Siebel Systems Extends Mobile eBusiness With Siebel Handheld

Siebel Sales Handheld for the iPAQ Pocket PC Offers Market-Leading Mobile Solutions

Siebel Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:SEBL), the world's leading provider of eBusiness applications software, today announced the availability of Siebel Sales Handheld on the Microsoft-powered Pocket PC for the Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC. This powerful combination extends Siebel eBusiness Applications to the point of customer contact, allowing mobile sales professionals to access vital sales, marketing, and service information anytime, anywhere.

"To keep pace with today's fast-moving and ever changing global market, businesses must provide their employees with tools to manage increasing customer expectations," said Ted Clark, Vice President, iPAQ Mobile Solutions, Compaq Computer Corporation. "Together with Microsoft and Siebel Systems, Compaq is bringing the value of the industry-leading Siebel eBusiness Applications to mobile professionals so they can effectively manage their customer relationships --regardless of their location."

"Siebel Sales Handheld for Microsoft Pocket PC on the Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC is a new and exciting milestone for mobile enterprise solutions," said David Schmaier, Executive Vice President, Siebel Systems. "By putting critical customer information into the hands of mobile sales professionals, companies are better equipped to maximize the value of each customer interaction -- ultimately achieving higher levels of customer satisfaction and increased revenues."

"Siebel Systems' development of Siebel Sales Handheld for the Microsoft Pocket PC reinforces their global position in the mobile eBusiness applications marketplace," said Juha Christensen, Vice President of the Mobility Group at Microsoft Corp. "Sales professionals are becoming increasingly mobile, and Siebel Systems' robust, patented synchronization technology and intuitive navigation provides users with powerful tools to increase sales effectiveness."

New Siebel Sales Handheld Functionality for Compaq iPAQ

Companies can now leverage Siebel Systems' best-of-class mobile eBusiness applications on the Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC. Functionality extended to this new platform includes:

-- Opportunity and Contact Management allows sales professionals

to manage all aspects of a sales opportunity with current information about target accounts and partners, key deal participants, product interest and pricing, and detailed account activity history.

-- Sales Orders enables users with a few simple clicks to create and update sales orders, leveraging the most current product and price list information.

-- Calendar and Activity Management provides mobile professionals with instant access to appointments, activities, and projects. Through the use of automated assignment and workflow capabilities, users can automatically assign leads to other sales team members and delegate activities to others.

-- Extensible Mobile eBusiness Architecture allows organizations to fully customize their Siebel Sales Handheld application to their requirements, while preserving the ability to automatically upgrade to new Siebel Handheld software releases.

-- Proven Synchronization Technology allows mobile professionals to synchronize directly with a server via a network or modem connection. Organizations can easily tailor the individual data sets to match each user's unique information requirements through sophisticated and powerful filtering technology.

Availability

Siebel Sales Handheld for Microsoft Pocket PC on the Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC is available immediately.


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