Users Worry That Oracle Is Getting Greedy

摘要

Oracle Corp.'s move last week to buy CRM software rival Siebel Systems Inc. accelerates its transition from a build-it-here vendor to one that's relying on acquisitions to expand its applications business. But the deal left some users wondering whether Oracle is taking on more companies than it can handle. Oracle already is integrating four other application vendors that it bought earlier this vear, including PeopleSoft Inc. and Retek Inc. Now it must also get its arms around Siebel, which brings an exten-sive software portfo-lio, 3.4 million end users, $1.3 billion in annual revenue and 5,000 employees.