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Oracle stretches deadline to speed PeopleSoft buy

January 5, 2005 Falling just short of the 90 percent stake needed to expedite the deal, Oracle gives investors two more days to tender shares. TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., deadline, merger

Oracle-PeopleSoft merger hits one-year mark

January 11, 2006 While the newly combined company has largely moved ahead as planned, the overall success of the merger is still a mixed bag. TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., Bruce Richardson, Oracle Corp., merger, Larry Ellison, AMR Research, success, patient, operation, president

Oracle gains controlling stake in PeopleSoft

December 29, 2004 Seventy-five percent of PeopleSoft investors tender their shares, but Oracle falls short of the level needed for a speedy close. CEO resigns from PeopleSoft TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., deadline, investor, merger, shareholder, representative, tax

Phillips closes Siebel's last picture show

October 19, 2005 Oracle's president, hoping to entice Siebel customers to stick around post merger, laid out the "end game" of Project Fusion. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., merger, standards, acquisition, president, monitor

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

EU approves Oracle-Siebel merger

December 22, 2005 With the last major antitrust hurdle cleared, the deal now awaits SEC approval. First-quarter closing expected. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., commission, merger, enterprise software, antitrust, European Union, acquisition

PeopleSoft founder looks out for his own

April 1, 2005 Former employees displaced by Oracle merger will soon be eligible for financial assistance through a fund endowed by Dave Duffield. TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., fund, Oracle Corp., applicant, merger, founder

Oracle's on-demand lineup adds Siebel, PeopleSoft tools

October 19, 2006 Launches Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise On Demand and Oracle On Demand for Siebel CRM, featuring services acquired in mergers with the software makers. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., PeopleSoft Inc., CRM, on-demand, Oracle Corp., merger

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, Larry Ellison, corporate culture, PeopleSoft Inc., takeover, CRM, layoff, engineer, acquisition, Silicon Valley, CEO, worker, California

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., Retek Inc., acquisition, database management, PeopleSoft Inc., merger, enterprise application, Silicon Valley, accounting, 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, IBM Corp., CRM, acquisition, database, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

Oracle cuts merger-cost estimates

July 1, 2005 In SEC filing, Oracle said it will spend less than originally expected on merging its operations with those of PeopleSoft. TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., SEC filing, acquisition, merger, risk, software company

'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

Oracle to cut 5,000 jobs in PeopleSoft merger

January 14, 2005 Firm drops the ax in effort to squeeze costs out of its $10.3 billion PeopleSoft buyout. Combined firm will employ 50,000. TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., layoff, product development, worker, merger, Larry Ellison, Human Resources

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

Behind the scenes: Oracle's pursuit of Siebel

October 22, 2005 While battling to acquire PeopleSoft, Oracle was in merger talks with Siebel Systems, according to a new SEC filing. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., SEC filing, merger, executive vice president, acquisition, Mr., CEO

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.

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, business software, Larry Ellison, Wall Street, merger, software company

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

High-tech megamergers: Still make sense?

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