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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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