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Oracle sweeps up Siebel

September 13, 2005 Siebel's 12 years of independence comes to an end in the form of a $5.8 billion buyout. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, Salesforce.com Inc., buyout, acquisition, Marc Benioff, Newsmaker, database company, CRM, CEO, software company, merger, database

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., shareholder, software company, integration, pricing, CEO

Siebel pitches customers on Oracle

October 17, 2005 CEO George Shaheen vows "seamless transition" to Oracle and talks up future versions of Siebel applications. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, SOA, CRM, modeling, merger, CEO

Siebel and Ellison: Software's odd couple

September 12, 2005 Siebel Systems' co-founder is as aggressive as Oracle boss Larry Ellison, but his personal style couldn't be more different. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, Silicon Valley, software company, CEO

Salesforce CEO: Deal is a thumbs-up for on-demand

September 12, 2005 Marc Benioff also takes a shot at the database giant. But an industry watcher sees the buyout as a challenge for Salesforce. TAGS: Marc Benioff, Siebel Systems Inc., Salesforce.com Inc., Oracle Corp., buyout, on-demand, client-server, Larry Ellison, CRM, challenge, CEO, software company, Microsoft Corp.

Siebel, Oracle workers express merger jitters

September 12, 2005 Oracle's acquisition of Siebel Systems wasn't a big surprise for employees of either company, yet some appeared a bit rattled arriving for work Monday morning. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., merger, PeopleSoft Inc., takeover, Larry Ellison, corporate culture, CRM, layoff, engineer, acquisition, Silicon Valley, worker, CEO, California

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., IBM DB2, Larry Ellison, middleware, AMR Research, IBM Corp., CRM, database, acquisition, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

Investors, analysts frown on exit of Siebel CEO

April 13, 2005 Stock drops as new CEO George Shaheen provides little information on his plan; analysts smell a buyout. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., board member, Oracle Corp., CEO, exit, customer satisfaction, acquisition

Too much on Oracle's plate?

September 22, 2005 special coverage Customers wonder whether Oracle has bitten off more buyouts than it can deal with. TAGS: Oracle Corp., Siebel Systems Inc., Larry Ellison, buyout, middleware, acquisition, PeopleSoft Inc., CEO, software company, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, blog, HP, database

Long road for Siebel ends at Oracle

September 12, 2005 Business software company founded by Tom Siebel accepts a $5.8 billion buyout from a company for which he once worked. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., business software, CRM, SAP AG, business software company, software company, Larry Ellison, dot-com, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

Behind the scenes: Oracle's pursuit of Siebel

October 22, 2005 While battling to acquire PeopleSoft, Oracle was in merger talks with Siebel Systems, according to a new SEC filing. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., SEC filing, PeopleSoft Inc., merger, executive vice president, acquisition, Mr., CEO

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, BEA Systems Inc., business intelligence, CRM, San Francisco, CEO, database

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

SAP gaining on Oracle?

May 25, 2005 German software giant is said to be taking advantage of PeopleSoft customers unhappy with the Oracle takeover. TAGS: SAP AG, PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., takeover, Siebel Systems Inc., vendor, California, U.S., CEO, Microsoft Corp.

Sending the penguins out with a hot foot

October 27, 2006 perspective CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says Larry Ellison's open-source move is part of a bigger transformation at Oracle. TAGS: Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp., Red Hat Inc., Borland Software Corp., Oracle Open World, announcement, Siebel Systems Inc., open-source company, profit margin, open source, PeopleSoft Inc., acquisition, CEO, database, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

RightNow aims to take on SAP, Siebel in Europe

February 15, 2007 CEO Greg Gianforte says his company's CRM offerings will win clients at the expense of two big rivals. TAGS: RightNow Technologies, Siebel Systems Inc., SAP AG, on-demand, Europe, software-as-a-service, rival, Oracle Corp., CEO

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

High-tech megamergers: Still make sense?

September 20, 2005 If most big tech combinations fail to deliver, author Steve W. Martin asks, why does management think they'll succeed? TAGS: merger, megamerger, PeopleSoft Inc., Sybase Inc., acquisition, loser, Informix Software, Oracle Corp., Carly Fiorina, Siebel Systems Inc., winner, reality, Silicon Valley, database, CEO, HP
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