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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
May 12, 2010
Larry Barrett |
SAP to Purchase Sybase for $5.8 Billion Intensifying the battle with archrival Oracle, SAP ponies up $5.8 billion to acquire Sybase, marking the biggest buy for the enterprise software giant in three years. |
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. |
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
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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
June 7, 2004
Achim Sawall |
Microsoft, SAP Considered Merger At the start of Oracle's takeover trial, Redmond's secrets are being exposed. |
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. |
InternetNews
December 10, 2009 |
SAP Goes Green With New Sustainability App A new management application aims to help customers get a wider and more actionable view of their businesses' sustainability efforts. |
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. |
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. |
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
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. |
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
August 9, 2010
Anders Bylund |
Will Oracle Take SAP to the Cleaners? What's a few orders of magnitude between mortal enemies? |
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
April 19, 2010 |
Oracle Grabs Health Software Firm Phase Forward In an all-cash deal, Oracle is shelling out $685 million to purchase Phase Forward, a Massachusetts-based firm specializing in software to manage drug data and health science. |
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
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
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. |
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? |
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
May 17, 2011 |
Supply Chain Management Software Grows SAP and Oracle lead the vendor list as overall revenues reach $6.8 billion. |
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
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
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
October 7, 2008
Tim Beyers |
Oracle Isn't SAP Was this much of a sell-off warranted? |
The Motley Fool
April 21, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Oracle Plus SAP Equals Love Oracle is planning to amend its lawsuit against German rival SAP with some even juicier charges. |
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. |
InternetNews
May 12, 2009
Alex Goldman |
SAP Revs Up Talk on Green Accounting SAP's acquisition of Clear Solutions comes as the company makes extreme carbon reduction commitments. |
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 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. |
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 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
March 30, 2010 |
SAP Rolls Out Cloud-Based Collaboration Apps StreamWork is designed to help businesses share, access and manage their content online from the cloud. |
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
October 16, 2008
Richard Adhikari |
SAP Asks Judge to Dismiss Some Oracle Claims The latest chapter in the legal saga surrounding Oracle's claims of industrial espionage against SAP today saw the defendant calling for a dismissal of some of the claims filed by Oracle earlier this month. |
The Motley Fool
June 27, 2007
Anders Bylund |
Oracle Gloats It's not common business practice to launch verbal volleys at your competitors in an earnings report. But Oracle is now doing exactly that on a regular basis. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
March 23, 2007
Anders Bylund |
Oracle Sues SAP, Overstates Business Progress Enterprise-software specialist Oracle is suing German rival SAP on the grounds of massive data theft and unfair competition. This is shaping up to be one of the all-time great market rivalries! |
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
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. |
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
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
February 8, 2010 |
SAP's CEO Ouster Latest Indication of Troubles Leo Apotheker is out as the enterprise software giant looks to shore up its lines of business. Analysts take a look at the impact. |
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. |
