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  • Ellison and Co. hunker down

    Larry Ellison said engineering rather than deal-making will be Oracle's top priority over the next two years as the company prepares for an increasingly competitive business applications market.

  • SAP puts focus on Business Objects

    SAP has no plans to join Oracle and get involved in the megamerger game.

  • BEA sets buyout price at $21 a share

    BEA Systems said on Thursday that it's willing to sit at the negotiating table with any potential buyers -- if they're open to a price of US$21 a share to start acquisition talks.

  • BEA rejects US$6.66bn bid from Oracle

    Oracle has offered to purchase rival BEA Systems for US$17 per share, a total of about US$6.66 billion in cash -- but BEA rejected the offer as too low.

  • IBM to buy Cognos for $5 billion

    IBM yesterday announced plans to buy business intelligence software company Cognos in a US$5 billion all-cash transaction.

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  • Buying StorageTek: Sun's last big gamble?

    Sun's $4.1 billion buyout of StorageTek is a huge bet: It's the last cash deal that size Sun will be able to make.

  • M&A; Marry in haste, repent at leisure

    Don't rush into a Vegas-style marriage when acquiring a company, warns Ram Gupta of PeopleSoft. Take your time and get to know each other properly during the 'dating' phase.

  • Will Microsoft buy Red Hat?

    OK. So anti-trust lawyers would have a field day but consider this -- the software giant is on an official spending spree and this is the best time to spread its wings ... to become the Coca-Cola of the IT industry.

  • Oracle to swallow Siebel for US$5.8 billion

    Software maker Oracle said on Monday it will acquire rival Siebel Systems in a deal worth US$5.8 billion, marking the second major competitor the company has targeted since mid-2004.

  • SAP and on-demand: 'The switch is tougher'

    Henning Kagermann, chief of SAP, says new competition, fast-moving tech are driving the company to rethink how it builds its software and how to sell it.

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