iForce Competency Centers

iForce Competency Center for Siebel Systems

You know that Siebel Systems provides the industry's most comprehensive family of multichannel eBusiness applications and services. And you love the proven power and reliability of Sun servers and storage systems. But you don't need any surprises as you develop, test, and deploy your Siebel-based business solution on the Sun platform. You need to know that everything will work - and work together - exactly as you envisioned. You need to cut the risks, costs, and complexity of the project. And you need to get the project off the drawing board and into production - yesterday.

That's why you need the iForceSM Competency Center for Siebel Systems. Located in Menlo Park, California, the center takes the guesswork out of sizing, configuring, and scaling your solution, which eliminates business and technical risks. It cuts the cost of developing your solution by allowing your staff to leverage the world-class expertise of Sun and Siebel Systems. And it simplifies your life by bringing together all the technical resources you need to implement the optimal solution.

The result: you see and understand exactly how your Siebel Systems software will perform on Sun hardware. You learn how to integrate Siebel eBusiness Applications with any number of other applications, databases, operating systems, and hardware platforms. And you do it all quickly, cost-efficiently, and correctly - right from the start.

At the iForce Competency Center for Siebel Systems, you have access to the combined core competencies of these two trusted, respected vendors at the same time, in the same place, focused on your success. It all adds up to faster project start-up, reduced business and technical risk, flexibility to experiment and optimize the solution, less complexity, and something you may never have expected from your key technology vendors: peace of mind.

A full spectrum of services.

The iForce Competency Center for Siebel Systems delivers a complete range of services tailored to your specific needs - from system sizing and testing to proof-of-concepts to training and more. Wherever you are on your road to successful deployment of your Siebel Systems business solutions, we'll help you take the next step quickly, correctly, and cost-efficiently.

Key benefits.

• Simplicity. The centers provide a focal point for all the products, technologies, and vendors involved in creating the optimal software-driven solution.
• Reduced risk. Collaboration between Sun, Siebel Systems, and other best-of-breed vendors helps you get it right the first time and eliminate risk.
• Faster time-to-implementation. You'll find out what works right away, so you avoid lengthy development cycles and get into production faster.
• Lower development costs. Try out your concept on state-of-the-art Sun hardware and software, and save the cost of the infrastructure for testing on your own.

Highlights

Key Capabilities

• System sizing and configuration
• Testing of any Siebel eBusiness Applications on the Sun platform
• Proof of concepts
• Product demonstrations
• Training

Key Business Solutions

• Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
• Sales
• Marketing
• Service
• Interactive Selling
• Partner Relationship Management
• Employee Relationship Management
• Analytics

Key Industries

• Financial Services
• Healthcare
• Insurance
• Communications
• Energy
• Consumer Products
• Life Sciences
• Government
• Automotive
• Travel and Transportation

Technical Resources

• Sun Enterprise™ servers
• Sun StorEdge™ arrays
• iPlanet™ e-business software
• Java™ 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE™)
• Third-party applications
• Staffed by Sun specialists

Benefits

• Single source of collaborative solutions
• Faster time-to-implementation
• Reduced risk through strength of community
• Lower development costs

We're with you all the way.

An integral part of the global iForce Center network, the iForce Competency Center for Siebel Systems helps you reap the rewards of Siebel's marketleading eBusiness Applications to Sun's Solaris™ Operating Environment software and Java technology-based platforms. When you're ready to minimize the complexity, risk, timeframes, and costs of your business solutions, the iForce Competency Center for Siebel Systems is ready to help. To learn more about the iForce Competency Center for Siebel Systems, call your Siebel Systems or Sun sales representative today. Additional details are also available on our Web site at www.sun-siebel.com.