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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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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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Siebel optimistic about turnaround strategy
May 6, 2005
Makeover includes plans to shave costs, restructure Siebel's sales organization and make some strategic acquisitions.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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."
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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.
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