Industry News

09.12.05
Oracle acquires Siebel Systems for $5.85B

Although Siebel as an acquisition target was not included in Forrester Research's analysis last month, it does make sense in the wake of Oracle's other pushes in the CRM space. In the press release, Larry Ellison brags about the 4000 customers and 3.4 million users of Siebel Systems - Does it surprise anyone that it seems he may really have been after the customers and users, and not the technology? Read more at oracle.com's press release.

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