What Industry Analysts Are Saying

	" The new Siebel/Oracle entity offers an even wider array of options for matching the needs of the organization with the appropriate CRM solution. The CRM selections for on-demand (Siebel OnDemand and Siebel On-Demand 7.0) on-premise and in-house development (Siebel Component Assembly) allow organizations a tremendous opportunity to buy, build and blend based on need, requirements, and capabilities."    —Mary Wardley, VP CRM Applications, IDC
	"The combination of Oracle and Siebel is naturally synergistic. Oracle gains the ability to extend native analytic coverage to ERP. Siebel gains momentum in expanding its analytic breadth and depth with more comprehensive analytic coverage and new fields for implementing its Real Time Decisions. The payoff is that these analytics are scheduled to be more readily available through the connective tissue of Oracle Fusion Middleware."    —Robert Blumstein, Director CRM Analytics and CRM Applications, IDC
	"Oracle's plans for Siebel should help existing Siebel customers continue to leverage value from their investment while continuing innovation that will drive greater value. In the on-demand space in particular, where offerings and customer demands are evolving, Oracle has a real opportunity to leverage its experience in data integration and enterprise hosting and Siebel's on-demand strengths to provide leadership in delivering on-demand at the enterprise level."    —Rebecca Wettemann, Vice President, Nucleus Research