Alliance to Provide Siebel Systems Customers with Direct Access to Applications and Legacy Systems Through a Composite Application Platform
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Dec. 7, 2004
- Above All Software, a provider of award-winning business
integration software, today announced that it has joined
the Siebel SMB Alliance Program as a software partner.
Siebel Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SEBL) is a leading provider
of business applications software
Through this alliance, Above All Software
will provide Siebel Systems' customers with a powerful
integration platform enabling traditional batch integration
requirements and data synchronization between Siebel on-premise
applications and Siebel CRM OnDemand. In addition, customers
can rapidly assemble new composite applications that extend
the reach of Siebel CRM solutions across the organization.
Today at a major launch event in San
Francisco, Siebel Systems unveiled its comprehensive strategy
focused on enabling small-and-medium sized businesses
(SMB's) to achieve measurable business results with Siebel
Systems' front office solutions. Through a unique combination
of proven CRM offerings, a customer-centric go-to-market
model and a value-added partner ecosystem, Siebel System's
SMB strategy addresses the specific sales, marketing and
service needs of SMB's.
"I've been building technology companies
for nearly three decades, and the industry still struggles
with the same basic application integration problems as
when I started," said Roger Sippl, CEO of Above All
Software. "Working with Siebel Systems and Above
All, SMB customers will be able to cost-effectively achieve
interoperability through service-oriented integration
and the rapid assembly of composite applications. I am
delighted that an important market-leader such as Siebel
has the vision to understand the power of this new approach."
"Siebel System's alliance with Above
All addresses the needs of our SMB customers to develop
integrated solutions easily and affordably," said
Catherine Cherubino, Vice President, Channels and Alliances,
OnDemand and SMB. "We selected Above All as our leading
integration partner because they provide the full range
of integration capabilities that our customers have told
us they need - from traditional batch or data-level integration,
to the more progressive composite or service-level integration."
Through the creation of enterprise services
that can be assembled as composite applications, Above
All Software enables a faster, lower cost alternative
to traditional integration solutions. Siebel System's
customers can easily move data from one system to another,
whether integrating ERP or other legacy data into Siebel,
or they can synchronize data between Siebel's on-premise
solutions and Siebel CRM OnDemand. By leveraging a service-oriented
approach to assembling composite applications, enterprise
customers can access data from multiple systems into an
integrated, interactive solution that streamlines business
processes, dramatically improving operational efficiencies.
In order to provide an even wider range
of front-office solutions for SMB's, Siebel Systems is
extending its industry-leading alliance program to companies
who have complementary solutions tailored for SMB's. Siebel
Systems forms alliances that deliver tangible business
benefits for its customers. With more than 250 partners
worldwide, Siebel Systems has built an award-winning Alliance
Program that enables its customers to work with consulting,
software and platform companies that have demonstrated
proficiencies and complementary offerings with Siebel
Systems. As part of its SMB Alliance Program, Siebel Systems
has recruited software partners that are specifically
focused on the business requirements of SMB's, and is
working with these technology and service providers to
provide complete, integrated offerings for its customers.
By choosing Siebel SMB solutions and
validated partner solutions, Siebel System's SMB customers
can pursue a best-in-class strategy incorporating a variety
of tailored offerings that are optimized for their business
requirements.
The Siebel Validation Program applies
rigorous technical scrutiny to evaluate the integration
of third-party solution with Siebel business applications.
Integrations that meet the strict testing criteria are
validated and documented by the Siebel Validation Program.
Above All has committed to submitting Above All Studio
for validation in the first quarter of 2005.
About Above All Software
Above All Software provides business
integration software that enables enterprise customers
to achieve interoperability through service-oriented integration
and the rapid assembly of composite applications. Customers
benefit from fast, cost effective, and real-time integration
and interactive access to existing enterprise, hosted,
legacy and desktop applications. Above All's new, innovative
composite application platform simplifies and speeds how
organizations can leverage service-oriented architectures
to meet new and rapidly changing business needs. Headquartered
in San Mateo, California, Above All Software is a privately
held company founded in 2002. For more information about
Above All Software, visit our Web site or call 800-819-5530.
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