Goldman Conference: Siebel Sees No Slowdown

LA QUINTA, Calif. -- It was the kind of bravado that makes corporate lawyers cringe, and the reason Wall Street can't get enough of Siebel Systems (SEBL Quote).

In comments during the keynote address here Monday at the Goldman Sachs Technology Investment Symposium, Siebel CEO Tom Siebel didn't concede any ground to bears, the economic doomsayers or his competition when he said business at his company is better than it has ever been.

"We are right now more enthusiastic about the market opportunity going forward than we have been any day that we've been in business," Siebel said. "Demand for these systems in the next year is quite breathtaking, and it's everything that we can do right now to keep up with it." ...