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--Mike Buckley
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DENVER and SICILY, Italy, Feb. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- J.D. Edwards & Company (Nasdaq: JDEC) and Siebel Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SEBL) today announced an expanded strategic alliance. J.D. Edwards now offers the full suite of eBusiness Applications from Siebel Systems. The integrated offering is available today giving customers more immediate return on investment though increased revenue and improved customer satisfaction.
In April of 1999, J.D. Edwards became the first worldwide reseller of Siebel's market leading eBusiness Applications, to extend and enhance the customer-centric supply chain capabilities of its OneWorld(TM) software suite. The partnership forms a cornerstone of J.D. Edwards' Active CRM solution, part of J.D. Edwards' uniquely customizable e-business offering.
"Our approach to equipping our customers with industry-leading solutions for e-business has proven to be highly effective over the past year," said Doug Massingill, president and CEO of J.D. Edwards. "Expanding our partnership with Siebel Systems allows us to provide our customers with a 360-degree view of their accounts. As companies across industries seek new ways to capitalize on e-business opportunities, this agile solution for managing the customer relationship data provides a measurable competitive edge."
In response to market demand, J.D. Edwards has committed to integrate its component-based OneWorld with all of Siebel Systems' eBusiness Applications including marketing, sales, call center, customer service, field service and channel management applications. J.D. Edwards and Siebel Systems will provide organizations with a record of every interaction in the customer life cycle, across all customer touch points. Each marketing, sales, or service call with a customer is captured and then utilized to maximize the potential of each account and improve customer satisfaction.
"The partnership between Siebel Systems and J.D. Edwards offers customers the seamless integration required to transform into true eBusinesses, enabling them to manage the demand chain to the maximum benefit of their customers," said Paul Wahl, President and COO, Siebel Systems, Inc.
Siebel Systems and J.D. Edwards currently plan to deliver comprehensive integration between Siebel eBusiness Applications and OneWorld by the end of 2000.
About Siebel Systems
Siebel Systems, Inc. is the world's leading provider of eBusiness Applications software. Siebel Systems provides an integrated family of eBusiness Application software enabling multi-channel sales, marketing and customer service systems to be deployed over the Web, call centers, field, reseller channels, retail and dealer networks. Siebel Systems' sales and service facilities are located in more than 26 countries. For more information, please visit Siebel's Web site at www.Siebel.com.
About J.D. Edwards
J.D. Edwards provides Idea to Action(TM) software for managing the virtual enterprise and supply chain. The Company's integrated applications deliver agile e-business solutions that give customers control over their front office, manufacturing, supply chain, logistics/distribution, human resources and finance processes for the consumer products, industrial and services industries. J.D. Edwards enables Idea to Action with ActivEra(TM), a collection of tools and technologies that extend J.D. Edwards' OneWorld(TM) and WorldSoftware(TM) enterprise business software and its Active Supply Chain suite. ActivEra allows customers to change their software quickly and easily during and after implementation. The Company's solutions operate in multiple computing environments, including Windows NT(R), UNIX(R) and OS/400(R), and are JavaTM and HTML enabled.
Founded in 1977, J.D. Edwards is headquartered in Denver and posted fiscal 1999 revenues of $944.2 million. Additional information can be obtained by contacting the Company at 800-727-5333, or via the Internet at www.jdedwards.com.
Except for the historical information contained herein, this press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The success of the alliance and products described above and the future operating results of Siebel Systems, Inc. may differ from the results discussed or forecasted in the forward-looking statements due to factors that include, but are not limited to, risks associated with Enterprise Relationship Management markets, dependence on the Internet, risks associated with new versions and new products and risks associated with rapid technological change. Further information on potential factors that could affect the financial results of Siebel Systems, Inc. are included in Siebel Systems, Inc.'s Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended Sept. 30, 1998 and its Registration Statement on Form S-3 dated Nov. 27, 1998, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
NOTE: Siebel is a trademark of Siebel Systems, Inc. and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other product and company names mentioned are the property of their respective owners and are mentioned for identification purposes only.
J.D. Edwards is a registered trademark of J.D. Edwards & Company. OneWorld and Configurable Network Computing are trademarks of J.D. Edwards World Source Company. All other product names and companies referenced herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. The historical results stated above are not necessarily indicative of the results of any future period. |
