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The Motley Fool
September 22, 2006
Anders Bylund |
Oracle Delivers, Denounces a Rival Oracle's Ellison and his senior executive staff decided to rip into competitor SAP. Ellison then spent a good portion of the conference call outlining the many ways in which Oracle is outperforming its rival in enterprise-management software.   |
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 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
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 25, 2006
Anders Bylund |
SAP Fires Back at Oracle One angry word begets another. William Wohl, VP of SAP's global communications, took issue with three main points in Ellison's earnings report. Investors -- who's closer to the truth? |
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 19, 2005
Clint Boulton |
SAP Buys PeopleSoft Support Provider Looking to capitalize on the uncertainty caused by Oracle's $10.3 billion acquisition of PeopleSoft, SAP AG acquired TomorrowNow, which provides maintenance and support for PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards customers. |
Bank Technology News
October 2005
Glen Fest |
Battle Of Tech Titans: Oracle Vs. Sap: Smoke, But No Fire Figuring out who's winning the SAP-Oracle battle in banking platform services doesn't require a scorecard yet. But an umpire might help. |
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. |
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. |
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
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
January 27, 2005
Tom Taulli |
SAP Gears Up for Battle Oracle's Ellison has made SAP enemy No. 1. But SAP is fighting back the right way: by getting customers. Despite the strong performance, SAP's stock price slid $0.92 to $39.38. |
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
March 18, 2005
Michael Singer |
Oracle's Back to Its Bidding Ways The company challenges SAP's latest offer for Retek but this time without its CFO, Henry You. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
June 24, 2004
Tim Beyers |
Oracle's Bizarre Software Triangle Revelations in the Oracle-PeopleSoft trial continue to entertain. |
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
February 1, 2006
Clint Boulton |
Oracle-Siebel a Done Deal Oracle today said shareholders have accepted its $5.85 billion cash bid for Siebel Systems, making the company the top dog in the market for customer relationship management software. |
InternetNews
May 15, 2006
Michael Hickins |
SAP and Oracle Go Another Round SAP threw another blow at the body of rival software vendor Oracle, announcing that is offering technical support and a conversion roadmap for customers running Siebel software. |
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
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
September 21, 2007
Larry Barrett |
Oracle Shatters 1Q Estimates Another blockbuster earnings report from Oracle ratchets up the pressure on arch-rival SAP. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
April 9, 2007
Aaron Ricadela |
Oracle vs. SAP: Sound Or Fury? Larry Ellison's high-profile charges may be only PR, but that may be all he wants. |
The Motley Fool
July 15, 2004
Tim Beyers |
Has Larry Ellison Gone Crazy? With the PeopleSoft proposal unresolved, the Oracle chief preaches more acquisitions. |
The Motley Fool
December 18, 2006
Anders Bylund |
Foolish Forecast: Oracle Prophecies Shortly, investors will get another earnings report from database and business software giant Oracle, followed by what promises to be an entertaining conference call. |
InternetNews
August 23, 2007
Larry Barrett |
Who Will Win The SAP, Oracle Battle? While SAP and Oracle continue to slug it out for the lion's share of the estimated $30 billion-plus that companies spend for business applications and services each year, Salesforce.com's software-as-a-service model is propelling the company to record sales and earnings. |
The Motley Fool
June 19, 2006
Tom Taulli |
Oracle's $19 Billion Payoff For the past few years, Oracle's Larry Ellison has talked about the benefits of consolidation. Now, it looks like the company is seeing some of those benefits. Investors, take note. |
InternetNews
January 19, 2005
Michael Singer |
Ellison: Partners Key to Merger Success Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said key partnerships will help make the acquisition of PeopleSoft a complete success. |
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. |
U.S. Banker
February 2005
Gregory Goth |
The People(Soft) Vs. Larry Ellison The contentious battle between Oracle and PeopleSoft was always about money. Now Oracle CEO Larry Ellison must convince financial clients to stick around. |
The Motley Fool
March 12, 2004
Tim Beyers |
Oracle's Bipolar Quarter The database maker meets expectations, and hints it may not need PeopleSoft after all. |
The Motley Fool
March 23, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Oracle Releases the Hounds Oracle's lawsuit against SAP is just another small battle in its war for business applications. |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
March 9, 2005
Tom Taulli |
Oracle the Spoiler Again Oracle takes out the big guns to defend its turf against its foe, SAP. Investors, take note. |
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
September 21, 2007
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Oracle Struts Its Software An acquisition spree over the past several years pays off nicely for Oracle. The enterprise software giant just closed out another impressive quarter, and it may just be getting warmed up. |
The Motley Fool
January 18, 2005
Tim Beyers |
Larry Plays "The Donald" Oracle's Ellison is the one telling 5,000, "You're fired!" Investors need to watch this one. |
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. |
InternetNews
January 14, 2005
Joshua Greenbaum |
Is Ghengis On the Hunt Again? Now that Oracle owns PeopleSoft, and all signs point to a reinvigorated push by Oracle into the enterprise applications space, it's worth wondering who CEO Larry Ellison has in his crosshairs. |
The Motley Fool
August 15, 2006
Tim Beyers |
Oracle Flexes Again Investors, a $125 million investment reflects a broader strategy that's worth paying attention to. Don't be surprised if CEO Larry Ellison remains hungry for a little longer. |
InternetNews
March 25, 2010 |
Oracle Shows Strength in Q3 Earnings Oracle beats the Street and credits its acquisition of Sun as part of the reason. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
January 27, 2005
Tim Beyers |
Oracle's Softwar? The database king ups its guidance as it prepares for a battle with rival SAP. |
InternetNews
June 7, 2004
Michael Singer |
PeopleSoft's Standing Debated at Trial The DoJ's argument to block Oracle's takeover of PeopleSoft hinges on the Global 2000's view of competition in the ERP marketplace. |
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
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. |
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. |
