Ariba, Ernst & Young Join Forces
Ariba Inc., a business-to-business E-commerce servicesprovider, and Ernst & Young LLP, a management-consulting
firm, announced Monday an agreement to jointly offer E-
commerce products.
Ernst & Young will become a Certified Ariba Systems
Integrator partner and will gain access to Ariba's commerce
services, an open global platform for business-to-business
commerce on the Internet. Ernst & Young will provide its
clients with access to Ariba's online marketplace where they
can make purchases direct from preferred vendors at pre-
negotiated volume prices.
Both companies say they will collaborate to provide E-
commerce software, network services and systems integration
services. Financial terms of the agreement were not
disclosed. Jack Staff, chief Internet economist with Zona
Research, says the deal allows Ariba to hook up with a major
integrator, giving it access to clients.
Forrester Research predicts that business trading on the
Internet will grow to $1.3 trillion in 2003.
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