Oracle's latest coup: SiebelOracle's latest coup: Siebel

摘要

The questions raised about Oracle Corp.'s $5.85 billion acquisition of CRM giant Siebel Systems Inc. last week won't have any answers soon, say users and analysts. Oracle has ongoing acquisition integration work to maintain―if s acquired nine companies in as many months―and its in the throes of Project Fusion, a combination of its own software and acquired applications into a single suite. "This does come to the heart of [Oracle's] challenges," said Debra Domeyer, chief technology officer of Carsdirect.com, in Culver City, Calif. "How do they take all these different pieces they've gotten and ... at some point, they have to throw some of this out. I don't think it's going to be Siebel, so I'm OK, but there's going to be some bloodshed somewhere."