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Ariba Hosts 11th User Group and Advisory Council: Over 1200 Global Business Leaders Converge

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More than 1200 executives from Global 2000 companies are expected to attend the three-day Ariba User Group and Advisory Council, "Building Partnerships for Business-to-Business eCommerce," held from September 27-29 at the Hyatt Regency/San Francisco Airport in Burlingame, Calif. The event will feature keynote speeches from industry experts, including Ariba president and CEO Keith Krach, Wall Street's top-ranked Internet analyst Mary Meeker, and best-selling author Patricia Seybold.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Ariba ecosystem currently includes more than 40 Global 2000 customers representing over $100 billion in total annual spending power for operating resources.
  • Business-to-business eCommerce represents an enormous economic shift, creating unprecedented opportunities for leading companies to reshape how business is transacted.
  • Forrester Research reports that the value of business-to-business transactions on the Internet will grow from $43 billion in 1998 to $1.3 trillion by 2003.
  • The Ariba User Group and Advisory Council will provide a unique opportunity for Ariba customers, suppliers, and partners to share experiences and expertise in leveraging the Internet to lower operating costs, streamline business processes, facilitate integration with one another, and create new business opportunities.
  • The conference will include 24 breakout sessions focusing on topics such as cXML and other commerce standards, electronic payments, best practices, and ROI case studies.
  • Additional conference sponsors include American Express, Deloitte Consulting, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Staples, Sun Microsystems, RoweCom, TPN Register, US Bank, and webMethods.

Statistics:

  • More than 1200 executives from Global 2000 companies are expected to attend the Ariba User Group and Advisory Council.
  • The Ariba ecosystem includes over 40 Global 2000 customers.
  • These customers represent over $100 billion in total annual spending power for operating resources.
  • The value of business-to-business transactions on the Internet is expected to grow from $43 billion in 1998 to $1.3 trillion by 2003.

Sources:

  • Ariba, Inc.
  • Forrester Research
  • Andersen Consulting
  • FedEx
  • Hewlett-Packard Company
  • Visa USA
  • Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
  • "Customers.com" by Patricia Seybold

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