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    Infosys offers multi-function human resource solutions  Nov 7, 2009
    Built on Oracle's PeopleSoft enterprise human capital management suite, the offering will help companies streamline their HR operations and reduce costs, as it includes hire-to-retire processes and functions such as HR administration, payroll and talent management. "Clients can take advantage of the scalable IT infrastructure to achieve economies of scale, best practices and variable cost models," Infosys vice-president Anantha Radhakrishnan said. (India Times)

    The Clinton Foundation's donors  Nov 4, 2009
    2008 Elections - Salon. Follow News & Politics. (Salon)

    SAP Software: No Global Upturn Yet  Oct 29, 2009
    He rejected suggestions that archrival Oracle () has been able to exploit the downturn to gain market share vs. SAP. The U.S. company has spent $30 billion in the past half-decade acquiring almost 60 companies, including PeopleSoft and Siebel Systems. But Oracle has struggled to integrate the acquisitions into a new platform known as Fusion, which CEO will be available in 2010. (BusinessWeek)

    Georgia ignores ethics rule  Oct 25, 2009
    The saleswoman later earned $450,000 in commissions after the state bought $40 million in software from Oracle and PeopleSoft Inc.. The Ethics Commission fined each company $2,000 in 1999 for failing to disclose gifts to Roach. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)

    Accounts Receivable Clerk  Oct 24, 2009
    Job Requirements Peoplesoft or large ERP system such as Oracle or SAP strongly desired, experience in large volume full process accounts payable within a manufacturing setting. By Clicking 'Apply Now' you are agreeing to Robert Half. (Florida Today)

    Sun Microsystems cutting 3K jobs  Oct 21, 2009
    It cut loose 5,000 employees after its 2005 takeover of PeopleSoft. The next year, it laid off 2,000 workers after buying Siebel Systems. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)

    Oracle bangs the integration drum  Oct 20, 2009
    One example was how Oracles Hyperion budget planning app has been connected with its PeopleSoft financial applications. Another demonstration showed Oracles Primavera project and portfolio management application linked to the companys e-Business Suite and JD Edwards ERP (enterprise resource planning) software to allow a projects financial and accounting data to be shared between Primavera and the ERP systems. (The Star Online, Malaysia)

    Oracle re-energises with Fusion Apps  Oct 20, 2009
    Acknowledging that its customers have already made large investments in its Siebel, eBusiness Suite, JD Edwards, and PeopleSoft apps, Ellison said that Oracle will continue to develop those existing apps for the next 10 years and beyond. We can afford to not only maintain the software youre running today but can also build the software you want to move to tomorrow, whether its tomorrow, next year, five years or 10 years from now, he said. (The Star Online, Malaysia)

    Oracle's Ellison Previews Fusion Amid Star Power  Oct 16, 2009
    "We understand that our customers have an enormous investments in Siebel, eBusiness Suite, J.D. Edwards, and Peoplesoft. We will continue to engineer those apps for the next decade and beyond. We're absolutely committed to doing that," he said, drawing applause. "We can afford to not only maintain the software you're running today but can also build the software you want to move to tomorrow, whether it's tomorrow, next year, five years or 10 years from now, so you have a choice to stay with what... (SmallBusinessComputing)

    Oracle's Ellison: Fusion Will Dawn in 2010  Oct 15, 2009
    For the next 10 years, he said, Oracle will continue to develop and enhance older software from PeopleSoft, Siebel Systems, and other brands of the almost 60 companies it has acquired for $30 billion in the past half-decade ... Kris Kutchera, vice-president for information technology at Alaska Air Group () which runs Oracle's databases, PeopleSoft HR systems, Siebel customer management software, and Hyperion data analysis tools was briefed on the software about a year ago. (BusinessWeek)

    Jeffrey Hernandez and Art Johnson live interview at 9:30 a.m.  Oct 15, 2009
    Why did the superintendent, after expierencing the failure in the roll-out of PeopleSoft, turn around and do the same thing in the roll-out with Hernandez s program. Quickly implemented, poorly constructed, and more importantly lousy, lousy communication. (The Palm Beach Post)

