Applicast Committed to Siebel eBusiness 2000; Leading ASP Embraces Siebel Systems' New and Expanded .COM Products for eBusiness

Business Wire, April 18, 2000

Business Editors/High Tech Writers

MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 18, 2000

Applicast, Inc., the premier total-solution application service provider (ASP) for aggressive-growth companies, today announced its immediate support for Siebel eBusiness 2000, the most complete and comprehensive family of eBusiness applications software available today.

Siebel eBusiness 2000 is the only solution that allows organizations to manage, synchronize and coordinate sales, marketing, and customer service across all communication channels and points of customer contact, including the Web, the call center, field sales and service, and reseller channels. Siebel eBusiness 2000 allows organizations to increase their productivity, enhance customer satisfaction, and maximize revenue and profit by capitalizing on every moment of value in each customer interaction anytime, anyplace, in any currency, and in any language.

As a Siebel Strategic Platform Partner, Applicast appreciates the deeper functionality and personalization capabilities offered in Siebel eBusiness 2000, a global, multichannel platform for eBusiness. Applicast customers can now leverage new Siebel eBusiness 2000 features, including new and enhanced .COM products, e-commerce capabilities and wireless support through the Applicast Business Application Network(TM).

"With the release of Siebel eBusiness 2000, Siebel Systems is demonstrating continued leadership by linking sales, service, and marketing processes with the latest Web and mobile technology platforms," said John McGrory, president and CEO of Applicast. "Applicast targets early stage eBusinesses, so we anticipate strong demand for Siebel eBusiness 2000. We are prepared to deploy and support Siebel eBusiness 2000 for our customers, so that they may more effectively communicate with their own customers across all channels."

The Applicast Business Applications Network offers a full portfolio of best-of-breed business-critical software platforms to help fast-growth companies focus on their businesses instead of software management. Applicast's total-solution, full-lifecycle services target aggressive-growth manufacturing, Internet service and e-retail businesses. Applicast serves as a single point of contact throughout all phases of the application service lifecycle, including implementation, hosted operations, user and systems support and proactive evolution of the system as customers' needs change with growth.

"By uniting best practices for customer management with Siebel eBusiness 2000, Applicast can rapidly deploy solutions for aggressive growth companies," said Bruce Cleveland, vice president, Alliances at Siebel Systems. "The combination of Siebel eBusiness 2000 and Applicast's full-lifecycle service enhances our mutual customers' ability to achieve explosive growth."

About Siebel Systems

Siebel Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:SEBL) is the world's leading supplier of eBusiness applications software. Siebel Systems provides an integrated family of eBusiness application software enabling multichannel 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 www.Siebel.com.

About Applicast

Based in Mountain View, Calif., Applicast, Inc. is the premier, total-solution ASP for aggressive-growth companies. Bringing customers the power of top-tier business software without the pain, the Applicast Business Applications Network offers full-service application outsourcing for mission-critical applications, such as SAP R/3 and Siebel eBusiness Applications, over secure private or Internet connections. Applicast's unique combination of a world-class application portfolio, targeted FastFit solutions and full-lifecycle service enables its clients to slash the time, costs and risks of deploying top-tier systems.

To power its Business Applications Network, Applicast has developed relationships with SAP, Siebel Systems, Vitria Technology, Agile Software, BMC Software and GTE Data Services. Applicast is privately funded by leading investment organizations, including Trinity Ventures, Piper Jaffray Ventures, Bowman Capital Management, Crescendo Ventures, Bluewater Capital Management, Sippl Macdonald Ventures and MKS Ventures. More information is available at www.applicast.com.

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