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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

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, intent, SOA, commentary

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

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.

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., Salesforce.com Inc., hosting company, Oracle Corp., acquisition, CEO, agreement, Microsoft Corp., HP

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

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

This week in merger mania

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., Oracle Corp., merger, Skype, eBay Inc., Thomson Corp., acquisition, SAP AG, PayPal, reader, 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., pricing strategy, SAP AG, Siebel Systems Inc., acquisition, Apple Computer

Week in review: Merger and Microsoft mania

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., Oracle Corp., merger, eBay Inc., Skype, Week in review, Thomson Corp., SAP AG, acquisition, PayPal, Redmond, Los Angeles, reader, Microsoft Corp.

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

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