SAN FRANCISCO — The chief executive officers of Oracle and PeopleSoft will answer questions about the controversial hostile takeover bid before the weekend is through, officials with both companies said during court proceedings here Friday. The U.S. Department of Justice…
A handful of large and mid-tier software vendors are rumbling about what customers really want as the enterprise resource planning (ERP) sector continues to define itself. The marketplace, which includes collaborative suits such as Customer Resource Management (CRM), Human Resource…
NetSuite was providing Web-based applications when it wasn’t cool. The San Mateo, Calif.-based provider of a turnkey e-commerce, accounting, customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) package has seen the hype, the fall and slow ascension of the…
Ten minutes on the phone. That’s all it took one day in 1998 for NetSuite (formerly NetLedger) founder Evan Goldberg and Oracle founder Larry Ellison to come up with the concept for the birth of NetLedger, an online, on-demand application…
PeopleSoft shareholders selected incumbent members for the company’s board of directors in a resounding vote, formally shutting out Oracle’s attempt to place its own members on the board. A preliminary ballot count taken at the annual meeting of stockholders showed…
Small business ASP NetSuite on Thursday announced the expansion of its UK operations, expanding both its direct and channel sales programs as well as naming a vice president to oversee operations there. NetSuite’s new UK office is located on the…
PeopleSoft’s customer assurance program (CAP) could tack on an additional $1.56 billion to Oracle’s current $9.4 billion offer for the rival applications company, according to a filing with the securities and exchange commission Thursday. If the pricing devices in the…
Business software service provider NetSuite on Wednesday released NetSuite 9.5, adding advanced billing, analytics, and communications features to its on-demand Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution with integrated order management. The new features include line-item billing capabilities, customer mining and segmentation…
Oracle has vowed to “vigorously challenge” the Department of Justice’s decision to block the software maker’s attempt to purchase PeopleSoft for $9.4 billion. Because such litigation will extend beyond PeopleSoft’s annual shareholders’ meeting on March 25, Oracle said it will…
UPDATE:The Department of Justice has dealt a blow to Oracle’s $9.4 billion hostile bid to purchase rival software maker PeopleSoft , saying Thursday that it would hurt competition, stymie innovation and jack up prices in the industry. Assistant Attorney General…