Oracle deal puts Microsoft partner in rival&#39;s hands
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Oracle&#39;s acquisition of PeopleSoft will create a bigger competitor for Microsoft and put one of the Redmond company&#39;s largest industry partners in the hands of a rival.
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PeopleSoft announced a broad partnership with IBM on Tuesday, in an attempt to show that it is moving forward aggressively despite the turmoil created by Oracle&#39;s $7.
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After an 18-month hostile takeover battle, Oracle has finally won control of rival PeopleSoft, creating the world&#39;s second-largest supplier of business management software applications.
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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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Oracle increased its lead over IBM in the relational database market last year, while third-place Microsoft gained ground on IBM, according to sales totals compiled by Gartner analysts.
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Sun Microsystems and Microsoft, once bitter rivals, are growing ever closer through interoperability agreements that aim to make life easier for their respective customers.
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Oracle may be willing to spend a record sum -- over $6 billion -- to acquire a middleware provider it believes will give it a permanent leg up on Microsoft's SQL Server. Does it still take a huge M&A like this to stay on par with Microsoft?
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With Oracle cinching a critical antitrust victory on Thursday, PeopleSoft will find it increasingly difficult to resist its rival&#39;s $7.
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Oracle&#39;s  search for a  smoking gun to prove the truth of its allegations that rival  SAP  stole its software is likely to be long and  arduous, making an out-of-court settlement attractive for both  parties.
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Oracle Corp. finally scooped up bitter rival PeopleSoft Inc. after 18 months of legal and verbal strife, ending a nasty feud with a &#36;10.3 billion deal that promises to shake up the business software industry.
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Oracle is one step closer to taking over rival PeopleSoft now that a federal judge has ruled against the federal government&#39;s effort to thwart the $7.
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Takeover battle likely to drag on as Oracle faces other obstacles in merger quest.
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The Oracle Corporation has taken control of PeopleSoft, ending an 18-month fight and making Oracle the world&#39;s second-largest maker of business-management software.
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Software maker PeopleSoft Inc. announced Monday that it had agreed to be acquired by Oracle Corp. in a $10.3 billion deal, ending one of the longest and nastiest takeover battles in recent corporate history.
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PeopleSoft Inc. capitulated to Oracle Corp., accepting a sweetened $10.3 billion offer to end an 18- month battle that pitted PeopleSoft against its shareholders and led to the ouster of its chief executive.
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Bolstered by investors, Oracle Corp. appears destined to complete its long-sought takeover of PeopleSoft Inc. unless its rival becomes more profitable and proves it&#39;s worth more than the $9.2 billion bid currently on the table.
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The European Commission approved US software company Oracle&#39;s 7.7 billion-dollar takeover bid for its American rival in the business software market Peoplesoft on Tuesday.