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Spoke Software is First Partner Validated with Release 7 of Siebel CRM OnDemand

Combination of Spoke and Siebel CRM OnDemand Delivers Innovative Sales Prospecting and Lead Generation Solution

Palo Alto, CA - April 5, 2005 - Spoke Software, an innovative web-based service for sales prospecting and lead generation, today announced that the integration between Spoke and Siebel CRM OnDemand has been successfully validated by Siebel Systems, Inc., (NASDAQ: SEBL) making Spoke the first partner to achieve validated status for CRM OnDemand, Release 7. Spoke Software has been a partner in the Siebel Alliance Program since October 2004.

Siebel Systems, the leading provider of customer relationship management applications, provides organizations with a proven set of industry-specific best practices, CRM applications software, and business processes, enabling corporations to sell to, market to, and service customers across multiple channels and lines of business. This validation provides Siebel CRM OnDemand customers with a powerful solution for sales prospecting and lead generation. The integration of Spoke with Siebel CRM OnDemand lets users seamlessly transition from Account, Contact, Lead or Opportunity screens in Siebel to Spoke's network of 27 million relationships enabling them to identify prospects, research leads, get access to decision makers and manage relationships. Spoke is completely integrated into the Siebel CRM OnDemand interface, allowing the user to easily transition between the solutions without any additional data entry, saving time and maintaining data quality.

"Becoming the first partner to be validated with Siebel CRM OnDemand further demonstrates Spoke's commitment to hosted solutions for sales professionals," stated Frank Vaculin, CEO of Spoke Software. "With the integrated solution from Spoke and Siebel, sales professionals can manage their entire sales process, from sales prospecting and lead generation through to complete customer relationship management in a low-cost, hosted solution."

"Siebel's partnership with Spoke addresses the needs of our customers," said Catherine Cherubino, VP, Channels and Alliances for SMB OnDemand for Siebel Systems. "Through this partnership, sales professionals will have a complete solution for managing account relationships in a single combined interface."

Siebel Systems forms alliances with proven technology leaders to deliver tangible business benefits throughout the enterprise. By choosing Siebel business applications and validated partner solutions, Siebel Systems' customers can pursue a best-of-class software acquisition strategy. The Siebel Validation Program applies rigorous technical scrutiny to evaluate the integration of third-party solutions with Siebel business applications. Integrations that meet the strict testing criteria are validated and documented by the Siebel Validation Program. Validation documentation is available on the Siebel Partner Directory at http://www.siebel.com/partners/dir/directory.shtm.

About Spoke Software
Spoke Software, founded in June 2002, is an innovative web-based service for sales prospecting and lead generation. Spoke helps sales professionals penetrate target accounts by leveraging their most valuable asset - their extended relationship network. Spoke enables sales people to quickly get information and access about key decision makers through relationship "paths" to those individuals, while requiring minimal data entry and protecting privacy. Spoke Software is a privately-held company with investment from US Venture Partners, Sierra Ventures, Partech International and DCM - Doll Capital Management.

For more information visit http://www.spoke.com.

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