Alliente and Ariba Sign Hosting Alliance Agreement; Alliance Offers Customers a Complete E-Procurement Solution.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers COLORADO SPRINGS Colorado Springs, city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. , Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 2000 Alliente Inc., a Business Service Provider (BSP BSP Bromsulphalein, a dye used in the study of liver function. See also sulfobromophthalein clearance test. ) managing indirect e-procurement solutions for global customers, announced today the finalization Writing the table of contents (TOC) on a recordable CD or DVD disc. The finalization process ensures that the disc can be played back on most CD and DVD players. See disc-at-once. of a Hosting Alliance Agreement with Ariba, the leading business-to-business (B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business ) e-commerce platform and network services provider, to create value-added customer solutions to deliver the tools and expertise for building complete e-procurement systems. Under the agreement, Alliente will have direct access to Ariba technology to allow Alliente to perform outsourcing and implementation services for its clients. Ariba in return can leverage Alliente's indirect procurement experience to offer end-to-end, automated procurement solutions to its customers. By combining Ariba's software technology with Alliente's capabilities as a BSP, enterprise buyers gain a comprehensive e-procurement solution that facilitates improved margins and streamlined processes, allowing customers more freedom to focus on core competencies A core competency is something that a firm can do well and that meets the following three conditions specified by Hamel and Prahalad (1990):
"This relationship supports Alliente's distinctive business model and leverages the significant value of the company's e-procurement knowledge," said Dan Fishback Dan Fishback (born November 4 1981) is a queer-identified, Jewish-American performance artist, playwright and singer-songwriter, born in Washington, D.C. He lives and works in New York City, and is heavily associated with that city's anti-folk movement (The Advocate , Ariba's vice president of global channels. "This agreement allows Ariba to have a hosting relationship that provides total e-procurement business solutions to complement our product and service offerings to current and potential customers." Alliente functions as a true BSP, offering end-to-end indirect procurement solutions with the latest Web-based technology. Alliente's enterprise services include implementation, consulting, catalog order management, non-catalog procurement, supplier management and e-enablement, and payment services. Providing these services as an outsourced partner, Alliente adds value to customers using the Ariba platform. Alliente has already had tremendous success implementing its e-procurement solution and managing Ariba Buyer with two of its global customers, Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) and Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. . Alliente also recently announced a customer agreement with Lucent Technologies and is currently implementing an e-procurement solution for its global operations Global Operations is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Barking Dog Studios and published by both Crave Entertainment and Electronic Arts. It was released in March of 2002, following its public multiplayer beta version which contained only the Quebec map. . "This agreement allows both Ariba and Alliente to gain a competitive advantage in the market," said Greg Spray, Alliente's president and chief executive officer. "We know that companies are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. not only the best available technology and a world-class B2B platform, but also a partner that can help streamline and implement indirect procurement processes to positively affect the bottom line. Together, Ariba and Alliente are the solution." About Alliente Inc. Alliente Inc. is a leading Business Service Provider (BSP) offering indirect e-procurement solutions for Global 2000 companies. Alliente offers enterprise services -- such as implementation, consulting, catalog order management, non-catalog procurement, supplier management and e-enablement, and payment services -- to manage complete procurement processes. Benefits include faster time-to-savings for customers, more efficient procurement processes, lower prices for purchased goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. , and improved strategic impact. Alliente, a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. spun out of Hewlett-Packard Company in February 2000, currently provides e-procurement services to thousands of global users in 17 countries. Crosspoint Venture Partners, rated by Forbes magazines as the top venture firm from 1997-1999, is a primary investor. For more information about Alliente Inc., visit our Web site at www.alliente.com. About Ariba Inc. Ariba Inc. is the leading business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce platform 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 creates Internet-driven economies of scale and process efficiencies for leading companies around the world. |
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