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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
July 1, 2005
W.D. Crotty |
Ellison's Next Target? Lawson Software sales and earnings fall in fiscal year 2005. It is too early to buy the micro-cap enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor now, but the company bears watching. |
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
September 30, 2005
W.D. Crotty |
Lawson: Oracle's Next Meal? This little-heralded software company turns the corner and makes a profit. Is the company too tempting for Oracle to overlook? For long-term investors, Lawson is expected to grow earnings 10% annually for the next five years. |
The Motley Fool
September 16, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
The $5.35 Software Bargain Those looking at Lawson Software's long-term potential will like what they see. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
October 5, 2006
Tom Taulli |
Lawson: Lost in the Noise The enterprise software firm still can't seem to get traction. Unless the company finds ways to improve licensing revenues, investors shouldn't expect its stock to budge from its current rut. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
June 24, 2004
Tim Beyers |
Oracle's Bizarre Software Triangle Revelations in the Oracle-PeopleSoft trial continue to entertain. |
The Motley Fool
July 7, 2004
Tom Taulli |
Software Meat Eaters It's war in the software business. According to PeopleSoft's management, Oracle's hostile bid and antitrust lawsuit is generating bad PR for the firm, which has had "substantial" adverse impact on the company's business. |
InternetNews
July 2, 2004
Michael Singer |
Oracle Trial Comes Full Circle It began with Microsoft/SAP acquisition plans and ended with IBM 's notes on how to create FUD. |
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. |
CRM
May 2004
Emmy Favilla |
Who's Who in CRM The full Who's Who in CRM list, including Oracle's CEO Larry Ellison. |
The Motley Fool
July 7, 2004
Tom Taulli |
A New Breed of Software Company Can the enterprise resource planning (ERP) software market re-ignite its stalled-out growth? |
The Motley Fool
March 25, 2004
Tim Beyers |
The Case for OracleSoft The author makes an argument for what Oracle and PeopleSoft together could mean for investors. |
The Motley Fool
June 8, 2004
Tom Taulli |
Microsoft's Gathering Storm During the trial over Oracle's bid for Peoplesoft, Microsoft indicated that late last year it had discussions to buy out the German ERP giant, SAP. What are Microsoft's plans for the ERP market? |
InternetNews
September 21, 2005
David Needle |
Oracle CEO Touts Security Plans CEO Larry Ellison discusses the fate of DB2 users inherited through Oracle's acquisitions and commits to Siebel OnDemand in keynote address. |
InternetNews
November 15, 2007 |
Oracle: BEA Worth Less Than Original Offer Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison says any new bid would be below Oracle's initial $17-per-share proposal. |
The Motley Fool
February 27, 2004
Tim Beyers |
Oracle: See You in Court Antitrust authorities sue to block PeopleSoft acquisition, but Ellison chooses to fight. |
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. |
InternetNews
November 8, 2004
Roy Mark |
Oracle Prepared to Drop PeopleSoft Bid Oracle will drop its efforts to block PeopleSoft's defense to Oracle's hostile takeover bid if PeopleSoft's shareholders fail to tender a majority of their shares by Nov. 19, according to an Oracle letter sent to a Delaware court. |
InternetNews
September 10, 2004
Paul Shread |
Software Sector Put In Play By Ruling Thursday's landmark ruling that Oracle can proceed with its bid to acquire PeopleSoft could recast the enterprise software landscape... Transmeta fell on a warning... EDS rose on job cut announcement... etc. |
The Motley Fool
December 28, 2006
Tom Taulli |
2006 in Review: Oracle The brash company had a smashing 2006. Certainly, Oracle investors have nothing to complain about. |
InternetNews
July 1, 2004
Michael Singer |
More Mega Mergers if Oracle Succeeds The quest for PeopleSoft was the tip of the iceberg, say analysts. |
The Motley Fool
April 11, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Lawson's Intentia Investment Pays Off The enterprise software firm's latest buyout appears to be getting results. Despite the run-up in the stock, Lawson still trades at a reasonable valuation of two times revenues. |
InternetNews
June 30, 2004
Michael Singer |
Ellison Rounds Up Oracle's Defense The DoJ grills the CEO about his fourth attempt to acquire PeopleSoft. |
The Motley Fool
June 24, 2004
Tom Taulli |
Salesforce.com Goes for the Close As expected, the company's IPO was red-hot. But it could be too hot for long-term investors. |
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 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
April 26, 2011 |
Infor Acquires Lawson in ERP Merger New combined entity will be the third largest ERP vendor behind SAP and Oracle. |
The Motley Fool
September 27, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Big, Beefy Billionaires Every single one of those names wouldn't be on the list if it wasn't for the stock market. Public opinion ultimately priced their companies. |
InternetNews
September 9, 2004
Michael Singer |
Oracle Prevails in DoJ Suit to Block PeopleSoft The company said the decision removes a significant roadblock to the acquisition. |
The Motley Fool
September 23, 2004
Tim Beyers |
PeopleSoft Plays Defense The business software maker inks a deal with IBM, but it isn't likely to dissuade Oracle. |
InternetNews
November 23, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Ellison to Pay $122M in Settlement Oracle's CEO agrees to pay legal fees and make charitable contributions to settle an insider trading case. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
October 20, 2003
Jim Kerstetter |
Oracle's Stormy Visionary Both sides of Oracle mogul Larry Ellison are meticulously described in a pair of new books. |
The Motley Fool
March 18, 2005
Tom Taulli |
Does Oracle Foresee Trouble? All of the deal-making at Oracle could be masking problems in the database business. Investors, take note. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
October 27, 2005
Tim Beyers |
Halloween Treat: Oracle The database king has tasty treats stored away for enterprising investors. |
The Motley Fool
November 16, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Beleaguered BEA Middleware developer BEA turns in a good quarter, despite juggling an options investigation and a hostile takeover attempt from Oracle. |
InternetNews
September 23, 2010 |
Oracle's Ellison Touts Fusion, Slams Salesforce Never one to mince words, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison blasts Salesforce's multi-tenancy approach to the cloud, while likening Exalogic's coupling of hardware and software to Apple's iPhone. |
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. |
Bank Technology News
January 2005
Gregory Goth |
The People(soft) V. Larry Ellison The contentious battle between Oracle and PeopleSoft was always more about money than customers. But now that Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has achieved a hard-won and expensive victory, he and his team must convince clients to stick around. |
InternetNews
November 15, 2007
David Needle |
Ellison: 'Fusion Must Coexist' Oracle's CEO talks up Fusion, Linux and virtualization and clarifies why buying Microsoft software doesn't help the poor. |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2004
Tom Taulli |
Progress Software Avoids Crash and Burn The software company produces results in a tough market, but investors really don't care. |
InternetNews
June 22, 2004
Paul Shread |
A Banner Day For Speculation Tuesday was a bull market in takeover rumors... Is Microsoft really interested in NAI?... Ellison depo reveals takeover bids... 3Com beats estimates... palmOne soars... Priceline slips... Broadcom up... Lucent and JDS Uniphase gain on SBC's big spending plans... QLogic benefits from ML's upgrade... Loudeye gains from acquisition... Bankrate and Cablevision fall... |
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. |
InternetNews
December 17, 2010 |
Oracle's Ellison Calls Out HP Larry Ellison makes it clear that Oracle has former close ally HP in its sites. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
September 25, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Larry Ellison Doesn't Dig the Net According to its CEO, Oracle's strategy will not include a major shift to web-based business software anytime soon. |
