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Oracle will not sell PeopleSoft products
News Although we will not be actively selling PeopleSoft products to new customers, we will provide enhanced support for all PeopleSoft products," Ellison said. PeopleSoft customers reacted cautiously on Friday to the possibility of an Oracle buyout...
[June 9, 2003, 10:17]
Oracle wins over PeopleSoft shareholders
News Oracle chalked up a key victory on Friday in its battle to acquire PeopleSoft, with investors agreeing to sell the suitor 60 percent of PeopleSoft's outstanding shares. I think the message is that shareholders are not expecting PeopleSoft to remain...
[November 22, 2004, 7:30]
What's next for Oracle?
News On Thursday, Oracle moved a giant step closer to its goal of acquiring rival software maker PeopleSoft when a federal judge ruled in its favour. Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison testified at the trial that acquiring PeopleSoft is a matter of...
[September 10, 2004, 15:05]
Ellison extends support promise in PeopleSoft bid
News Craig Conway (PeopleSoft's chief executive) said he wouldn't sell at any price -- that's not a good position to begin negotiations," said Ellison. The likes of Oracle, Siebel, SAP and PeopleSoft -- who are all at the top end of the market -- are...
[June 24, 2003, 16:49]
PeopleSoft buyout 'would be anticompetitive'
News James Governor, principal analyst at RedMonk is not surprised that IBM would prefer PeopleSoft -- which recently completed its acquisition of J.D. .IBM has told the US Department of Justice (DoJ) that if Oracle was allowed to acquire Peoplesoft, it...
[September 9, 2003, 17:20]
Oracle could raise PeopleSoft price
News Answering questions after his keynote speech at AppsWorld, Ellison said that the reasoning behind the company's bid for PeopleSoft has not been fully appreciated by industry analysts and the media. But in an attempt to sell the company's takeover...
[June 25, 2003, 13:52]
Could IBM-PeopleSoft deal stave off Oracle?
News Asked whether he was worried about the new partnership being at risk if PeopleSoft is acquired by Oracle, Mills said, "I'm not worried at all. PeopleSoft will bundle its future business applications with IBM's infrastructure software as part of a...
[September 22, 2004, 11:40]
Judge winds up PeopleSoft trial
News Walker asked, noting that the software code that PeopleSoft and Oracle sell in the United States is the same code they sell in Europe. But we heard from customer witness after customer witness; these people all say that what SAP, PeopleSoft and...
[July 21, 2004, 8:55]
Google-DoubleClick deal: A hard sell in Europe
News It's about DoubleClick's tool set and how that plays into Google's business," said Dan Wall, an antitrust attorney for Latham & Watkins, who represented Oracle in its successful bid to win court approval for the acquisition of PeopleSoft.
[November 22, 2007, 11:02]
PeopleSoft profits higher than expected
News In its takeover dance with Oracle, PeopleSoft pulled out some fancy footwork on Thursday, reporting third-quarter earnings that exceeded its own estimates. While PeopleSoft's earnings per share were flat compared with the same period last year, the...
[October 22, 2004, 9:40]
PeopleSoft executive leaves the company
News During that time, there was not a new product cycle to come out of PeopleSoft, and he was [in] charge of that. A PeopleSoft executive who oversaw the company's products and its integration with J.D. Ram Gupta, who was executive vice-president of...
[October 15, 2004, 18:25]
The software contrarian
News And how can I sell (Oracle-PeopleSoft applications) to my customers and then turn to them and have them use someone else's infrastructure? We are relying on (PeopleSoft) as our application platform vehicle, so when our customers say, "Hey, I want...
[July 29, 2003, 10:15]
Early acceptance runs risks for PeopleSoft shareholders
News PeopleSoft investors who tendered their stock to Oracle when its hostile bid stood at $26 (£14.22) a share will find the only price that counts is the latest offer of $21. Last month, Oracle dropped its PeopleSoft takeover bid to $21 a share from...
[June 10, 2004, 12:05]
Oracle honeymooon over for PeopleSoft and JD Edwards
News Following Oracle's long-running acquisition of PeopleSoft, the JD Edwards community had convinced itself that Oracle would sell off the division which it acquired at the same time, said Miles. Oracle's honeymoon with users of the PeopleSoft and JD...
[November 23, 2006, 15:58]
Oracle signals 'no change' in CRM strategy
News Oracle has unveiled its strategy to deal with the merger of its Siebel CRM business with its core Oracle, PeopleSoft and JD Edwards CRM operations, and the key message is "no change". Oracle also said it had begun the integration of the Oracle E...
[June 14, 2006, 10:20]
Merger nerves shake up Siebel
News Some said they are worried about their jobs, recalling the thousands of people laid off after Oracle scooped up PeopleSoft last year. I am kind of surprised this happened so fast after the PeopleSoft takeover," said one Oracle employee who works on...
[September 13, 2005, 17:10]
Oracle Special: Inside the pressure cooker
News Oracle used that tactic recently when competing against Siebel and PeopleSoft for large contracts, throwing in its customer-relationship management software for free, sources say. When you're a big company and have 40 sales guys who are not...
[July 2, 2001, 13:41]
SAP and IBM team to take on small business
News The deal could help SAP extend its lead over rivals, such as Oracle, PeopleSoft and J.D. Executives from SAP and IBM said the announcement of a tighter partnership was in the works well before PeopleSoft announced earlier this month its proposal to...
[June 17, 2003, 16:14]
Oracle judge refuses to seal secrets
News Oracle and the Justice Department are scheduled to convene in court again on 21 May to provide Walker with a "tutorial" on the products Oracle and PeopleSoft sell and the markets they serve. Oracle is challenging a Justice Department suit that...
[April 19, 2004, 10:30]
Oracle steps up small-business attack
News While the software company's legal team battles a high-profile antitrust suit over its plan to buy PeopleSoft, its marketing group has quietly stepped up an effort to sell applications software to small businesses in the US, according to people...
[June 15, 2004, 14:45]
