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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, Mercury Interactive Corp., SAP AG, IBM DB2, Larry Ellison, middleware, AMR Research, CRM, IBM Corp., database, acquisition, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

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.

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., CRM company, business software, business software company, SAP AG, Larry Ellison, software company, dot-com, CRM, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

CRM sector not done with mergers yet, says Gartner

June 20, 2006 Frustration from company boards, founders over slow growth will fuel further consolidation, researcher predicts. TAGS: Gartner Inc., CRM, consolidation, Salesforce.com Inc., Siebel Systems Inc., SAP AG, PeopleSoft Inc., market leader, Oracle Corp., merger, software-as-a-service, sector, founder, Microsoft Corp.

Company warns on IE patch

April 15, 2006 IE security update can disrupt Google Toolbar, Java applications and Siebel programs, says maker of patch management software. TAGS: Siebel 7, Siebel Systems Inc., Google Toolbar, ActiveX Control, representative, Java, patch management, Oracle Corp., CRM, toolbar, Google Inc., ActiveX, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web browser

This week in merger mania

September 16, 2005 On "Merger Monday," Oracle announced it will acquire rival Siebel Systems, and then, within hours, eBay revealed plans to buy Net telephony provider Skype. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., merger, Skype, eBay Inc., Thomson Corp., SAP AG, acquisition, PayPal, reader, Microsoft Corp.

Week in review: Merger and Microsoft mania

September 16, 2005 The week kicked off with news of two major mergers, while developers gathered in Los Angeles to hear the latest at Microsoft's annual confab. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., merger, eBay Inc., Week in review, Skype, Thomson Corp., SAP AG, acquisition, Los Angeles, Redmond, PayPal, reader, Microsoft Corp.

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., business application, SAP AG, software company, Bill Gates, brand, Microsoft Corp.

SAP gaining on Oracle?

May 25, 2005 German software giant is said to be taking advantage of PeopleSoft customers unhappy with the Oracle takeover. TAGS: SAP AG, PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., takeover, Siebel Systems Inc., vendor, CEO, U.S., California, Microsoft Corp.

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, PeopleSoft Inc., open source, acquisition, CEO, database, Microsoft Corp., operating system

Week in review: Microsoft mixes it up

September 23, 2005 Software giant announces major reorg and Jim Allchin's future retirement. Also: Reshuffling news from Sony and Oracle. TAGS: Jim Allchin, restructuring plan, reorganization, Oracle Corp., division, Siebel Systems Inc., Week in review, Sony Corp., acquisition, software company, Microsoft Corp., president, Google Inc., TV, Microsoft Windows

SAP says it won't join the on-demand crowd

April 14, 2005 "With on-demand," CEO says, "the customer hands his destiny to someone else and then he finds...he cannot get his destiny back." TAGS: SAP AG, on-demand, CRM, hosted CRM, Henning Kagermann, Siebel Systems Inc., hosting company, Salesforce.com Inc., CEO, Oracle Corp., acquisition, agreement, Microsoft Corp., HP

Year in review: Big gains for on-demand apps

December 20, 2006 As businesses feel the pull of on-demand enterprise applications, software heavyweights are following suit. TAGS: on-demand, hosted CRM, Workday, CRM, enterprise software, Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Salesforce.com Inc., SAP AG, open-source software, Red Hat Inc., IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.
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