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RSS takeover acquiredOracle pumps up prices, BEA takes the hit
News Many Oracle customers only became customers of the company when its fraught takeover of BEA Systems was finally agreed in January this year. BEA shareholders had originally resisted the takeover before... [24 Jun 2008]
Top five takeovers that shook the tech world
News Microsoft last week launched a hostile $44.6bn takeover bid to buy web giant Yahoo! When tech services and hardware group HP bought PC maker Compaq, the move was hailed as the biggest takeover in the... [04 Feb 2008]
What Oracle's BEA buy means for users
News That's according to chairman of the UK Oracle User Group (OUG), Ronan Miles, commenting on the $8.5bn takeover announced last week. I think that if you take it as given that BEA was ready to be acquired... [22 Jan 2008]
Teradata and SAS going steady
News He repeatedly played down chances of Teradata now being acquired by another large vendor or itself attempting a sizeable takeover, stressing an independence that "allows us to optimise our business" and... [09 Oct 2007]
iSoft's Oz takeover gets shareholder thumbs-up
News NHS software supplier iSoft's shareholders have "overwhelmingly" approved IBA Health's £166m takeover offer. The takeover will make IBA the world's fourth largest e-health group. IBA's initial offer to... [08 Oct 2007]
3Com in $2.2bn takeover deal
News Networking company 3Com has announced it will be acquired by private equity company Bain Capital and former joint-venture partner Huawei Technologies, in a $2.2bn cash deal. Meanwhile, a sale to Bain may scupper 3Com's... [28 Sep 2007]
'My ERP supplier has been acquired - now what?'
Comment If you think your supplier is ripe for takeover, or if it has already been bought, you might be considering a change to another supplier - perhaps to bigger names such as Oracle or SAP. If your ERP vendor is... [05 Feb 2007]
SanDisk to bolster USB key security
News However, insiders expect SanDisk to announce a repackaged version of the mTrust product line, which the company acquired last year with its $1.55bn takeover of mSystems. Flash memory maker SanDisk is... [31 Jan 2007]
Oracle losing support of JDE, PeopleSoft users
News The findings, published in a survey conducted by the user group, show that while Oracle's takeover of Siebel is seen by 64 per cent of users as a positive investment, JD Edwards and PeopleSoft users' confidence has waned... [24 Nov 2006]
Voice biometrics coming to phone banking
News The product combines Vocent technology, acquired through its takeover of PassMark, with a voiceprint engine from speech recognition specialist Nuance Communications, RSA said in a statement. RSA Security... [25 Oct 2006]
Faster Backup, Faster Recovery
White Paper After the takeover, the management of Acme has asked the lead DBA for some major enhancements in the operation of the other bank's data warehouse database. Acme Bank acquired another bank, taking over... [11 Oct 2006]
Symantec accuses Microsoft of "IP violations"
News The complaint involves Symantec's Volume Manager product, acquired as part of the company's takeover of Veritas Software. Symantec has launched a suit charging Microsoft with misappropriating its... [19 May 2006]
Red Hat-JBoss union: Open source comes of age
News JBoss had become an attractive takeover target because of the wide adoption of its Java application server, and it had had discussions with a number of acquirers, said JBoss founder and CEO Marc Fleury. [11 Apr 2006]
Oracle-Siebel mega-merger gets EC green light
News Both the EC and the US Department of Justice raised concerns about the takeover when it was proposed. Widely used open standards make it unlikely that the merged entity would impose restrictions on newly... [22 Dec 2005]
Oracle Fortifies security
News The takeover of Siebel Systems is still pending. The code checker will not be used in the development of the company's enterprise applications products, which include Oracle's E-Business Suite as well as the software it... [21 Dec 2005]
