PeopleSoft, IBM Deal Adds to Oracle Mix
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Analysts don&#39;t expt IBM to emerge as a white knight to save PeopleSoft. &quot;While we do not believe that the partnership signals any direct intervention by IBM in the Oracle takeover bid, we are concerned
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The door is open for Oracle to win its bid for PeopleSoft, and for midmarket ERP vendors to increase their business. By Elena Malykhina.
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ORACLE chief executive Larry Ellison has increased his companyâs offer for rival software company PeopleSoft, and set a deadline for the first time since the hostile takeover bid began in June 2003.
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Oracle&#39;s agreement to buy PeopleSoft for $26.50 per share, or approximately $10.3 billion, means a new era for users of PeopleSoft&#39;s enterprise applications.
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PeopleSoft Inc. will push ahead  with a new marketing alliance with IBM and other initiatives  despite a recent court ruling that bolstered Oracle Corp.'s  $7.7-billion hostile bid to acquire the company, PeopleSoft's  CEO said on Tuesday.
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Oracle Corp. announced this morning that it has signed a deal to buy PeopleSoft Inc. for $10.3 billion, capping a bitter 18-month battle between the two software giants.
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Oracle may be breathing fire down its neck with an ongoing hostile takeover effort, but PeopleSoft is trying to withstand the siege and stay independent. The business software company has struck a pact with IBM to woo customers and bolster its business, although there's plenty of debate over whether Big Blue will pull off a dramatic rescue.
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Oracle has signed an agreement to acquire PeopleSoft for about $10.3 billion, the companies said this morning.
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PeopleSoft Inc. capitulated to Oracle Corp., accepting a sweetened $10.3 billion takeover offer to end an 18-month battle that pitted PeopleSoft against its investors and led to the ouster of its chief executive.
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The business software maker inks a deal with IBM, but it isn't likely to dissuade Oracle.
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Peoplesoft agrees a $10.3bn takeover bid from rival business software firm Oracle, after an 18-month corporate battle.
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The year 2004 defied predictions: IBM sold its PC arm to a Chinese competitor, Oracle managed to swallow PeopleSoft, and -- perhaps the most dramatic of all -- Microsoft and Sun Microsystems aligned to make their products interoperate.
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Oracle sweetened its hostile bid for rival business software maker PeopleSoft to $9.2 billion, a 14% increase aimed at resolving the long-running takeover battle between the bitter foes.
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Last night, database maker Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) once again extended its $7.7 billion offer for business software provider PeopleSoft (Nasdaq: PSFT).
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PeopleSoft Inc., which is fighting a takeover bid from Oracle Corp., said revenue from new software licenses this quarter has exceeded Oracle&#39;s sales of the same kind of products in its most-recent period.
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InfoWorld - Although the threat of Oracle&#8217;s hostile takeover continues to cast a shadow over it, PeopleSoft is pressing on with plans to integrate into its product mix the enterprise applications it picked up last year in its acquisition of J.D. Edwards.
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The Oracle-PeopleSoft takeover battle may have finally entered its endgame, with Oracle Corp upping its bid and for the first time imposing a deadline for PeopleSoft Inc shareholders to accept it.