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Siebel replaces chief executive
News Company chooses a former Webvan chief to replace Michael Lawrie, who had been CEO for less than a year.
Tags: Software, Leadership
PeopleSoft's last hurrah?
News Thousands of customers attending what could be PeopleSoft's last independent annual conference want to know: Will Oracle prevail?
Tags: Business applications
HP pushes IT management strategy
News As part of its "adaptive enterprise" push, Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday announced new services and software for managing information technology operations.
Salesforce.com adds Twitter to cloud services
News Company's Service Cloud 2 option brings Twitter-based customer service options to its clients now and will bring knowledge bases and forums later.
Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Web services, Cloud computing, Marc Benioff, InStranet Inc., Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing, business software company, Facebook, knowledge
Sad saga of GSIS and IBM
Blogs The pitiful battle between pension firm GSIS and tech giant IBM is nothing short of tragic. But, it's something that c...
SAP CEO defends support price hike
News SAP co-CEO, Leo Apotheker, has hit back at criticism of the German business software giant's plans to change its support offering and price increase.
Tags: Software, Business applications, SAP AG, Leo Apotheker, software company, business software company, business software, London, Silicon.com, U.S.
Infor to invest US$325M in new tech
News Infor chairman and CEO, Jim Schaper, has outlined his company's plan to ramp up investment in developing new technology and focus on service oriented architecture (SOA).
Tags: R&D, Investments, Business Network, Investment, software company, business software company, business software, London, software, Silicon.com
Microsoft files for debt offering
News The big question is what Microsoft, already flush with cash, might do with the money.
Tags: Funding, Microsoft Corp., SAP AG, Debt, software company, working capital, business software company, business software, SEC, merger
SAP user benchmark tests get underway
News The business software provider and its European users have launched a benchmarking scheme to measure the performance of its services, a precursor to proposed increases in prices for support.
Tags: Investor relations, Best strategies, Server platforms, SAP AG, CPU, Europe, KPI, business software company, performance, benchmarking
Siebel's former CEO gets US$4.5 million in severance
News Payment to Michael Lawrie, ousted after less than a year on the job, is equal to base salary and target bonuses for two years.
Tags: Financial, HR policies and procedures
Oracle adds standard to server software
News Oracle on Thursday said its application server software now supports a popular e-business standard, making it easier for companies to conduct business over the Web.
Open-source firm polishes interface with AJAX
News Open-source applications company SugarCRM prepares an August release and plans to expand into new product areas.
Tags: Open source
Executive shake-up hits i2 Technologies
News The CEO of the struggling business software firm steps down, replaced by founder and chairman Sanjiv Sidhu.
SAP forms group to focus on business e-commerce
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Oracle eyes quick PeopleSoft resolution
News Oracle's Charles Phillips says the company should know fairly soon, following its appeal of a U.S. Department of Justice antitrust ruling, whether it can pursue its PeopleSoft takeover attempt.
Tags: Business applications, Antitrust
