Ariba Selects ComputerLiteracy.com to Supply Technical Information Resources to Global 2000 Buying Organizations; ComputerLiteracy.com Joins Ariba Supplier Link.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 1999-- ComputerLiteracy.com (Nasdaq:CMPL CMPL Commercial Materials Processing Lab ) and Ariba Technologies, Inc. today announced that ComputerLiteracy.com has joined Ariba Supplier Link(TM) (ASL ASL - Algebraic Specification Language (TM)) and will supply catalog content into Ariba's leading e-commerce buying solution for Global 2000 organizations. This move brings ComputerLiteracy.com's world-class selection of technical and business books, manuals and training materials to the growing number of enterprise organizations using Ariba's buy-side e-commerce solution, Ariba Operating Resource Management System(TM) (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)). By participating in ASL, ComputerLiteracy.com gains a distribution channel to millions of corporate buyers worldwide. Providing packaged access to exceptional supplier content via open Internet standards See Internet Engineering Task Force. , Ariba ORMS saves buying organizations the time and cost of managing their own supplier content. The Internet-based e-commerce solution reduces the cost of acquiring operating resources -- the non-production 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 run a company -- by electronically connecting buyers to suppliers like ComputerLiteracy.com. "The partnership with Ariba gives an increasing number of large enterprise customers access to ComputerLiteracy.com's selection of information resources (1) The data and information assets of an organization, department or unit. See data administration. (2) Another name for the Information Systems (IS) or Information Technology (IT) department. See IT. , covering more than 800 technical subject categories," said Chris MacAskill, president 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. of ComputerLiteracy.com. "Ariba ORMS provides access to our products through the purchasing departments of large organizations, while our own FindITnow intranet bookstore program provides customized content at the desktop level to employees of these corporations." Organizations using Ariba's buy-side e-commerce solution currently spend an aggregate total of more than U.S. $45 billion annually on operating resources. Ariba's clients include industry giants such as Bristol-Myers Squibb Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY), colloquially referred to as BMS, is a pharmaceutical corporation, formed by a 1989 merger between pharmaceutical companies Bristol-Myers Company, founded in 1887 by William McLaren Bristol and John Ripley Myers in Clinton, NY (both were , Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce TSX: CM NYSE: CM, better known to most customers as CIBC, is one of Canada's major banks. CIBC is classified as a Domestic Chartered Bank (Schedule I). , Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , State of California and US WEST. Access to ComputerLiteracy.com's offerings will be available for employees in these Global 2000 buying organizations in March of this year. "Technical information resources are critical products for our customer base," said Keith Krach, president and chief executive officer at Ariba. "As the leading Internet supplier of information resources for technology professionals, ComputerLiteracy.com adds an important component to the best-of-breed lineup of suppliers who are providing content for Ariba ORMS." About Ariba Ariba is the leader in enterprise-wide Operating Resource Management (ORM ORM - Object Role Modeling ) solutions for Global 2000 and mid-sized corporations. The company's buy-side e-commerce products deliver a high return on investment by improving the acquisition and management of operating resources, the goods and services required to operate a company. Ariba's comprehensive ORM solution leverages the Internet, corporate intranets, and an advanced network application architecture to efficiently connect requestors to approvers, buyers to suppliers, and the Ariba system to other enterprise applications. Ariba and its strategic partners offer consulting and implementation services, training, and technical support that enable rapid deployment of scalable, flexible, enterprise-wide Operating Resource Management solutions. Ariba can be contacted at +1.408.543.3800 or at www.ariba.com. About ComputerLiteracy.com ComputerLiteracy.com is the leading online retailer of information resources singularly focused on technical professionals. With more than 300,000 technology-focused information resource titles from more than 8,000 publishers, ComputerLiteracy.com offers individual and corporate customers online access to the broadest, most comprehensive selection of technical and business books, technology-based training solutions, product manuals, research reports and other information resources. The company offers discounts of up to 40 percent on books and resources, and all in-stock orders placed by 4 PM PST PST Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, see there ship the same business day. Visit ComputerLiteracy.com on the web at www.computerliteracy.com. This announcement may contain 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. that involve risks and uncertainties including, among others, ComputerLiteracy.com's limited operating history, anticipated losses, the unpredictability of its future revenues, competition, risks associated with system development and operation risks, management of potential growth, and risks of new business areas, international expansion, business combinations, and strategic alliances. Actual results could differ materially from those discussed. More information about factors that potentially could affect ComputerLiteracy.com's financial results is included in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Registration Statement filed on Form SB-2 on November 19, 1998, as amended. All forward looking statements are based on information available to the Company on the date hereof, and the Company assumes no obligation to update such statements. Note to Editors: All company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. |
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