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 ...

SAP is acquiring Ariba, a developer of cloud-based business commerce network software, for $4.3 billion. The acquisition is SAP's latest move to expand beyond its traditional ERP on-premise ...

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 ...

NEW YORK -- German business software maker SAP AG said Monday that it has closed its $4.51 billion acquisition of Ariba Inc., a maker of Web-based software that connects suppliers and buyers online.

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 ...