Ariba Customers Showcase Spend Management Success at Ariba LIVE 2005.SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- --Premier spend management event features more than 50 breakout sessions; presenters include The Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Co., Merck & Co. Inc., Tyco International For the unrelated division of Mattel, see . Tyco International Ltd. NYSE: TYC is a diversified manufacturing conglomerate incorporated in Bermuda, with United States operational headquarters in New Jersey. (US) Inc., Diebold Inc., HP, General Dynamics General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE: GD) is a defense conglomerate formed by mergers and divestitures, and as of 2006 it is the sixth largest defense contractor in the world[1]. The company has changed markedly in the post-Cold War era of defense consolidation. , Conoco-Phillips Inc., Alcoa Inc., Gartner Inc., Forrester Research, and more Ariba(R), Inc. (Nasdaq:ARBA), the leading spend management solutions provider, has confirmed additional presenters for Ariba LIVE 2005, scheduled for April 25-28 at the Walt Disney World Noun 1. Walt Disney World - a large amusement park established in 1971 to the southwest of Orlando Orlando - a city in central Florida; site of Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida Lake Buena Vista is a city in Orange County, Florida, United States. It is mostly known for being home to the Walt Disney World Resort. The population was 16 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 15. . Ariba has also increased the number of breakout sessions, now totaling more than 50 and covering a broad range of spend management topics such as business travel, global supplier integration, effective trading relationships, procurement outsourcing, and more. Keynote presenters will include Bill Patrizio, senior vice president, strategic sourcing and procurement, The Walt Disney Company; Willie Deese, chief procurement officer A Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) is an executive role focused on supply management for an enterprise. A report by Aberdeen Group shows a marked acceleration in the significance of procurement's role. , Merck & Co; Shelley Stewart Jr., vice president, supply chain, Tyco International (US) Inc; John M. Crowther, vice president and chief information officer, Diebold, Inc.; and Andy Kyte, vice president and fellow, Gartner, Inc. In addition, Ariba executives Bob Calderoni, 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. ; Dave McCormick , president and director; Craig Federighi, chief technology officer; and Michael Schmitt, executive vice president and chief marketing officer, will address attendees at the conference general session. With the recent merger of Ariba and FreeMarkets, this year's event combines the best of the FreeMarkets WorldSOURCE conference with Ariba LIVE to create the world's premier spend management conference. More than 1000 attendees are expected, along with Ariba customers and partners, who represent the world's leading companies. "As companies around the world 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. ways to do more with less, Ariba LIVE is becoming an essential forum to learn about the latest strategies, technologies and best practices in spend management," said Michael Schmitt, EVP EVP Executive Vice President EVP EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) Valve Position Sensor EVP Electronic Voice Phenomenon EVP Europäische Volkspartei (Germany) EVP Employee Value Proposition and chief marketing officer, Ariba. More than 50 LIVE Conference Sessions Ariba LIVE 2005 will offer more than 50 breakout sessions led by industry analysts, business leaders, and executives from companies with successful spend management track records. Conference sessions include speakers from leading organizations, including: A[micro] Aberdeen Group A[micro] ADP A[micro] Alcoa, Inc. A[micro] Chubb A[micro] ExxonMobil Corp. A[micro] Forrester Research A[micro] Gartner, Inc. A[micro] General Dynamics Corp. A[micro] IDC A[micro] Intel Corp. A[micro] Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. A[micro] Microsoft Corp. A[micro] Phelps Dodge Corp. A[micro] PPG Industries A[micro] The Hackett Group A[micro] The Walt Disney Co. A[micro] Visteon Corp. A[micro] Xerox Corp. Ariba LIVE 2005 is the company's seventh annual gathering featuring industry luminaries and thought leaders in spend management from around the world. Event sponsors include American Express, American Product Distributors, Ascential Software, Deloitte, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Markmaster. Orbitz, Sabrix, Telepress, Travelport, USi, Xstamper, and Zones Corporate Solutions. More information about the conference, including registration details, is available at http://www.aribalive.com. About Ariba, Inc. Ariba, Inc. is the leading provider of Spend Management solutions to help companies realize rapid and sustainable bottom line results. Successful companies around the world in every industry use Ariba Spend Management software and services. Ariba can be contacted in the U.S. at 1.650.390.1000 or at www.ariba.com. Copyright (C) 1996-2005 Ariba, Inc. Ariba and the Ariba logo are registered trademarks of Ariba, Inc. Ariba Spend Management, Ariba Spend Management. Find it. Get it. Keep it., Ariba. 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For example, Ariba recently settled patent infringement patent infringement n. the manufacture and/or use of an invention or improvement for which someone else owns a patent issued by the government, without obtaining permission of the owner of the patent by contract, license or waiver. filed against it by ePlus, Inc. for $37.0 million and incurred significant related legal expenses. Factors and risks associated with its business, including a number of the factors and risks described above, are discussed in Ariba's Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. filed December 14, 2004 and in its Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. filed February 9, 2005. |
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