acquisition, on-demand, and SAP AG news on CNET

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

May 17, 2006 Business software maker announces new versions of flagship software, plus an acquisition and a $125 million investment fund. TAGS: SAP AG, Henning Kagermann, business software company, Shai Agassi, SOA, SAP NetWeaver, fund, Cambridge, business software, investment, on-demand, software company, acquisition, conference, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

September 21, 2005 Oracle CEO tells customers that engineering, not large deals, is top priority in an increasingly competitive applications market. TAGS: Larry Ellison, middleware, Oracle Corp., Siebel Systems Inc., SAP NetWeaver, SAP AG, on-demand, acquisition, CEO

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, intent, on-demand, commentary, SOA, PeopleSoft Inc.

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: RightNow Technologies, Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, CRM, blogger, acquisition, on-demand, SAP AG, mean, app, software company, blog, database

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