    Fujitsu and Sun Microsystems Boost SPARC Enterprise Servers with New SPARC64 Processors; Enhanced Server Line with Faster SPARC64 Processors Sets Four New World Records, Delivers Best Investment Protection on the Market  Oct 13, 2009
    Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise Payroll 9 ... The PeopleSoft Enterprise 9 ... The application calculates gross to net earnings, deductions and taxes, and is fully integrated with other Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise products, allowing for coordination of a wide range of salary, reward, and expense payments. (JCN Network, Japan)

    Full Story »  Oct 8, 2009
    A Certified Oracle Partner, Denovo's roots date back to the mid-1990s as an early PeopleSoft and JD Edwards integration partner ... Trust the Proven Solution PeopleSoft. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)

    Denovo Chooses Absolute Performance for JD Edwards Application Monitoring and Management  Oct 8, 2009
    A Certified Oracle Partner, Denovo's roots date back to the mid-1990s as an early PeopleSoft and JD Edwards integration partner. Added to this wealth of experience gained over the 400+ ERP projects successfully completed, is a focus on Oracle's EDGE applications that extend the core ERP functions to create an integrated system of functionality addressing the needs of the entire enterprise. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)

    Barron's sees threat to Oracle, SAP  Sep 30, 2009
    It added that Rimini now provides third-party maintenance and support for Siebel, PeopleSoft and JD Edwards business software, all of which were acquired by Oracle in recent years. Text. (India Times, India)

    Users benefit from SAP, Oracle battle:  Sep 25, 2009
    Just a day after Oracle Corp. launched an ambitious project to combine PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards technologies with its application suite, SAP executives went on the offensive with a plan of their own to lure those customers away from Oracle and onto a complete SAP technology stack ... As Oracle keeps nipping at SAP's heels, and SAP tries to bite back, analysts and users agree that the dogfight between the two companies is placing PeopleSoft and JDE users in a perfect bargaining position ...... (SearchCRM.com)

    City overpaid employee overtime, audit finds  Sep 19, 2009
    The software, called PeopleSoft, was incorrectly programmed at the time, Usera said. "By having the formula wrong, all the numbers spit out wrong," she said. (Anchorage Daily News)

    Moving legacy applications to the Amazon cloud  Sep 18, 2009
    Converting PeopleSoft or Siebel applications is one possibility. "We take legacy systems and move them into the cloud," Yaskin says. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)

    Oracle Falls After First-Quarter Database Sales Miss Analysts' Estimates  Sep 17, 2009
    3 billion takeover of PeopleSoft Inc. The buying spree helped Oracle more than double sales to $23. 5 billion in the year ended in May. (Bloomberg -- US)

    Identity management a complex process with a simple goal  Sep 12, 2009
    For example, when the Agriculture Department needed to implement HSPD-12, it used the department's PeopleSoft EmpowHR system as the authoritative starting point for employment status and then expanded it to cover contractors and state and local government employees who also needed access. Procurement employees know what vendors should be included. (FCW.com)

    Lax security compromised staff data  Sep 10, 2009
    The State Accounting Office manages the human resources systems for 185 state agencies and colleges through the PeopleSoft Financials and PeopleSoft Human Capital Management programs. Those systems provide accounting, purchasing, labor distribution, asset management, human resources, personnel administration and payroll processes to the majority of state government. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)

    Owyang, Wang join Charlene Li at Altimeter  Aug 28, 2009
    He has worked at PeopleSoft, Oracle, Personify, Deloitte and Ernst & Young. Reader Comments. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)

    Prop. 8 case lands in veteran jurist's court  Aug 17, 2009
    Oracle and PeopleSoft. He rejected arguments by Justice Department antitrust lawyers in 2004 and approved Oracle Corp.'s bid to take over a smaller software company, PeopleSoft. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Get Personal with Your Audience  Aug 13, 2009
    Workday was started by Peoplesoft founder, David Duffield. (Oracle () has bought Peoplesoft). (BusinessWeek)

    Magic Software to Present on Web 2.0 Address Book Integration at the 2009 Quest West Conference  Aug 11, 2009
    The conference will highlight issues and priorities of the Oracle user community, including PeopleSoft, J.D. Edwards, Oracle Utilities and the ecosystem, as well as specific vertical industries such as public sector, utilities, distribution, manufacturing and more. Address Book Integration Resources. (PR Newswire)

    Palm Beach County school district concedes major failings, says 70 percent of teachers ineffective  Aug 5, 2009
    Johnson's legacy is going to be this sad end time (PeopleSoft millions wasted, and importing MDPS to our district)-rather than the real good he did in the first 20 years of his career. By Bogus Numbers. (The Palm Beach Post)

