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PeopleSoft customers, employees weigh deal

December 14, 2004 Oracle may be celebrating its long-awaited union with PeopleSoft, but customers, employees and competitors have reason to worry. TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., merger, Larry Ellison, information technology, IBM Corp.

Oracle seeks to ease PeopleSoft customer jitters

December 21, 2004 In memo to PeopleSoft user organizations, Oracle outlines plans for keeping them in the fold. TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., merger, memo, database, organization, IBM Corp., president, Microsoft Corp.

Mr. Phillips goes to Pleasanton

December 15, 2004 Oracle President Charles Phillips heads over to PeopleSoft's headquarters to sort out the companies' $10 billion merger. TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., Pleasanton, Oracle Corp., merger, acquisition, Mr., IBM Corp., president, database

Novell names new marketing exec

February 11, 2005 William Hewitt has worked at PeopleSoft, Hyperion and IBM. His replacement will remain at the company, Novell said. TAGS: Novell Inc., Hyperion Solutions Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., exec, IBM Corp.

PeopleSoft apps certified for Oracle middleware

December 13, 2005 Applications can now run on Fusion Middleware, simplifying integration and security management, Oracle says. TAGS: middleware, PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., BPEL, certification, IBM WebSphere, business process, IBM Corp., security

Ellison's deja vu moment

December 13, 2004 CNET News.com's Charles Cooper explains why IBM's pursuit of Ray Ozzie and Lotus a decade ago offers lessons for Larry Ellison. TAGS: Ray Ozzie, Larry Ellison, PeopleSoft Inc., Pleasanton, IBM Corp., Oracle Corp., IBM Lotus Notes, California, CEO

Ellison sticks to familiar themes at annual confab

December 9, 2004 Oracle chief recycles speech from last year's show and pledges the company would treat PeopleSoft customers right. TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp., speech, SAP AG, shareholder, San Francisco, IBM Corp., database

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, Oracle Corp., MySQL, PeopleSoft Inc., ERP, IBM WebSphere, open source, acquisition, software-as-a-service, database company, IBM Corp., SAP AG, database

Microsoft goes after PeopleSoft customers

December 15, 2004 An e-mail suggests that PeopleSoft customers think about a shift in face of Oracle's acquisition, CNET News.com has learned. TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., IBM AS/400, Oracle Corp., ERP, SAP AG, mainframe, antitrust, platform, acquisition, Unix, merger, letter, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., server, Microsoft Windows

Oracle updates J.D. Edwards compliance tools

June 15, 2005 Says move is proof that it will continue to support many of the technologies gained through its various acquisitions. TAGS: Oracle Corp., financial reporting, PeopleSoft Inc., compliance, ERP, IBM Corp., acquisition, database

Phillips: Oracle may support rival databases

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

Oracle confab brings out the naysayers

December 9, 2004 roundup At OpenWorld in San Francisco, Dell execs bash "big iron," quibble about Red Hat and pooh-pooh IBM-Lenovo. TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., content management, Lenovo, exec, San Francisco, Sun Microsystems Inc., merger, CEO, Red Hat Inc., IBM Corp., Dell, conference, Java, Apple Computer, 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., middleware, Larry Ellison, IBM DB2, AMR Research, CRM, IBM Corp., database, acquisition, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

Oracle details postmerger plans

January 19, 2006 Oracle's executives take the stage in San Francisco to talk up its software redesign effort--Fusion. TAGS: Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., myth, business application, San Francisco, IBM Corp., president

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, earnings, SAP AG, PeopleSoft Inc., enterprise application, net income, middleware, North America, acquisition, database, IBM Corp.

Oracle's net profits dip, revenue rises

March 22, 2005 Revenue from database licenses and total software licenses rises. Services revenue also grows. TAGS: non-GAAP, net profit, Oracle Corp., software license, Larry Ellison, Thomson Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., database, IBM Corp.

Software start-ups feel the pinch

January 12, 2006 Small fish in the shrinking software sea are embracing open-source, software as a service to get an edge over their larger rivals. TAGS: Intalio Inc., enterprise software, consolidation, PeopleSoft Inc., entrepreneur, business software, BEA Systems Inc., software company, Oracle Corp., open-source software, start-up, open source, IBM 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, e-government, business planning, alliance, IBM DB2, PeopleSoft Inc., IBM Corp., Siemens AG, health care, software company, on-demand, Oracle Corp., database, conference, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

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.

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, Siebel Systems Inc., PeopleSoft Inc., SAP AG, acquisition, offer, shareholder, letter, California, IBM Corp.

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