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Oracle Executive Appointed Sideware VP of Product Management and Strategy-- Siddhartha Dhingra to Lead Sideware’s Product Management TeamRESTON, Va., December 8, 2000 – Sideware (TSE: SYD.U and OTC (BB): SDWS), a leading developer of customer service solutions for e-business, today announced the appointment of Siddhartha Dhingra as its vice president of product management and strategy. Dhingra, who most recently helped launch Oracle’s wireless application service provider division OracleMobile, will lead Sideware’s product management team. His responsibilities include setting Sideware’s product and strategic direction and working with the company’s world-class development group on next-generation eCRM enterprise solutions. “Sid’s combination of product management and early adopter technological expertise make him the ideal person to head up our product management team,” said James Speros, president and CEO of Sideware. “He will play an important role at Sideware in helping us determine future market demands and the product development necessary to meet those demands, which is all part of our go-to-market strategy.” During his four year tenure at Oracle, Dhingra was involved with the early adopter customers of Oracle’s e-Commerce and wireless products. At OracleMobile, he built a global team of experienced managers and technical staff who were responsible for the delivery of hosted wireless applications. As part of these responsibilities, he defined the division’s engagement model and operational processes, including daily support and reporting, which has been trademarked as mSpeed™. He also opened OracleMobile’s offices in the Washington DC area and in Bangalore, India. Prior to OracleMobile, Dhingra was part of Oracle Consulting’s Advanced Technologies group. Here he played many roles including heading up a wireless and m- commerce practice. He worked with early adopter customers to help them understand the wireless Internet market space and Oracle technologies. His other responsibilities included early adoption initiatives for e-commerce and iTV technologies. Previously, Dhingra worked with various consulting groups focusing in the areas of digital image processing and workflow. He holds a bachelor of science degree from Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY. About Sideware Sideware is a leading developer of customer service solutions for e-businesses. Sideware’s Dr. Bean software is an e-Customer Relationship Management (eCRM) solution based on 100% Java and Enterprise Java technology, providing multi-platform scalability and functionality across all major servers and operating systems. In addition, the company is an independent software vendor (ISV) of IBM and a Premier Software Partner of Siebel. Other key strategic business partnerships include ties with Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems and SAIC. Based in Reston, Va., Sideware Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sideware Systems Inc., which is publicly traded on both the Toronto Stock Exchange and the OTC Bulletin Board (TSE: SYD.U and OTC (BB): SDWS). For further information on Sideware, please visit http://www.sideware.com ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD James Speros President and CEO The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe harbor" for forward-looking statements. Certain information included in this communication (as well as information included in oral statements or other written statements made or to be made by Sideware Systems Inc.) contains statements that are forward-looking, such as statements relating to the future anticipated direction of the high technology industry, plans for future expansion, various business development activities, planned capital expenditures, future funding sources, anticipated sales growth and potential contracts. Such forward-looking information involves important risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect anticipated results in the future and, accordingly, such results may differ from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of Sideware Systems Inc. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those relating to development and expansion activities, dependence on existing management, financial activities, domestic and global economic conditions, changes in federal or state income tax laws, and market competition factors. Editorial Contact: Tara Dunion Sideware Corporation 703-437-9002 x 3044 tdunion@sideware.com top of page |
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