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5 Client Environment
Requirements
About This Chapter
This chapter describes the software platform requirements for Siebel eBusiness Applications clients.
Required software is software that must be installed separately by the user on the client machine in
order to achieve basic Siebel functionality. Siebel applications can be deployed in two modes—
standard interactivity mode or high interactivity mode.
Deployment Modes for Applications
This section lists supported deployment modes for employee, partner, and customer applications. For
a definition of each application, see “Categorization of Siebel 7 Applications” on page 10.
Deployment Modes for Employee Applications
Siebel employee applications only run in the high interactivity deployment mode, with the exception
of Employee Relationship Management (ERM). See “Categorization of Siebel 7 Applications” on page 10
and “Requirements for High Interactivity Clients (Employee Applications)” on page 23 for more
information about the high interactivity mode and its client requirements.
Deployment Modes for Partner Applications
There are two relevant Siebel partner applications, Siebel Partner Manager and Siebel Partner Portal.
Siebel Partner Manager is an employee application that is used by channel and alliance professionals
to administer and manage their partner base. Because Siebel Partner Manager is only meant for the
employees, it only supports high interactivity mode. Siebel Partner Portal is an application for partner
users. It supports both standard interactivity mode and high interactivity mode. It is strongly
recommended that customers run Siebel Partner Portal in standard interactivity mode, because it
supports the broadest set of internet browsers and client operating systems, thereby allowing a
customer's entire partner base to access the Partner Portal.
However, if a customer has a dedicated (exclusive) partner network and can require its partners to
standardize on more stringent high interactivity mode requirements (specific browsers, operating
systems, and java virtual machines), then deploying Siebel Partner Portal in high interactivity mode
may be a viable option. See the appropriate deployment mode section for addition information on
client requirements.
There are exceptions to Siebel Partner Portal’s support of both standard interactivity (SI) mode and
high interactivity (HI) mode for some vertical applications as shown in Table 9 on page 23.