Ariba, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARBA), the leading provider of collaborative business commerce solutions, today announced that it has been named to the Supply & Demand Chain Executive Top 100 for a seventh straight year. An annual measure designed to recognize companies that are leading the way in supply and demand chain transformation, this year the magazine focused the criteria for its "100" feature on preparing companies for the post-recessionary return to growth. Ariba has been among the Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 since 2003.

"As the economy makes tentative steps toward recovery and growth, our readers are turning to Supply & Demand Chain Executive to learn about solutions and best practices for enabling business expansion through supply chain excellence," said Andrew K. Reese, editor of Supply & Demand Chain Executive. "With this year's Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100, we highlight a broad range of supply chain solution and service providers that are helping to position their customers for the 'New Normal' economic environment."

Ariba was selected to the 2010 Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 on the basis of its history of innovation and its continued commitment to simplifying and enhancing business commerce. Through the Ariba® Commerce Cloud, Ariba provides a platform that companies can use to buy, manage cash and sell more efficiently and effectively than ever before.

?Why is it so easy to buy a book on Amazon.com but so hard to source the goods and services you need to run your business? How can you manage your personal finances and pay your bills on time online, yet have no idea what you're spending with whom or when you'll get paid at your company? Why do you know more about what your friends ate for lunch than the status of your key trading partners?? asks Tim Minahan, Chief Marketing Officer, Ariba. ?At Ariba, we don't think business commerce should be so hard. And we are dedicated to developing and delivering solutions to make it as easy as personal commerce. With the Ariba Commerce Cloud, companies have everything they need to control supply chain costs, increase sales, minimize risk and enhance cash flow and operations – all in a single location that quick and easy to access.?

Over 80 percent of the Fortune 100 and more than 300,000 use the Ariba Commerce Cloud to drive better commerce. For more information on the Ariba Commerce Cloud and the value it can deliver for your organization, visit www.ariba.com/commercecloud

Ariba will also be featured in the cover story of the May/June 2010 issue of Supply & Demand Chain Executive, as well as online at www.SDCExec.com/SDCE100.

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About Ariba, Inc.

Ariba, Inc. is the leading provider of collaborative business commerce solutions. Ariba combines industry-leading software as a service (SaaS) technology to optimize the complete commerce lifecycle with the world's largest web-based community to discover, connect and collaborate with a global network of trading partners and expert capabilities to augment internal resources and skills, delivering everything needed to control costs, minimize risk, improve profits and enhance cash flow and operations – all in a cloud-based environment. Whether you're buying, selling or managing cash, you can do it more efficiently and effectively in the Ariba® Commerce Cloud. Over 300,000 companies, including more than 80 percent of the Fortune 100, use Ariba's solutions to drive more efficient inter-enterprise commerce. Why not join them? For more information on Ariba commerce solutions and the results they deliver, visit www.ariba.com

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Ariba, Inc.
Karen Master, 412-297-8177
kmaster@ariba.com