    Defections Batter Sun Microsystems  Aug 4, 2009
    "They are all quite concerned. When Oracle bought Siebel and PeopleSoft, they increased the maintenance licenses by 25 percent per year. With BEA, licenses went up 45 percent. So they are looking at OPEX going up just to keep what they had," he said. A Sun spokesperson told InternetNews. (SmallBusinessComputing)

    City accounting system set to crash  Jul 8, 2009
    The city's PeopleSoft system, installed in the mid-1990s, has had problems for a decade and is now totally obsolete, said Mr. Lamb. It hasn't been updated in many years, there is no longer any vendor support for it and most of the city employees who knew how to fix it have left, he said. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    Accounts Payable Analyst ? 3-6 month temporary assignment  Jul 2, 2009
    PeopleSoft knowledge preferred. Experience in a team environment. (Florida Today)

    LBi Software Engineering Announces General Dynamics Selects CaseManager for Help Desk Management  Jun 29, 2009
    CaseManager seamlessly integrates with leading HCM/HR enterprise software packages like Oracle, PeopleSoft, and JD Edwards to give CSRs a holistic view of employee information -- so they can provide the accurate, timely and consistent answers that employees need, with the fast response they expect ... g. Oracle, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards). (PR Newswire)

    IBM's Revenge on Sun and Microsoft's Brush with Reality  Jun 19, 2009
    However, this merger is not an acquisition of a company like PeopleSoft that is close to Oracle's core competence. It s the acquisition of Sun, a company that got caught in a transition between hardware and software, was clearly failing, and isn't close at all to Oracle's core competence. (Datamation)

    Editorial: Orientation could better use campus resources  Jun 16, 2009
    That's why we found ourselves stuck learning how to use NetIDs, Peoplesoft and register for courses. The next step of orientation is Husky WOW, which is the first weekend of school. (The Daily Campus, CT)

    Home Stretch for Bay Area's Team Bike Challenge  May 29, 2009
    Alameda - Ptown-Bikers (416 points) Contra Costa - PeopleSoft Pedal Pushers (379 points) Marin - Full Tilt (536 points) Napa - The Glassy Wheeled Sharpscooters (401 points) San Francisco - GeoEx Varsity (330 points) San Mateo - BIOTECH (383 points) Santa Clara - Bone on Bone (423 points) Solano - Quadsafire (430 points) Sonoma - Team Tour De Turtle (522 points). In all, a record 521 teams signed up for the annual Bay Area-wide contest, in which groups of friends, coworkers and neighbors band... (PR Newswire)

    Several Bush officials work in areas related to former jobs  May 20, 2009
    In 2004, the Justice Department brought an antitrust case against Oracle over its hostile takeover of rival PeopleSoft. Oracle prevailed in court, and hired Ashcroft's firm to lobby on anti-trust issues the following year. (USA Today -- News)

    Tidal to Simplify Management of Web Application Performance  May 15, 2009
    Tidal makes applications such as SAP, PeopleSoft, and Oracle E-business Suite more efficient, reliable, and secure to return greater business value. Tidal also gives IT deep visibility into and precise control over new SOA-based composite solutions consisting of packaged applications and custom components in Microsoft. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)

    Deltek Selects Informatica to Archive Costpoint Financial Systems  May 13, 2009
    The solutions are optimized for use with applications from vendors including Oracle, SAP, PeopleSoft, Siebel and Deltek as well as custom and third-party applications. These offerings manage the data lifecycle by helping IT align the business value of information with the most appropriate and cost effective IT infrastructure to manage it. (Primezone Releases)

    Oracle Unveils New Business Intelligence Tools  May 7, 2009
    Oracle Project Analytics is a new component of Oracle BI Applications that integrates with project management features of Oracle's E-Business Suite and Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise. It also works with legacy systems through what the company calls "Universal Adapters.". (Datamation)

    Venture Capital Watch  May 1, 2009
    Workday in Pleasanton raised $75 million in Series E funding from New Enterprise Associates, Greylock Partners and co-founder Dave Duffield, who also founded PeopleSoft. Workday makes human resources and financial software and also hired a new vice president of marketing, Clark Newby. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)

    Why Now is the Perfect Time for ITIL  Apr 30, 2009
    CIOUpdate columnist Hank Marquis of Global Knowledge (CIO Information Network)

