Siebel's new CEO will have his hands full

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May 11, 2004, 11:47 AM — As Michael Lawrie steps into his new role as Siebel's CEO, he faces declining CRM market share and declinine revenues. AMR analyst David Caruso speculates that Lawrie might look to acquisitions in business analytics and utility computing to stop the slide.

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