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Salesforce.com unveils multi-application tool

March 9, 2005 Online, on-demand subscription service saves companies hassle of building or customizing their own set of applications, company says. TAGS: Salesforce.com Inc., Siebel Systems Inc., on-demand

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, acquisition, Marc Benioff, database company, CRM, Newsmaker, CEO, merger, software company, 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., on-demand, buyout, client-server, Larry Ellison, CRM, CEO, challenge, software company, Microsoft Corp.

New Siebel chief: 'We can do better'

April 18, 2005 Siebel's newly crowned leader acknowledges his company must improve but rules out a strategy of cost-cutting. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Salesforce.com Inc., industry analyst, CEO, CRM, success, acquisition, conference

Siebel expands hosted business despite shortfall

July 8, 2005 While Siebel's performance continues to disappoint investors, there are signs its hosted applications business is growing. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Salesforce.com Inc., on-demand, Forrester Research Inc., Wall Street

Siebel updates hosted CRM, again

June 15, 2005 Customer relationship management software maker revamps its online hosted applications for fifth time in past year. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., hosted CRM, CRM, Salesforce.com Inc., outsource, shareholder, SAP AG, software company, collaboration

Searching for the next Salesforce

June 24, 2005 Taleo is among a promising crop of CRM start-ups. But can any of them upstage the groundbreaking subscription-software company? TAGS: Taleo Corp., Salesforce.com Inc., Siebel Systems Inc., CRM, IPO, business software, on-demand, San Francisco, start-up

NetSuite's CEO chides 'slow' Microsoft

July 27, 2005 Exec says the software giant is entering the on-demand CRM market way too late. TAGS: NetSuite Inc., RightNow Technologies, Siebel Systems Inc., Salesforce.com Inc., CRM, on-demand, SAP AG, CEO, vendor, Microsoft Corp.

Oracle signals 'no change' in CRM strategy

June 14, 2006 The company will continue its current lines of business, adding the promise of full integration through its Fusion strategy. TAGS: CRM, Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., Gartner Inc., line of business, Salesforce.com Inc., SAP AG, on-demand, integration, figure, London, conference

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., SAP AG, Siebel Systems Inc., market leader, PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., software-as-a-service, merger, sector, founder, Microsoft Corp.

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, BEA Systems Inc., business intelligence, CRM, San Francisco, database, CEO

Will SAP sample hosted recipe?

July 1, 2005 Rumors are that enterprise software giant SAP will launch a fully hosted version of its CRM software. The big question is, when? TAGS: SAP AG, Salesforce.com Inc., CRM, hosted CRM, Marc Benioff, on-demand business, on-demand, enterprise software, Siebel Systems Inc., CRM software, speculation, business software, CEO, leader

Is Microsoft bringing CRM to the masses?

November 9, 2005 CRM should fit how people work, not the other way around, Microsoft's Brad Wilson says. TAGS: CRM, Siebel Systems Inc., Microsoft CRM, Salesforce.com Inc., on-demand, pricing, Microsoft Corp., information technology, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office

NetSuite revamps hosted tools

August 4, 2005 Latest version of hosted business software claims new dashboards, increased customization and tighter links to Microsoft Office. TAGS: NetSuite Inc., SAP AG, Siebel Systems Inc., dashboard, CRM, business software, Salesforce.com Inc., ERP, integration, HTTP, software company, Microsoft Office, Web browser, Microsoft Corp.

Research points to CRM rebound

August 23, 2005 After several years of flat performance, CRM sales jumped last year, driven by rapid adoption of on-demand offerings, report says. TAGS: CRM, on-demand, SAP AG, AMR Research, CRM company, Siebel Systems Inc., Salesforce.com Inc., ERP, manufacturing, Oracle Corp.

SAP to debut hosted CRM service

January 30, 2006 SAP has said its new service will offer customer flexibility and differentiate it from entrenched competitors. Is it too late? TAGS: hosted CRM, CRM, SAP AG, Siebel Systems Inc., Salesforce.com Inc., Oracle Corp., on-demand

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., Salesforce.com Inc., hosting company, Oracle Corp., acquisition, CEO, agreement, HP, Microsoft Corp.

RightNow pins enterprise hopes on new CRM

August 10, 2005 Provider of hosted applications looks to move further beyond the call center and deliver full-scale CRM to larger customers. TAGS: RightNow Technologies, on-demand, CRM, Salesforce.com Inc., call-center, SAP AG, Siebel Systems Inc., enterprise

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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