PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Managing spot buys – those unplanned, time-sensitive and often mission-critical purchases that every company must make – can be a difficult, expensive and risky ...

SUNNYVALE (CBS/AP) -- Business software maker SAP AG says it will buy spending-management software company Ariba Inc. for about $4.51 billion. SAP said it is offering $45 per share for the Sunnyvale ...

Systems integrator Accenture is expanding its proprietary procurement system through a deal with software giant SAP under which Accenture will incorporate SAP's Ariba sourcing application into ...

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Twenty years ago, procurement was a manual function driven largely by phone calls, faxes and handshakes. Then along came the Internet. And a company named Ariba.

NEW YORK -- German business software maker SAP AG said Monday that it has closed its $4.51 billion acquisition of Ariba Inc., a maker of Web-based software that connects suppliers and buyers online.

Ariba is SAP’s business-to-business (B2B) sourcing and procurement software and buying network. Each day, the cloud-based platform handles billions of dollars’ worth of transactions as enterprises ...

Vertex, which makes tax technology solutions, has integrated its software with SAP Ariba, SAP’s procurement and supply chain solution. The partnership is designed to help companies obtain tax ...

Ariba is a digital commerce platform born in Silicon Valley during the early days of the Internet. It was acquired by SAP in 2012 for $4.3 billion and is now under the leadership of its newly-named ...

Software giant SAP doesn't get much recognition when it comes to the topic of cloud computing, but it's not for lack of trying. The company last week used its annual Sapphire conference in Orlando to ...