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Siebel outlines product plans

October 8, 2003 Siebel Systems is working on a slew of new features for its set of business-management applications and plans to release them in new versions of the programs next year. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Universal Application Network, CRM, business management, customer service, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Siebel's former CEO gets $4.5 million in severance

April 20, 2005 Payment to Michael Lawrie, ousted after less than a year on the job, is equal to base salary and target bonuses for two years. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., payment, CEO, software company, Microsoft Corp.

Siebel 'cautious' on software market

August 25, 2003 Tom Siebel, chief executive of Siebel Systems, says the "slightest thing just siderails everything" in the business software industry. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., CRM, business software, PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., Microsoft .NET, information technology, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

Fewer alliances a red flag for Siebel?

August 6, 2003 The one-time software star sees its coterie of partners shrink to nearly half its former size. And at the same time, the company has been making cuts to its alliance-management staff. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., alliance, SAP AG, layoff, Oracle Corp., size, information technology, Microsoft Corp.

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

Microsoft shares tools for unlocking customer data

January 9, 2006 Releases sample code from Project Elixir, an effort to give salespeople access to customer systems via Office 2003. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., business productivity, Microsoft Office 2003, SAP AG, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office, project, Microsoft Corp., server

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, Salesforce.com Inc., Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., buyout, on-demand, Larry Ellison, challenge, software company, CEO, 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., business software, PeopleSoft Inc., CRM, Larry Ellison, SAP AG, dot-com, software company, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

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, vendor, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., CEO

Microsoft gets CRM sales machine humming

October 10, 2003 The company says it has sold its customer relationship management applications to 1,000 businesses--a "milestone" for the 1.0 version it introduced in January. TAGS: CRM, Siebel Systems Inc., SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., software company, server

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, Google Toolbar, Siebel Systems Inc., ActiveX Control, patch management, Java, representative, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Inc., toolbar, ActiveX, patch, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Corp., Web browser, security

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, information technology, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office

Microsoft turns to Elixir for Office boost

January 24, 2005 New customer-software project aims to get Office more deeply entrenched in businesses, News.com has learned. TAGS: Microsoft Office, Siebel Systems Inc., Microsoft Office 2003, CRM, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Corp., server, Microsoft Windows

SAP, Microsoft draw battle lines

December 10, 2003 The companies are set to clash in the business software market, despite public attempts to downplay the budding rivalry. TAGS: SAP AG, PeopleSoft Inc., business application, Siebel Systems Inc., business software, Microsoft Corp., software company

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: CRM, Gartner Inc., consolidation, Salesforce.com Inc., market leader, Siebel Systems Inc., SAP AG, software-as-a-service, PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., merger, sector, founder, 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., eBay Inc., Skype, Oracle Corp., merger, Thomson Corp., Week in review, PayPal, reader, Redmond, SAP AG, Los Angeles, acquisition, Microsoft Corp.

Gates pours Elixir for Office developers

February 4, 2005 Microsoft's chairman shows internal project linking Siebel and Outlook as example of what other businesses can do. TAGS: Bill Gates, Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, Microsoft Office, Siebel Systems Inc., chairman, developer, Microsoft Corp., conference, Microsoft Outlook

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., eBay Inc., Skype, merger, Oracle Corp., Thomson Corp., PayPal, SAP AG, reader, acquisition, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft is handing out presence

August 26, 2005 Company doles out server software code in effort to help business applications makers build new communications tools. TAGS: collaboration, applications company, IM, Siebel Systems Inc., code, server software, Microsoft Corp., software company, Real-Time, server

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, dashboard, Siebel Systems Inc., Salesforce.com Inc., CRM, business software, ERP, HTTP, integration, Microsoft Office, Web browser, Microsoft Corp.