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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., software company, shareholder, integration, pricing, 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, enterprise software, Silicon Valley, CEO

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, CRM, Newsmaker, database company, CEO, software company, merger, database

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

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, margin, on-demand, business intelligence, BEA Systems Inc., CRM, San Francisco, CEO, database

Oracle to cut 2,000 jobs

February 9, 2006 Company details its integration plans and says job cuts are in store for Oracle, Siebel employees. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., CRM, job cut, Larry Ellison, layoff, cut, acquisition, software company, 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., Siebel Systems Inc., SAP AG, SAP NetWeaver, on-demand, acquisition, CEO

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, takeover, corporate culture, PeopleSoft Inc., Larry Ellison, CRM, layoff, engineer, acquisition, Silicon Valley, CEO, worker, 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., Larry Ellison, middleware, IBM DB2, AMR Research, IBM Corp., CRM, database, acquisition, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

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.

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: RightNow Technologies, Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, CRM, acquisition, blogger, SAP AG, on-demand, mean, software company, app, blog, 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., buyout, on-demand, client-server, Larry Ellison, CRM, challenge, CEO, software company, Microsoft Corp.

This week in Oracle

September 24, 2005 Business software maker plans to buy G-log, marking its 10th acquisition announcement in nine months. TAGS: Oracle Corp., business software company, Siebel Systems Inc., acquisition, Larry Ellison, business software, software company

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

Oracle trying to cover all its (data) bases

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, supply chain, Siebel Systems Inc., Silicon Valley, professor, software company, conference, California, database

New Oracle brand to wrap up retail buys

September 16, 2005 Oracle Retail brand name, set for launch at user confab next week, will cover products picked up in acquisitions and existing software. TAGS: Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., ProfitLogic, business software, Retek Inc., acquisition, Larry Ellison, Siebel Systems Inc., SAP AG, business application, software company, Bill Gates, brand, Microsoft Corp.
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