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Observers Skeptical About Success of Oracle CRM Buyout Binge

SAN FRANCISCO—With its $5.85 billion buyout of Siebel Systems on Monday, Oracle will face persistent questions about how it can effectively market or integrate...

eBay Acquiring Skype

eBay will acquire Internet telephony provider Skype Technologies for $2.6 billion in cash and stock, and as much as an additional $1.5 billion in...

Does the Oracle-Siebel Deal Hurt Overall IT Agility?

The long expected acquisition of Siebel Systems by Oracle was finally announced today. Somehow I dont expect the same cries of despair we heard...

Now Comes Oracles Real Challenge

I think anyone who has paid any attention to the enterprise applications space over the past four or five years knew that Oracle buying...

Oracle Will Buy Siebel for $5.85 Billion

Database and business applications software developer Oracle Corp. announced Monday that it will acquire Siebel Systems Inc. for $10.66 per share, or about $5.85...

HP Moves Forum to Florida

Hewlett-Packard has rescheduled its HP Technology Forum, which was due to run this week in New Orleans but was postponed following Hurricane Katrina.Hewlett-Packard Co....

Symantec President Moves to Business Objects

John Schwarz, who served as Symantec CEO John Thompsons right-hand man for almost five years, has taken a position as the CEO of Business...

Katrina Could Impact Chip Production

Air Products & Chemicals has shut down a hydrogen gas complex near New Orleans, limiting the supply of an obscure but important component in...

Microsoft ERP Products Still Lack Market Focus

If Microsoft keeps trying, it might eventually get its enterprise resource application strategy in order. But it is apparent from the announcements Wednesday at Microsofts...

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