| Similar Articles |
|---|
 |
InternetNews
October 8, 2007
Larry Barrett |
Shareholders, Analysts Pan SAP's Strategic About-Face SAP, which has long lauded the virtue of growing from within, took some heat Monday after paying $6.8 billion to acquire Business Objects.   |
InternetNews
October 8, 2007
Erin Joyce |
SAP, Business Objects in $6.7B Merger Enterprise software giant SAP plans to acquire software firm Business Objects in a $6.7 billion deal, a move that vaults SAP ahead of the pack in the growing business intelligence space. |
CRM
December 1, 2007
Bailor & Lager |
A Shift in SAP's Growth Strategy: Buy Big to Get Bigger SAP's planned acquisition of analytics powerhouse Business Objects represents the largest in company history. |
The Motley Fool
November 13, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Big Blue Adds to Its Software Empire In its latest deal, IBM agrees to shell out $5 billion for software powerhouse Cognos. |
InternetNews
July 26, 2010 |
Will SAP's Earnings Renew Investor Optimism? SAP has seen better days and now must find away to break out of its recent stupor to give investors some hope and perhaps regain a bit of its own swagger. |
InternetNews
March 2, 2007
Clint Boulton |
Will Oracle's BI Buy Stick it to SAP? Oracle's $3.3 billion bid for Hyperion Solutions is another sign of how hot the market for business intelligence software has become. |
The Motley Fool
September 19, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Business Objects Is Buyout Bait? The enterprise software company is again the subject of takeover rumors, after reports that they hired Goldman Sachs to field buyout overtures from five parties. |
The Motley Fool
December 21, 2007
Anders Bylund |
Oracle Bakes a Fine Cherry Pie Some of the deals for which Oracle paid out $5 billion last year are starting to pay big dividends for the company. |
The Motley Fool
July 6, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Score One for Oracle The battle continues among the software giants, as SAP makes a surprising admission. The main thing for investors to consider is that Oracle has a clear strategy for growth: buying up companies. |
The Motley Fool
October 23, 2006
Tom Taulli |
SAP Still Not Serious About M&A Third-quarter results were much improved, but intense competition from Oracle clouds the picture. Investors, take note. |
Bank Systems & Technology
October 30, 2007
Nancy Feig |
SAP Scoops Up Business Objects to Add Business Intelligence Functionality to its Software How does the latest in business intelligence deals affect the financial services industry? |
Bank Technology News
June 1, 2008
Michael Dumiak |
SAP vs. Oracle: Silicon Sluggers While the blow-by-blow between SAP and Oracle can be parsed as attack-counterattack, analysts say what's going on in these transformations is more than meets the eye. |
The Motley Fool
January 31, 2008
Tim Beyers |
SAP's Would-Be Jedi Master SAP shows growth in its Core Enterprise Applications, but the company pays heavily for that growth. |
The Motley Fool
May 14, 2007
Tom Taulli |
SAP Still Thinking Small The latest acquisition will have a minimal impact on the software giant. The stock is off 10% this year, and although it has begun to stabilize, it's not clear what the catalysts will be to get things moving in the right direction for investors. |
InternetNews
November 12, 2007
David Needle |
IBM Follows Rivals' BI Moves With $5B Cognos Bid The purchase of the business intelligence software maker Cognos brings IBM up to speed with competitors Oracle, SAP and Microsoft. |
InternetNews
January 10, 2011
David Needle |
Oracle Debuts Financial Analytics for SAP Targeting a familiar rival, Oracle releases a new business module called Financial Analytics for SAP. |
InternetNews
January 30, 2008
Larry Barrett |
Chaos Abounds But SAP's Outlook Remains The Same SAP's 2008 sales forecast is identical to the guidance it offered a year ago. But a lot has changed in the interim. |
InternetNews
November 12, 2007 |
IBM to Buy Cognos For $5 billion IBM said on Monday that it would buy Canadian business intelligence software company Cognos for $5 billion, following a wave of acquisitions in the industry. |
InternetNews
October 13, 2009 |
SAP Beefs Up BI Offering With HP's Help Expanded integration partnership targets Oracle's Exadata 2 offering, bolsters BI scalability. |
The Motley Fool
March 29, 2007
Tom Taulli |
SAP Gets Soggier Driving real change in a global company takes a charismatic leader with a clear strategy. Without Shai Agassi, things will only get murkier for SAP shareholders. |
The Motley Fool
February 17, 2006
Tom Taulli |
Oracle Plays Both Sides Oracle goes shopping again -- for small fry companies. Despite spending nearly $20 billion in acquisitions over the past few years, it is not impressing shareholders. |
The Motley Fool
September 20, 2007
Tom Taulli |
SAP Goes to the Mat With On-Demand The software giant is moving to the mid-market using some newfangled approaches. |
InternetNews
April 21, 2010 |
SAP Scoops Up TechniData As it looks to fend off Oracle and remain the leading business application vendor, SAP opens its wallet to buy TechniData, a German firm specializing in environmental, health and product-safety applications. |
The Motley Fool
April 4, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Why Cognos Loves Oracle With ample momentum in license revenues, and growing opportunities to pick off more customers from Hyperion, Cognos' management may not be interested in selling out right now -- at least, not before it's gained a bit more upside in its shares from Wall Street. |
