I just couldn't help but pointing out the coincidence of the latest news. These stories came out the same day:
- Accenture Positioned in the Leader Quadrant in CRM Service Providers in Europe and North America
- Siebel dumps CEO Lawrie for Shaheen
Shaheen was CEO of Andersen Consulting & was the driving force in separating from Arthur Andersen ... just in the nick of time with the Enron scandal. Then George Shaheen, arguably one of the brighted business minds around, took the bait for the dotcom dream of Webvan which has flopped. It's refreshing to see that someone like a George Shaheen, could make a bonehead move like that, just like I did ... with the same results. He was the CEO of the most powerful professional services company in the world.
Just coincidental timing that Shaheen was named CEO of THE major player in the CRM space and his old firm was announced as the leader in the CRM Service Provider space. I smell a major alliance or M&A in the making ... maybe Accenture/Siebel due to allegiances/relationships or possible another competing consulting firm as an act of defiance.
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