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Oracle sweeps up Siebel
September 13, 2005
Siebel's 12 years of independence comes to an end in the form of a $5.8 billion buyout.
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Oracle to swallow Siebel for $5.8 billion
September 12, 2005
The database giant makes its fourth acquisition this year, buying up CRM specialist Siebel.
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Verizon closes book on MCI merger
January 6, 2006
The saga of Verizon's $8.44 billion buyout of long distance carrier MCI finally ends. The CEO prepares to depart.
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HP discloses strategy for recovery
December 13, 2005
Addressing Wall Street for the first time since taking the helm, CEO Mark Hurd describes how HP will make a comeback.
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JBoss CEO: Buyout talk got 'out of hand'
April 3, 2006
Even as JBoss weighs acquisition offers, its CEO bemoans some of the "nonsense" regarding Oracle acquisition rumors.
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Hurd offers just a glimpse of HP strategy
September 7, 2005
At a meeting with investors in New York, Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd presented a broad overview of HP's mission.
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U.K. cable company taps Comcast for new CEO
December 16, 2005
Amid merger talks with Virgin Mobile, NTL grabs Stephen Burch for his experience in acquiring AT&T Broadband.
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Sun completes StorageTek acquisition
September 1, 2005
Some analysts frown on deal, saying Sun has blundered with buyouts before. But CEO says buy provides major sales force for storage products.
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Cisco goes for video
November 18, 2005
Cisco announced it will pay $6.9 billion cash for Scientific-Atlanta to get into the video market.
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Oracle adds security firm to shopping basket
March 28, 2005
On acquisition tear, company scoops up 100-person software company specializing in computer user authentication.
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Siebel buys firm focused on e-billing technology
December 17, 2004
The $115 million deal for Edocs is a bid to heat up tepid demand for CRM software.
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Ellison looks to double Oracle revenue
September 22, 2005
CEO wants to grow company from a nearly $15 billion concern to a $30 billion titan--while maintaining a 40 percent operating margin.
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Veritas CEO defends Symantec acquisition
April 25, 2005
The companies' products address two facets of the same data protection problem, says Chief Executive Gary Bloom.
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Seeking focus, CA will mothball some products
February 16, 2005
Instead of trying to maintain a portfolio of 1,000 products, firm will focus on 300 or 400 in security, systems management.
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Ellison talks about the acquisition
December 14, 2004
Excerpts from Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's press conference announcing an agreement to acquire PeopleSoft.
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Adobe under construction
August 29, 2005
newsmaker CEO Bruce Chizen talks up the impending merger with Macromedia and what comes next for Flash.
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Symantec: No end in sight for acquisitions
October 31, 2005
No plans to get into identity management but more megadeals on the horizon, a top executive at the security giant says.
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Mike Volpi's trek from Cisco to Joost
June 6, 2007
Once considered the heir apparent to the CEO spot at Cisco, Volpi talks about what attracted him to the top spot at video start-up Joost.
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InterActiveCorp buys Ask Jeeves for $1.85 billion
March 21, 2005
Barry Diller's Net company expands its horizons at a time of frantic activity in the search sector.
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Seagate's mission--'digitizing your lifestyle'
May 8, 2006
For CEO William Watkins, the next decade is all about moving content from home to car to handheld.
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