Ariba And USi Partner to Provide Business-to-Business E-commerce Application Services.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif./ANNAPOLIS, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Dec. 2, 1999-- USi Expands iMAP Portfolio, First Pure Play ASP asp, popular name for several species of viper, one of which, the European asp (Vipera aspis), is native to S Europe. It is also a name for the Egyptian cobra (Naja haja). to Provide Services for Buyers and Suppliers Ariba, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARBA), the leader in business-to-business electronic commerce, and USinternetworking, Inc., (Nasdaq: USIX USIX USinternetworking, Inc. (stock symbol) ), the leading Application Service Provider (ASP), today jointly announced a strategic partnership to provide end-to-end end-to-end a pattern of anastomosis in which severed ends are matched and united, in contrast with other patterns such as end-to-side or side-to-side. Usually applied to anastomosis of the intestine. business-to-business e-commerce application services See ASP and Web services. . Under the agreement, USi will provide Ariba solutions to mid-sized and large-sized companies through the ASP model. The comprehensive partnership includes product development, application implementation and management services, and cooperative sales and marketing. Under terms of the agreement, USi is a preferred ASP for Ariba solutions, and will introduce a new service offering based on the hosted Ariba ORMX(TM) application. USi will integrate the Ariba ORMX(TM) solution with its Internet Managed Application Provider(SM) (iMAP) portfolio as part of a complete eCommerce offering to its existing and future customer base. USi will actively market, sell, deliver and support this new service. Clients will pay a flat monthly fee to receive the Ariba ORMX application as an iMAP service while gaining access to the comprehensive functionality of the Ariba Network(TM) eCommerce platform. The Ariba Network eCommerce platform is the industry's leading single, global eCommerce network for business-to-business eCommerce. In addition, as a preferred ASP for the Ariba solution, USi will provide on-ramp capabilities for suppliers on the Ariba Network. Leveraging USi's expertise in eCommerce and existing sell-side eCommerce iMAP offerings, suppliers to Ariba ORMX-equipped buyers can use USi's sell-side e-commerce services to transact An earlier e-commerce system for the Web from Open Market that included order capture and secure order fulfillment using credit cards, ecash and other payment systems. It included customer service and subscription administration capabilities as well as an integrated database for reporting with buyers through the Ariba Network platform using the cXML (Commerce Extensible Markup Language See XML. (language, text) Extensible Markup Language - (XML) An initiative from the W3C defining an "extremely simple" dialect of SGML suitable for use on the World-Wide Web. http://w3.org/XML/. ) standard. Ariba and USi are addressing the explosive growth in the business-to-business eCommerce market, which Cambridge, Mass.-based Forrester Research Forrester Research is an independent technology and market research company that provides its clients with advice about technology's impact on business and consumers. Corporate facts
(mathematics) trillion - In Britain, France, and Germany, 10^18 or a million cubed. In the USA and Canada, 10^12. by 2003. Together, USi and Ariba are expanding opportunities for a broader cross-section of companies to take advantage of the significant cost savings and revenue opportunities of Internet-based commerce. Mid-market and large buyers will benefit from access to the Ariba Network platform and Ariba ORMX application through USi without a sizable siz·a·ble also size·a·ble adj. Of considerable size; fairly large. siz  a·ble·ness n. implementation or infrastructure investment. In addition, USi's solutions will help to accelerate the critical mass of trading communities of buyers and sellers on the Ariba Network platform. "USi is the pioneer of the ASP model and has a strong history of client successes, making them an ideal solution partner to help expand the critical mass of buyers and sellers on the Ariba Network platform," said Keith Krach, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. at Ariba. "With this partnership, we are creating additional new on-ramps to the Ariba Network platform that offer mid-sized and Global 2000 companies and their suppliers a complete business-to-business eCommerce solution designed to lower costs and increase efficiency and competitive advantage." "We see tremendous demand for business-to-business eCommerce application services," said Chris McCleary, chairman and CEO of USi. "Ariba is a clear leader in business-to-business eCommerce. By adding the Ariba ORMX application to the iMAP portfolio, we are now able to provide a complete and integrated set of eCommerce solutions for buyers and suppliers of all sizes." The Ariba ORMX application is a scalable solution that contains all the industry-leading features of the Ariba ORMS ORMS Operating Resource Management System ORMS Operations Research and Management Science ORMS Operational Readiness Monitoring System ORMS Orderly Room Management System ORMS Oracle Retail Merchandise System (TM) application. It is designed to be hosted in an ASP environment and provided as a subscription service. The Ariba ORMX application enables companies to save money on the 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. required to operate a business and to streamline purchasing operations from requisition A written demand; a formal request or requirement. The formal demand by one government upon another, or by the governor of one state upon the governor of another state, of the surrender of a fugitive from justice. The taking or seizure of property by government. to payment by aggregating company-wide spending and directing it to preferred suppliers via the Ariba Network platform. The offering will allow medium-sized enterprises or companies that have made the strategic business decision minimize their up-front IT investment to use ASP services to enjoy the same business-to-business eCommerce functionality as if they were to install the application themselves. The Ariba solution enables companies to seamlessly integrate with their suppliers to acquire a diverse range of commodities from machine tools and maintenance services to computers and printed goods textile fabrics printed in patterns, especially cotton cloths, or calicoes. See also: Print . USi's Internet Managed Application Provider (iMAP) portfolio offers a complete set of enterprise business application services, including leading packaged application software, implementation, computing computing - computer hardware, ongoing network services, hosting, and client care service--all for a flat monthly fee. USi iMAP services enable mid-sized and large companies to deploy enterprise business applications faster, more cost effectively and with comprehensive service level guarantees. ABOUT ARIBA, INC. Ariba, Inc. is the world's leading independent business-to-business eCommerce network provider. The company delivers the Ariba Network(TM) eCommerce platform, the industry's leading open, unified global platform for business-to-business commerce on the Internet. Together, Ariba's software and services leverage the Ariba Network platform to automate To turn a set of manual steps into an operation that goes by itself. See automation. and integrate the internal and external commerce processes of buyers, suppliers, net market makers, and value-added service A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. providers, delivering a global eCommerce infrastructure that provides cost saving and revenue opportunities for businesses of all sizes. Ariba can be contacted in the U.S. at 650/930-6200 or at www.ariba.com. About USinternetworking, Inc. USinternetworking Inc. (Nasdaq: USIX) is the leading Application Service Provider delivering enterprise software as a service. The company's iMAP(SM) portfolio of service offerings delivers the rich functionality of leading software from Ariba, BroadVision, Lawson, Microsoft, Niku, PeopleSoft, Sagent, and Siebel as a continuously supported, flat rate monthly service enabling enterprises to rapidly and cost effectively deploy modular eBusiness functionality with secure global Internet connectivity. Internet Managed Application Provider (iMAP) is a service mark of USinternetworking, Inc. Ariba and the Ariba logo are registered trademarks of Ariba, Inc. Ariba Network, Ariba ORMX and Ariba ORMS are trademarks of Ariba, Inc. All other products or company names mentioned are used for identification purposes only, and may be trademarks of their respective owners. Information in this release may involve expectations, beliefs, plans, intentions or strategies regarding the future. These forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. 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 statement. The statements in this release are not guarantees of future performance and actual results could differ materially from our current expectations. Numerous factors could cause or contribute to such differences. Some of the factors and risks associated with our business are discussed in the Company's registration statement on Form S-1 declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on June 22, 1999, and in the other reports filed from time to time with the SEC. |
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