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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. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, Salesforce.com Inc., buyout, Marc Benioff, acquisition, Newsmaker, database company, CRM, CEO, merger, software company, database

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. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., CRM, centerpiece, acquisition, General Electric Co., software company, shareholder, integration, pricing, CEO

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. TAGS: MCI Inc., Verizon Communications, Michael Capellas, AT&T Corp., high-speed Internet access, merger, acquisition, Internet access, CEO, U.S., TV

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. TAGS: Mark Hurd, leadership, recovery, mobility, virtualization, printing, Wall Street, executive vice president, data center, acquisition, HP, CEO, New York, Canon Inc.

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. TAGS: JBoss, Oracle Corp., acquisition, middleware, buyout, equity, CEO, discussion, Java, open source

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. TAGS: Mark Hurd, restructuring, investor, R&D, imaging, HP, CEO, acquisition, printing, IBM Corp., Dell, PC

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. TAGS: NTL Inc., Virgin Mobile, AT&T Broadband, Comcast Corp., cable company, acquisition, U.K., merger, CEO

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. TAGS: StorageTek, sales force, Sun Microsystems Inc., information lifecycle management, data management, acquisition, EMC Corp., CEO

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. TAGS: Cisco Systems Inc., Scientific-Atlanta Inc., John Chambers, cable company, acquisition, set-top box, telephony, set-top, equipment, video, Linksys, CEO, TV

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. TAGS: Oblix Inc., Oracle Corp., acquisition, software company, Web service, CEO, security

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. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., electronic billing, CRM software, acquisition, health care, CRM, CEO, health

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. TAGS: Larry Ellison, Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., acquisition, Salesforce.com Inc., PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Open World, margin, on-demand, BEA Systems Inc., business intelligence, CRM, San Francisco, CEO, database

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. TAGS: VERITAS Software Corp., data protection, Symantec Corp., acquisition, storage system, Wall Street, EMC Corp., CEO, information technology, security

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. TAGS: Computer Associates International Inc., systems management, acquisition, COO, CEO, conference, security, database

Ellison talks about the acquisition

December 14, 2004 Excerpts from Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's press conference announcing an agreement to acquire PeopleSoft. TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., PeopleSoft 8, Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, acquisition, merger, CEO, agreement

Adobe under construction

August 29, 2005 newsmaker CEO Bruce Chizen talks up the impending merger with Macromedia and what comes next for Flash. TAGS: Bruce Chizen, Macromedia Inc., merger, Newsmaker, Adobe Systems Inc., acquisition, Novell Inc., Adobe PDF, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: VERITAS Software Corp., Symantec Corp., acquisition, security, CEO

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. TAGS: Mike Volpi, Cisco Systems Inc., Scientific-Atlanta Inc., founder, Skype, acquisition, CEO, video

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. TAGS: IAC/InterActive Corp., Ask Jeeves Inc., buyout, Expedia Inc., Ask.com, acquisition, sector, Yahoo! Inc., search engine, MSN, CEO, blog, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: lifestyle, Seagate Technology, handheld, CEO, Maxtor, acquisition, car, hard drive, PC
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