SEBL--Wednesday July 26, 9:03 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Great Plains Offers Solomon IV Customers Integrated Siebel Solution
FARGO, N.D.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 26, 2000--Great Plains (Nasdaq:GPSI - news), a leading provider of e-business solutions that interconnect business communities, today announced that it plans to integrate the Great Plains Siebel Front Office suite of eBusiness applications from Siebel Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:SEBL - news) with the Solomon IV® product line to deliver a comprehensive, integrated, front and back office solution for Solomon customers.
Great Plains Siebel Front Office for Solomon IV will deliver the functionality, customization, ease of use, rapid deployment and pricing required by midmarket customers. This application will be available exclusively from authorized Solomon channel partners.
``Due to our recent acquisition by Great Plains, Solomon and its partners are now able to team with Great Plains and Siebel Systems to offer our customers a complete eBusiness solution more quickly than before,'' said Michael Rupe, president of the Solomon business unit at Great Plains. ``By leveraging Great Plains' experience in assisting its partners to build their eBusiness practices, we can deliver more value, faster to Solomon IV customers and partners.''
``Great Plains is a crucial Siebel partner, and an integral part of our overall midmarket strategy,'' said Mike Kozel, vice president of channels North America at Siebel Systems. ``This decision to bring Siebel eBusiness Applications to market through the Solomon partner channel will allow Siebel Systems to dramatically expand our midmarket leadership, and will broaden the strategic importance of our partnership with Great Plains.''
Siebel Systems has committed channel sales and telesales resources, marketing programs and funding, and regional product specialists to assist in developing, training and leveraging the joint Great Plains/Solomon partner channel.
``We are delighted to add the talent of the more than 500 Solomon channel partners to the Great Plains Siebel Front Office eBusiness initiative, as it will add substantial momentum to the already strong launch of Great Plains Siebel solutions,'' said Don Nelson, vice president and general manager of the Front Office group at Great Plains.
Availability
Solomon channel partners are eligible for immediate authorization to sell the Great Plains Siebel Front Office suite for Solomon IV, which includes sales, customer service, call center and Web-based solutions. Authorized Solomon partners can offer the suite as a stand-alone Siebel eBusiness solution or as an integrated front office/back office solution with Solomon IV, Premier and Select editions. The first phase of the integration between Solomon IV and Siebel eBusiness Applications is expected to be available in the fall. For more information, visit www.greatplains.com/crm.
About Great Plains Siebel Front Office
Great Plains Siebel Front Office is a co-branded and co-defined suite of eBusiness sales, marketing, and service applications leveraging the expertise of Siebel Systems, the information integration experience of Great Plains and the Great Plains global partner network. Great Plains Siebel Front Office has been integrated, marketed and sold with Great Plains' other back office and eBusiness solutions, Dynamics and eEnterprise, since Nov. 1999. Great Plains currently has more than 480 partner organizations worldwide authorized to sell its Great Plains Siebel suite of eBusiness solutions.
About Solomon IV
The award-winning Solomon IV product family for small and mid-sized organizations includes e-business applications for financials, project accounting, distribution, service management, and manufacturing. Solomon IV applications are optimized exclusively for small and mid-sized businesses leveraging Microsoft technologies and platforms including Microsoft Windows 2000, SQL Server and Visual Basic. For more information, visit Solomon at www.solomon.com, send e-mail to sales@solomon.com, or call 800-4-SOLOMON (800-476-5666) or 419-424-0422.
About Great Plains
Great Plains (Nasdaq:GPSI - news) offers e-business solutions that interconnect business communities. These e-business solutions automate processes among financials, distribution, enterprise reporting, project accounting, electronic commerce, human resource management, manufacturing, sales and marketing management, and customer service and support functions. Great Plains' solutions are sold and implemented by a unique worldwide network of independent partner organizations that share the company's commitment to lasting customer relationships. Named four times to the ``Top 100 Companies to Work for in America'' list, Great Plains has more than 2,000 team members worldwide. More information about Great Plains can be found at www.greatplains.com. |
