Closing Arguments Expected in Oracle Trial
A federal judge is expected to hear closing arguments Tuesday in the government’s antitrust case against Oracle .…
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PeopleSoft Forecasts Earnings Dip
PeopleSoft warned that it will miss second-quarter financial targets, citing the strain of fighting off Oracle’s hostile takeover…
More Mega Mergers if Oracle Succeeds
SAN FRANCISCO — If Oracle succeeds in its quest to buy PeopleSoft , analysts surveyed by internetnews.com said…
Best Software to Deliver ‘Best Suites’
Business management software provider Best Software on Friday unveiled plans to combine the strength of its many product…
Rdb Acquisition Taboo in DoJ v. Oracle Case
Oracle will not be able to use some of its previous acquisition experience in court as it argues…
PeopleSoft: Thumbs Down to Reduced Offer
PeopleSoft has reached a blanket agreement with disgruntled shareholders who had filed class-action lawsuits in protest of the…
Oracle, PeopleSoft CEOs File Depositions
SAN FRANCISCO — The chief executive officers of Oracle and PeopleSoft will answer questions about the controversial hostile…
PeopleSoft Re-elects Incumbent Board Members
PeopleSoft shareholders selected incumbent members for the company’s board of directors in a resounding vote, formally shutting out…
PeopleSoft CAP Could Cost Oracle $1.56B
PeopleSoft’s customer assurance program (CAP) could tack on an additional $1.56 billion to Oracle’s current $9.4 billion offer…
A Rewarding Experience for Small Businesses
Small businesses that have demonstrated success by leveraging computer technologies may be eligible to win $50,000 in computer…
Oracle to ‘Vigorously Challenge’ DOJ for PeopleSoft
Oracle has vowed to “vigorously challenge” the Department of Justice’s decision to block the software maker’s attempt to…
DoJ to Block Oracle’s PeopleSoft Bid
UPDATE:The Department of Justice has dealt a blow to Oracle’s $9.4 billion hostile bid to purchase rival software…
PeopleSoft: Just Say No to Oracle
In what has become serve-and-volley battle to win the influential stockholders, PeopleSoft Monday begun mailing proxy materials for…
Oracle Lobbies PeopleSoft Shareholders
Oracle moved to spark interest in its latest $9.4 billion offer for rival PeopleSoft by sending a letter…
DOJ Staff Pans Oracle/PeopleSoft Takeover
Antitrust lawyers of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recommended against Oracle’s $9.4 billion takeover attempt of rival…
Oracle Offers $9.4 Billion for PeopleSoft
Oracle has ratcheted up its pressure on rival applications maker PeopleSoft by raising its cash buyout offer to…
EC Halts Oracle/PeopleSoft Inquiry
Oracle will wait longer than expected to hear whether its bid for PeopleSoft is acceptable. The European Commission…
CA Jettisons Small Business Application Division
Making good on its promise to focus on suites of Web services and enterprise management packages such as…
Oracle, PeopleSoft Slide on Fate of Takeover
Investor reaction was mixed Tuesday a day after Oracle said it might have to drop its $7.3 billion…
A Dose of Web App RealiTea
Officials at TeaLeaf Technology, the only SAP spinoff, released RealiTea for businesses that want to track down Web…
PeopleSoft Showcases New Tools, Integration Plans
For the past couple months, most of the coverage of PeopleSoft , has been about the highly-publicized attempts…
PeopleSoft Beats Estimates in Early 2Q Results
PeopleSoft surprised the industry Wednesday when it said preliminary results for the second quarter beat the average Wall…
Oracle Postpones PeopleSoft Lawsuit
Database software maker Oracle Tuesday said it will delay its legal fight with PeopleSoft after an inquiry by…
CeBIT: PeopleSoft CEO Avoids the ‘O’ Word
NEW YORK — PeopleSoft Chief Executive Officer Craig Conway Thursday said his company will guide the market for…
PeopleSoft Cans Court Action Vs. Oracle
