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BEA plans to let Oracle buyout offer expire

October 26, 2007 BEA Systems reiterates its stance that $17 a share is too low and is prepared to let the buyout offer expire Sunday. TAGS: BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., proposal, negotiation

Oracle sets deadline for BEA offer

October 23, 2007 Takeover bid of $17 per share is now set to expire Sunday, unless the middleware company agrees to give shareholders a vote. TAGS: BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., middleware company, suitor, middleware, shareholder, deadline, offer, letter

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

Oracle: Even $6.7 billion for BEA is too high

November 15, 2007 CEO Larry Ellison tells analysts that if his company renews bid for middleware maker, it would come at a price below $17 a share. TAGS: BEA Systems Inc., Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp., middleware, offer, shareholder, CEO

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

HP extends Oracle pact to cover middleware

February 13, 2006 Hewlett-Packard will provide consulting services for Oracle's suite of Java server software. TAGS: middleware, Oracle Corp., BEA Systems Inc., consulting service, Java server, enterprise application, consulting, Java, HP

BEA gives Icahn access to confidential financials

November 5, 2007 BEA Systems hopes Carl Icahn, its largest shareholder, will gain a better sense of the company's value after reviewing the documents. TAGS: BEA Systems Inc., financials, Oracle Corp., Carl Icahn, shareholder, document

Oracle pulls buyout offer for BEA Systems

October 29, 2007 The $6.7 billion buyout bid is kaput, Oracle says, as BEA holds its ground on a per-share price and investor Carl Icahn agitates for board action. TAGS: BEA Systems Inc., shareholder, Oracle Corp., deadline, Delaware Chancery Court, investor, Carl Icahn, lawsuit, middleware, proposal, offer, sale, letter

BEA acquires M7

September 28, 2005 Middleware company BEA Systems buys applications tools developer M7 in an effort to expand its open-source tools chest. TAGS: BEA Systems Inc., acquisition, middleware, open source, Oracle Corp.

Oracle stretches beyond its database roots

December 8, 2004 At its customer conference, Oracle details its plans in content management and application servers. TAGS: Oracle Corp., application server, content management, BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Application Server, packaged application, Oracle Application Server 10g, server software, Java, database, server, IBM Corp.

BEA's financial restatements key to warding off Icahn

November 2, 2007 Company needs to get financials in order if it hopes to keep its biggest shareholder from taking control of a possible buyout, legal experts say. TAGS: BEA Systems Inc., financials, shareholder, Delaware Chancery Court, proxy, candidate, court, attorney, expert, Oracle Corp.

HP, Intel tussle with Oracle over dual-core chips

February 11, 2005 As more cores end up on each chip, software licenses will increase in cost--but out of all proportion to the cost of the hardware. TAGS: Oracle Corp., multi-core, Intel Itanium, software license, dual-core processor, BEA Systems Inc., hardware maker, two-processor, Intel, Intel Pentium, dual-core, CPU, software company, HP, Microsoft Corp.

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: PeopleSoft Inc., Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp., BEA Systems Inc., content management, collaboration, acquisition, SAP AG, CEO, database, server

Oracle goes for girth

October 24, 2005 Oracle takes a dual approach to fight the competition: Fusion Middleware and industry-specific, niche applications. TAGS: middleware, Oracle Corp., BEA Systems Inc., software company, Java, IBM Corp.

Ellison looks to double Oracle revenue

September 22, 2005 CEO wants to grow company from a nearly $15 billion concern to a $30 billion titan--while maintaining a 40 percent operating margin. TAGS: Larry Ellison, Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., acquisition, Salesforce.com Inc., PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Open World, on-demand, margin, business intelligence, BEA Systems Inc., CRM, San Francisco, database, CEO

Oracle shifts multicore licensing model

July 14, 2005 Will treat each core as three-quarters of a chip when calculating license costs, bringing it more in line with rivals. TAGS: multi-core processor, Oracle Corp., multi-core, policy, BEA Systems Inc., Forrester Research Inc., application server, middleware, IBM Corp., pricing, dual-core processor, database, software company, dual-core, Sun Microsystems Inc., server

Oracle updates application server, Java tool

February 10, 2006 Application Server 10g and Java development tool add support for server standards, AJAX Web development. TAGS: Java development tool, Oracle Corp., application server, Oracle JDeveloper, AJAX, Java tool, Oracle Application Server, development tool, Oracle Application Server 10g, Java, middleware, Java application, BEA Systems Inc., server software, development environment, server

Oracle shoots for the middle

November 22, 2004 Next month, firm will launch revamped middleware products for content management and application infrastructure. TAGS: application server, middleware, content management, Oracle Corp., BEA Systems Inc., PeopleSoft Inc., server software, business application, server, database, conference, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Open-source firm SourceLabs partners with Oracle

February 9, 2006 Services outfit SourceLabs stress tests the "SASH" open-source components on Oracle's application server. TAGS: Oracle Corp., Oracle Application Server, application server, Stephen O'Grady, stack, open source, Apache Software Foundation, BEA Systems Inc., open-source software, Java, server

Borland names new CEO

November 8, 2005 Tod Nielsen, who has worked at Oracle, BEA and Microsoft, takes the helm at the struggling software company. TAGS: Borland Software Corp., BEA Systems Inc., middleware, CEO, development tool, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Corp.