Oracle to acquire Siebel
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In what is likely the year's biggest news in CRM, Oracle announced plans to buy Siebel Systems in a deal valued at $5.8 billion. This announcement positions Oracle to become the world's largest provider of CRM software. By acquiring Siebel, Oracle would inherit 4,000 CRM customers and 3.4 million user licenses. To find out more about this acquisition, check out SearchCRM.com's latest news covering this event. Questions or comments about the acquisition are welcome at editor@searchcrm.com.
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- Opinion: After Siebel: 8 Things to Think About (Stuart Lauchlan, InsightExec )
- Blog: Siebel/Salesforce war of words (Dan Farber, ZDNet)
- Blog: Siebel-IBM divorce might test J2EE's promise (David Berlind, ZDNet)
- Analysis: SAP: The Boston Red Sox of CRM (Louis Columbus, CRM Buyer)
- News: Siebel and Ellison: Software's odd couple (CNet.com)
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Background information | Return to Table of Contents |
- Article: SAP exec: No fear of Oracle as SAP looks ahead with CRM, ESA (10/27/05, SearchCRM.com)
- Article: Siebel: Analytics held key to future (10/19/05, SearchCRM.com)
- Article: Timeline: Following the Oracle-Peoplesoft acquisitions trail (SearchCRM.com)
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- Article: Siebel adds collaboration, networking to OnDemand (06/15/05, SearchCRM.com)
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