Sun Microsystems and Siebel Systems Drive Global eBusiness Expansion
Industry-Leading Sun Dot-Com Grade Platform Supports Siebel eBusiness 2000
PALO ALTO, Calif., Apr 18, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Sun Microsystems,
Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW), the industry leader in network computing and e-commerce
technologies, today announced support for the family of Siebel eBusiness 2000
products, the comprehensive family of eBusiness applications software for sales,
marketing, and customer service available from Siebel Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:
SEBL), the world's leading provider of eBusiness applications software.
The Sun Enterprise(TM) 10000 server (also known as Starfire(TM)), a
multi-domain, mainframe class system, provides a highly scalable, reliable and
available platform for high end, large implementations of Siebel eBusiness 2000,
like Sales.com, a Siebel destination portal powered by Sun Enterprise servers.
Sun(TM) and Siebel Systems understand the opportunities and challenges presented
by the Net Economy. Siebel eBusiness 2000 on the Sun dotcom-grade platform
allows organizations to synchronize, manage, and coordinate sales, marketing,
and customer service across communication channels and points of customer
contact. Siebel eBusiness 2000 integrates multiple customer touch points
including the Internet, the call center, field sales and service, and reseller
channels. Siebel eBusiness 2000 on Sun systems allows companies to create a
single interface for their entire organization and makes it easier for customers
to shop, purchase and arrange for delivery of their products and services
online, anytime, anyplace, in any currency, and in any language.
"Customers that pilot Siebel eBusiness Applications on Sun Solaris benefit from
a clean ramp up to production without buying a warehouse of servers and
associated gear," said Bruce Cleveland, vice president, Alliances, Siebel
Systems, Inc. "As companies use the Web to extend their relationships with
customers in high volume transactions processes such as the call center, and
field sales and service, the volume can increase dramatically, and the Sun
environment has the power to scale from small to large implementations."
Sun's innovative client interface for Siebel eBusiness 2000 is the Sun Ray(TM) 1
enterprise appliance. Sun Ray systems deliver instant, consistent, and simple
access to Siebel applications such as Siebel Call Center with instant smart card
access. The Sun Ray systems allow for instant access to existing applications
and information resources on the network, regardless of the underlying platform,
including the Sun Solaris(TM) Operating Environment or Java(TM) technology-based
applications, which significantly lowers the total cost of ownership and
provides an alternative to costly, high-maintenance desktop PCs.
"Sun and Siebel Systems have over 125 joint customers worldwide. We are working
with customers in Sun's iForce(TM) Ready Center locations to create proof of
concepts and develop architecture blueprints in an enterprise lab environment.
This helps joint customers get to production faster," said Doug Kaewert, vice
president, Sun Microsystems. "Sun and Siebel Systems can assist customers to
develop best practices and to streamline and facilitate the process of building
and deploying dot-com solutions."
About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision, "The Network Is The Computer,"
has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc., to its position as a leading provider of
hardware, software and services for establishing enterprise-wide intranets and
expanding the power of the Internet. With more than $14 billion in annual
revenues, Sun can be found in more than 150 countries and on the World Wide Web
at sun.com.
NOTE: Sun, the Sun logo, Sun Microsystems, Sun Enterprise, Solaris, iForce,
Java, Starfire, and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
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