UPDATED: Oracle has one less hurdle to jump in its $5.85 billion acquisition bid for rival Siebel . The European Commission (EC) said a merged Oracle/Siebel offering wouldn’t impede effective competition in its member countries and gave the purchase its…
Microsoft is moving up the time line for its release of Dynamics CRM 3.0 for English-speaking users to early December, officials said Thursday. The launch of the International English version of the CRM software means that, for some folks anyways,…
The $5.85 billion acquisition bid of CRM giant Siebel Systems by database big shot Oracle is a reunion of sorts for its two famous founders, Tom Siebel and Larry Ellison. It remains to be seen whether the two billionaires will…
Siebel Systems is throwing its weight behind Linux with the announcement it would support Novell’s SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 operating system, officials said Monday. The company made the announcement at the launch of this week’s LinuxWorld in San Francisco.…
Microsoft took the wraps off its delayed CRM software update on Tuesday to show off new capabilities for existing users and new options for small businesses. The technology preview, announced at the start of the company’s TechEd 2005 Europe show…
Hosted customer relationship management (CRM) firm Salesforce.com launched its Summer ’05 software update, which includes what officials bill the world’s first on-demand operating system. Although officials at the San Francisco company call Multiforce 1.0 an operating system, the term is…
Executives at the popular CRM vendor Siebel are trying to shake the speculation surrounding their company’s fate after announcing their second new CEO in a year. Last week the board of directors at the San Mateo, Calif., software company decided…
Officials at CRM leader Siebel Systems said their commitment to hosted software remains priority one, as shown with the Tuesday launch of CRM OnDemand 7. While the new release features a unified communications desktop and new analytics tools, the San…
Business-to-consumer (B2C) software developer Active Decisions rolled out the latest iteration of its guided selling software Monday. The Active Advisor for Handhelds is intended to give sales floor representatives instant expertise in any ware located on the showroom floors, from…
UPDATED: Siebel’s CRM software, originally aimed at small- to medium-sized businesses (SMB), is getting an upgrade, with new capabilities and functionality targeted at specific industries. CRM OnDemand 6, the San Mateo, Calif., company’s hosted software solution, now features four pre-built…
UPDATED: Siebel’s CRM software, originally aimed at small- to medium-sized businesses (SMB), is getting an upgrade, with new capabilities and functionality targeted at specific industries. CRM OnDemand 6, the San Mateo, Calif., company’s hosted software offering, now features four pre-built…
UPDATED: Executives at Siebel Systems said its competitors in the CRM space aren’t doing enough to meet the needs of small- to medium-sized businesses (SMB). So they have a plan to deliver it themselves. The San Francisco-based software company is…
Enterprise software developers Sybase and PeopleSoft rolled out applications designed to make navigating the popular BlackBerry handheld device a little bit easier for business users. The BlackBerry — a device manufactured by Research in Motion (RIM) that can download e-mail,…
CRM software maker Siebel has aspirations of becoming an integration specialist, or in its vernacular, a universal application network (UAN) provider. The company is using the systems software of others as the backbone to build its own connectors and compete…
In his keynote speech at Oracle Appsworld on Wednesday, CEO Larry Ellison talked a lot about data — an appropriate topic given that he leads one of the largest database software providers in the world. Oracle , however, hasn’t always…
Salesforce.com wants to help Nextel Communications customers pull customer relationship management (CRM) tools out of thin air — or at least off their wireless Blackberry devices. The San Francisco based software vendor is teaming with Nextel to offer Nextel subscribers…
Customer relationship management software provider Siebel Systems announced Tuesday its decision to acquire hosted telephony provider Ineto Services for approximately $5 million. Officials expect the deal to close by the end of the month. The deal fills a void in…
Making good on its promise to focus on suites of Web services and enterprise management packages such as its Unicenter line, Computer Associates has sold off its business application subsidiary for $110 million in cash. The 90 percent ownership of…
Microsoft is about to unleash an upgrade to its year-old customer relationship management (CRM) software with enhancements that tie the product even closer to other Microsoft applications. Slated to arrive after the new year, Microsoft Business Solutions CRM 1.2 is…
Investor reaction was mixed Tuesday a day after Oracle said it might have to drop its $7.3 billion hostile bid for PeopleSoft over the enterprise software company’s licensing/rebate plans. On a light trading day Tuesday due to the Veteran’s Day…
With the Tuesday release of Siebel Enterprise Analytic Platform 7.7, customers now have an easier time making the intelligent choices. Officials at Siebel Systems, Inc. , say the latest version wrings more competitive advantage for its customers, while making it…
Officials at TeaLeaf Technology, the only SAP spinoff, released RealiTea for businesses that want to track down Web site failures at the source. According to Geoff Galat, TeaLeaf vice president of product and marketing, said companies today need to focus…
For the past couple months, most of the coverage of PeopleSoft , has been about the highly-publicized attempts of arch-rival Oracle to take over the enterprise software company. But for the next few days, PeopleSoft has the chance to draw…
Officials at software giant SAP opened their 8th annual Tech Education conference in Las Vegas with the announcement two technology companies have signed up with its integration suite, NetWeaver.Siemens, the Germany-based electronics corporation, and Synopsys, an electronic design automation software…
Almost two weeks after rolling out a wireless home networking offer for business users, Verizon is going to do the same for consumer digital subscriber line (DSL) subscribers. Verizon officials will make the announcement as early as Monday, and unlike…
Calling all Bluelight.com shoppers, as of Tuesday you now have 10 MB of e-mail space in your inbox and email access from your computer, thanks to a contract announced Tuesday with Synacor, Inc. The enhanced e-mail offering is just one…
A sharp drop off in IT spending has hurt software and portal application developer BroadVision Inc. , forcing the company to cut 300 jobs and restructure, officials said Wednesday evening after the bell. Reporting first quarter 2002 results to Wall…
Officials at IBM’s global services division say they are flying through the upgrade of United Airline’s conversion to DB2 and outsourcing services, transferring one terrabyte (TB) to Big Blue’s eServer Cluster 1600 servers in the past six months. According to…
There are two significant results to Microsoft Corp’s announcement on Wednesday that it has signed up Citigroup to .Net and its Passport technology … results that signal both a compromise and the potential of huge gains for the software behemoth…
Microsoft Corp. has agreed to refund customers seeking to stop their MSN Internet access accounts and $100,000 in civil penalties, according to the Orange County District Attorney office Tuesday evening. Without admitting wrongdoing, Microsoft signed an agreement with the California…
David Nash’s case is the perfect example of the confusion created when cable companies start playing “give and take” with their Internet subscribers and not telling them about the giving or taking. Last year Nash signed up for cable Internet…