Unisys Corporation and Ariba Inc., the leading business-to-business (B2B) eCommerce platform provider, today announced they have formed an alliance to provide integrated B2B eCommerce solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, Unisys will resell and implement the Ariba Buyer application, and offer the Ariba Buyer solution in a hosted environment to companies who want to enjoy eCommerce efficiencies without the up-front cost and internal management of the application. Separately, Unisys will provide systems integration services for other Ariba solutions including Ariba Marketplace and Ariba Dynamic Trade.
Ariba Buyer will be offered worldwide as part of the Unisys Procurement Solutions Practice, which provides tailored eProcurement solutions designed to streamline procurement processes and promote the most cost-effective demand fulfillment. Unisys has a significant global presence with particular success in emerging regional markets such as Latin American and Asia-Pacific regions where Ariba is also actively involved.
Ariba Buyer is the industry`s leading and most comprehensive B2B eCommerce application designed to improve management of corporate procurement 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.
Unisys e-@ction Procurement Solutions offer end-to-end procurement management through procurement planning, workload and project management, electronic approval routing, correspondence tracking, bid evaluation, contract award and amendment management, document creation and assembly, vendor management and receiving and electronic payment. Information moves instantly from the user`s desktop directly to the supplier`s back office. "Unisys is committed to delivering world-class e-procurement solutions. Ariba Buyer provides us with a proven application to add this critical element to our vertical e-business and e-government portfolio," said Joe McGrath, president of Unisys Global Industries. "This relationship with Ariba means that we can offer our clients a solution that provides real bottom-line impact and dramatically improves the management of corporate purchasing."
"Unisys` global services and support capabilities combined with their experience in vertical industries such as publishing, public sector, finance, communications and transportation, make them an ideal partner to help extend the reach of Ariba B2B eCommerce solutions to companies of all sizes worldwide," said Larry Mueller, president and COO of Ariba. "Together Ariba and Unisys will help companies streamline their eCommerce and business processes, resulting in time and cost savings that dramatically impact our customers` bottom line."
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Ariba Inc.
Ariba, Inc. is the leading business-to-business (B2B) eCommerce 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 create Internet-driven economies of scale and process efficiencies for leading companies around the world. Ariba can be contacted in the U.S. at 1.650.930.6200 or at www.ariba.com.
Unisys
Unisys is an e-business solutions company whose 36,000 employees help customers in 100 countries apply information technology to seize opportunities and overcome challenges of the Internet economy. Unisys people integrate and deliver the solutions, services, platforms and network infrastructure required by business and government to transform their organizations for success in this new era. The company offers a rich portfolio of Unisys e-@ction Solutions for e-business based on its expertise in vertical industry solutions, network services, outsourcing, systems integration and multivendor support, coupled with enterprise-class server and related technologies. The primary vertical markets Unisys serves worldwide include financial services, transportation, communications, publishing and commercial sectors, as well as the public sector, including federal government customers. Unisys is headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, in the Greater Philadelphia area. For more information on the company, access the Unisys home page on the World Wide Web at www.unisys.com. Investor information can be found at www.unisys.com/investor