MEDIA RELEASE

Impatica Announces Siebel Validation and Joins
Siebel Alliance Program

Impatica Becomes Partner, Successfully Integrates Impatica for PowerPoint and Impatica OnCue with Siebel eBusiness Applications

Ottawa, Canada , July 10, 2002 - Impatica Inc., a leading provider of software tools that enable Internet delivery of PowerPoint™ presentations, today announced that it has joined the Siebel Alliance Program as a Software Partner and has successfully validated its integration of Impatica for PowerPoint and Impatica OnCue with Siebel 7. Siebel Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SEBL) is the world's leading provider of eBusiness applications software.

Impatica products transform bulky PowerPoint presentations into an efficient streaming file format for plug-in free, low bandwidth, multi-platform delivery. With Impatica OnCue, PowerPoint slides can be augmented with synchronized video, scrolling text, extensive navigation controls, and keyword search functions. Siebel Systems provides an integrated family of eBusiness applications software, enabling multichannel sales, marketing, and customer service systems to be deployed over the Web, in call centers, in the field, through reseller channels, and across retail and dealer networks. With this validation, customers of Siebel Systems and Impatica can now deliver engaging, interactive, animated, and narrated PowerPoint presentations to the largest number of users without concern for the platform they are using or the bandwidth available to them.

The integration of Impatica products with Siebel eBusiness Applications allows users to create powerful online training content faster and at lower cost, thereby accelerating the deployment of eLearning programs and maximizing the return on eLearning investments. Using Impatica products, subject matter experts, trainers, and other business professionals are empowered to produce eLearning content directly, without relying on programmers or other technical experts. A few simple steps are all that is required to upload content to the appropriate Web server and to integrate that content as a Siebel eTraining course.

"Siebel Systems' outstanding technology and market leadership have created an environment where companies can boost employee satisfaction by integrating eLearning technology with the Siebel eBusiness Applications employees use every day," said Michael Doyle, Chairman and CEO of Impatica. "We believe that with the addition of Impatica's products, Siebel Systems' customers will further benefit by a significant reduction in the time, cost, and complexity of producing high-quality eLearning content."

"Siebel Systems has used Impatica products in conjunction with Siebel eTraining to deliver online courses for 30,000 Siebel employees, customers, and partners," said Michael Straub, Director, Alliances Technical Services, Siebel Systems. "Impatica's technology empowers organizations to reduce the time, cost, and complexity of course production and to ensure platform-independent delivery to every learner."

Siebel Systems forms alliances with proven technology leaders to deliver tangible business benefits throughout the enterprise. By choosing Siebel eBusiness Applications and validated partner solutions, Siebel Systems' customers can pursue a best-of-class software acquisition strategy and quickly deploy the very best solution available. The Siebel Validation Program applies rigorous technical scrutiny to evaluate the integration of third-party solutions with Siebel eBusiness Applications. Integrations that meet the high standards of Siebel Systems' testing criteria are validated and documented by the Siebel Alliance Program.

About Impatica Inc.

Impatica products enable users of Microsoft PowerPoint and Macromedia Director™ to deliver their content plug-in free, to Java-enabled computers and other devices, even at dial-up speeds. These presentations can be synchronized to video and scrolling text, complete with indexing, navigation, and search capabilities using Impatica OnCue.

For more information:

Michael Doyle:
(800) 548-3475 ext. 279
e-mail: mdoyle@impatica.com


Siebel is a trademark of Siebel Systems, Inc. and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. PowerPoint is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Impatica is a registered trademark of Impatica Inc.