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Silknet Acquires InSite Marketing Technology
Silknet Software, Inc. announced it has acquired privately-held InSite Marketing Technology, Inc. of Waltham, Mass. Under the terms of the agreement, Silknet will acquire all of the outstanding common stock and options of InSite in exchange for approximately 592,000 shares of Silknet common stock. The acquisition will enable Silknet to expand the company's existing e-business product line and service offerings to include InSite's e-marketing and e-sales applications. (
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Pivotal Establishes Internet Syndicate for B2B eBusiness Relationship Management
Pivotal Corporation announced the Pivotal B2B Syndicate, a group of companies to provide real-time content, applications and services to users of Pivotal's eRelationship 2 Web application suite. Members of the Pivotal B2B Syndicate produce a range of online products and services that, when delivered through the Pivotal eRelationship 2 SmartPortal interface, enable sales, marketing, and customer service employees to better serve customers and channel partners.

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FaceTime and Novell Partner to Extend Reach of New digitalme Technology
FaceTime Communications and Novell (announced that the companies have formed a partnership to integrate Novell’s digitalme™ and directory technologies with FaceTime’s business-to-consumer communication management products. As a result, e-commerce sites will be able to offer services like real time customer assistance to digitalme-enabled consumers.

Lionbridge to Create Worldwide Technical Support Infrastructure For Windows 2000 Certified Application Development
Lionbridge Technologies announced a joint agreement with Microsoft Corp. whereby Lionbridge will provide technical support and coaching to Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) within Microsoft Windows 2000 development labs around the world. They will help ISVs meet the standards of the Application Specification for Windows 2000 and have their applications "Certified for Windows." Under the agreement, Lionbridge will deploy in-country bilingual engineers based in key Microsoft development labs in ten cities around the world, including Munich; Paris; Tokyo; Sydney; Reading, England; and other sites to be announced.

Melita Renames Company to eShare Technologies
Melita International announced that its Board of Directors has voted to change its corporate name to 'eShare Technologies, Inc.', effective immediately. Commencing the week of October 11th, 1999, the company will trade on the NASDAQ under the symbol ``ESHR''.

Incentive Systems Joins Pivotal B2B Syndicate
Incentive Systems announced it has formed an alliance with Pivotal Corporation to integrate its e-business incentive compensation system with Pivotal's new Pivotal eRelationship 2 Web application suite. This combination will enable users to view their compensation plans, create personalized reports of their compensation results, and track their progress over the Web through Pivotal eRelationship 2.

Sykes Provides Support for PeoplePC
Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated announced that it will provide technical support for PeoplePC, Inc. customers. PeoplePC provides membership-based PC and Internet services in a convenient, all-inclusive package that allows consumers to deal directly with its partners.

E.piphany, Inc. Makes Move Into Europe
E.piphany, Inc. announced that it has established an office in London as the first step in a program of European expansion. As part of this expansion, E.piphany and KPMG Consulting have formed a strategic alliance that will support the European launch of E.piphany's E.4(TM) system.

Siebel Systems Delivers Applications on IBM DB2
Siebel Systems, Inc. announced the general availability of its sales, marketing and customer service applications on IBM's DB2 Universal Database. Siebel Front Office Applications for DB2 are available today on IBM AIX, HP-UX, and Microsoft Windows NT, and will be available on the Sun Solaris Operating Environment and IBM OS/390 in Q1 2000.

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