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…