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Year in review: Software vendors sate their big appetites

December 16, 2005 Makers of enterprise applications had merger mania this year, adding heft to already large players. TAGS: margin, acquisition, enterprise application, software company, SAP AG, PeopleSoft Inc., merger, BEA Systems Inc., background

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

Oracle cuts merger-cost estimates

July 1, 2005 In SEC filing, Oracle said it will spend less than originally expected on merging its operations with those of PeopleSoft. TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., acquisition, SEC filing, merger, risk, software company

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, software company, conference, California, database

SAP expects strong growth, acquisitions

November 17, 2003 The software maker's chief executive says it will grow faster than the market for enterprise software, and he hints at future acquisition plans. TAGS: Henning Kagermann, SAP AG, enterprise software, outsourcing, acquisition, supply chain, AMR Research, merger, CEO, software company, operation, information technology

Symantec beats the research drum

November 15, 2005 The company is making research a higher priority. It is investing more resources in the group and is more aggressive about the development of technology in-house. TAGS: Symantec Corp., VERITAS Software Corp., patent, Mountain View, R&D, research, researcher, merger, California, acquisition, software company, network connection, security
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