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To: puborectalis who wrote (29552)	6/26/2001 3:29:33 PM
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Big win for SEBL........KPMG Consulting and Siebel Systems Expand Alliance To Strategic Level to Offer Cross-Industry eBusiness Solutions Siebel Systems Certifies KPMG Consulting Teams On Siebel eBusiness Applications SAN MATEO, Calif. and MCLEAN, Va., June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- KPMG Consulting, Inc. (Nasdaq: KCIN - news), one of the world's largest consulting companies, and Siebel Systems (Nasdaq: SEBL - news), the world's leading provider of eBusiness applications software, announced the expansion of their strategic alliance to develop and deliver cross-industry Siebel eBusiness solutions to global customers. The scope of the alliance includes joint marketing, collaborative selling and solution development by KPMG Consulting in its global network of Broadband Solution Centers. (Photo: newscom.com ) ``For the past several years, KPMG Consulting and Siebel Systems have teamed together to deploy world class, customer-centric, business solutions at some of the world's leading corporations. Now, our strategic alliance enables the two companies to offer clients greater innovation and an answer to an overwhelming demand for customer satisfaction,'' said Gary Gauba, senior vice president, KPMG Consulting. ``In our experience, Siebel eBusiness Applications can make an impact on client profitability because they influence customer acquisition and retention rates, customer satisfaction, and important sales processes. For these reasons, they are an integral part of most organizations' strategic business plans.'' The two companies will enhance their focus on the development and delivery of Siebel eBusiness solutions to global customers across a number of KPMG Consulting's vertical lines of business: public services, financial services, high tech, communications and content, consumer, and industrial markets, and health care. KPMG Consulting has certified Siebel consultants in all of its major industry segments via the Siebel Certification Program, ensuring that its consultants have the experience necessary to position, install, configure, operate, maintain, and interface with Siebel eBusiness Applications. ``Our strategic alliance with Siebel Systems allows us to continue to meet our customer needs for scalable, reliable and innovative eBusiness solutions that can help companies maintain market leadership. The fact that KPMG Consulting has a growing population of certified consultants on Siebel technology shows the importance and dedication we have not only to this alliance but to the commercial and public sector customers we are serving,'' added Gauba. ``KPMG Consulting's reputation for delivering powerful, effective Internet- based business solutions required for successful global customer implementations will enable us to offer greater value in addressing the strategic business needs of our customers,'' said Mercedes Ellison, vice president of Alliances, Siebel Systems. ``Siebel Systems has always made a strong commitment to world class partnering in support of our ongoing dedication to ensuring our customers' successes.'' The two companies have completed significant work in multiple industries for joint clients including Microsoft Corporation, Telstra, the State of Kentucky, Redback Networks and Serono Laboratories. ``Redback Networks, a leader in advanced communication systems, selected Siebel technology as its eBusiness solution for its global sales force and customer support groups,'' said Lars Rabbe, senior vice president and chief information officer, Redback Networks. ``KPMG Consulting was selected as the systems integrator because of its broad knowledge, not just for the Siebel technology, but also for the components selected as part of Redback's enterprise resource planning (ERP). KPMG Consulting brought in a strong team of business analysts and developers and forged a close working relationship with both business and IT professionals at Redback to rapidly develop a tightly integrated and scalable system to meet Redback's future growth and needs.''