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Microsoft’s Pain, Cloud’s Gain?

No. 1 software company plans up to 5,000 layoffs, posts 11% decline in net income; Ballmer says Yahoo deal still appealing.
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Profiting on the Pain

Adaptive Planning, an enterprise budgeting and forecasting company, rolls out Recession Survival Kit software.
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LinkedIn Connects to a ‘Strategic’ $22.7M

SAP, Goldman Sachs, McGraw-Hill join Bessemer in extension of June’s $53M D round.
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Security, Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Iovation Secures $15M

SAP and Intel become the latest to place bets on the online security market, as the sector continues to fragment into increasingly narrow specialties.
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Computers, Communications, Internet

TechSpin: Are Google and Microsoft Strategies Sound?

Google is edging into applications. Microsoft wants more search power. Whatever happened to playing to your strengths?
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Endeca Gets $15M Embrace From Intel, SAP

Enterprise search rival of Autonomy and Fast sees investment as a way to forge technology and business ties to semiconductor and business software giants.
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Oracle Snatches BEA for $8.5B

BEA's patience pays off as Larry Ellison's business software giant hikes bid from original $6.7 billion offer.
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IBM: Cognos for $5 Billion

Big Blue agrees to acquire Cognos for $5 billion, gobbling up the last major independent maker of business intelligence software.
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Oracle Bid for BEA: Trouble for SAP, Windfall for Icahn

A $6.6 billion offer would create competitive edge against German rival; corporate raider’s stake worth north of $880 million.
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General news, Security, Finance

Oracle Grabs LogicalApps

Governance and compliance startup, backed by Sequoia and Mission, will give the business software titan more firepower in the battle against German software maker SAP.
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Computers, Internet

SAP to Unveil Web Software

German group to launch line of business management programs delivered over the Internet, becoming the first major software company to make a big bet on software as a service.
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Computers

Oracle Buys Hyperion for $3.3B

Software giant acquires enterprise performance management vendor to improve business intelligence and beat SAP.
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Computers

SAP’s Growth Disappoints

Effort to serve medium-size companies could cause software giant’s margins to fall.
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Computers

SAP Disappoints Investors

Quarterly results point to broader slowdown in software sales.
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Computers

SAP Keen To Keep Kagermann

Nevertheless, succession plan at German software company remains closely watched.
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Computers

Dexterra to Snag Cash and CFO

Former Siebel finance chief joins mobile software group.
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Computers

Time for a Change at SAP?

While earnings grow, company should consider larger acquisitions, analysts say.
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Computers

U of Oracle: School for Startups

The business software giant remains a breeding ground for top talent who go on to create successful ventures.
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Finance

What Does Gates Really Want?

Experts say people and ideas are the keys to profitable tech acquisition exits.
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Computers

Oracle's Spree Pays Off

CEO Larry Ellison's acquisitions binge leads to strong earnings. Shares surge.
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