(SEBL) Active Software Supports Siebel eBusiness 2000, Embraces Enhanced EAI Integration Capabilities
BUSINESS WIRE - May 02, 2000 08:18
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 2, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
Premier Software Partner Continues to Create Rapid eBusiness Integration Solutions for Siebel eBusiness Applications
Active Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASWX), a leading provider of eBusiness infrastructure software products, today announced its support for Siebel eBusiness 2000, the comprehensive family of eBusiness applications software available from Siebel Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:SEBL), the world's leading provider of eBusiness applications software.
Siebel eBusiness 2000 allows organizations to manage, synchronize and coordinate sales, marketing and customer service across all communication channels and points of customer contact -- including the Web, the call center, field sales and service, and reseller channels. Siebel eBusiness 2000 allows organizations to increase productivity, enhance customer satisfaction, and maximize revenue and profit by capitalizing on every moment of value in each customer interaction -- anytime, anyplace, in any currency, and in any language.
Active Software has partnered with Siebel Systems for over a year and has been shipping Adapters for the Siebel platform since Siebel 98. The ActiveWorks Siebel Edition Adapter has successfully enabled more than a dozen customers to quickly and easily integrate Siebel eBusiness Applications with a wide variety of other enterprise applications, creating a seamless flow of information for organizations engaged in eBusiness. Current joint customers include Agilent, Ascend, Cadence, Corio, Dade Behring, Intraware, Lucent, Mannesman Ipulsys, Minacs/GM Canada, Mitsubishi, Motorola, SBC and Telecel. As a Siebel Premier Software Partner, Active Software will continue to support this level of successful integration for customers using Siebel eBusiness 2000.
Siebel EAI Integration with Siebel eBusiness 2000
In Siebel eBusiness 2000, Siebel eBusiness Application Integration (EAI) allows easier linking and use of enterprise application integration software products such as Active Software's ActiveWorks(TM) Integration System. This feature creates an open and extensible architecture within Siebel eBusiness 2000 that significantly reduces the cost of integrating to and from external systems, allowing Siebel customers and business partners to define custom integration solutions leveraging existing integration platforms such as Active Software's ActiveWorks.
The ActiveWorks Siebel Edition Adapter provides open connectivity to the entire suite of objects within the Siebel eBusiness Applications for easy integration. The ActiveWorks Adapter for Siebel eBusiness 2000 will embrace the Siebel EAI 2000 object structure within Siebel eBusiness 2000 to continue the enablement of rapid integration of Siebel eBusiness Applications to other enterprise application and to external business partners. The ActiveWorks Adapter for Siebel eBusiness 2000 will support any EAI integration objects in the platform, including industry specific extensions such as telecommunications customer and order objects for easy telecomm OSS integration.
"Active Software is pleased to support Siebel eBusiness 2000 and its enhanced EAI extensions. We will continue to work with Siebel Systems to provide joint customers with an eBusiness integration solution that rapidly integrates Siebel eBusiness 2000 with other applications that reside within and outside the enterprise," said Chet Kapoor, vice president, Business Development, Active Software. "By working together, we can continue to provide customers with end-to-end eBusiness solutions that allow customers to realize business benefits quickly."
"Siebel Systems works closely with Active Software to make our customers successful in integrating customer, order, asset and other information between sales and service units and back-office operations," said Bruce Cleveland, vice president of Alliances at Siebel Systems. "Active Software and Siebel Systems share a commitment to providing real-time information flow for improved customer satisfaction and to delivering robust, scalable eBusiness systems that help businesses achieve long-term success."
About Siebel Systems
Siebel Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:SEBL) is the world's leading provider of eBusiness application 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, the call center, field sales and service, and reseller channels. Siebel Systems' sales and service facilities are located in more than 28 countries. For more information, please visit Siebel's Web site at www.Siebel.com.
About Active Software, Inc.
Founded in 1995, Active Software, Inc, (Nasdaq:ASWX) is a leading provider of eBusiness infrastructure software products. Active Software's eBusiness platform, the ActiveWorks(TM) Integration System, automates end-to-end business processes both within the enterprise and with B2B trading partners and customers across the Internet. Active Software has approximately 200 customers in industries such as telecommunications, financial services, government, technology, utilities, distribution, manufacturing and transportation. Active Software is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. For more information, visit the company Web site at www.activesoftware.com.
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, Active Software's limited operating history, potential fluctuations in operating results, the company's substantial dependence on its ActiveWorks software products, the company's need to expand its sales and distribution channels, and the uncertain market acceptance of eBusiness integration software products. These and other risk factors are described in detail in the Company's Form 10-Q for the year ended December 31, 1999, and in its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Active Software logo, Active Software and ActiveWorks, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Active Software Inc. Siebel is a trademark of Siebel Systems, Inc. and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.
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