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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: Siebel Systems Inc., SAP AG, Oracle Corp., discount, acquisition

Oracle to acquire Demantra

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

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., Business Objects, Oracle Corp., SAP AG, announcement, negotiation, shareholder, acquisition

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., offer, shareholder, SAP AG, PeopleSoft Inc., acquisition, letter, IBM Corp., California

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, acquisition, software company

PeopleSoft chief takes aim at Oracle, SAP

June 22, 2004 Craig Conway says Oracle's Larry Ellison is "overwhelmed with jealousy" and SAP's Henning Kagermann is off-target. TAGS: Larry Ellison, PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Craig Conway, acquisition, CEO

SAP to defend Oracle bid in letter

March 9, 2004 The German software maker has its own interests at stake in the merger battle: The acquisition of PeopleSoft would leave it with one less competitor to worry about. TAGS: SAP AG, PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., merger, letter, spokesman, business application, interest, antitrust, software company, acquisition, Microsoft Corp.

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, financial planning, performance management, acquisition, budgeting, Siebel Systems Inc., CFO, PeopleSoft Inc., Forrester Research Inc., software company

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., buyout, Larry Ellison, PeopleSoft Inc., 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, perception, middleware, discussion, PeopleSoft Inc., acquisition, database

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, Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Baan Co., Retek Inc., acquisition, database management, enterprise application, merger, PeopleSoft Inc., Silicon Valley, accounting, database

Oracle outlines case for antitrust fight

March 1, 2004 Company co-President Charles Phillips argues that "to compete, we'll need the economies of scale" that a PeopleSoft buyout would bring. TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., SAP AG, midsize business, buyout, antitrust, acquisition, software company, Microsoft Corp.

Without J.D. Edwards, PeopleSoft lagged in 2003

March 10, 2004 Excluding revenue gained from a large acquisition, PeopleSoft's software license revenue declined by more than 20 percent last year compared with 2002. TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., software license, SAP AG, fee, acquisition

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

PeopleSoft CEO blasts Ellison's 'jealousy'

June 22, 2004 Craig Conway says his company will beat leader SAP, but stays mostly mum on Oracle's ongoing takeover attempt. TAGS: Craig Conway, PeopleSoft Inc., enterprise application, SAP AG, Oracle Corp., Henning Kagermann, British Telecommunications, acquisition, CEO, London, conference

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

DOJ: Big three rule corporate market

June 10, 2004 PeopleSoft customer, IBM support government's case that competition is too limited to allow Oracle's acquisition plan. TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., Lawson Software Inc., American Management Systems, SAP AG, Verizon Communications, antitrust, business software, trial, IBM Corp., business application, supplier, attorney, acquisition, database, Microsoft Corp.

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

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

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