Siebel Systems

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customer relationship management vendor enterprise software company software company

Siebel Systems was a leading enterprise software company best known for pioneering customer relationship management (CRM) solutions for large organizations.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Siebel Systems canonical	11
Siebel CRM	3
Siebel Analytics	1
Siebel Marketing	1
Siebel Sales	1
Siebel Service	1
Siebel eBusiness Applications	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T165402 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Siebel Systems
Context triple: [Oracle Corporation, acquired, Siebel Systems]

A. PeopleSoft
PeopleSoft is an enterprise software company best known for its human resources and financial management applications, later integrated into Oracle’s product portfolio.
B. Salesforce
Salesforce is a leading cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) company known for its suite of enterprise applications for sales, service, marketing, and analytics.
C. Lucent Technologies
Lucent Technologies was a major American telecommunications equipment company, spun off from AT&T, known for its Bell Labs research arm and contributions to networking and communications technology.
D. JD Edwards
JD Edwards is an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software suite, originally developed by JD Edwards & Company and now owned by Oracle, used by businesses to manage finance, manufacturing, distribution, and other core operations.
E. IBM
IBM is a multinational technology and consulting company known for its pioneering work in computer hardware, software, and enterprise services.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Siebel Systems
Target entity description: Siebel Systems was a leading enterprise software company best known for pioneering customer relationship management (CRM) solutions for large organizations.

A. PeopleSoft
PeopleSoft is an enterprise software company best known for its human resources and financial management applications, later integrated into Oracle’s product portfolio.
B. Salesforce
Salesforce is a leading cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) company known for its suite of enterprise applications for sales, service, marketing, and analytics.
C. Lucent Technologies
Lucent Technologies was a major American telecommunications equipment company, spun off from AT&T, known for its Bell Labs research arm and contributions to networking and communications technology.
D. JD Edwards
JD Edwards is an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software suite, originally developed by JD Edwards & Company and now owned by Oracle, used by businesses to manage finance, manufacturing, distribution, and other core operations.
E. IBM
IBM is a multinational technology and consulting company known for its pioneering work in computer hardware, software, and enterprise services.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	customer relationship management vendor ⓘ enterprise software company ⓘ software company ⓘ
acquiredBy	Oracle Corporation ⓘ
acquisitionAnnounced	2005 ⓘ
acquisitionDate	2006 ⓘ
areaServed	worldwide ⓘ
competitor	Oracle Corporation ⓘ PeopleSoft ⓘ SAP ⓘ Salesforce ⓘ
coreBusiness	customer relationship management software ⓘ enterprise application software ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
customerFocus	customer service ⓘ marketing automation ⓘ sales automation ⓘ
fate	acquired by Oracle Corporation ⓘ
foundedBy	David Schmaier ⓘ Ken Rudin ⓘ Pat House ⓘ Thomas Siebel ⓘ
headquartersLocation	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California San Mateo County, California ⓘ San Mateo, California, United States ⓘ surface form: San Mateo, California United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
inception	1993 ⓘ
industry	customer relationship management ⓘ enterprise software ⓘ
keyPerson	Thomas Siebel ⓘ
keyPersonRole	Chairman ⓘ Chief Executive Officer ⓘ
knownFor	industry-specific CRM applications ⓘ on-premise CRM software ⓘ pioneering CRM solutions ⓘ
notableProduct	Siebel Systems self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Siebel Analytics Siebel Systems self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Siebel CRM Siebel Systems self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Siebel Marketing Siebel Systems self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Siebel Sales Siebel Systems self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Siebel Service Siebel Systems self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Siebel eBusiness Applications
productType	CRM platform ⓘ enterprise applications ⓘ on-premises software ⓘ
softwareArchitecture	client-server ⓘ multi-tier ⓘ
status	defunct as independent company ⓘ
stockExchangeListing	NASDAQ ⓘ
targetCustomers	global enterprises ⓘ large organizations ⓘ
tickerSymbol	SEBL ⓘ