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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

German business software titan SAP has agreed to acquire Sunnyvale, Calif.-based e-commerce business Ariba for an astounding $4.3 billion, the company announced today. SAP will pay $45 per share for ...

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 ...