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.
- Article: Analyst sizes up Oracle's post-Siebel BI strategy (02/16/05, SearchOracle.com)
- Article: Oracle axes 2,000 employees, Nexus (02/10/06, SearchCRM.com)
- Article: Siebel's reign ends as shareholders approve acquisition (02/01/06, SearchCRM.com)
- Article: Big moves for Oracle in 2005 (12/28/05, SearchOracle.com)
- Article: SugarCRM CEO: Thank you, Larry Ellison (11/03/06, SearchOpenSource.com)
- Column: Oracle vs. SAP: The Siebel Factor (11/02/05, SearchSAP.com)
- Article: Should Microsoft buy Siebel? (11/01/05, SearchCRM.com)
- Article: Siebel -- The end of an era (10/20/05, SearchCRM.com)
- Article: Oracle expands Project Fusion (10/19/05, SearchCRM.com)
- Article: As acquisition looms, Siebel continues development (10/18/05, SearchCRM.com)
- Article: PeopleSoft users to Siebel users: 'Relax' (09/22/05, SearchCRM.com)
- Article: Ellison pledges verticals, open standards (09/22/05, SearchCRM.com)
- Article: Oracle-Siebel deal shakes up CDI world (09/21/05, SearchCRM.com)
- Article: CRM details in short supply at OpenWorld (09/20/05, SearchCRM.com)
- Article: Oracle acquisition highlights data management wars (09/19/05, SearchSAP.com)
- Article: Siebel buy further complicates Fusion plans (09/15/05, SearchCRM.com)
- Article: Siebel deal leaves CRM users wondering (09/14/05, SearchCRM.com)
- Article: Oracle to buy CRM juggernaut Siebel (09/12/05, SearchCRM.com)
- Article: Oracle-Siebel: The competition reacts (09/12/05, SearchCRM.com)
- Article:Experts mull over Oracle's Siebel buy (09/12/05, SearchCRM.com)
- 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)
- Article: Siebel reaches 9 with hosted upgrade (09/12/05, SearchCRM.com)
- Article: Siebel adds collaboration, networking to OnDemand (06/15/05, SearchCRM.com)
- Article:Siebel, Salesforce go full contact in service battle (04/13/05, SearchCRM.com)
- Article: Lawrie out as Siebel CEO (04/13/05, SearchCRM.com)
- Article: Siebel hosts the contact center (03/30/05, SearchCRM.com)
This was first published in September 2005
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