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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 same week software giants SAP and Microsoft own up to merger discussions, a new study shows how consolidation forces within the enterprise-level applications and services space are working to shrink the number of vendors. The study, released Thursday by consulting firm Bain & Company, deline...
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