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In today�s economy, spend management isn�t just practical. It�s critical. To survive the global downturn and emerge strongly positioned to compete, companies must carefully manage every dollar they spend. They must find opportunities for savings and leverage innovative solutions and processes to drive them to the bottom line. Today, Ariba, Inc. (Nasdaq:ARBA), the leading spend management solutions provider, honored individuals and companies who have done just this, announcing the winners of the 2009 Ariba Spend Management Excellence Awards.

�Competing in today�s global market requires much more than maintaining status quo. It takes flexibility and know-how to respond to threats and opportunities in the marketplace. It requires greater efficiency in the way business is done and collaboration among buyers and suppliers. And it means deriving the maximum value from each and every transaction,� said Tim Minahan, Chief Marketing Officer, Ariba. �The 2009 Ariba Spend Management Excellence Award Winners understand this and have implemented solutions and processes to enhance the performance of their organizations and deliver them to new worlds of excellence.�

Selected by an independent panel of judges with representatives from Supply & Demand Chain Executive, CPO Agenda, AberdeenGroup and AMR Research, the 2009 Spend Management Excellence Award Winners include:

Lifetime Achievement Award

Jim Polak, PPG �

Enterprise Spend Management Pioneers

Jon Kirby, Tom Papa, John Miller and Jay Merenda, AstraZeneca �

Change Management Pioneer

Nita Espinosa, Cisco Systems �

Procure-to-Pay Pioneers

Jonathan Evans and Ken Kim, DonorsChoose.org �

Global Spend Management Pioneer

Graham Gleed, Soci�t� G�n�rale de Surveillance �

Ariba Supplier Network Pioneers

Newark OfficeMax

�The 2009 Spend Management Excellence Award Winners each demonstrated unique leadership, vision and commitment in applying leading-edge spend management solutions and techniques,� Minahan said. �We are pleased to recognize these individuals and the companies they represent for their ability to drive positive and profound change within their organizations and the procurement industry at large.�

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 software, 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 500, 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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