Contact: David Ewing |
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Phone: 415-226-3366 x 999 |
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| January 5, 2006 | or email david@sfcg.com |
SAN FRANCISCO CONSULTING GROUP (SFCG) JOINS SIEBEL SMB CHANNEL PROGRAM
SAN FRANCISCO—David Ewing, President & CEO of San Francisco Consulting Group (SFCG), announced today that SFCG has joined the Siebel SMB Channel Program. Siebel Systems is a leading provider of customer-facing solutions. Under the terms of this agreement, SFCG will resell Siebel CRM OnDemand, Siebel Systems’ hosted CRM solution, to the small and mid-market space.
“Together, Siebel Systems and SFCG deliver a winning combination of CRM, market and industry expertise,” said Catherine Cherubino, Vice President, Channels and Alliances at Siebel Systems. “With Siebel CRM OnDemand SMB customers will benefit from its low-cost and rapid time to deployment. The joint team of SFCG and Siebel is fully aligned and committed to delivering the greatest business impact possible to our mid-market customers.”
Mr. Ewing commented, “Given Siebel's strong record of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) leadership and its commitment to this market, this partnership gives our clients a significant sales performance advantage. We look forward to offering the power of Siebel Systems’ hosted CRM solution combined with our proven know-how for driving sales and marketing performance.”
With this announcement, SFCG will extend the breadth of its Revenue Seven™ services by offering clients the ability to integrate SFCG best sales and marketing practices with Siebel’s powerful CRM solution.
The SFCG and Siebel Systems partnership offers a complete and smooth transition for companies choosing to implement a CRM solution. Customers interact with a local presence to meet their business process needs and have access through a reliable partner to significant support and customer-centric tools for ongoing services.
Technology trends show that more than 50 percent of SMB customers prefer to purchase software from resellers and procure IT services from local companies rather than direct from the IT manufacturer. In response to these market trends, Siebel Systems is employing a combined selling model to ensure the best mix of CRM, market and industry expertise. Siebel Systems’ direct sales organization and its channel partners will work with customers as a single team to ensure a seamless transition from sales through implementation to ongoing support.
Founded in 2001, SFCG is headquartered at in San Francisco, with additional offices in Oakland and Phoenix. For more information about SFCG’s Revenue Seven™, free marketing resources, webinars and podcasts—visit www.sfcgcorp.com.