InternetNews
November 11, 2005
Clint Boulton |
John Schwarz, CEO, Business Objects John Schwarz talks about leaving Symantec, and the challenges he faces as the new CEO of Business Objects. |
InternetNews
October 18, 2007
Larry Barrett |
SAP Shows Solid Earnings, Firm Stance Against Oracle Strong license sales boosted SAP's profits, and it announced a sweet deal with retail giant Wal-Mart. |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2008
David Blanchard |
Tech Scorecard: The Rich Keep Getting Richer Two of the biggest names in BI have been acquired in recent weeks - SAP picked up Business Objects and IBM acquired Cognos. |
The Motley Fool
July 29, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Should SAP Go Shopping for Acquisitions? IBM is looking so smart that SAP wants to follow in Big Blue's footsteps. Here's one suggestion. |
The Motley Fool
September 28, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Quick Take: When Larry Ellison Gets Stupid Oracle is accusing SAP of "corporate theft on a grand scale" after SAP division TomorrowNow allegedly downloaded more than 10,000 documents from Oracle's support site. |
InternetNews
February 11, 2010 |
SAP Gets New COO, Shakes Up Board SAP's makeover continued Thursday when it named Gerhard Oswald as its new chief operating officer and announced that former Business Objects CEO John Schwarz has resigned from its board. |
InternetNews
February 7, 2008
Larry Barrett |
Vendors Jockey For BI Pole Position IBM, SAP and Oracle slug it out for business intelligence dominance. But will customers win? |
The Motley Fool
December 20, 2006
Anders Bylund |
Oracle: All Business, No Show There is little doubt that Oracle will continue to grow for the foreseeable future. The real question is, how quickly? Ellison and his gang need to come up with some organic growth outside of the mainstay database business. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
August 9, 2010
Anders Bylund |
Will Oracle Take SAP to the Cleaners? What's a few orders of magnitude between mortal enemies? |
The Motley Fool
April 26, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Business Objects Splurges on M&A A recent acquisition should help fuel the company's growth. |
The Motley Fool
September 28, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Cognos Loses Some Currency It was a strong quarter, but the software operator suffered from moves in the Canadian dollar. |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Lawson Rakes in More Dough The enterprise software operator continues to gain ground on Oracle and SAP. Investors, take note. |
InternetNews
November 4, 2010 |
Larry Ellison Set to Testify in SAP Case SAP has offered to pay Oracle $120 million to pay its legal fees; meanwhile Oracle subpoenas former SAP co-CEO Leo Apotheker to testify. |
CIO
November 2, 2011
Chris Kanaracus |
SAP's Business Objects Latest version of BI suite tries to fix the disjointed feeling of the user experience. |
The Motley Fool
June 26, 2007
Mac Greer |
Fool Video: Time for Tech? Is it time to buy tech? |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2006
Tom Taulli |
SAP Gets Zapped SAP has always been conservative on guidance, but the company finally missed its numbers -- in a big way. Investors, take note. |
InternetNews
October 12, 2007
Larry Barrett |
Oracle Raises Stakes With BEA Offer Oracle is looking to trump SAP, making a $6.7 billion bid for BEA less than a week after its rival paid a similarly hefty sum for Business Objects. |
Bank Technology News
June 1, 2008
Michael Dumiak |
Suddenly, SAP Long considered too "old world" in its business practices and unskilled with the regulatory environment, especially in the U.S., SAP now may be on the verge of a major breakthrough. |
InternetNews
March 16, 2010 |
SAP CEOs Share Plans for SaaS, Battling Oracle The pair of software executives talk up Business ByDesign and take a few shots at rivals. |
InternetNews
June 23, 2004
Michael Singer |
Ellison 'Green' with Envy Analysts debate whether Oracle is after SAP's high-end or Microsoft's mid-tier. |
InternetNews
March 22, 2006
Clint Boulton |
Oracle Makes Intelligence Its Business Oracle is going after the business intelligence market with guns blazing, vowing to target the customer bases of long-time leaders Business Objects and Cognos. |
BusinessWeek
April 4, 2005
Steve Hamm |
Larry, You Picked A Nasty Fight In taking on heavyweight SAP in the corporate applications software market, Oracle faces very long odds. |
The Motley Fool
June 6, 2005
Tom Taulli |
Lawson Bulks Up The enterprise-software specialist company has been a rumored buyout target. Now it's the one making a big purchase. Last week, it merged with Sweden's Intentia International AB. What does it mean for investors? |
The Motley Fool
November 24, 2010
Anders Bylund |
That's a Big One, Oracle As legal battles go, this one should be pretty short. SAP has been ordered to pay up $1.3 billion to Oracle. |
InternetNews
August 29, 2007
Erin Joyce |
Oracle, SAP Spar Over Discovery The legal strategy is unfolding between enterprise software rivals Oracle and SAP over Oracle's lawsuit charging that SAP stole massive amounts of its intellectual property. |
BusinessWeek
July 11, 2005
Andy Reinhardt |
SAP: A Sea Change In Software The German legend's move into Lego-like modules could revolutionize the way companies do business. |
