Ariba, a provider of collaborative business commerce offerings, and Hubspan, a provider of cloud-based business integration offerings, have launched a new service designed to help businesses connect their ERP and other backend systems to partners using the Ariba Commerce Cloud.
The company said that its Commerce Cloud platform includes applications for spend management, collaborative finance management, and sales acceleration management, in addition to Web-based trading community Ariba Network, and customer community Ariba Exchange, where companies can network, share practices, and collaborate with partners and peers.
The platform also features market, category, technical, strategic and other capabilities that can be accessed on-site or remotely via the Web.
Ariba said that Hubspan enables integration and interoperability across all major ERP, supply chain, and CRM systems, including SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Siebel, Salesforce.com and Baan. As a cloud platform delivered as a service, it manages mappings to all system upgrades and allows companies to scale their integration to the Commerce Cloud.
Bhaskar Himatsingka, chief technology officer of Ariba, said: "In joining forces with Hubspan, Ariba makes it easier than ever for buyers and sellers to connect their existing order management, financial and online commerce systems to the Ariba Network and take advantage of the services available in the Ariba Commerce Cloud."
