Conjoin Joins Siebel Alliance Program as Software Partner; Conjoin's Field.First Complements Siebel eBusiness Applications With Sales Effectiveness Solution

Business Wire, March 27, 2001

Business/Technology Editors

BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 27, 2001

Conjoin, Inc., the leading provider of award-winning Field.First(R) sales and marketing portals, today announced that it has joined the Siebel Alliance Program as a Software Partner. Siebel Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SEBL) is the world's leading supplier of eBusiness applications software. The integrated solution will enable companies to create a comprehensive and enterprise-wide view of customers, while Web-enabling the corporate sales force or channel to be able to prepare and present relevant information to customers and allow marketing to publish, manage, and track all sales tools.

Siebel Systems provides an integrated family of eBusiness applications software enabling multichannel sales, marketing, and customer service systems to be deployed over the Web, call centers, field, reseller channels, retail, and dealer networks. Conjoin's sales and marketing portal substantially increases the selling effectiveness of sales professionals and channel partners by optimizing the flow of information between marketing and sales, and between sales and the customer. Combining Field.First's mastery of product knowledge with the customer insight gained from Siebel eBusiness Applications will allow salespeople to better meet the needs of their customers.

"Conjoin is partnering with Siebel Systems, the leading provider of eBusiness applications software, to provide Global 2000 companies with a better toolkit for arming the field with information, " says Nick d'Arbeloff, Conjoin's president and chief executive officer. "In short, Conjoin's Field.First complements Siebel eBusiness Applications by helping sales people access and manage product information. The combined solution offers customers a powerful combination for closing orders."

With Field.First, sales professionals can access and manage all appropriate marketing content using sales-focused Web application modules designed to help them prepare more efficiently and sell more effectively. Within the intranet or via an extranet portal, Field.First allows them to assemble presentations, rapidly build customer-specific websites, or brief themselves on a competitor or new product.

About Conjoin

Conjoin, Inc. is the industry's leading provider of sales and marketing portal solutions. The company's flagship product, Field.First(R) substantially increases the selling effectiveness of sales professionals and channel partners by optimizing the flow of information between marketing and sales, and between sales and the customer. Field.First enables marketing professionals to effortlessly deliver the most relevant materials to the field, while allowing sales representatives to prepare more efficiently, sell more effectively, and achieve a distinct competitive advantage. Conjoin is based in Bedford, Massachusetts, and can be found on the Web at www.conjoin.com.