Exhibit 99.1

Ariba Reports Results for Third Quarter of Fiscal 2008

Company posts 76% year-over-year growth in subscription software revenue and 81%

year-over-year growth in 12 month subscription software backlog

SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 23, 2008 — Ariba, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARBA), the leading spend management solutions provider, today announced results for the third quarter ended June 30, 2008.

Quarterly Financial and Operational Highlights:

“Despite a tough global economy, Ariba has posted another strong quarter as evidenced by the continued growth in our subscription software revenue, backlog and operating margin expansion,” said Bob Calderoni, Chairman and CEO, Ariba. “Profitable growth remains our top priority going forward, and Ariba is fortunate to be well-positioned in the spend management market as companies are increasingly looking for innovative ways to save money and run their organizations more efficiently.”

Results for the Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2008

Revenue:

Total GAAP revenues for the third quarter of fiscal year 2008 were $85.0 million, as compared to $75.6 million for the third quarter of fiscal year 2007. Subscription and maintenance revenues for the quarter were $49.3 million, as compared to $36.6 million for the third quarter of fiscal year 2007. Within subscription and maintenance revenues, subscription software revenue was $30.3 million for the current quarter, as compared to $18.0 million for the third quarter of fiscal year 2007. Services and other revenues for the current quarter were $35.7 million, as compared to $39.0 million for the third quarter of fiscal year 2007. On a Non-GAAP basis, total revenues for the third quarter of fiscal year 2008 were $86.5 million with subscription software revenue at $31.7 million. The difference between GAAP and Non-GAAP is approximately $1.4 million of revenue that was not recognized due to the impact of purchase accounting on contracts acquired through the acquisition of Procuri, Inc.

Earnings Per Share:

Net loss for the third quarter of fiscal year 2008 was $4.3 million, or $0.05 per share, as compared to a net loss for the third quarter of fiscal year 2007 of $2.0 million, or $0.03 per share. In addition to the revenue that was not recognized due to the impact of purchase accounting on contracts acquired through the acquisition of Procuri, Inc., the net loss for the third quarter of fiscal year 2008 included charges of $4.9 million for amortization of intangible assets, $9.6 million for stock-based compensation, a $0.7 million net restructuring benefit primarily related to a sub-lease agreement. Excluding these items, non-GAAP net income was $10.9 million, or $0.13 per diluted share.

Balance Sheet and Cash:

Total cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities, and investments were $129.4 million at June 30, 2008, down $48.6 million from June 30, 2007. The primary reason for the decrease in cash was due to cash payments made for the acquisition of Procuri. Net cash flow from operations for the three months ended June 30, 2008 was $8.7 million, as compared to $2.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2007. Accounts receivable, on a days-sales-outstanding basis, were 31 days for the third quarter of fiscal 2008, as compared to 40 days for the third quarter of fiscal 2007, and down two days from the previous quarter. Total deferred revenues were $100.3 million at June 30, 2008, up $15.5 million from June 30, 2007.

Customer Acquisition and Transactions for the Quarter:

During the quarter, 247 companies of all sizes across geographies purchased Ariba solutions to drive their spend management strategies, including: H. J. Heinz Company, ABN Amro, The Travelers Company, Sanofi-Aventis, Unilever N.V., Telefonica S.A., Dana Corporation, Enel SpA, and Mobistar. The company also added 34 new customers, and closed 17 transactions over $1 million including 4 software deals over $1 million, and 151 on-demand product deals.

Changes in Executive Leadership

With its transition to an on-demand model complete, Ariba is now focused on the next wave of innovation and growth that will enable the company to extend its market leadership position. To assist in driving value creation, the company today announced that Chief Financial Officer Jim Frankola will transition from his current role to the newly created position of Executive Vice President of Strategy.

“Jim has been my partner as CFO for the past seven years and has been instrumental in our transition to an on demand model,” Calderoni said. “With the transition behind us, now is a good time to bring in a CFO who can lead our finance organization to the next level and allow Jim to focus his energy on helping me drive strategy to support our growth objectives.”

