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03-MAR-2004 Oracle is seeking Microsoft's Help in Fending Off the DOJ
As it continues its attempt to acquire PeopleSoft, Oracle is appealing to Microsoft and others to provide the Justice Department with information regarding their plans in the ERP market.
10-FEB-2004 PeopleSoft Board Rejects Oracle's Final Offer
Many analysts are speculating less on how the deal would affect PeopleSoft, than on what might be in it for Oracle. "The real battle is in the internal-applications market," says Yankee analyst Michael Dominy. "Traditional ERP and supply-chain applications are showing a growth rate this year of less than one percent."
NewsFactor Network
06-FEB-2004 Oracle intensifies battle for PeopleSoft
Oracle Wednesday upped its hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft to $26 per share. The amended offer is 33% higher than Oracle's previous bid of $19.50 per share, and a 19% premium over PeopleSoft's Feb. 3 closing price of $21.89. It pushes the value of the deal to $9.4 billion.
Analysts agree the $26 per share has a much better chance of being accepted by investors.
06-FEB-2004 Oracle to battle Microsoft on price
With its 10g database for Windows due for release this month, Oracle announced last week at its annual AppsWorld conference that it will slash prices to compete with Microsoft. Currently, Microsoft's SQL Server database starts at $4,999 per processor. Oracle's Standard Edition One database is priced at $5,995 per processor. However, Oracle co-president Chuck Phillips told AppsWorld attendees that Oracle 10g will debut at "the same list price per processor as Microsoft."
Database Journal
29-JAN-2004 T. Nadu to have Oracle as partner for e-governance
Chennai, Jan. 29 (PTI): The Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT) and Oracle India today signed an MoU under which Oracle will partner the State Government in its e-governance initiatives.
The Hindu Times
28-JAN-2004 Oracle Courts Business Intelligence Community
Oracle (Quote, Chart) is telling a story of disparate systems and misplaced information this week at its software conference.
The Redwood Shores, Calif.-based software Wednesday released its Oracle Customer Data Hub and other software this week as a way to entice companies to buy their business intelligence offerings and differentiate themselves from rivals like SAP and Siebel Systems.
InternetNews.com
27-JAN-2004 Oracle Still Intent On Buying PeopleSoft
Oracle spokesperson Jim Finn, "While it would not be his decision alone, it would be the boards at Oracle (Ellison) would recommend suing if the Department Of Justice tried to block the deal".
23-JAN-2004 Justice Moves Toward Blocking Oracle's Bid for PeopleSoft Inc
Oracle's $7.3 billion hostile bid for PeopleSoft Inc Lawyers close to the case have informed the Wall Street Journal the Department of Justice is coming closer to a decision to block the deal.
20-JAN-2004 Two for the Road: Oracle and Mozilla
The challenge for Mozilla is distribution; Explorer left Netscape in the dust years ago. "There is no doubt that the Microsoft juggernaut of desktop distribution is the hard nut to crack," says Mitchell Baker, president of the Mozilla Foundation -- despite the view of many industry experts that Mozilla is technologically superior to Explorer.
19-JAN-2004 Oracle opens arms to Mozilla
Oracle wants its applications to integrate better with Mozilla's open-source desktop software
17-JAN-2004 Oracle's Linux Boss Gears Up for Grid
To further Oracle's ongoing quest to spread Linux everywhere, the company's Linux chief, Dave Dargo, will address enterprise Linux standardization in his LinuxWorld keynote. Dargo recently gave a preview of his presentation to eWEEK.com Database Center Editor Lisa Vaas.
16-JAN-2004 Oracle's Linux Push: Mozilla Browser to Front Oracle Apps
Oracle will announce at LinuxWorld that it is expanding its "Linux Everywhere" efforts beyond servers and into the realm of clients.
15-JAN-2004 No Oracle buyout - or your money back
PeopleSoft have opted to continue a controversial money back guarantee programme through 31 March, or until Oracle drops its $7.3bn bid for the company.
14-JAN-2004 Oracle's Ellison Steps Back; CFO Henley Appointed Chairman
Larry Ellison, who had held the title of Oracle chairman, will continue in his role as CEO.
14-JAN-2004 PeopleSoft Requests Interviews With Oracle Execs
PeopleSoft embarks on the first wave of depositions in its suit against Oracle by requesting the court's approval to interview Oracle executives on the support issues.
12-JAN-2004 EU Suspends Probe Into Oracle's PeopleSoft Bid
They were to finish there probe on March 30 but now it will finish later, with no given deadline.
This usually means the Commission is collating information about the market place or waiting on the U.S. government whilst a review of the deal is being performed
It seems the deal is has the regulators worried that it will reduce the number of software companies providing enterprise business software from three to two.
In a statement last November the Commission stated pointed out that Oracle was already holding a particularly strong presence.
10-JAN-2004 Oracle: DOJ Decision By Early March
Oracle expects to receive final word by early March on whether the U.S. Department of Justice will challenge its hostile bid for PeopleSoft, according to a recent California court filing. That would put it within weeks of a decision by European antitrust regulators...
10-JAN-2004 Database Wars: Oracle vs. Microsoft
Oracle announces that its Apps server 10g is now
generally available. With nearly 600 new features the middleware
software, such as advances in web services. Oracle says delivery
is expected within two weeks for the 10g database server release, and
the JDeveloper 10g toolset should be released by next month
09-JAN-2004 Oracle Japan Expects FY Parent Pretax Profit Y26.2B
Source: Dow Jones US Market
07-JAN-2004 Oracle and Linux for EIG
Oracle has announced that Emirates Industrial Gases, a leading producer and distributor of gases, has selected Linux as the deployment platform for Oracle E-Business Suite. This will centralize and streamline the company’s financial systems, manufacturing and distribution activities.
04-JAN-2004 Oracle Renders Its PLM Outline - Part One: Event Summary
Although its PLM solutions will not likely be the "all things to all people" any time soon, Oracle might be showing us its ability to develop its own applications in collaborative effort with its prominent customers.
01-JAN-2004 Japanese Firms To Set Up ODCs In India: i-POC CEO
If you have the Yen for success, Japan is calling, says i-POC as it looks for Oracle specialists for Matsushita Electric World Ltd, Japan.
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