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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. 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, database, CEO

This week in Oracle

September 24, 2005 Business software maker plans to buy G-log, marking its 10th acquisition announcement in nine months. TAGS: Oracle Corp., business software company, Larry Ellison, Siebel Systems Inc., acquisition, business software, software company

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, database company, Newsmaker, CRM, CEO, software company, merger, database

Larry's war: Oracle vs. SAP

April 4, 2005 The rivalry is nothing new, but Ellison's acquisition strategy is infusing it with new vigor--and may redefine an industry. TAGS: Larry Ellison, SAP AG, Oracle Corp., Baan Co., acquisition, Retek Inc., database management, enterprise application, merger, PeopleSoft Inc., Silicon Valley, accounting, 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, CEO, pricing

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, Oracle Corp., middleware, SAP AG, Siebel Systems Inc., SAP NetWeaver, on-demand, acquisition, CEO

Larry Ellison gets a pay raise

August 31, 2005 Oracle chief's pay package for fiscal 2005, excluding exercised options, nearly doubles, in part because PeopleSoft deal wraps up. TAGS: Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., SEC filing, grid computing, S&P 500, salary, compensation, bonus, leadership, acquisition

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., Borland Software Corp., Oracle Open World, announcement, profit margin, PeopleSoft Inc., Siebel Systems Inc., open-source company, open source, acquisition, CEO, database, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Oracle's eye on the future

January 26, 2005 At an analysts' event, the company discusses PeopleSoft, its planned entry into the market for collaboration software and more. TAGS: Larry Ellison, PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., BEA Systems Inc., content management, collaboration, acquisition, SAP AG, CEO, database, server

Oracle trying to cover all its (data) bases

March 14, 2006 For Oracle, the past few months have been one big shopping spree. But at what point does its spate of mergers start delivering diminishing returns? TAGS: Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, PeopleSoft Inc., acquisition, SCM, merger, Siebel Systems Inc., supply chain, Silicon Valley, professor, conference, software company, California, 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: Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, buyout, PeopleSoft Inc., middleware, acquisition, CEO, software company, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, blog, database, HP

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, layoff, cut, acquisition, software company, database

This week in OpenWorld news

December 10, 2004 At Oracle's OpenWorld conference, Michael Dell chides the Lenovo-IBM deal. Also: Oracle chief Larry Ellison' deja vu keynote speech. TAGS: Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp., keynote speech, Oracle Open World, Red Hat Inc., Dell, conference, merger, Lenovo, acquisition, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., Linux, server, database, operating system

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, on-demand, SAP AG, mean, software company, app, blog, database

Oracle posts higher profit on license sales

June 29, 2005 Business software giant posts better-than-expected earnings bolstered in part by applications license revenue. TAGS: Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, PeopleSoft Inc., earnings, SAP AG, enterprise application, net income, middleware, North America, acquisition, database, IBM Corp., CEO

New Oracle brand to wrap up retail buys

September 16, 2005 Oracle Retail brand name, set for launch at user confab next week, will cover products picked up in acquisitions and existing software. TAGS: Oracle Corp., ProfitLogic, PeopleSoft Inc., Retek Inc., business software, acquisition, Siebel Systems Inc., Larry Ellison, business application, SAP AG, software company, brand, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp.

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

Oracle to bid on SAP buyout target

March 8, 2005 Two months after swallowing PeopleSoft, Oracle plans $9 per share competing bid for software maker Retek. TAGS: Retek Inc., SAP AG, Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., Larry Ellison, buyout, business management, bid, software company, acquisition, Java, 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., middleware, Larry Ellison, IBM DB2, AMR Research, CRM, IBM Corp., acquisition, database, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

Technology's growing acquisition appetite

September 14, 2005 Billion-dollar mergers are becoming increasingly common as the tech industry tries to maintain growth and offset price pressures. TAGS: Thomson Corp., acquisition, Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, dot-com, merger, Cisco Systems Inc., Skype, eBay Inc., CEO
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