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Oracle has reached an agreement to buy Skywire, a firm that makes software for the insurance business, as the database and applications giant continues to build out its menu of industry-specific tools. The purchase of Skywire marks the second consecutive acquisition in the insurance space for the vo...

The vast majority of doctors aren't taking advantage of electronic medical records, with many citing the cost of adoption as a significant impediment, according to a new study that also suggests the tipping point toward broader adoption may be on the horizon. Just 17 percent of U.S. doctors have acc...

After two weeks of rebuffing offers from Oracle to buy it for $17 per share, BEA Systems said Thursday it will consider a takeover bid that values it at $21 per share. The move came two days after Oracle tried to turn up the heat on BEA's board by setting a deadline of this Sunday for it to accept i...

Hoping to turn up the heat on BEA's board of directors, Oracle on Tuesday set a deadline for the company to accept its $6.7 billion buyout offer. In a letter to BEA's board, Oracle said its current offer of $17 per share in cash would expire at 5 p.m. on Oct. 28. Oracle said the board has rejected i...

Wells Fargo has fixed a computer problem that left many of its Web banking customers unable to access their accounts over the weekend. The problems were first discovered Sunday afternoon, and the bank said all services had been restored as of early Tuesday, though some information was expected to ta...

Ending weeks of speculation, Salesforce.com has unveiled an expanded partnership with Google that will start by combining the on-demand software firm's Web-based CRM product with Google AdWords. The two companies, which have been linked in rumors for weeks, launched the product Tuesday in 43 countri...

Continuing its lengthy acquisition spree, Oracle said it would buy Sweden-based HotSip, a provider of communications applications that work on Internet-protocol networks. HotSip makes applications that work with the dominant Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) standard and enable IP telephony, presenc...

With the dust still settling from Oracle's US$5.85 billion purchase of Siebel Systems, SAP is taking a run at Siebel customers, hoping to capitalize on what it calls "uncertainties" about the future of Siebel after Oracle takes control. But Siebel is going on an offensive of its own, telling custome...

With the dust still settling from Oracle's US$5.85 billion purchase of Siebel Systems, SAP is taking a run at Siebel customers, hoping to capitalize on what it calls "uncertainties" about the future of Siebel after Oracle takes control. But Siebel is going on an offensive of its own, telling custome...

Hoping to appeal to smaller businesses and fend off competition from open-source rivals, Oracle plans to release a free version of its database software. The company has not made it official yet, but the expectation is that by week's end, Oracle will announce that Oracle 10g Express Edition (Oracle ...

With the dust still settling from Oracle's US$5.85 billion purchase of Siebel Systems, SAP is taking a run at Siebel customers, hoping to capitalize on what it calls "uncertainties" about the future of Siebel after Oracle takes control. But Siebel is going on an offensive of its own, telling custome...

Continuing an acquisition spree that began with the controversial takeover of PeopleSoft and has included a number of smaller companies since, Oracle has agreed to buy Siebel Systems in a deal worth US$5.8 billion. Oracle said the deal would make it the world's top vendor of customer relationship ma...

Hoping to expand its customer base while also enhancing the so-called front office services it already provides, Siebel Systems said it will buy e-billing service provider eDocs in a deal worth US$115 million. Siebel will take control of Natick, Massachusetts-based eDoc's 180 employees and gain acce...

The former chief of sales at IBM has taken the reins at CRM software maker Siebel Systems as the company's founder, Tom Siebel, stepped aside amid pressure from anxious shareholders. Mike Lawrie, who previously served as head of sales and distribution at Big Blue, where he worked for more than 25 ye...

The state of Ohio is suing software maker PeopleSoft, seeking up to $510 million in damages and costs because of what it calls a faulty installation of the company's enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications at Cleveland State University. The lawsuit charges PeopleSoft with breach of contract ...