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CA Inc. (CA) Chief Executive Mike Gregoire wants his company's name to ring out in Silicon Valley--a place he'll paradoxically see less often as he settles into his role as the head of the New York-based software provider.Roughly three months after taking the helm at CA, Mr. Gregoire said the company plans to consolidate its California office space in Redwood City, Sunnyvale, Campbell and South San Francisco this summer into a much bigger building complex in Santa Clara, at the heart of Silicon Valley. Its work force in the area, now numbering less than 400, will expand to more than 500 in the coming months.Mr. Gregoire, meanwhile, expects to spend most of his time in New York--where he said it's easiest for customers to meet executives--though raising the company's profile in California remains a top priority."Every technology has a grounding effect" on talent, the 47-year-old executive said in a phone interview. "It would be hard for us to ignore that the Valley has a lot of that. I ...
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FBN’s Diane Macedo breaks down the stories moving the markets.
Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) scooped up human-resources software maker Taleo (NASDAQ:TLEO) on Thursday in a $1.9 billion transaction that underscores the growing demand for ...
Oracle Corp. said on Thursday that it is buying Taleo Corp. for $1.9 billion, or $46 a share. The price is an 18% premium to Taleo's Wednesday closing price.Copyrigh...
SAP's $3.4 billion takeover of SuccessFactors will help it keep up with peers in the frenzied race for cloud-computing business, even if the price it paid is very hi...
Mike Gregoire CEO of Taleo on how his HR programs are helping companies grow during the recession.
Oracle Corp. (ORCL) should examine the message it's getting, rather than blaming the messengers in its sales force, analysts say.The Redwood Shores, Calif., software...
CA Inc.'s (CA) fiscal third-quarter earnings fell 4.6% as the business-software maker posted weaker sales across its three units."We know there is room for improveme...
Oracle Corp. (ORCL) agreed to acquire software company Eloqua Inc. (ELOQ) for approximately $810 million, as the company continues to bolster its cloud-based and mar...
CA Technologies said Wednesday afternoon that Michael Gregoire has been named to the post of CEO, effective Jan. 7, to succeed the retiring chief William McCracken. ...
International Business Machines Corp. agreed to acquire Kenexa Corp. for approximately $1.3 billion in cash as the technology giant continues to beef up its arsenal ...
Oracle Corp. (ORCL) agreed to acquire cloud-based, social-marketing and engagement platform Vitrue as the business-software company continues to bulk up its web-base...
Oracle Corp. (ORCL) agreed to acquire ClearTrial LLC, a provider of cloud-based software to biopharmaceutical and medical-device companies, as the technology giant c...
