Ariba announced on Friday that it plans to purchase FreeMarkets in a deal valued at $493 million, bolstering its position in the market for online business software services. Through the ...

Looking to expand its reach, procurement software maker Ariba Inc. is buying supply chain management applications vendor FreeMarkets Inc. in a deal valued at roughly half a billion dollars.

We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Squashing long-held rumors that Ariba Inc. would be acquired—propagated by Chairman and CEO Robert Calderoni in a televised ...

Software maker Ariba plans to purchase hosting services partner Alliente, a move that would follow other business application companies in experimenting with new delivery models. Ariba announced ...

Ariba said Thursday it is acquiring fellow e-commerce vendor Quadrem for roughly US$150 million, in a deal the company says will create the world’s largest business-to-business commerce network.

Business software giant SAP announced today that it will acquire Ariba’s cloud -based business commerce network for approximately $4.3 billion. SAP’s subsidiary, SAP America, Inc., is offering ...

By Quentin Hardy SAP paid $4.3 billion for Ariba, a cloud-based marketplace for business supplies, in the hope that even corporate commerce is social. By Quentin Hardy A decade after the dot-com ...