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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, acquisition, Marc Benioff, Newsmaker, CRM, database company, CEO, software company, merger, 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., shareholder, software company, integration, pricing, CEO

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

New Siebel chief: 'We can do better'

April 18, 2005 Siebel's newly crowned leader acknowledges his company must improve but rules out a strategy of cost-cutting. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Salesforce.com Inc., industry analyst, CEO, CRM, acquisition, success, conference

Investors, analysts frown on exit of Siebel CEO

April 13, 2005 Stock drops as new CEO George Shaheen provides little information on his plan; analysts smell a buyout. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., board member, CEO, exit, customer satisfaction, acquisition

Siebel, Oracle workers express merger jitters

September 12, 2005 Oracle's acquisition of Siebel Systems wasn't a big surprise for employees of either company, yet some appeared a bit rattled arriving for work Monday morning. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., merger, corporate culture, PeopleSoft Inc., Larry Ellison, takeover, CRM, layoff, engineer, acquisition, Silicon Valley, worker, CEO, California

Siebel optimistic about turnaround strategy

May 6, 2005 Makeover includes plans to shave costs, restructure Siebel's sales organization and make some strategic acquisitions. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., acquisition, CEO

Behind the scenes: Oracle's pursuit of Siebel

October 22, 2005 While battling to acquire PeopleSoft, Oracle was in merger talks with Siebel Systems, according to a new SEC filing. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., SEC filing, merger, acquisition, executive vice president, Mr., CEO

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, on-demand, margin, BEA Systems Inc., business intelligence, CRM, San Francisco, CEO, database

Too much on Oracle's plate?

September 22, 2005 special coverage Customers wonder whether Oracle has bitten off more buyouts than it can deal with. TAGS: Oracle Corp., Siebel Systems Inc., Larry Ellison, buyout, middleware, PeopleSoft Inc., acquisition, CEO, software company, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, blog, HP, database

Praise, skepticism greet Oracle-Siebel merger

September 12, 2005 Reaction to Oracle's megamerger with Siebel Systems is mixed, but it won't be as complex as Oracle's purchase of PeopleSoft. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., merger, SAP AG, Mercury Interactive Corp., Larry Ellison, middleware, IBM DB2, AMR Research, IBM Corp., CRM, database, acquisition, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

High-tech megamergers: Still make sense?

September 20, 2005 If most big tech combinations fail to deliver, author Steve W. Martin asks, why does management think they'll succeed? TAGS: merger, megamerger, PeopleSoft Inc., Sybase Inc., acquisition, loser, Informix Software, Carly Fiorina, Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., winner, reality, Silicon Valley, CEO, database, HP

Ellison: No other big buys in mind

September 21, 2005 Oracle CEO tells customers that engineering, not large deals, is top priority in an increasingly competitive applications market. TAGS: Larry Ellison, middleware, Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Siebel Systems Inc., SAP NetWeaver, on-demand, acquisition, CEO

SAP says it won't join the on-demand crowd

April 14, 2005 "With on-demand," CEO says, "the customer hands his destiny to someone else and then he finds...he cannot get his destiny back." TAGS: SAP AG, on-demand, CRM, hosted CRM, Henning Kagermann, Siebel Systems Inc., hosting company, Salesforce.com Inc., CEO, Oracle Corp., acquisition, agreement, Microsoft Corp., HP

Sending the penguins out with a hot foot

October 27, 2006 perspective CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says Larry Ellison's open-source move is part of a bigger transformation at Oracle. TAGS: Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp., Red Hat Inc., Oracle Open World, Borland Software Corp., announcement, open-source company, Siebel Systems Inc., PeopleSoft Inc., profit margin, open source, acquisition, CEO, database, operating system, Microsoft Corp.
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