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HP outlines long-term strategy

January 23, 2006 Plans for next 18 months include improved direct sales technology, acquisitions and, yes, more printers. TAGS: Intel Itanium, Intel Xeon, AMD Opteron, acquisition, Mark Hurd, blade server, x86 processor, software company, HP, blade, Intel, server, printer, Dell, AMD

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

SAP acquiring two European software makers

May 14, 2007 Company purchases enterprise communications software developer Wicom and plans to buy ID management app maker MaXware. TAGS: SAP AG, identity management, SAP NetWeaver, contact center, acquisition, software company, security

Symantec completes Altiris buy

April 9, 2007 Acquisition of IT management software company, announced in January, valued at about $830 million. TAGS: Altiris Inc., management software company, IT administration, Symantec Corp., asset, acquisition, software company, information technology

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

EMC layoffs to cut deeper than forecast

January 5, 2007 Storage and software company plans to cut 1,350 jobs this year to consolidate operations after a three-year series of acquisitions. TAGS: EMC Corp., layoff, acquisition, software company

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

EMC's software spree takes shape

September 18, 2006 Looking to diversify, EMC becomes a software industry consolidator as it crafts its "information management" strategy. TAGS: EMC Corp., information management, acquisition, software company, profit margin, virtualization, IBM Corp., Oracle 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, performance management, acquisition, Siebel Systems Inc., financial planning, PeopleSoft Inc., Forrester Research Inc., budgeting, CFO, software company

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

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

Corel buys photo software maker Jasc

October 14, 2004 The graphics specialist hopes to take a bite out of Adobe's Photoshop business with the acquisition. TAGS: Corel Corp., Corel CorelDraw, photo software, Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Systems Inc., Corel WordPerfect, software company, acquisition, digital photograph, photograph, Microsoft Corp., PC

Iona buys open-source specialist LogicBlaze

April 10, 2007 Integration middleware vendor Iona acquires company involved in Apache open-source projects. TAGS: Iona Technologies, open source, Apache Software Foundation, middleware, acquisition, software company, server

Internet deals of the damned

October 10, 2006 More often than not, big Internet acquisitions turn out to be disappointments, or at least a bit ahead of their time. TAGS: Spyglass, Mirabilis, VA Software Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., acquisition, Netscape Communications Corp., founder, IPO, PayPal, America Online Inc., software company, CEO, Yahoo! Inc., YouTube, Google Inc., TV

SAP launches investment fund, new software

May 17, 2006 Business software maker announces new versions of flagship software, plus an acquisition and a $125 million investment fund. TAGS: SAP AG, Henning Kagermann, business software company, SOA, Shai Agassi, SAP NetWeaver, fund, business software, Cambridge, on-demand, investment, software company, acquisition, CEO, conference, Microsoft Corp.

Industry shift to services fuels IBM spree

August 22, 2006 IBM uses its fat checkbook to cash in on services-oriented architecture--and run from downward price pressure. TAGS: SOA, custom application development, IBM Corp., FileNet Corp., custom application, software company, business software, Oracle Corp., SAP AG, consulting, acquisition

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

Sun: Shame on us if we can't grow

February 1, 2006 Given its position, company should pick up steam, it says in trying to steer analysts toward a more favorable outlook. TAGS: Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems Inc., SeeBeyond Technology Corp., Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Solaris, Sun UltraSPARC, stock price, priority, software company, acquisition, president, AMD, server

IBM to pay $1.6 billion for FileNet

August 10, 2006 The $35-per-share deal marks IBM's third software-related purchase announcement since last week. TAGS: FileNet Corp., content management, IBM Corp., acquisition, AMR Research, Oracle Corp., software company, Microsoft Corp.

Salesforce buy extends reach to mobile devices

April 11, 2006 Web-based applications company makes its first acquisition as part of a new mobile strategy. TAGS: Salesforce.com AppExchange, Salesforce.com Inc., Marc Benioff, mobile device, on-demand, acquisition, software company, RIM BlackBerry, handheld, Microsoft Corp.
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