SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--They say no man is an island. Well neither is a company. In today’s global economy, it’s all about being connected, efficient and informed. On April 10, Ariba, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARBA), the leading provider of collaborative commerce solutions, will kick off Ariba LIVE 2011, a global event series designed to help enterprises of all sizes become all three. The series will begin at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Conference Center in Nashville and continue with events in London and Paris.
“The future of business commerce isn’t in the standalone enterprise, but the networked enterprise, or extraprise,” said Tim Minahan, Chief Marketing Officer, Ariba. “In the extraprise, it’s not about executing a process within a company, but across the entire value chain. It’s not about the intelligence within an organization, but the intelligence networks that are developed through communities. It’s not about doing things faster, but tapping insights and best practices to do things better. Ariba LIVE 2011 events are unique forums through which companies can tap the resources they need to drive a truly collaborative business commerce process and optimize their performance.”
Through keynote presentations and interactive breakout sessions delivered by industry thought leaders and executives with many of the world’s leading companies, Ariba LIVE 2011 attendees will gain fresh insights into the new breed of cloud-based solutions that are revolutionizing the way business is done and the strategic value they can create for their organizations.
Among the speakers scheduled to present:
Bob Woodward, Investigative Reporter and Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author
Michael
Knipper, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Services, The Hartford
Financial Services Group, Inc.
Scott Singer, Global Head of
Procurement, Rio Tinto
Robert Calvert, B2B Integration Program
Manager, Hewlett-Packard
Keith Jacobson, Senior Vice President,
Accounts Payable, Bank of America
Jay B. Myers, Senior Vice
President, Enterprise Purchasing and Operations, Bank of America
Greg
Schwartz, Senior Vice President, Supply Chain, Jamba Juice
Mike
Eaton, CPO, Jackson Family Wines
Chip Graham, Marketing Director,
EBSCO
Brady Seiberlich, eProcurement and Development Manager,
National Business Furniture
Whether buying selling or managing cash, companies can do it better in the cloud. And through more than 40 breakout sessions delivered across tracks focused on each of these areas, Ariba LIVE 2011 attendees can find out how to plug in and begin delivering results.
Registration for Ariba LIVE 2011 events is open today. For additional details, or to reserve your place, visit: www.aribalive.com
About Ariba, Inc.
Ariba, Inc. is the leading provider of
collaborative business commerce solutions. Ariba combines
industry-leading technology with the world's largest web-based trading
community to help companies discover, connect and collaborate with a
global network of partners – all in a cloud-based environment. Using the
Ariba® Commerce Cloud, businesses of all sizes can buy, sell
and manage cash more efficiently and effectively. Over 340,000 companies
around the globe use the Ariba Commerce Cloud to simplify
inter-enterprise commerce and enhance results. Why not join them? To get
on the path to Better Commerce, visit: www.ariba.com/commercecloud/
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