R NEWSWIRE) Sapient and Oracle Form Strategic Relationship to Provide Ra
Sapient and Oracle Form Strategic Relationship to Provide Rapid Deployment Of
E-Business Solutions
Partners Deliver Robust Solution for iWon.com in Under Five Months
LOS ANGELES, ORACLE OPENWORLD '99, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Sapient
Corporation (Nasdaq: SAPE), an innovative e-services consultancy, and Oracle
Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL), the number one choice for e-business, today announced a
strategic relationship to help companies transform themselves into
e-businesses. Through this alliance Sapient will provide strategic e-business
consulting, including digital business strategy, experience modeling, creative
and technology implementation services to complement Oracle's industry leading
suite of e-business tools.
Sapient and Oracle recently demonstrated the success of their alliance by
creating a new destination portal for iWon.com, a new Internet portal that
combines world-class search, content and functionality with the Internet's
largest guaranteed cash giveaway.
"We knew our site's success depended on our being the first to market with
this compelling combination," said Jonas Steinman, Co-CEO of iWon.com.
"Sapient and Oracle, working with over 45 content and technology partners,
allowed us to launch our unique portal in under five months."
As they did with iWon.com, Oracle and Sapient will help create the next
generation of e-businesses by combining Sapient's end-to-end consulting
expertise with Oracle's Internet-based database, application server, tools and
application products.
"Our clients face immense opportunities and challenges posed by the new
Internet economy," said Boyd Scroggins, Sapient vice president. "Oracle's
scalable and reliable Internet Platform and industry leading e-business tools,
combined with Sapient's integrated industry and mutidisciplined expertise,
provide a complete solution to help our clients overcome these challenges by
transforming themselves into leading e-businesses."
"Businesses require a proven Internet platform as well as leading
e-business consulting to help them compete in today's economy," said
Thomas Kurian, vice president, e-Business Program Office, Oracle Corp. "We
are excited to partner with Sapient given their proven strategy, experience
modeling, creative and technology expertise. Together, Sapient and Oracle
provide the full-service e-business solutions that meet the extreme
requirements of 'dot coms' like iWon."
About Sapient
Sapient is a leading e-services consultancy providing Internet strategy
consulting and sophisticated Internet-based solutions to Global 1000 companies
and startup businesses. Sapient helps clients define their Internet
strategies and design, architect, develop and implement solutions to execute
those strategies. Founded in 1991, Sapient has been providing Internet
solutions for over five years and employs approximately 1900 people in offices
in Cambridge, Mass., the company's headquarters, as well as London, Sydney,
Milan, New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles and
Washington D.C. More information on Sapient can be found at www.sapient.com.
About Oracle
Oracle Corporation is the world's leading supplier of software for
information management, and the world's second largest software company. With
annual revenues of more than $9.1 billion, the company offers its database,
application server, tools and application products, along with related
consulting, education and support services, in more than 145 countries around
the world.
For more information about Oracle, please call 650-506-7000. Oracle's
World Wide Web address is www.oracle.com.
NOTE: Sapient is a registered service mark of Sapient Corporation. All
other product, service and company names are trademarks, registered trademarks
or service marks of their respective owners. Oracle is a registered trademark
and Oracle8i is a trademark or registered trademark of Oracle Corporation.
Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
SOURCE Oracle Corporation
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/CONTACT: Mary Cocoma of Sapient Corporation, 415-659-4449, or
mcocoma@sapient.com; or Amy F. Mack of Oracle Corp., 650-607-2552, or
amack@us.oracle.com; or Greg Fraser of Fitzgerald Communications,
415-677-0223, or gfraser@fitzgerald.com/
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CO: Oracle Corporation; Sapient Corporation; iWon.com
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