Ariba, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARBA), the leading provider of
collaborative business commerce solutions, and IBM (NYSE: IBM) have
signed an agreement designed to help fuel better commerce by
matching business-to-business buyers and sellers of goods and
services in the Cloud using state-of-the-art collaboration and
social networking technologies.
Ariba plans to integrate its cloud solution, the Ariba Commerce
Cloud, with IBM LotusLive to help buyers and sellers communicate
and share information more fluidly and effectively, leading to
faster, more confident business decisions for organizations of all
sizes. The news came during Ariba LIVE, the premier conference for
business professionals engaged in buying, selling or managing cash
being held at the JW Marriot Grand Lakes in Orlando, Florida.
“Finding the right trading partners is hard. Collaborating with
them to do business better is even harder,” said Bhaskar
Himatsingka, Chief Technology Officer, Ariba, Inc. “Our integration
plans with IBM LotusLive are designed to help make it easier for
buyers and sellers to collaborate in new ways by taking advantage
of IBM’s powerful set of web-based tools for real-time
collaboration within Ariba’s sourcing and sales process
solutions.”
Simplified Interactions
Face-to-face meetings, phone calls, faxes, documents and
spreadsheets are quickly being leapfrogged by more advanced,
efficient methods of collaboration and communication such as Web
conferencing, instant messaging, social networking and file
sharing, among other things. To help companies take advantage of
these advances, Ariba plans to integrate IBM’s LotusLive with Ariba
® Discovery™, a web-based service that helps buyers and sellers
find each other quickly and efficiently for new business
opportunities by automatically matching buyers’ business
requirements to seller capabilities.
Integrating LotusLive communication and collaboration into the
buyer-seller discovery process will lead to better business results
for buyers and sellers by providing them the tools to interact,
answer questions and exchange accurate information prior to
entering the formal RFI/P or contracting phase.
“A successful integration with IBM LotusLive would enable us to
move beyond document-driven interactions with our customers and
collaborate in a true sense,” said Tricia Johnson, Western Regional
Sales Manager, Eagle Press, and user of the Ariba Commerce
Cloud.
A unique Web-based platform that enables companies to buy, sell
and manage cash more efficiently and effectively than ever before,
the Ariba Commerce Cloud provides companies with everything needed
to manage collaborative inter-enterprise commerce, including
market-leading technology, expert skills and capabilities and the
world’s largest global trading community.
LotusLive delivers cloud-based, integrated email, Web
conferencing, social networking and collaboration services to help
simplify and improve daily business interactions with customers,
partners and colleagues -- all with IBM's focus on security,
reliability and integration.
“Like people searching for someone special, businesses are
looking for a high degree of compatibility with their prospective
partners," said Sean Poulley, Vice President, IBM Cloud
Collaboration. “The successful combination of LotusLive and the
Ariba Commerce Cloud will provide such a matchmaking comfort zone
in which networks of partners, suppliers and customers can easily
work together across company boundaries to help do their jobs more
efficiently and cost-effectively, and perhaps even develop lasting
relationships."
About Ariba, Inc.
Ariba, Inc. is the leading provider of collaborative business
commerce solutions. Ariba enables more efficient and effective
buying, selling, and cash management by combining industry-leading
software as a service (SaaS) commerce technology with the world's
largest web-based global trading community and expert capabilities
and services to augment internal resources and skills – all as
a flexible, cloud-based service. The Ariba® Commerce
Cloud™ delivers everything needed to control costs, increase
sales, minimize risk, and enhance cash flow and
operations. More than 300,000 companies, including more than
80 percent of the Fortune 100, use Ariba’s solutions to drive more
efficient and effective inter-enterprise commerce. Why not join
them? For more information on Ariba commerce solutions and the
results they deliver, visit www.ariba.com
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