NEW YORK, Apr 10, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Accenture ACN +1.45% and Ariba, an SAP AG SAP +0.04% company, are expanding their global alliance through a first-of-its-kind agreement to offer new cloud-based solutions designed to transform the delivery of procurement and finance and accounting (F&A) business services to clients. Together, the two companies will redefine business process outsourcing (BPO) and define business operations services that can help clients become a best-run business by achieving significant process efficiencies and related cost savings.