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Informix Partners with Siebel Systems toLead Charge in Customer Relationship Management Market
December 21, 1999 01:26 PM
MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 21, 1999--
Addition of Market Leading CRM Application Underscores Foundation.2000(TM) Position as the Platform of Choice for e-Business
Validating its position as a technology leader in software infrastructure for the i.Economy, Informix(R) Corporation IFMX , today announced that the Siebel Front Office Application(TM) suite, from Siebel(R) Systems, the leading provider of Web-based Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software has been ported to and is now available on Informix Internet Foundation.2000(TM). Today's announcement underscores the momentum Informix continues to build with its core Internet engine, Foundation.2000(TM). Further, demonstrating its commitment to the CRM market and highlighting the strategic importance of this relationship, Informix will embark on an aggressive campaign early in 2000 to market its flagship product with Siebel Systems.
"We are firmly committed to supporting our Informix customers," said Bruce Cleveland, vice president alliances, Siebel Systems. "Informix has worked closely with Siebel Systems to ensure that Siebel Front Office Applications and Foundation.2000 were tightly integrated."
Informix, a Siebel Premier Alliance(TM) Partner, worked closely with Siebel Systems to add this product to the expanding application portfolio of best-of-breed solutions using the Foundation.2000 platform. "This collaboration brings the best e-Business platform to work with Siebel Front Office Applications," said Jim O'Gara, vice president Global Partner Organization, Informix Corporation, Inc. "Our customers can take advantage of the only platform built from the ground up for e-Business. With the addition of Siebel Front Office Applications, users wishing to expand their Informix platform use can now incorporate yet another great application."
Siebel Systems' Web-based architecture provides enterprise-wide support for internal sales, marketing, and customer service organizations and extends that support throughout the entire extraprise, seamlessly uniting third-party resellers and service providers, business partners, and customers into a single information system. Siebel Front Office Applications are built on a foundation of Web-enabled configurable business objects, including opportunities, accounts, quotes and service requests. These objects can be modified using an integrated graphical suite of products called Siebel Tools to meet the unique requirements of each organization.
More information concerning Siebel Front Office Applications on Foundation.2000 and the Siebel Systems and Informix partnership can be found on the Siebel Web site, . Further information on Foundation.2000 is available at www.informix.com/iif2000/.
About Informix
Based in Menlo Park, California, Informix Corporation specializes in advanced information management technologies that help enterprises in the i.Economy get to market quickly, generate new revenue, build a unique strategic advantage, and solve their most complex business problems. Informix offers customers a complete software infrastructure for the Web that delivers highly scalable transaction processing, personalized content management, integrated business intelligence, full multimedia capabilities and complete e-commerce solutions. For more information, contact the sales office nearest you or visit our Web site at www.informix.com.
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CONTACT: Informix Corporation Jaye Prosser, 650/926-6316 jay.prosser@informix.com or Shandwick International for Informix Lisa Strong, 425/452-5400 x 5423 lstrong@shandwick.com
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