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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, CRM, database company, 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., CRM, PeopleSoft Inc., centerpiece, acquisition, General Electric Co., integration, shareholder, software company, pricing, CEO

Oracle takeover spooks some Siebel users

September 19, 2005 Siebel customers fear that Oracle's acquisition of the company means they will be forced to migrate to Oracle applications. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., takeover, CRM, PeopleSoft Inc., supplier, acquisition, Microsoft SQL Server

Oracle to cut 2,000 jobs

February 9, 2006 Company details its integration plans and says job cuts are in store for Oracle, Siebel employees. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., job cut, CRM, Larry Ellison, cut, layoff, acquisition, software company, database

RightNow targets Siebel customers

November 16, 2005 RightNow Technologies offers Siebel users six months of free CRM, banking on uncertainty from Oracle's acquisition of the firm. TAGS: RightNow Technologies, Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., acquisition, CRM, software company

Commentary: Divining Oracle's intent with Siebel

September 13, 2005 Acquisition is a positive move overall, although it crowds Oracle's already full plate of company- and product-integration activities. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., CRM, Siebel OnDemand, SAP AG, acquisition, PeopleSoft Inc., on-demand, commentary, SOA, intent

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

Bloggers react to Oracle's 'desperate' move

September 12, 2005 Many say the software giant's only means of growth is to buy up rivals, while others say deal will be fraught with challenges. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., RightNow Technologies, Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, CRM, blogger, acquisition, SAP AG, on-demand, mean, app, software company, blog, database

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, takeover, PeopleSoft Inc., Larry Ellison, CRM, layoff, engineer, acquisition, Silicon Valley, CEO, worker, California

Report: Hosted CRM is king

August 15, 2006 Oracle leads in sales of human capital management applications, thanks to PeopleSoft buy, says AMR Research. TAGS: human capital management, human capital, PeopleSoft Inc., hosted CRM, CRM, Oracle Corp., AMR Research, SAP AG, acquisition, Human Resources

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, acquisition, database, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

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, Henning Kagermann, hosted CRM, Siebel Systems Inc., Salesforce.com Inc., hosting company, Oracle Corp., acquisition, CEO, agreement, Microsoft Corp., HP
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