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InternetNews
March 22, 2005 |
Oracle Wins in Bid For Retek Offer of $11.25 per share wins out after rival SAP drops out of the bidding for the retail software play.   |
InternetNews
March 17, 2005
Roy Mark |
SAP Boosts Offer For Retek New $629 million bid counters Oracle's $525 million offer for retail software and services firm. |
InternetNews
March 11, 2005
Michael Singer |
Oracle Woos, SAP Waits For Retek The two largest ERP software companies try to outbid each other in fight for retail software provider. |
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. |
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
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. |
InternetNews
March 8, 2005
Paul Shread |
Oracle Makes Bid For Retek Investors react like they expect SAP to counter... WebMD reports expected results... Nasdaq slumps... Rising oil prices affect everyone... etc. |
InternetNews
February 28, 2005
Jim Wagner |
SAP Bids on Competition The German IT giant bolsters its retail industry software presence with the purchase of one of its competitors. |
The Motley Fool
March 1, 2005
Tom Taulli |
SAP Revs on the M&A Autobahn Europe's largest software company proves it can do deals, too announcing its purchase of Retek. On the news, Retek's stock surged 40%. This transaction is likely to not be the last M&A deal for the German giant. |
The Motley Fool
March 22, 2005
Tim Beyers |
Larry Ellison Wins Again The battle for retail software applications vendor Retek ends, and Oracle comes out on top. Does any of this drama matter for shareholders? |
InternetNews
November 22, 2005
Clint Boulton |
SAP Gaining Ground in Merchant Applications The German software giant will purchase Khimetrics to keep up with Oracle in the retail applications niche. |
InternetNews
September 19, 2005
Clint Boulton |
SAP Takes Triversity For Retail SAP's acquisition of retail software maker Triversity will give the company's retail arm a big boost against Oracle. |
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
July 6, 2005
Clint Boulton |
Oracle to Buy Retail Software Smarts Oracle will acquire ProfitLogic, which makes a type of business intelligence software used by retailers. |
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. |
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
February 28, 2005
Paul Shread |
Software Consolidation Continues Shares of Retek rocketed 40% on news of being acquired by SAP... Nasdaq tumbles... Satellite radio stocks rise... etc. |
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
February 20, 2007
Clint Boulton |
SAP Tabs Pilot For Analytics Flight SAP buys Pilot Software to fortify its applications portfolio. |
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. |
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
March 18, 2005
Paul Shread |
Adobe, Jabil Buck The Downtrend The Nasdaq hit a new low for the year on Friday... Adobe and Jabil gave investors something to smile about... PalmOne warned... Oracle ups bid for Retek... etc. |
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. |
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
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
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. |
The Motley Fool
January 5, 2006
W.D. Crotty |
Dueling Fools: Oracle Bear While the stock has gone up 19.9% over the past 16 months, the earnings have gone nowhere. If you are still aching to buy Oracle, take a look at its five-year chart. It isn't pretty. |
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. |
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
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. |
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. |
InternetNews
October 25, 2005
Clint Boulton |
Oracle Targeting Niche Applications Oracle President Chuck Phillips says the company will look to replace proprietary software developed by corporations. |
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
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
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 28, 2005
Michael Singer |
PeopleSoft Users on the Fence: Report PeopleSoft customers jumping ship, climbing aboard Oracle's. |
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 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
May 1, 2007
Michael Hickins |
Oracle to SAP: Don't Erase The Evidence Oracle wants to ensure that SAP preserves evidence that it participated in "massive" theft. |
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
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. |
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
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
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. |
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
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. |
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
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
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. |
The Motley Fool
April 26, 2005
Tim Beyers |
Microsoft, SAP Settle in Mendocino The software behemoths team up to target Oracle. Get ready for a war. |
