Vedbaek, Denmark and San Mateo, California (June 21, 2000) – Navision Software a/s (CSE: NAVI.CO), the leading global supplier of enterprise business solutions for mid-sized companies, and Siebel Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: SEBL), the world’s leading supplier of eBusiness application software, today announced a worldwide agreement to deliver customer-focused eBusiness solutions to meet the needs of mid-sized companies.
Navision Software will market, sell and implement Siebel MidMarket Edition, which includes Siebel Sales, Siebel Service, Siebel Call Center and Siebel .COM applications. Under the agreement, Navision Software and Siebel Systems will work jointly to integrate these applications with Navision Software’s products for financial management, manufacturing, distribution and e-commerce. Siebel MidMarket Edition will be sold through Navision Software’s growing network of close to 1000 Navision Solution Centers (NSCs) worldwide.
“Navision Software is excited to provide the opportunity to further enhance both our companies’ applications with a fully integrated, customer-focused eBusiness solution,” says Jesper Balser, President and CEO, Navision Software a/s. “Our customers around the world continue to crave customer-focused systems that integrate with their current enterprise-wide systems. With this partnership, we are pleased to meet this need instantly.”
Availability:
The Siebel eBusiness Applications/Navision Solution will be available to customers and prospects through Navision Software and will be sold only as a fully integrated Siebel eBusiness Applications/Navision Solution. The first joint partners and customers have already been identified and implementation of
pilot installations will begin at the end of August 2000. General Availability of the integrated Siebel eBusiness Application/Navision Solution is expected this fall.
“We have very high expectations for the mid-market,” says Brian Sweeney, Vice President of Global Channels at Siebel Systems. “We are seeing rapidly growing demand from this sector, and we consider Navision Software as a major partner in satisfying the needs of mid-market customers worldwide.”
Expanding the CRM Space into Multi-Channel eBusiness Solutions:
The Siebel Systems/Navision Software alliance will expand both companies’ reach in the mid-market by attracting eBusiness consulting specialists and customers with more sophisticated eBusiness requirements. Siebel MidMarket Edition provides Navision Software customers with a powerful tool with which to gain maximum value from all their customer relationships through every channel to market, whether through direct sales teams, call centers or via the Web.
“Customer-focused eBusiness solutions create strategic competitive advantages for mid-market companies,” said Ole Wamsler, Managing Director of Merkantildata Applications, a major Scandinavian Navision Solution Center. “Even before the relationship between Siebel Systems and Navision Software was finalized, Merkantildata was marketing and developing these applications for our customers. The timing of the Siebel Systems/Navision Software relationship is perfect. The products from Siebel Systems and Navision Software are absolutely the best available. It’s reassuring that Navision Software will be taking advantage of this opportunity on a global basis.”
Integration between Siebel MidMarket Edition and Navision Financials:
With the introduction of the Siebel eBusiness Applications/Navision Solution, customers will now have both an enterprise-wide financial management solution and the functionality to retain profitable customer relationships by providing better service and identifying new companies that fit their ideal customer profile, through direct sales, call center and the Web.
Siebel Systems Inc.
Siebel Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SEBL) is the world’s leading provider of eBusiness applications 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, call centers, field, reseller channels, retail and dealer networks. Siebel Systems’ sales and service facilities are located in more than 28 countries. For more information, please visit Siebel’s Web site at http://www.siebel.com.
Navision Software
Navision Software (CSE: NAVI.CO) is the leading global developer of innovative enterprise business solutions for mid-sized companies. Navision Software has close to 39,000 installations worldwide in more than 89 countries.
Navision Software’s solutions are sold through a worldwide network of close to 1000 Navision Solution Centers staffed with certified professionals dedicated to providing customized solutions, training, support and service. The company has a reputation for being first to market with advanced technologies in enterprise business solutions, and Navision Financials has received the Designed for Microsoft Windows 2000 logo, the Designed for Microsoft Windows 98/NT logo, the Designed for Microsoft BackOffice logo and the Microsoft Office 97 logo. Navision Software’s clients include adidas-Salomon AG, Bang & Olufsen A/S, BASF AG, BMG Entertainment International GmbH, Egmont Entertainment, F.L. Smidth A/S, Hoechst AG, McDonalds, Oticon A/S, Philips Electronics UK Ltd., PricewaterhouseCoopers, Royal Copenhagen A/S, Steinway & Sons and Thames Water Utilities Ltd. The company is headquartered in Vedbaek, Denmark. You can learn more about Navision Software on the Internet at http://www.navision.com.
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