Tuesday, October 03, 2006
From soup to nuts, PeopleSoft to Sigma, a rundown of Oracle's acquisitions
From soup to nuts, PeopleSoft to Sigma, a rundown of Oracle's acquisitions: "In June 2003, Oracle launched its takeover bid for PeopleSoft Inc., just days after PeopleSoft itself had entered a merger agreement with J.D. Edwards. Three years later, Oracle had fended off PeopleSoft's board of directors and the U.S. Department of Justice, and gone on to buy 20 companies as part of a massive acquisition spree aimed at overtaking SAP as the leader in enterprise business applications. What follows is a timeline of every transaction, beginning with the close of the PeopleSoft deal. "
