Government, financial services and manufacturing are the enterprise sectors that will feel the first ripple effect of the new Oracle , according to research published this week.Analysts with IT market consultants Burton Group and IDC are pointing to some very…
Oracle may be able to start its marriage with PeopleSoft as early as Thursday with the help of a handful of PeopleSoft shareholder converts. A spokesman for Oracle said executives will issue a statement after markets close today, and noted…
PeopleSoft’s Chairman and CEO David Duffield resigned from the company on Dec. 21, just one week after PeopleSoft’s board agreed to accept Oracle’s $10.3 billion acquisition offer. According to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday, Duffield…
Now that PeopleSoft and Oracle are coming to terms, their respective support groups are starting to do the same. The International Oracle Users Group (IOUG) and Oracle Applications User Groups (OAUG) each extended an olive branch this week inviting the…
Oracle has begun laying the foundation for its eventual marriage with PeopleSoft . In a briefing with reporters, Oracle President Charles Phillips reaffirmed the company’s plans to solidify the deal before Dec. 30. The executive is expected to meet with…
In the aftermath of the PeopleSoft/Oracle merger, analysts are sifting through PeopleSoft’s past for clues that led to its eventual sale. Nearly 19 months ago, the Pleasanton, Calif.-based company was growing its large-scale contracts while gracefully expanding its Human Resource…
The greatest impact of the Oracle/PeopleSoft mergermay be its effect on other software companies — not customers, analysts say. Large and small software providers must now learn how to best deal with an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) world dominated by…
In its latest pitch to take over its rival, Oracle said it has initiated plans for a proxy fight this spring. The Redwood Shores, Calif.-based software giant said it will nominate four men for PeopleSoft’s board of directors to take…
Oracle will drop its efforts to block PeopleSoft’s defense to Oracle’s hostile takeover bid if PeopleSoft’s shareholders fail to tender a majority of their shares by Nov. 19, according to an Oracle letter sent to a Delaware court. The development…
Oracle’s latest (and apparently its last) offer of $24 per share has triggered a maelstrom of opinions — most pointing toward a complete takeover of rival PeopleSoft. Analysts are quick to point out the revised offer worth an estimated $9.2…