COMPAQ & SIEBEL EXTEND RELATIONSHIP INTO GLOBAL STRATEGIC ALLIANCE.

Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE NYSE

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CPQ Companion Parrot Quarterly ) and Siebel Systems Siebel is a brand name of Oracle Corporation. Siebel Systems, Inc., founded by Thomas Siebel in 1993, was principally engaged in the design, development, marketing and support of CRM applications. (Nasdaq: SEBL SEBL Siebel Systems, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ) announced the formation of a new Global Strategic Alliance that extends the previous relationship between the two companies. Compaq was the first Strategic Platform Partner with Siebel and now joins the Siebel Alliance Program at the highest level: Global Strategic Alliance Partner.

The scope of the alliance includes joint development and solutions engineering, worldwide marketing campaigns, and expansion of dedicated Professional Services resources. In addition, Compaq and Siebel will collaborate to sell and deploy Siebel's business Applications on a full range of Compaq products, including Are Palm-size PCs, DeskPro PCs, and Proliant server and AlphaServer platforms.

Siebel and Compaq are also extending a strong engineering partnership into emerging technologies. Siebel eBusiness Applications' expansion into handheld capabilities and Compaq's leadership with Windows CE products will now provide innovative, new solutions demanded by customers. As part of the agreement, Compaq and Siebel will each endorse Siebel's Handheld application and Compaq's Aero Palm-size PC products as their preferred sales force automation Automating the sales activities within an organization. A comprehensive SFA package provides such functions as contact management, note and information sharing, quick proposal and presentation generation, product configurators, calendars and to-do lists. solution.

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Title Annotation:	Company Business and Marketing; Siebel Systems
Comment:	COMPAQ & SIEBEL EXTEND RELATIONSHIP INTO GLOBAL STRATEGIC ALLIANCE.(Siebel Systems)(Company Business and Marketing)
Publication:	EDP Weekly's IT Monitor
Article Type:	Brief Article
Geographic Code:	1USA
Date:	Apr 17, 2000
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