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    Oracle late Friday said it has lowered its bid to acquire PeopleSoft to US$21 a share, saying the reduced bid "reflects changes in market conditions."

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    BEA Systems is expected to let Oracle's US$6.7 billion buyout offer expire, as the two rivals dig their heels in deeper.

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    PeopleSoft board members today rejected Oracle's "best and final" offer in the often contentious 17-month hostile takeover battle. But the database software giant says it will still appeal to shareholders.

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    PeopleSoft's financial condition may have deteriorated by as much as one-third since the start of the year, a top Oracle executive said Monday during courtroom testimony.

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    Consolidation of Oracle's business applications into a single code base has passed the halfway mark, but the company's customers won't be forced into an upgrade before they're ready, Oracle executives promised an attentive crowd of more than 400 primarily JD Edwards users at this week's Quest '06 conference in Melbourne.

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    Despite claims during the PeopleSoft-Oracle merger trial, Microsoft tries to get PeopleSoft clients to migrate to its software.

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    A single phone call on Friday evening brought the long-running Oracle-PeopleSoft fight to a close, Oracle President Chuck Phillips revealed.

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    In this review, we take a look at BizTalk Server 2006 and how well it fits as an EAI (Enterprise Application Integration) and workflow tool for the enterprise.

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    We pit veteran on-demand player RightNow Technologies versus Microsoft's latest CRM offering.

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    We examine tools that can drill down through your applications to pinpoint exactly where loading causes trouble.

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