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Fieldglass Earns Ariba Ready Status

Leading provider of contingent workforce management and services procurement software offers InSite through Ariba Supplier Network

Chicago (PRWEB) May 31, 2007 -- Fieldglass Inc., a leading provider of contingent workforce management and services procurement software, announced today that it has successfully completed the requirements for Ariba, Inc.’s Ariba® Ready™ designation. Fieldglass was awarded the designation based on its proven ability to effectively transact with and provide content to organizations using Ariba Buyer through Ariba® Supplier Network™.

InSite®, the contingent workforce management and services procurement software from Fieldglass, is an all-in-one, on-demand application which optimizes the processes associated with the procurement and management of contingent labor and other external business services such as consulting projects, outsourced and offshore functions. Fieldglass has integrated InSite with Ariba in order to leverage the investment that companies have made in Ariba’s spend management solution while providing additional functionality for labor spend management.

The successful integration between InSite and Ariba has been in production for years with several Fortune 500 clients allowing them to extend their investment in Ariba in acquiring human capital and services while also managing the tasks and activities involving the people that are getting work done

“The successful integration between InSite and Ariba has been in production for years with several Fortune 500 clients allowing them to extend their investment in Ariba in acquiring human capital and services while also managing the tasks and activities involving the people that are getting work done,” commented Fieldglass CTO, Sean Chou. “Fieldglass is honored to be acknowledged within the Ariba Ready program and thereby a part of the procurement ecosystem of Ariba clients.”

InSite integrates with Ariba utilizing Ariba® PunchOut™, allowing customers to "punch out" from the Ariba Buyer solution to InSite’s web-based application for contingent workforce management, before returning to the Ariba procurement solution to complete the labor procurement transaction. Ariba PunchOut provides a seamless interface between the end-user’s procurement environment and InSite.

As part of the Ariba Ready program, Fieldglass joined Ariba at its conference, Ariba LIVE 2007, May 21 – 23 in Boca Raton, Florida. Ariba LIVE 2007 is an executive level conference developed for spend management professionals by spend management professionals, providing leading-edge information to senior management within Global 2000 companies. The event, with over 1200 attendees from a wide range of industries, brought together Ariba customers, prospects, suppliers and partners to a forum that encouraged the sharing of ideas, best practices and insights.

About Ariba Ready
Ariba Ready is a special designation awarded to suppliers who have demonstrated the ability to effectively transact with and provide content to organizations using Ariba Buyer through Ariba Supplier Network). This Ariba program helps suppliers communicate their capabilities by acting as a common standard for integration and enablement that all Ariba Supplier Network participants can understand and value. Suppliers can self-test their content and integration abilities through the Ariba Ready portal.

About Fieldglass
Fieldglass, a leading provider of contingent workforce management and services procurement solutions, combines technology innovation with industry expertise to provide business solutions for such industries as financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, pharmaceutical and telecommunications. Fieldglass' solutions are based on its award-winning InSite application, designed to optimize an organization's contingent labor procurement and management process. Fieldglass is on the web at www.fieldglass.com.

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