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

September 19, 2005 Decision is coming on specifics of the "Project Fusion" push to meld acquired products with Oracle software. Photos: Phillips opens OpenWorld TAGS: Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., middleware, Siebel Systems Inc., lifetime, IBM DB2, database, decision, IBM Corp., software company

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

October 25, 2006 Net-related tools are a driving force in the project, which will fuse together various products picked up in acquisition spree. TAGS: Oracle Corp., Siebel Systems Inc., PeopleSoft Inc., Web 2.0, collaboration, acquisition, IM, database

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, PeopleSoft Inc., middleware, acquisition, CEO, software company, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, blog, database, HP

October 23, 2006 The company is baking its Fusion strategy into its enterprise software applications "at the factory." TAGS: Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., middleware, enterprise software, Siebel Systems Inc., acquisition, conference, president, database

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

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: Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, PeopleSoft Inc., acquisition, SCM, merger, Siebel Systems Inc., supply chain, Silicon Valley, professor, conference, software company, California, database

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., Oracle Open World, Borland Software Corp., announcement, Siebel Systems Inc., open-source company, profit margin, PeopleSoft Inc., open source, acquisition, CEO, database, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

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