Responsibility for finance will be transitioned to Ahmed Rubaie, who will join Ariba this week and assume the CFO position effective August 10. “Ahmed is a proven executive and I have great confidence in his ability to ensure that our finance operations remain world-class,” Calderoni said.

Mr. Rubaie comes to Ariba from Avery Dennison where he served as vice president of finance for the company’s Retail Information Services group and previously as corporate vice president of internal audit and tax. Mr. Rubaie held key finance positions at BHP Billiton prior to joining Avery Dennison, including his last position as vice president, commercial for the company’s global diamonds and industrial minerals division and various tax counsel roles. Mr. Rubaie began his career in public accounting with both Coopers & Lybrand and Deloitte & Touche. He is a seasoned financial executive with significant global experience, including mergers and acquisitions as well as financings.

Conference Call Information

Ariba will hold a conference call today at 5:00 p.m. ET to discuss its results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2008. To join the call, please dial (877) 407-8031 in the United States and Canada, or (201) 689-8031 if calling internationally. The conference call also will be webcast live, and can be accessed on the investor relations section of the company’s website at www.ariba.com or by logging in at www.vcall.com.

A replay of the conference will be available by calling (877) 660-6853 in the United States and Canada or (201) 612-7415 internationally and entering account number: 286 and conference ID number: 2289688.

Ariba, Inc.

Ariba, Inc. is the leading provider of spend management solutions to help companies realize rapid and sustainable bottom line results. Companies around the world in every industry use Ariba Spend Management™ software and services. Ariba can be contacted in the U.S. at 1.650.390.1000 or at www.ariba.com.

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Ariba Safe Harbor

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act 1995: Information and announcements in this release involve Ariba's expectations, beliefs, hopes, plans, intentions or strategies regarding the future and are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. All forward-looking statements included in this release are based upon information available to Ariba as of the date of the release, and we assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results could differ materially from our current expectations. Factors that could cause or contribute to Ariba's operating and financial results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to: delays in development or shipment of new versions of Ariba's products and services; lack of market acceptance of Ariba's existing or future products or services; inability to continue to develop competitive new products and services on a timely basis; introduction of new products or services by major competitors; the ability to attract and retain qualified employees; difficulties in assimilating acquired companies, long and unpredictable sales cycles and the deferrals of anticipated orders; declining economic conditions, including the impact of a recession; inability to control costs; changes in the company's pricing or compensation policies; significant fluctuations in our stock price; the outcome of and costs associated with pending or potential future regulatory or legal proceedings; the impact of our acquisitions, including the disruption or loss of customer, business partner, supplier or employee relationships; and the level of costs and expenses incurred by Ariba as a result of such transactions. Factors and risks associated with its business, including a number of the factors and risks described above, are discussed in Ariba's Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 7, 2008.

Contacts:

Investors

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650-390-1200

InvestorInfo@ariba.com

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Ariba, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

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Cash Flows

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The accompanying press release dated July 23, 2008 contains non-GAAP financial measures. The following table reconciles the non-GAAP financial measures in the press release to the most directly comparable financial measures prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). These non-GAAP measures include non-GAAP revenues, non-GAAP cost of revenues, gross profit, operating expenses, (loss) income from operations, net (loss) income and net (loss) income per share amounts.

Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered as a substitute for, or superior to, GAAP financial measures, which should be considered as the primary financial metrics for evaluating our financial performance. Significantly, non-GAAP financial measures are not based on a comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles. Instead, they are based on subjective determinations by management designed to supplement our GAAP financial measures. They are subject to a number of important limitations and should be considered only in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. For example, our non-GAAP financial measures have the effect of excluding a purchase accounting adjustment, costs and expenses from our operating results that should be properly considered under a system of accrual accounting. In addition, our non-GAAP financial measures differ from GAAP measures with the same names, may vary over time and may differ from non-GAAP financial measures with the same or similar names used by other companies. Accordingly, investors should exercise caution when evaluating our non-GAAP financial measures.

