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Tom Siebel, VP of Direct Marketing at Oracle and his pre-sales techs launch project OASIS, "the genesis of the CRM industry" (Mei Lin Fung)
In his role as Vice President for Oracle’s direct marketing division, Tom Siebel introduces OASIS (Oracle Automated Sales Information System), which can be seen as the predecessor of Siebel Sales Force Automation.
Tom Siebel leaves Oracle and becomes CEO of Gain Technology.
As CEO of Gain Technology, Tom Siebel sells the company to Sybase and lays the financial foundation for Siebel Systems.
Siebel Systems Inc. founded by Thomas M. Siebel and Patricia House.
Charles Schwab joins the Siebel Board of Directors. Charles Schwab & Co. is one of the first key customers using Siebel CRM.
Siebel Systems ships the initial release of Siebel Sales Enterprise (SSE).
Siebel Systems Inc. releases Sales Force Automation (SFA) Version 2 with 'Opportunites' and Sales Forecasting as well as reporting capabilities.
Listed as SEBL, Siebel Systems Inc goes public on NASDAQ with an initial offering of 1.9 million shares at USD 17 each.
On siebel.com, Siebel Systems Inc. presents itself as the leader in sales and marketing information systems.
Siebel releases version 3 of its sales and marketing information system.
Siebel Systems Inc. acquires intranet BI software maker InterActive WorkPlace Inc.
Siebel Systems Inc. acquires Nomadic Systems Inc., heading into the pharma industry.
Siebel launches the Certified Consultant program
Siebel Systems acquires customer service software maker Scopus for $460 Million.
Siebel Systems releases Siebel 98
Siebel 99 introduces web-based applications, handheld support and document generation.
Siebel launches sales.com, a web portal for sales information.
Bruce Daley launches the first comprehensive information site on Siebel - the Siebel Observer.
Fortune magazine names Siebel Systems Inc. the fastest growing company in the USA.
Siebel Systems Inc. agrees with IBM to develop and sell Siebel software together.
Siebel Systems acquires OnTarget, adding sales consulting services to its portfolio.
IBM launches one of the biggest Siebel CRM implementation projects, rolling out to more than 60000 users worldwide.
Long-time consulting partner Deloitte becomes a Global Strategic Partner of Siebel Systems.
Siebel buys marketing software maker Paragren Technologies Inc.
Siebel Systems Inc. releases Siebel 2000. This milestone release covered web access, EAI, marketing and BI capabilities.
Based on Siebel 2000, Mid Market Edition is a downsized version aimed at the small and medium business market
Siebel expands with buying OnLink (e-commerce) and Janna (financial services).
The revenue of Siebel Systems Inc. for 2000 surpasses $ 1 billion.
Siebel releases version 7.0, the first completely web-based version.
Siebel Systems Inc. acquires BI software maker nQuire, laying the foundation for Siebel Analytics (and later Oracle BI).
With data from Siebel's sales pipeline, Tom Siebel and company brace for a recession.
Tom Siebel named CEO of the Year by Industry Week
The European User Week in 2002 takes place in Barcelona.
Siebel releases version 7.5.2
Siebel announces the release of version 1.0 of UAN (Universal Application Network), the result of cooperation with major middleware vendors and one of the industry's first standardized hub-and-spoke integration packages.
Siebel Systems is not spared by the burst of the dot-com bubble and reports its first net loss ($ 92 million) since 1998.
Siebel UCM (Universal Customer Master) is introduced. It is one of the first Customer Hubs in the Industry. In the course of the next two years, Siebel UCM and UAN revenues rise rapidly to be almost 10% of the corporation's revenues.
Accenture and Siebel announce their global strategic partnership.
Siebel 7.5.3 introduces major UI enhancements (shuttle applet).
Siebel announces the release of CRM OnDemand. Developed by Siebel and IBM, this marks the second entry of Siebel into cloud-based CRM (after sales.com which went out of business in 2000).
Siebel publicly announces its project 'Nexus'. The SOA based component framework was supposed to support .NET and J2EE but was never released.
Siebel Systems Inc. releases Siebel 7.7 with redesigned UI. The release introduces iHelp and Marketing Segmentation with Siebel Analytics.
Former IBM executive Mike Lawrie is named CEO of Siebel Systems. Tom Siebel stays chairman.
Planned as a successor to the eBusiness ERP suite both powered and delayed over the years by numerous acquisitions, Oracle launches the biggest enterprise software project on the planet: "Fusion"
Siebel Systems releases CRM OnDemand version 6 with a host of new features aimed directly at the competitor-in-the-cloud Salesforce
Siebel Systems announces that its Business Analytics offering (formerly nQuire) received the 2004 RealWare Award.
George Shaheen replaces Mike Lawrie as the CEO of Siebel Systems.
Siebel 7.8 introduces service-oriented order management.
Oracle announces to acquire Siebel Systems Inc. for $5.8 Billion.
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