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SAP entices Siebel customers with big discounts

October 17, 2005 SAP hopes to profit from "uncertainties" about Oracle's buyout of rival software maker Siebel Systems. TAGS: SAP AG, Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., acquisition, discount

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, grocer, Oracle Corp., supply chain, acquisition

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., Retek Inc., acquisition, database management, enterprise application, merger, PeopleSoft Inc., Silicon Valley, accounting, database

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, budgeting, Siebel Systems Inc., PeopleSoft Inc., Forrester Research Inc., CFO, software company

SAP launches bid for Retek customers

May 25, 2005 German company is trying to steal away customers rival Oracle captured in its winning bid for software maker Retek. TAGS: Retek Inc., SAP AG, Oracle Corp., German company, business software, acquisition, software company, training

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

Who says Oracle's finished?

July 25, 2005 Charles Phillips, an Oracle co-president, hints at the database giant's upcoming moves. TAGS: Oracle Corp., SAP AG, architecture, middleware, perception, PeopleSoft Inc., acquisition, discussion, database

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

Commentary: Divining Oracle's intent with Siebel

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., Siebel OnDemand, CRM, SAP AG, acquisition, PeopleSoft Inc., on-demand, commentary, SOA, intent

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

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, SAP AG, PeopleSoft Inc., earnings, enterprise application, net income, middleware, North America, acquisition, database, IBM Corp., CEO

SAP says it won't join the on-demand crowd

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

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

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., Carl Icahn, Siebel Systems Inc., PeopleSoft Inc., SAP AG, acquisition, offer, shareholder, letter, California, IBM Corp.

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., Larry Ellison, middleware, IBM DB2, AMR Research, IBM Corp., CRM, acquisition, database, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

Retail technology priced to sell

August 4, 2005 Software that can help figure out why consumers buy a particular product has become the latest battleground for Oracle and competitors. TAGS: ProfitLogic, pricing, Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Siebel Systems Inc., pricing strategy, acquisition, Apple Computer

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

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

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 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, acquisition, software-as-a-service, database company, IBM Corp., SAP AG, database
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