Ariba's Jeff Wilson Named Among 2008 Executive Pros to Know

Business Wire, March 25, 2008

VP and GM of Growing Enterprise Recognized by Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine for Driving Adoption of Spend Management Among Mid-Sized Organizations

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Ariba, Inc. (Nasdaq:ARBA), the leading spend management solutions provider, today announced that Jeff Wilson, Vice President and General Manager of Ariba's Growing Enterprise unit, has been named to Supply & Demand Chain Executive's 2008 list of Executive Pros to Know. Honoring leaders who are helping organizations build 21st century supply chains, the list includes individuals from software and service providers, consultancies and analyst or research firms who exhibit deep domain knowledge and innovative thinking within their sectors.

"Jeff Wilson has long evangelized the notion of spend management, and pushed for a 'democratized' version that allows companies of all sizes to reap the benefits that it provides," said Andrew K. Reese, editor of Supply & Demand Chain Executive. "He has worked closely with growing enterprises to fully understand their unique challenges and needs and provide them with on-demand solutions that enable them to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of their operations and drive measurable, bottom-line results that are in line with those of their larger peers."

A software and procurement industry veteran, Mr. Wilson has devoted most of his 18-year career to providing organizations with the technology and know-how to drive greater efficiency in their supply chains and conduct business on a global scale. When large multinational businesses began to rack up significant results through spend management, Mr. Wilson pushed for solutions that would enable smaller companies to do the same. His efforts sparked the development of a new breed of on-demand offerings that have made spend management available and affordable to companies of all sizes.

"I'm honored to be counted among the distinguished group of leaders who have done so much to advance the notion of spend management," Wilson said. "Spend management really is for everyone, and Ariba will continue to develop and deliver solutions that enable companies - regardless of their size or the industry they operate in - to lower their costs, minimize risk, improve profits and increase competitive advantage."

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Supply & Demand Chain Executive (www.sdcexec.com) is a bi-monthly business magazine aimed at uniting the intelligence, news and tools necessary to steer the supply and demand chain management professional and business executive through the complicated, yet critical, world of supply and demand chain management. With hard-hitting analysis, viewpoints and unbiased case studies, Supply & Demand Chain Executive will uncover each aspect of the new supply and demand chain to keep readers on the leading edge, the frontline and the profit zone.

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