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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., merger, PeopleSoft Inc., Mercury Interactive Corp., SAP AG, IBM DB2, AMR Research, Larry Ellison, middleware, CRM, IBM Corp., database, acquisition, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

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: ProfitLogic, Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., Retek Inc., acquisition, Larry Ellison, Siebel Systems Inc., brand, business software, Bill Gates, SAP AG, business application, software company, Microsoft Corp.

September 16, 2005 The week kicked off with news of two major mergers, while developers gathered in Los Angeles to hear the latest at Microsoft's annual confab. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., eBay Inc., Skype, merger, Oracle Corp., Thomson Corp., Week in review, PayPal, reader, Redmond, SAP AG, Los Angeles, acquisition, Microsoft Corp.

September 16, 2005 On "Merger Monday," Oracle announced it will acquire rival Siebel Systems, and then, within hours, eBay revealed plans to buy Net telephony provider Skype. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., eBay Inc., Skype, merger, Oracle Corp., Thomson Corp., PayPal, reader, SAP AG, acquisition, Microsoft Corp.

July 15, 2004 Despite a sales setback in the software industry, company has rosy outlook, points to growth in server applications market. TAGS: Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., grid computing, acquisition, Silicon Valley, Larry Ellison, Siebel Systems Inc., mainframe, SAP AG, opportunity, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

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

September 23, 2005 Software giant announces major reorg and Jim Allchin's future retirement. Also: Reshuffling news from Sony and Oracle. TAGS: Jim Allchin, restructuring plan, reorganization, Kevin Johnson, Oracle Corp., Week in review, division, Siebel Systems Inc., Sony Corp., president, Microsoft Corp., acquisition, software company, Google Inc., TV, Microsoft Windows

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

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