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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, Marc Benioff, acquisition, Newsmaker, database company, CRM, CEO, merger, software company, 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., CRM, PeopleSoft Inc., centerpiece, acquisition, General Electric Co., integration, shareholder, software company, pricing, CEO

Quote of the day: Ellison pokes at 'sappy' rival

March 11, 2005 Oracle may have closed its buy of PeopleSoft, but CEO Larry Ellison hasn't ceased taking jabs at his company's rivals. TAGS: Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp., SAP AG, PeopleSoft Inc., rival, CEO, software company

Oracle adds security firm to shopping basket

March 28, 2005 On acquisition tear, company scoops up 100-person software company specializing in computer user authentication. TAGS: Oblix Inc., Oracle Corp., acquisition, software company, Web service, CEO, security

CEO resigns from PeopleSoft

December 28, 2004 David Duffield, PeopleSoft founder and CEO, resigned effective Dec. 21, according to a regulatory filing. TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., divestiture, business software company, CEO, Larry Ellison, business software, Wall Street, merger, software company

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: Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, buyout, acquisition, middleware, PeopleSoft Inc., CEO, software company, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, blog, HP, database

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

Flaw hunters pick holes in Oracle patches

October 27, 2005 Software maker is coming under increased fire from security researchers who say its patch process is "years behind" other companies. TAGS: David Litchfield, Oracle Corp., researcher, patch management, enterprise software, security, software company, bug, CEO, Microsoft Corp., database

Oracle outbids SAP for Retek

March 22, 2005 Company signs definitive deal to acquire Retek, defeating rival SAP in its bidding war for the retail software maker. TAGS: Retek Inc., SAP AG, Oracle Corp., Henning Kagermann, Minneapolis, bid, termination, CEO, software company, database

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., on-demand, buyout, client-server, Larry Ellison, CRM, CEO, challenge, software company, Microsoft Corp.

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., CRM company, business software, business software company, SAP AG, Larry Ellison, software company, dot-com, CRM, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

Oracle CFO Maffei to step down

November 3, 2005 Greg Maffei is resigning after just a four-month tenure with the company. The finance job passes to co-President Safra Catz. TAGS: CFO, Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, software company, conference, CEO

Week in review: The urge to merge

December 17, 2004 This week saw three merger deals worth about $60 billion--including one that ranks as the largest software merger in history. Ellison triumphs in PeopleSoft bid TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., merger, Oracle Corp., John Thompson, Week in review, Symantec Corp., acquisition, attorney, software company, CEO, Apple Computer, Microsoft Corp.

This week in merger news

December 17, 2004 This week saw three merger deals worth about $60 billion--including one that ranks as the largest software merger in history. TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., merger, Oracle Corp., John Thompson, Symantec Corp., acquisition, Sprint Nextel, attorney, software company, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

Halloween treat for Oracle: A database worm

November 1, 2005 Proof-of-concept pest is believed to be the first to target Oracle databases. TAGS: Oracle Database, Oracle Corp., worm, database, pest, security, software company, attack, CEO, password, e-mail

Open-source companies chase steady money

April 5, 2005 Start-ups specializing in open source are speeding up an industrywide shift to subscription-model pricing. TAGS: open-source company, open source, software license, Larry Ellison, shift, software company, Oracle Corp., maintenance, fee, CEO, information technology

Veritas: Layoffs will be limited

January 20, 2005 The merger with Symantec will mainly have an impact on back-office operations, executives say. TAGS: VERITAS Software Corp., Symantec Corp., enterprise storage, back-office, merger, layoff, branding, Oracle Corp., software company, CEO, brand

Microsoft business unit head steps aside

November 17, 2005 Doug Burgum takes up another role as the company looks for a new leader for its unit selling software to midsized customers. TAGS: Great Plains Software, Steve Ballmer, leader, software company, Oracle Corp., acquisition, Microsoft Corp., CEO, e-mail
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