Procurement software provider SAP Ariba and contingent workforce vendor management system SAP Fieldglass will no longer operate as separate entities, according to an article this week in TechTarget. The announcement came at the SAP Ariba Live conference this week. German software firm SAP acquired Fieldglass in 2014. SAP Fieldglass has 5.7 million active external workers in 2018 and more than 131,000 suppliers in more than 220 countries, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.