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SAP siphons Pepsi away from Oracle

June 9, 2004 The German software maker says it has lured the soft-drink giant by offering greater integration among business applications. TAGS: PepsiCo, SAP AG, Oracle Corp., business application, ERP, division, CRM, software company, database

Oracle and other software concerns

January 26, 2005 roundup Database giant predicts a postbuyout earnings jump and talks collaboration software. SAP says good luck. TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., SAP AG, database company, earnings, collaboration, database

Larry's war: Oracle vs. SAP

April 4, 2005 The rivalry is nothing new, but Ellison's acquisition strategy is infusing it with new vigor--and may redefine an industry. TAGS: Larry Ellison, SAP AG, Oracle Corp., Baan Co., acquisition, Retek Inc., database management, PeopleSoft Inc., merger, enterprise application, Silicon Valley, accounting, 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, bid, Minneapolis, termination, CEO, software company, database

Oracle touts midmarket push ahead of SAP show

May 17, 2005 Database giant says latest products and marketing plans for the small- and midsize-business market are paying off. TAGS: SAP AG, Oracle Corp., business application, Boston, relationship, database, Microsoft Corp., Dell

Oracle to bid on SAP buyout target

March 8, 2005 Two months after swallowing PeopleSoft, Oracle plans $9 per share competing bid for software maker Retek. TAGS: Retek Inc., SAP AG, Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., Larry Ellison, buyout, business management, bid, software company, acquisition, Java, database

Oracle's fight for Wall Street cred

May 16, 2006 Co-president Charles Phillips says his former brethren are doing a poor job of grading the company's performance. TAGS: SAP NetWeaver, SAP AG, Oracle Corp., middleware, Wall Street, financial analyst, database

Who says Oracle's finished?

July 25, 2005 Charles Phillips, an Oracle co-president, hints at the database giant's upcoming moves. TAGS: Oracle Corp., SAP AG, architecture, middleware, perception, PeopleSoft Inc., acquisition, discussion, database

SAP ups Retek bid to thwart Oracle

March 17, 2005 Bidding war for retail specialist heats up as SAP boosts its offer to $11 a share. TAGS: Retek Inc., SAP AG, Oracle Corp., offer, PeopleSoft Inc., bid, software company, brand name, retailer, brand, database

'Project Fusion' to dominate Ellison's calendar

January 19, 2005 With the buyout of PeopleSoft complete, the Oracle CEO says he's now free to focus on a combining of Oracle and PeopleSoft products. TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp., RDBMS, SAP AG, merger, database, CEO

Software's 'stack wars'

April 19, 2006 Software companies used to sell on features. Now it's "stacks," or soup-to-nuts offerings. TAGS: SAP AG, Oracle Corp., stack, software company, Larry Ellison, profit, IBM Corp., business application, database, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Oracle posts higher profit on license sales

June 29, 2005 Business software giant posts better-than-expected earnings bolstered in part by applications license revenue. TAGS: Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, PeopleSoft Inc., earnings, SAP AG, enterprise application, net income, middleware, North America, acquisition, database, IBM Corp., CEO

Oracle unveils aggressive earnings plans

January 26, 2005 The database giant foresees a lively jump in earnings this year, with PeopleSoft profits kicking in soon. TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., net income, SAP AG, earnings, Oracle Database, collaboration, database

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.

IBM and Lawson cozy up

May 11, 2005 Undoubtedly eyeing Oracle, companies strengthen their alliance with a plan to jointly sell information technology based on Java. TAGS: Lawson Software Inc., Oracle Corp., IBM Corp., middleware, alliance, SAP AG, merger, Java, agreement, programming, database, Microsoft Corp.

At confab, SAP touts alliances, new products

April 26, 2005 Microsoft, IBM and Siemens make the German software giant's list of new partners. Also: Previewing 100 industry-specific analysis tools. SAP readies new business monitoring programs TAGS: SAP AG, business planning, e-government, alliance, IBM DB2, PeopleSoft Inc., IBM Corp., Siemens AG, software company, health care, on-demand, Oracle Corp., conference, database, Microsoft Office, 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: Larry Ellison, PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., BEA Systems Inc., content management, collaboration, acquisition, SAP AG, CEO, database, server

Oracle tried to buy open-source MySQL

February 15, 2006 Move reveals just how far the software giant is willing to go to adapt to the burgeoning open-source environment. TAGS: Stephen O'Grady, MySQL, Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., ERP, IBM WebSphere, open source, acquisition, database company, software-as-a-service, IBM Corp., SAP AG, database

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. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., RightNow Technologies, Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, CRM, acquisition, blogger, SAP AG, on-demand, mean, software company, app, blog, database

SAP updates tools for managing customer relations

May 18, 2005 One analyst says the package is "nothing revolutionary" but notes the company may pull ahead of rivals anyway. TAGS: SAP AG, CRM, ERP, SFA, business application, sales force, Siebel Systems Inc., enterprise application, database company, Oracle Corp., software company, database