SAP - Oracle Rivalry
Nothing is more fascinating in Business than witnessing two bitter rivals battling it out. Be it Coke Vs Pepsi , Boeing Vs Airbus , GM Vs Ford -- the Business landscape has witnessed many fierce wars.
The Latest to join the Bandwagon are SAP & Oracle. In order to fight SAP , Oracle acquired Peoplesoft ( A long bitter 18 month long saga). In January'05, SAP acquired Tomorrownow , a Texas based firm in order to attract disgruntled Peoplesoft customers. Today, both firms are fighting it out to acquire Retek Systems ( A MN based Retail end-to-end software provider). SAP last week agreed to buy Retek for $496 million and now Oracle has outbid SAP with a bid for $524 Million !
Coming close on the heels of the huge Peoplesoft acquisition , I wonder if Oracle can integrate Retek into its fold (When already a huge Oracle-Peoplesoft Integration is going on). But if there anything Larry Ellison loves , its a big fight and we can be assured plenty of it in the near future . The rivalry extends beyond the Software space when you consider SAP's Hasso Plattner & Oracle's Larry Ellison are fierce rivals in the Yachting races !
However, economists are worried that a SAP-Oracle duopoly would hurt the market.
Nothing is more fascinating in Business than witnessing two bitter rivals battling it out. Be it Coke Vs Pepsi , Boeing Vs Airbus , GM Vs Ford -- the Business landscape has witnessed many fierce wars.
The Latest to join the Bandwagon are SAP & Oracle. In order to fight SAP , Oracle acquired Peoplesoft ( A long bitter 18 month long saga). In January'05, SAP acquired Tomorrownow , a Texas based firm in order to attract disgruntled Peoplesoft customers. Today, both firms are fighting it out to acquire Retek Systems ( A MN based Retail end-to-end software provider). SAP last week agreed to buy Retek for $496 million and now Oracle has outbid SAP with a bid for $524 Million !
Coming close on the heels of the huge Peoplesoft acquisition , I wonder if Oracle can integrate Retek into its fold (When already a huge Oracle-Peoplesoft Integration is going on). But if there anything Larry Ellison loves , its a big fight and we can be assured plenty of it in the near future . The rivalry extends beyond the Software space when you consider SAP's Hasso Plattner & Oracle's Larry Ellison are fierce rivals in the Yachting races !
However, economists are worried that a SAP-Oracle duopoly would hurt the market.
posted by Cogito at
Thursday, March 10, 2005
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