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  • Oracle to cut 5,000 jobs in PeopleSoft merger

    Oracle dropped the axe Friday in the US, announcing plans to lay off 5,000 workers in its effort to squeeze costs out of its US$10.3 billion software merger with PeopleSoft.

  • Ellison: 'Radical' industry shift drove bid

    Increasing competitive pressure from SAP and the entry of Microsoft into the business applications market spurred Oracle to launch its hostile bid for PeopleSoft last year, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison testified on Wednesday.

  • Oracle hits hard at Justice Dept's case

    Oracle attorneys made a forceful effort to blast holes in the government's case to block its US$7.7 billion bid to buy PeopleSoft in the opening arguments of a federal antitrust trial here on Monday in the US.

  • Microsoft-SAP talks rooted in market concern

    Microsoft worried that if Oracle acquired PeopleSoft, it could lose ground in the database software market, and that fear spurred Microsoft to discuss a merger with SAP last year.

  • Oracle sees plenty of competitors

    Oracle on Tuesday trotted out numerous PeopleSoft documents discussing competitive pressure from Lawson Software and a variety of other makers of business application software.

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  • Ellison: 'Radical' industry shift drove bid

    Increasing competitive pressure from SAP and the entry of Microsoft into the business applications market spurred Oracle to launch its hostile bid for PeopleSoft last year, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison testified on Wednesday.

  • SAP looks into Web services revamp

    A team of researchers at software maker SAP is studying how to make the company's line of business applications easier to use and modify, an effort within the company known by the code name Project Vienna.

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