Shahriar Broumand, vice president and general manager of Ariba Managed Procurement Services, will present at the IDC Outsourcing Forum (West) on Monday, January 30, 2006 at the Biltmore Hotel & Suites in Santa Clara, California.

Broumand will share insights, best practices and success strategies aimed at helping companies understand how to design and execute effective outsourcing initiatives.

Broumand said, "Few companies have the resources, expertise or infrastructure to effectively manage their [spending] across all categories. As a result, significant savings are often left on the table. Outsourcing the procurement of non-core categories is a viable way for companies to capture some of these savings and drive them to the bottom lines."

Ariba, Inc., the leading spend management solutions provider, was recently recognized among the leading providers in the procurement BPO services market by IDC. The company has more than 400 commodity experts and 700 spend management professionals who manage indirect procurement for some of the world's leading and largest companies.

Visit www.idc.com/outsourcingwest06 to register for the IDC conference.

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