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Monday November 8, 8:03 am Eastern Time
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SOURCE: Intraware, Inc.
Siebel Systems to Leverage Intraware's Business-to-Business E-Marketplace for IT Professionals in Effort to Attract 1 Million Siebel Sales(R) Customers
Intraware to Provide Online Marketing, Promotion and Trial Download Services To Accelerate Reach of Siebel Sales(R) Into Middle Market
ORINDA, Calif., Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Intraware, Inc., (Nasdaq: ITRA - news) the leading IT e-Marketplace for Web-based software and services, and Siebel Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SEBL - news), the world's leading supplier of Web-based front office software systems, today announced that Siebel has selected Intraware to provide electronic marketing and distribution services for its newest product release, Siebel Sales. This alliance is the first, and currently the only, electronic software distribution agreement for Siebel who will leverage Intraware's web-based software distribution expertise to reach its middle market customer targets. Siebel Sales provides market-leading functionality targeted to the mobile sales professional and provides a simple migration path for fast growing companies to the Siebel Sales for Workgroups product. Siebel is leveraging Intraware's IT e-Marketplace to reach more than 170,000 IT and business user members, many of whom work in mid-sized organizations.
As a result of the alliance, customers can research, evaluate, and download the Siebel Sales products via Intraware's online intraware.shop service intraware.com. Users can take advantage of an interactive software demonstration through the Intraware Demo Center, investigate product functionality in the technology library, and receive trial copies via electronic software delivery.
``Siebel's choice of Intraware as its first electronic software distribution partner propels us towards our goal of electronically distributing all top tier enterprise software applications,' said Katy Keim, Intraware's vice president of e-commerce. ``The fact that Siebel recognized our expertise in ESD and enterprise applications and that we are their first ESD partner reinforces our aspiration toward achieving that goal and our proven knowledge of ESD shortens our time to reach it.'
Further Alliance Details
The alliance with Intraware provides Siebel with a unique channel for promoting its products, and achieving its corporate goal of registering more than 1 million sales professionals using the Siebel Sales product. This agreement complements Siebel's e-business strategy of developing its own web channels while also forming alliances with partners who have the web expertise to aggressively extend and market the company's product line. Siebel Sales is available immediately for evaluation and electronic download from the intraware.shop service at intraware.com. Siebel Sales is offered as a free download (valued at $199 per user copy).
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