Despite these limitations, we believe our non-GAAP financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information about our operating results, primarily because they exclude a purchase accounting adjustment and costs and expenses that we do not believe are indicative of the ongoing operating performance of our business and our senior management. Although these items should properly be considered in our GAAP financial measures, we believe they should be excluded when evaluating our current operating performance. The non-GAAP financial measures disclosed in the accompanying press release are used by our Board of Directors and senior management to evaluate our current operating performance, are used in evaluating the performance of our senior management, and are used in our budget and planning processes. We believe that our non-GAAP financial measures are helpful to investors by facilitating comparisons of our current and prior operating results and by facilitating comparisons of our operating results with those of other software companies.

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Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Operating Results

(Unaudited; in thousands, except per share data)

The following tables reconcile the specific items excluded from GAAP in the calculation of non-GAAP operating results for the period indicated below:

Discussion of Specific Items Excluded From Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Our non-GAAP financial measures include a purchase accounting adjustment related to deferred revenues and generally exclude costs and expenses for (i) amortization of intangible assets related to acquisitions, (ii) stock-based compensation and (iii) restructuring and integration. We exclude these items because we believe they are not closely related to the ongoing operating performance of our business and the performance of our senior management and are generally excluded from our budget and planning process. In addition to these reasons, we believe our non-GAAP financial measures are also helpful to investors by facilitating comparisons of our operating results over different time periods and by facilitating comparisons of our financial performance with that of other companies. In addition, except for costs and expenses related to restructuring and integration, these items are non-cash items that do not affect cash flows.

(1) Purchase accounting adjustment – deferred revenue. As announced on December 17, 2007, Ariba acquired Procuri, Inc. In accordance with the fair value provisions of EITF 01-3, Accounting in a Business Combination for Deferred Revenue of an Acquiree, acquired deferred revenue of approximately $4.5 million was recorded on the opening balance sheet, which was approximately $5.9 million lower than the historical carrying value. Although this purchase accounting requirement has no impact on the Company’s business or cash flow, it adversely impacts the Company’s reported GAAP revenue primarily for the first twelve months post- acquisition. In order to provide investors with financial information that facilitates comparison of both historical and future results, the Company has provided non-GAAP financial measures which exclude the impact of the purchase accounting adjustment. The Company believes that this non-GAAP financial adjustment is useful to investors because it allows investors to (a) evaluate the effectiveness of the methodology and information used by management in its financial and operational decision-making and (b) compare past and future reports of financial results of the Company as the revenue reduction related to acquired deferred revenue will not recur when related subscription terms are renewed in future periods.

(2) Amortization of Acquired Intangible Assets. In accordance with GAAP, we amortize intangible assets acquired in connection with acquisitions over the estimated useful lives of the assets. We exclude these amortization costs in our non-GAAP financial measures because they (i) result from prior acquisitions, rather than the ongoing operating performance of our business, and (ii) absent additional acquisitions, are expected to decline over time as the remaining carrying amounts of these assets are amortized. We believe excluding these costs helps investors compare our financial performance with that of other companies with different acquisition histories. However, as with impairment charges, we recognize that amortization costs provide a helpful measure of the financial impact and performance of prior acquisitions and consider our non-GAAP financial measures in conjunction with our GAAP financial results that include amortization costs.

(3) Stock-Based Compensation Expenses. We exclude stock-based compensation expense associated with stock options and stock granted to employees and non-executive directors in our non-GAAP financial measures. While stock-based compensation is a significant component of our expenses, we believe that investors wish to be able to exclude the effects of stock-based compensation expense in comparing our financial performance with that of other companies.

(4) Restructuring and integration. We recorded restructuring related to lease abandonment accruals and severance and related benefits in the three months ended June 30, 2008. We exclude this from our non-GAAP financial measures because it is unrelated to our ongoing operations and is significantly impacted by factors outside our control. We believe excluding restructuring and integration helps investors compare our operating performance with that of other companies. We recognize, however, that restructuring and integration will impact cash flows and that we and investors should carefully consider the impact of these costs on future cash flows.