Ariba and Integris U.S. Announce Agreement to Market B2B e-procurement Software.Business/Technology Editors Integris will serve as an Ariba 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). , providing mid-sized companies with industry-leading Ariba Buyer(TM) software and a full range of associated IT services BILLERICA, Mass. and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 7, 2001 Integris U.S., the information technology services division of Bull, and Ariba, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARBA), 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 ) eCommerce platform and network services provider , have announced an agreement to market Ariba's industry-leading e-procurement software along with a full range of associated services. Under terms of the agreement, Integris will become an application services See ASP and Web services. provider (ASP) of Ariba Buyer (TM), Ariba's industry-leading e-procurement software, which provides organizations with a fully integrated, highly efficient solution that replaces traditionally paper-based, slow-moving purchasing processes Purchasing Purchasing is the formal process of buying goods and services. The Purchasing Process can vary from one organization to another but there are some key elements that are common throughout The process usually starts with a 'Demand' or requirements . Integris will host Ariba Buyer on its own IT systems and provide the software and a full range of associated services, including systems integration, help desk and client server to its clients on a monthly subscription fee basis. Integris will also market Ariba Buyer to mid-sized companies, focusing on domestic businesses with less than $1 billion in revenues. "This agreement enables us to offer the leading e-procurement application in the industry today to our customers - without our customers having to purchase their own hardware, pay software licensing fees, invest in extensive training, or hire systems integration people," said Jonathan Burbank, president of Integris. "Our end users pay a single subscription fee and we do everything else." "Ariba has long relied on leading integrators to extend the reach of our leading-edge products," 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 , vice president, Global Channels for Ariba. "We're very pleased that a strong solutions provider like Integris has joined the Ariba family in this effort." Ariba Buyer is the industry's leading and most comprehensive B2B eCommerce application designed to improve management of corporate procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. and operational processes. Ariba Buyer enables companies to aggregate and streamline purchasing from each employee desktop, and direct this spending to preferred suppliers, B2B marketplaces and exchanges, leading to greater economies of scale and commerce process efficiencies, and resulting in lower costs and competitive advantage. About Integris Integris is the global information technology services division of Bull. With revenue of $2.3 billion, Integris is a world-class provider of mission-critical e-infrastructure outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. and system integration services. Integris' U.S. services focus on management of networks, distributed systems Distributed systems (computers) A distributed system consists of a collection of autonomous computers linked by a computer network and equipped with distributed system software. , and Internet-based services. Integris provides infrastructure hosting services to a number of key partners and clients. Integris partners include 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. , Getronics, Hewlett-Packard, Ross Systems, Sungard Recovery Services and Webstack. Based in France, with U.S. headquarters in Billerica, Mass., and large data centers in Minneapolis, Minn., and Phoenix, Ariz., Integris has operations in more than 90 countries and approximately 10,000 employees worldwide. The Integris web address is www.us.integris.com. About Ariba Ariba, Inc. is the leading business-to-business (B2B) eCommerce platform and network services provider. Through the Ariba B2B Commerce platform - an open, end-to-end infrastructure of interoperable The ability for one system to communicate or work with another. See interoperability. 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 reach and functionality of the Ariba B2B Commerce platform is designed to create Internet-driven economies of scale and process efficiencies for leading companies around the world. Ariba can be contacted in the U.S. at 650-930-6200 or at www.ariba.com. Ariba and the Ariba logo are registered trademarks of Ariba, Inc. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and in other countries. The Ariba B2B Commerce Platform, Ariba Buyer and Ariba Commerce Services Network are trademarks of Ariba Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
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