Emerald Solutions Joins Siebel Alliance Program; Emerald Systems to Provide Innovative eBusiness Solutions to Fortune 1000 and Future Fortune 1000 Clients

Business Wire, July 17, 2000

Business/Hi-Tech Editors

PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 17, 2000

Emerald Solutions Inc., a provider of e-business professional services, today announced that it has entered into an alliance with Siebel Systems, the leading supplier of e-business application software.

Emerald will join the Siebel Alliance Program as a Consulting Partner. The new alliance with Siebel Systems is consistent with Emerald's commitment to developing relationships with market leaders and delivering comprehensive and strategic Customer Interaction solutions to its clients. Emerald's experience with Siebel projects includes joint work with clients such as Enstar and, currently, Handyman Online (see today's release, "Handyman Online Engages Emerald Solutions"). Emerald will continue to work with Siebel Systems to develop opportunities across the country with clients ranging from the Fortune 1000 to the future Fortune 1000.

"As we expand our Customer Interactions service offering we are focused on building partnerships with market leaders, and Siebel Systems certainly is the leader and visionary in the e-business application market," said Kevin Greenan, Vice President of the Customer Interactions Practice at Emerald Solutions. "We believe that the extensive functionality of the Siebel eBusiness 2000 suite of applications and Emerald Solutions' focus on e-business consulting delivers a compelling combination to our customers."

"We also share a number of alliance relationships with Siebel Systems, including IBM, Active Software and Blue Martini to name a few, and we intend to provide added value to our customers by delivering integrated solutions involving the products from our various partners," Greenan said.

About Emerald Solutions

Emerald Solutions is an e-business services company that designs and builds Internet-based business solutions by integrating digital business strategy with both emerging and existing information technologies. Emerald Solutions helps its clients to create entirely new e-businesses or to expand and improve their existing e-business activities. Emerald Solutions enables its clients to use the Internet to enhance relationships with their customers and business partners, improve the efficiency of their operations and create new revenue opportunities.

Emerald's client base includes AT&T, Lucent, Boeing, Wells Fargo Bank, Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis, Pfizer, Consolidated Freightways, PGE, Emery Worldwide, Benjamin Moore, and Hawaiian Airlines. The company is headquartered in Portland, Ore., and has offices in Bellevue, Wash.; Warren, NJ; Vienna, Va.; Dallas, Texas; Birmingham, Ala.; Denver, Colo.; Walnut Creek, Calif.; Phoenix, Ariz.; and Atlanta, Ga. Call 503-276-2900 for more information or visit the Emerald Solutions web site at www.emeraldsolutions.com.

Emerald Solutions, E-Business Engineering, E-Business Engineering at Work, and the Emerald Solutions logo are service marks of Emerald Solutions Inc. Other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.