sawchuk, Global Procurement Practice Leader, The Hackett Group

In addition to keynote presentations, Ariba LIVE Orlando will feature more than 40 breakout sessions across six different tracks through which attendees can gather practical, actionable information they can use to control supply chain costs, increase sales, minimize risk and enhance cash flow and operations The sessions will be led by executives and professionals from leading organizations such as:

• Fiserv, Inc.
• The Home Depot
• MetLife
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Selective Insurance Company of America
• Ryder
• Texas Children’s Hospital
• MarkMaster
• EBSCO
• Novant

Ariba executives will also be on hand to discuss the future of business commerce and help participants understand the strategies and solutions that will drive it forward, including Chairman and CEO Bob Calderoni, President Kevin Costello, Chief Technology Officer Bhaskar Himatsingka, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Ariba Network Bob Solomon and Vice President, North America Ariba Consulting Jon Stevens.

The three-day event will also feature ample opportunities for participants to interact with their peers in informal settings and share thoughts and best practices that help drive their business goals. For more information on Ariba LIVE Orlando, or to register, please visitwww.aribalive.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, visitwww.aribalive.com

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Media Contacts:
Karen Master
Ariba, Inc.
412-297-8177
kmaster@ariba.com

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