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• No mayhem so far from Oracle/PeopleSoft merger

  - 2005-04-01

  Last year, some analysts forecast that Oracle's December 2004 buyout of PeopleSoft would herald even more contentious relations than had been witnessed during the previous two years' numerous takeover attempts. This view was supported by a November 2004 Last year, some analysts forecast that Oracle's December 2004 buyout of...

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• Capitalizing on Confusion: How CIOs Can Make the Most of the Oracle-PeopleSoft Merger; Optimal CEO Gurvendra Suri Says Now's the Time for Close Evaluation, Tough Negotiations

  - 2004-12-16

  IRVING, Texas -- Tasked with making critical technology decisions that will have a deep and lasting impact on a business' day-to-day operations and, ultimately, profitability, CIOs are under tremendous pressure to choose wisely when it comes to selecting the large building blocks for their enterprise IT infrastructure. Despite the confusion...

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• Not Get The Job

  - 2004-12-15

  The merger of PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards came as no shock to me. As CIO, I was part of the team that green-lighted the deal. But one downside to possessing advance knowledge of a merger is that you can't tell anyone. This places the early stage of due diligence (tracking...

  Tags: CIO, FINANCE, Investment, J.D. Edwards & Co., job, merger, PeopleSoft Inc.

• Oracle's next mission is to make the merger with PeopleSoft work.

  - 2004-12-15

  San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

  Tags: merger, Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc.

• SAP unfazed by Oracle, Peoplesoft merger

  - 2004-12-13

  WALLDORF, Germany AFP — SAP, the world's leading maker of business software, said it was not concerned by the creation of a new number two in the sector via the merger of rivals Oracle and Peoplesoft in the United States. "I don't believe we'll be worse off. Indeed, it's...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, Investment, merger, Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., SAP AG, SOFTWARE, spokesman

• Oracle/PeopleSoft Merger/Stocks Ed`s Update, CNNfn

  - 2004-12-13

  FRED KATAYAMA, CNNfn ANCHOR, STREET SWEEP: As we`ve mentioned, the big story of the day is that Oracle [Company: Oracle Corporation; Ticker: ORCL; URL: http://www.oracle.com/] and PeopleSoft [Company: PeopleSoft Inc.; Ticker: PSFT; URL: http://w FRED KATAYAMA, CNNfn ANCHOR, STREET SWEEP: As...

  Tags: Company, merger, Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., Ticker

• AGCO experiences JDE acquisition firsthand.(Merger Fallout)

  - 2004-09-01

  To Howard Love, news of the J.D. Edwards acquisition by PeopleSoft was less than welcome. "I've been involved before when companies were acquired and things changed, and I was terrified," says the IT Manager at farm equipment manufacturer AGCO, Duluth, Ga. "A...

  Tags: acquisition, FINANCE, Investment, J.D. Edwards & Co., merger, PeopleSoft Inc.

• Microsoft, SAP Reveal Thoughts of Merger Before Oracle-PeopleSoft Trial.

  - 2004-06-08

  San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

  Tags: merger, Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., SAP AG

• Microsoft said it approached SAP about merger, to no avail

  - 2004-06-07

  REDMOND, Washington AFP ? Microsoft acknowledged it approached German business software giant SAP AG about a possible merger in 2003, but that the talks failed and were concluded. The world's biggest software firm, which has faced antitrust action in both Europe and the United States, confirmed the discussions with...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, antitrust, FINANCE, Government, Investment, merger, Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., SAP AG

• Software Firms' Merger Means $5.6 Million Drop in Denver Convention Business.

  - 2004-03-25

  By Andy Vuong, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 25--PeopleSoft Inc.'s acquisition of J.D. Edwards & Co. will cost Denver about $5.6 million in convention business this year. PeopleSoft has decided not to participate in J.D. Edwards' annual...

  Tags: conference, Denver, FINANCE, Investment, J.D. Edwards & Co., merger, PeopleSoft Inc., software