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  • SAP CEO: Microsoft should have bought Yahoo

    If Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer were to call SAP CEO Henning Kagermann for advice, he would be told to spend his money on Yahoo.

  • BlueScope rides Smorgon's supply chain tech

    Steel giant BlueScope, which acquired Smorgon Steel Group last year, will take on its SAP supply chain software.

  • 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.

  • Europe blesses Oracle-PeopleSoft union

    European antitrust regulators ruled Tuesday that Oracle can proceed with its hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft, clearing the last regulatory hurdle in the protracted and sometimes tumultuous battle.

  • 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.

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  • Oracle and Peoplesoft: One year on

    One year on, the postmerger company is hanging on to most PeopleSoft customers, but some big tests still lie ahead. We look at what has passed and what is yet to come.

  • 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.

  • HP and Compaq: An insider's advice

    Advisor John Morris believes the forthcoming HP-Compaq merger heralds substantial benefits for both company's customers if things are handled right.

  • 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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