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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.   |
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. |
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
October 9, 2007
Tom Taulli |
SAP Goes Big The major business-software company jolts Wall Street with a transformative deal, agreeing to spend $6.8 billion for Business Objects. |
InternetNews
October 15, 2007
Larry Barrett |
Why Oracle's Tops in Takeovers Industry watchers think BEA's days are numbered: Larry Ellison and Oracle have spent years and billions mastering the art of the takeover. |
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 |
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. |
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. |
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? |
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. |
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. |
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
September 21, 2007
Larry Barrett |
Oracle Shatters 1Q Estimates Another blockbuster earnings report from Oracle ratchets up the pressure on arch-rival SAP. |
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. |
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. |
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? |
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 29, 2008
Richard Adhikari |
What's Behind SAP's Change in Outlook? Some hints from SAP on where it sees IT spending heading. |
InternetNews
September 20, 2007
Larry Barrett |
SAP's On-Demand Strategy Draws Tepid Reviews It's early in the game but Wall Street analysts and industry pundits say its Business By Demand service raises more questions than it answers. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
InternetNews
January 17, 2008
Larry Barrett |
SAP Talks Up Business Objects Union After completing the largest acquisition in its history, SAP execs tout their vision for business optimization software in 2008. |
InternetNews
February 12, 2008
Larry Barrett |
Business Objects Serves Up BI Buffet Business Objects, now an official division within SAP, on Tuesday released the latest version of its business intelligence platform, BusinessObjects XI 3.0. |
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. |
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
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
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
December 19, 2007
Larry Barrett |
Oracle Delivers Some Holiday Cheer Oracle easily topped analyst estimates in its third quarter thanks to a 38 percent surge in new software sales. |
InternetNews
March 22, 2005
Michael Singer |
Oracle, SAP: Upward Bound Analysts suggest Oracle's winning bid for the Minnesota-based retail software provider is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to potential mergers and acquisitions in the next 12 months. |
CFO
May 1, 2007
Karen M. Kroll |
Divining Oracle's Latest Gambit By snapping up Hyperion, Oracle intensifies its war with SAP, even as it pledges to play nice with others. |
InternetNews
September 15, 2010 |
SAP's New Analytics Apps Target Big Verticals SAP unwraps a set of 10 new SAP BusinessObjects business analytics applications. |
InternetNews
January 14, 2008
Larry Barrett |
SAP: 4Q Sales Better Than Expected But Margins Slide SAP joined IBM in giving investors a reason to celebrate - for now. |
InternetNews
April 23, 2007
Clint Boulton |
Business Objects Fills BI Hole For $300M The business intelligence software looks to join Oracle and Cognos in performance management by buying Cartesis. |
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. |
InternetNews
October 6, 2008
Richard Adhikari |
SAP Shares Slide on Earnings Warning Like other IT companies, SAP, already locked in a tussle with Oracle, is hit by the financial crisis. |
The Motley Fool
October 7, 2008
Tim Beyers |
Oracle Isn't SAP Was this much of a sell-off warranted? |
InternetNews
March 1, 2007
Clint Boulton |
Oracle Offers $3.3B For BI Power Hyperion Oracle makes a play for Hyperion to grab a leadership position in the business intelligence space. |
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. |
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. |
InternetNews
February 20, 2007
Clint Boulton |
SAP Tabs Pilot For Analytics Flight SAP buys Pilot Software to fortify its applications portfolio. |
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. |
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
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
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. |
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. |
InternetNews
July 3, 2007
David Needle |
SAP In a World of Trouble? SAP admitted that its TomorrowNow subsidiary, engaged in "inappropriate" downloads of Oracle support materials. |
InternetNews
January 13, 2011 |
SAPs Surprises With Big Q4 Results SAP had a record fourth quarter in sales. |
InternetNews
June 7, 2004
Achim Sawall |
Microsoft, SAP Considered Merger At the start of Oracle's takeover trial, Redmond's secrets are being exposed. |
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. |