Besieged by a hostile $5.1 billion takeover bid by Oracle last week, PeopleSoft late Tuesday cancelled its plan…
Oracle Offers to Buy PeopleSoft for $5.1 Billion
In a hostile takeover bid that could reverberate across the software industry, database giant Oracle offered to purchase…
Microsoft: Mission to ‘Jupiter’ Rolls Ahead
The first phase of Microsoft’s ‘Jupiter’ e-business Web services suite went to beta Monday bearing the new designation…
Merger Creates Business Software Giant
PeopleSoft Monday agreed to buy J.D. Edwards & Co. for $1.7 billion in stock, a move that shakes…
PeopleSoft’s Latest Gambits Make Sense, Unfortunately
This year’s award for the most obvious marketing campaign goes to PeopleSoft for its new Total Ownership Experience…
Atomz, WebSideStory Integrate Search, CMS and Analytics
In a move that may prove to be a harbinger of the future of software-as-a-service, Web-based ASPs Atomz…
ATG Buys Out Leases
Art Technology Group will pay $9.7 million cash to buy out leases for suprlus office space in Cambridge,…
WebSideStory Connects Analytics with Enterprise Apps
In a move designed to allow its customers to exchange data with enterprise applications, Web analytics ASP, WebSideStory…
All Aboard for Commerce One’s Conductor
Commerce One is turning over a new leaf. Quiet for awhile, the Pleasanton, Calif. concern Monday embarked on…
BEA Presses on with New WebLogic Platform
BEA Systems Monday plans to unveil the latest version of its WebLogic Platform, which company representatives claim will…
IBM Jazzes Up Business Integration Software
IBM enhanced its WebSphere Business Integration software portfolio Monday, adding the modeling and monitor assets of its Holosofx…
Microsoft Buffs Up Mid-Market Apps
Microsoft announced Monday two new releases from its business-management unit, targeted at medium-sized businesses, as the launch of…
PeopleSoft Secure With Its Strategy
Internet business software maker PeopleSoft looked to inject some new life into its sales with the release of…
Viisage Lures ATG Exec
Viisage Technology , a Littleton, Mass., maker of face-recognition technology and identification systems, has tapped the former COO…
Trading Places, Part 3
This is the final installment of a three-part series on what CRM is quickly evolving into: EAI and…
Trading Places, Part 2
This is the second installment of a three-part series on what CRM is quickly evolving to be: EAI…
ATG Sees Opportunity in Japan
Art Technology Group will release Japanese-language versions of its customer relationship management software as part of a push…
Trading Places, Part 1
Your reactions to my recent trilogy about the death of the CRM software fad were voluminous. The recurring…
How Not To Be A Stupid Vendor
I haven’t talked about the technology aspect of personalization yet. Having had some high-profile clients, and having worked…
PeopleSoft, Agile Team Up On Software Package
PeopleSoft, Inc. and Agile Software Thursday said they have formed an alliance to supply a comprehensive solution for…
170 Systems Tallies $14M
170 Systems, a Cambridge, Mass., maker of business process management software, has raised $14 million in first-round financing…
Oracle Launches Development Center In China
Oracle Corp. has launched its first development center in China, known as the Oracle China Development Center. It…
Siemens, Staffware Unite To Streamline Healthcare
Siemens Medical Solutions, the Malvern, Pa.-based division of Siemens AG , today announced Staffware plc, a New York…
Despite Banks’ IT Spending, Productivity Gains Lacking
While many industries have turned to information technology to boost labor productivity and lower the costs of doing…
iPhrase Taps Ex- Bluestone Exec
iPhrase Technologies, a Cambridge, Mass., maker self-service search and retrieval software, has named Joseph Krivickas, formerly of Bluestone,…
BrassRing Enhances TRM Software
BrassRing, the Waltham, Mass.-based provider of Talent Relationship Management (TRM) systems, today announced that it has added new…