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  • Oracle outlines layoffs

    Oracle outlined its integration plans for Siebel Systems on Thursday, with 2,000 job cuts among the most notable tasks at hand.

  • Siebel and Ellison: Software's odd couple

    Few people in the high-tech industry have feuded as openly as Oracle's flamboyant CEO Lawrence Ellison and Thomas Siebel, the co-founder and chairman of rival enterprise software maker Siebel Systems.

  • Oracle aims to tone security muscle with Fusion

    Billions of dollars worth of acquisitions have bought Oracle a perhaps unexpected bonus: security lessons.

  • 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.

  • EU approves Oracle-Siebel merger

    European Commission officials gave their blessing on Thursday to Oracle's US$5.8 billion merger with Siebel Systems, removing the last major antitrust hurdle for the enterprise software companies.

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  • High-tech megamergers: Still make sense?

    Fuelled by Oracle's acquisition of Siebel Systems, Silicon Valley once again asks itself if megamergers are good for the industry.

  • Siebel and Ellison: Software's odd couple

    Few people in the high-tech industry have feuded as openly as Oracle's flamboyant CEO Lawrence Ellison and Thomas Siebel, the co-founder and chairman of rival enterprise software maker Siebel Systems.

  • Oracle's pursuit of Siebel

    In the midst of a hostile takeover battle for PeopleSoft, database giant Oracle already eyeing Siebel Systems.

  • 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.

  • Siebel gets acquired ... at last

    Oracle will acquire Siebel Systems for US$5.8 billion. The long-predicted buyout will have interesting ramifications on the Australian market.

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