Under the terms of the agreement, Unisys will resell and implement the Ariba Buyer application, and offer the Ariba Buyer solution in a hosted environment to companies who want to enjoy eCommerce efficiencies without the up-front cost and internal management of the application. Separately, Unisys will provide systems integration services for other Ariba solutions including Ariba Marketplace and Ariba Dynamic Trade. Ariba Buyer will be offered worldwide as part of the Unisys Procurement Solutions Practice, which provides tailored eProcurement solutions designed to streamline procurement processes and promote the most cost-effective demand fulfillment. Ariba Buyer is the industry's leading and most comprehensive B2B eCommerce application designed to improve management of corporate procurement and operational processes. Ariba Buyer enables companies to aggregate and streamline purchasing from each employee desktop, and direct this spending to preferred suppliers, B2B marketplaces and exchanges, leading to greater economies of scale and commerce process efficiencies, and resulting in lower costs and competitive advantage.
Information moves instantly from the user's desktop directly to the supplier's back office.
This relationship with Ariba means that we can offer our clients a solution that provides real bottom-line impact and dramatically improves the management of corporate purchasing. Together Ariba and Unisys will help companies streamline their eCommerce and business processes, resulting in time and cost savings that dramatically impact our customers' bottom line. About Unisys Unisys is an e-business solutions company whose 37,000 employees help customers in 100 countries apply information technology to seize opportunities and overcome challenges of the Internet economy. Unisys people integrate and deliver the solutions, services, platforms and network infrastructure required by business and government to transform their organizations for success in this new era. The primary vertical markets Unisys serves worldwide include financial services, transportation, communications, publishing and commercial sectors, as well as the public sector, including federal government customers.