| Oracle snaps up Hyperion for $3.3bn
Oracle announced on Thursday that it has agreed to buy Hyperion Solutions for $3.3bn, in a move to expand in the area of performance management systems. The acquisition is yet another multibillion-dollar deal in recent years for Oracle, which has shown a hunger for expanding quickly via mergers. The software maker acquired customer relationship management software maker Siebel Systems for $5.85bn last year and archrival PeopleSoft for $10.3bn in 2005. While the PeopleSoft and Siebel acquisitions had product overlap to varying degrees with Oracle's existing business, the Hyperion deal is expected to have little redundancy, Oracle executives said in a conference call with analysts. Hyperion sells business intelligence tools and financial applications to corporations.
Will Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Productively Turn Into New ...
Whom are you blaming for your selling teams lack of results with Customer Relationship Management productivity? CRM is a tool that requires skilled users for maximum results. NORFOLK, VA (PRWEB) July 26, 2006 -- Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions promised so much but gave so little, but was it the fault of the software? The most recent issue of Inside Strategic Relations, a newsletter for sales and marketing management, explains the tools are fine, it's just what your NOT doing that keeps you from moving revenues to the next level. How many of these common mistakes that keep CRM from being profitable does your company make? Not knowing what the next level is -- If you don't know where it target is, how do you expect to reach it.
HiveLive Abuzz with Enterprise Social Networking
HiveLive vaulted from stealth mode Nov. 5 to introduce LiveConnect Community Platform, a social software platform designed to help businesses build communities. An SAAS (software as a service) offering, LiveConnect lets companies set up social networks that connect customers, partners and employees through blogs, wikis and YouTube videos, as well as custom-built applications such as competitive company profiles and brainstorming sessions. "We see community as what's next in CRM [customer relationship management]," HiveLive CEO and co-founder John Kembel told eWEEK, noting that communities help companies recruit, motivate and care for customers. Typically, building communities for CRM involves tying wikis, blogs, forums, profiles and other socially oriented tools together.
Blunt warning to Turkey from Rehn
Rehn also said Turkey needed to press ahead with reforms and to do more to ensure human rights and freedom of speech are respected not only in law but in real life. Problems Gul said his government was continuing its reforms and trying to improve democracy but conceded there were "some problems in implementation". Nicosia appeared fully satisfied with Rehns remarks. House president Demetris Christofias, back from a visit to Austria, said he was happy that the EU Commissioner had reminded Turkey of its obligations. "Mr Rehn put it very correctly that if Turkey does not fulfil its commitments , there is the danger of a veto being used," Christofias added. Turkey whitewashed again By Alex Efthyvoulos THE blatant and continuing gross violation of human rights by Turkey as the occupying power of north Cyprus has once again been whitewashed by the latest annual US State Department Human Rights reports dealing with the situation both on the island and in Turkey.
Using Corporate Social Networking to Rev Up Revenue
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Dominion Enterprises Acquires AVV, Inc. Assets
NORFOLK, Va. --(Business Wire)-- Dominion Enterprises, a leading marketing services company, announced today that it has acquired substantially all the assets of AVV, Inc., the company that developed the automotive retail industry's top Internet Lead Management (ILM) software, Web Control(R). The purchase price for the acquisition was $22.75 million.
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Circuit City Stores, Inc. Names John T. Harlow Executive Vice ...
During his tenure, Harlow was a leader of the operational restructuring and implementation efforts that delivered improved profitability while transforming the company's corporate and field operating model. Prior to joining A&P, Harlow was corporate vice president - administration for Toys "R" Us, Inc., where he was a leader in developing and implementing customer experience, operating model and labor management initiatives. Harlow's career also includes a senior operating position with Genovese Drug Stores, Inc. and six years of consulting experience with Andersen Worldwide. "John's valuable retail experience and specific insights into Circuit City's business will enable him to act effectively to generate improved performance at Circuit City," said Philip J.
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