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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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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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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.
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Down but not out
August 17, 2005
Siebel has been battered by shifts in the market. But the CRM developer is taking a new tack--and it's up to Bruce Cleveland to make it work.
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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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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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