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Oracle wants silence from PeopleSoft chief
News Oracle, in a surprise move, announced on Monday that it would forgo calling PeopleSoft chief executive Craig Conway to the witness stand in the ongoing federal antitrust trial. Oracle had earlier anticipated calling Conway as a witness for a...
[June 29, 2004, 9:15]
Peoplesoft's founder steps aside
News PeopleSoft founder and chief executive David Duffield announced Tuesday that he was stepping aside to make room for current president Craig Conway to assume the helm of the software giant. In a release, Duffield said Conway has increasingly taken...
[September 22, 1999, 11:39]
PeopleSoft: Please ignore the ex-CEO behind the curtain
News Last Friday, the company fired chief executive Craig Conway, who was scheduled to deliver the keynote address on Monday. Wilmington made no further reference to the ousting of chief executive Craig Conway in his speech, which mentioned contract...
[October 4, 2004, 17:30]
Ellison explains industry pressure
News Ellison said he first considered a merger with PeopleSoft two years ago after PeopleSoft Chief Executive Craig Conway called him and suggested combining PeopleSoft and Oracle's business applications unit.
[July 1, 2004, 11:50]
PeopleSoft: And the bid goes on
News In one of the latest twists in this battle of wits between Oracle's Larry Ellison and PeopleSoft's Craig Conway, PeopleSoft recently extended a customer guarantee programme to snare any unwanted acquirer in a web of costly fees.
[November 28, 2003, 13:40]
.Net is IT 'asbestos', says PeopleSoft
News PeopleSoft president and CEO Craig Conway has described Microsoft's .Net initiative as the information technology equivalent of asbestos. Speaking at the company's 2003 Leadership Summit in Sydney, Australia, Conway said the state of the global...
[May 19, 2003, 8:50]
Conway to Ellison: It's over
News But for PeopleSoft chief executive Craig Conway, fending off the hostile takeover launched by his former employer has provided him with the professional challenge of a lifetime. Craig Conway or Larry Ellison?
[August 28, 2003, 15:50]
PeopleSoft head exchanges fire with Ellison
News PeopleSoft chief executive Craig Conway on Monday continued the war of words in his company's battle to fend off a hostile bid from rival Oracle. At PeopleSoft's customer conference, Conway told the audience that his company is "profoundly grateful...
[September 16, 2003, 9:30]
PeopleSoft boss gets the chop
News In a shock move on Friday, PeopleSoft announced its decision to terminate Craig Conway as president and chief executive of the company with immediate effect. An unusually curt press release said that said its decision "resulted from a loss of...
[October 1, 2004, 15:00]
PeopleSoft case hears more details on CEO concerns
News A PeopleSoft board member testified on Monday that former chief executive Craig Conway was fired in large part because of his 'reckless exaggeration' to Wall Street analysts when informing them last year that Oracle's offer to buy the company was...
[October 4, 2004, 17:20]
PeopleSoft fails to meet revenue forecast
News Our financial results in (the second quarter) reflected the heavy media coverage of the United States of America versus Oracle trial," PeopleSoft chief executive Craig Conway said in a statement. During a teleconference on Tuesday with securities...
[July 28, 2004, 9:35]
The chief has gone, but the battle continues
News Many analysts on Friday said the ousting of Craig Conway and the return of Dave Duffield is likely a prelude to PeopleSoft accepting Oracle's offer. Removing Conway gave them a way to position themselves properly in case they want to go through...
[October 5, 2004, 11:20]
'The saga is over' - PeopleSoft chief
News Oracle may be pressing on with a nearly three-month-old unfriendly quest to buy PeopleSoft, but to PeopleSoft chief executive Craig Conway, Oracle's bid is all but dead. In an interview with CNET News.com on Wednesday, Conway said Oracle's $7.25bn...
[August 28, 2003, 8:35]
PeopleSoft and Oracle 'talked often'
News Testifying Friday in US District Court, Oracle president Safra Catz revealed that the merger talks had advanced beyond a single conversation between Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison and PeopleSoft chief executive Craig Conway.
[June 28, 2004, 14:40]
PeopleSoft mops up J.D. Edwards shares
News PeopleSoft chief executive Craig Conway expressed confidence that the merger will be successful. Over the last month, we have moved rapidly to integrate the two companies," Conway said in a statement.
[September 1, 2003, 9:35]
PeopleSoft executive leaves the company
News His departure comes just two weeks after Craig Conway was ousted from the chief executive position. The appointment of Swete, who was called out of retirement to take the job, is one of the first changes to PeopleSoft's management ranks since...
[October 15, 2004, 18:25]
Oracle gets its way, finally
News The very public sacking of Craig Conway has surprised the tech sector - and it's denied the industry a chance to see him lock horns with Larry. Does Conway's departure signal the imminent takeover of PeopleSoft, or does the appointment of Duffield...
[December 13, 2004, 16:40]
PeopleSoft CEO resigns
News Duffield, who founded PeopleSoft in 1987, was appointed CEO in October after Craig Conway was fired as president and chief executive officer. A PeopleSoft board member later testified that Conway was fired in large part because of his exaggeration...
[December 29, 2004, 8:55]
Could IBM-PeopleSoft deal stave off Oracle?
News At a joint press conference at PeopleSoft's annual conference, PeopleSoft chief executive Craig Conway said his company turned to IBM because it realised it lacked sufficient expertise in middleware, the software plumbing needed to connect...
[September 22, 2004, 11:40]
PeopleSoft beats estimates
News PeopleSoft chief executive Craig Conway called the financial results "very strong" and said the company enters 2004 on solid footing. PeopleSoft's largest CRM software deal during the quarter was to IBM, which is also one of Siebel's biggest...
[January 30, 2004, 10:35]
