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Oracle to acquire Demantra

June 1, 2006 Purchase will mark Oracle's latest effort to expand in the supply-chain applications market. TAGS: SAP AG, Oracle Corp., grocer, acquisition, supply chain

Oracle to acquire MetaSolv

October 23, 2006 Acquisition campaign continues with $219 million deal for company that serves telecommunications providers. TAGS: Oracle Corp., telecommunications, acquisition

Oracle to acquire Lodestar

April 24, 2007 Under the deal, Oracle will integrate Lodestar's meter data management software with its Utilities Global Business Unit. TAGS: Oracle Corp., data management, acquisition

Oracle buys Sunopsis

October 10, 2006 Acquisition of data integration company will be used to enhance the company's Fusion Middleware product line. TAGS: Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., data integration, logistics, middleware, acquisition, software company

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., PeopleSoft Inc., centerpiece, CRM, acquisition, General Electric Co., pricing, software company, integration, shareholder, CEO

Oracle buys Hyperion for $3.3 billion

March 1, 2007 Hyperion's business intelligence and financial planning tools could be a lever to help pry customers from SAP. TAGS: Hyperion Solutions Corp., Oracle Corp., SAP AG, business intelligence, performance management, acquisition, financial planning, Siebel Systems Inc., PeopleSoft Inc., budgeting, Forrester Research Inc., CFO, software company

Oracle acquires utility-industry software developer

November 3, 2006 Acquisition of SPL WorldGroup will serve as a keystone for Oracle to launch a global unit focused on water, electric and gas companies. TAGS: Oracle Corp., utility company, telecommunications, acquisition

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: Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., acquisition, Siebel Systems Inc., SCM, supply chain, merger, Silicon Valley, professor, software company, conference, California, database

JBoss CEO: Buyout talk got 'out of hand'

April 3, 2006 Even as JBoss weighs acquisition offers, its CEO bemoans some of the "nonsense" regarding Oracle acquisition rumors. TAGS: JBoss, acquisition, Oracle Corp., middleware, equity, CEO, discussion, Java, open source

Oracle's new plan: Make friends, don't buy them

October 23, 2006 Best known for regularly buying other software makers, Oracle is now making nice with partners to help it expand. TAGS: Oracle Corp., middleware, Siebel Systems Inc., acquisition, PeopleSoft Inc., open source

Oracle tried to buy open-source MySQL

February 15, 2006 Move reveals just how far the software giant is willing to go to adapt to the burgeoning open-source environment. TAGS: Stephen O'Grady, Oracle Corp., MySQL, PeopleSoft Inc., open source, IBM WebSphere, ERP, database company, acquisition, software-as-a-service, IBM Corp., SAP AG, database

Oracle's Phillips touts Fusion's heat

October 23, 2006 The company is baking its Fusion strategy into its enterprise software applications "at the factory." TAGS: Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., enterprise software, middleware, Siebel Systems Inc., acquisition, conference, president, database

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, Larry Ellison, CRM, layoff, cut, acquisition, software company, database

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

MySQL fills Oracle-consumed hole in database

April 7, 2006 Open-source database company, with its own storage engine in the works, renews contract with Oracle around InnoDB. TAGS: Innobase Oy, Innobase InnoDB, Oracle Corp., MySQL, Stephen O'Grady, database company, database, acquisition, IBM Corp., open source, CEO

Buyout could serve both BEA, Oracle

October 12, 2007 The proposed acquisition could resolve questions about BEA's future growth. Then there's the Carl Icahn factor. TAGS: BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Siebel Systems Inc., PeopleSoft Inc., Carl Icahn, acquisition, SAP AG, shareholder, offer, letter, California, IBM Corp.

Oracle releases PeopleSoft Enterprise 9

June 26, 2006 Company keeps promise to continue supporting, enhancing PeopleSoft products with rollout of new application sets. TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., human capital management, human capital, Siebel Systems Inc., software company, acquisition

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, merger, SAP AG, BEA Systems Inc., PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., background

BEA sets buyout price at $21 a share

October 25, 2007 Oracle's offer of $17 per share? No thanks, BEA says again. This time, it's countering with what it sees as a better shareholder value. TAGS: BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Business Objects, SAP AG, announcement, negotiation, shareholder, acquisition

Infor to acquire SSA Global

May 16, 2006 In expanding its enterprise software offerings, company is expected to challenge Asia's market leaders, Oracle and SAP. TAGS: SSA Global, SAP AG, enterprise software, Oracle Corp., acquisition, Asia, manufacturing, software company
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