    Are All These Mergers Good News for the Economy?  Apr 28, 2009
    In the last four years, Oracle has purchased at least four dozen companies, including PeopleSoft and Siebel Systems, Silicon Valley high-fliers that had been laid low. Now Ellison is presenting an encore with Sun Microsystems. (Slate)

    Sun Being Acquired by Oracle  Apr 28, 2009
    On a conference call announcing the deal this morning, Oracle president Safra Catz was bullish saying that it would provide a greater per-share contribution than Oracle's acquisitions of BEA, PeopleSoft and Siebel combined. Sun certainly brings valuable assets to the table: open source products such as MySQL, the Solaris OS, and the Java language that gives Sun its NASDAQ stock symbol, as well as its core hardware business. (CIO Information Network)

    Billing system converts to full digital  Apr 4, 2009
    Students will be able to access their e-bills via the PeopleSoft system's "Student Center" page ... E-bills can be paid either online through PeopleSoft or by mail. (The Daily Campus, CT)

    Unemployed network, find support at weekly meetings  Apr 2, 2009
    We re not here to be the one to find you job leads, said Claire Mullins, the group s moderator, who herself is searching for employment as a PeopleSoft Business Analyst. The purpose is to find networking opportunities. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)

    MAXIMO Sr Sys Engr  Mar 28, 2009
    Applications: Client/Server fully integrated finance applications, i.e. Oracle Financials, Peoplesoft, Lawson, JD Edwards, etc OR: Client/Server fully integrated maintenance management applications, i.e. Datastream MP2, SPAN FM, Marcam, JB Systems OR: Peoplesoft HRIS, or ADP HRizons RDBMS: Oracle OS: MS WinXP, MS-NT Server, HP-UX Server (Unix), CITRIX WinFr / gj-hh. For your privacy and protection, when applying to a job online: Never give your social security number to a prospective employer,... (Florida Today)

    Software Satisfaction Awards 2009 - A form guide to accounting & finance contenders  Mar 24, 2009
    Software Satisfaction Awards 2009 - A form guide to accounting ce contenders. The accountancy software market is gearing up for some David v Goliath conflicts across a wide range of professional applications. (Accounting Web, UK)

    Plan your classes responsibly to fit time constraints  Mar 24, 2009
    And as good as Peoplesoft has gotten - it's almost workable now - it still lacks a personal class shopper to go with the enrollment cart. Just don't forget to look at classes on your own before advisor meetings. (The Daily Campus, CT)

    Secure-24 Joins Wayne County to Expand Technology Infrastructure, Create Jobs and Attract New Business to the Region  Mar 20, 2009
    Secure-24 is also a certified Oracle Partner for hosting Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) solutions such as Oracle e-Business Suite, JD Edwards, Siebel, PeopleSoft, and Hyperion. As a VMware Hosting Provider, Secure-24 offers sever consolidation and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI.). (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)

    Knowledge Infusion Celebrates One Year, 25 shows, and 12,000 listeners of The Bill Kutik Radio Show  Mar 16, 2009
    Notable guests have included: John Boudreau, Professor and Research Director at USC Marshall School of Business; Peter Cappelli, Professor of Management at The Wharton School; Jim Holincheck, Managing Vice President at Gartner; Naomi Lee Bloom, Managing Partner, Bloom ce; Dave Duffield, Founder of Workday and PeopleSoft; as well as leaders from IBM, Intuit, Oracle, SAP, Clorox, AAA, Capital One, and Hewlett Packard. Replays of all past shows are available free on the or through. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)

    Cisco Maps Out New Plan for Managing Networks  Mar 14, 2009
    Prior to that, he was an executive at PeopleSoft ... "Coming from Oracle and PeopleSoft and having the application angle, I can certainly appreciate all the additional stuff that needs to be done," Andersen said. (SmallBusinessComputing)

    Oracle Sourcing Goes SaaS  Mar 12, 2009
    The company's already moved a slew of its apps to the SaaS model, including its full e-business suite, as well as and its Siebel, PeopleSoft and JD Edwards offerings. LATEST NEWS. (SmallBusinessComputing)

    Tidal Software Forges Development Agreement with SAP to Integrate Tidal Intelligent Automation Platform with SAP Solution Manager  Mar 10, 2009
    Tidal's solutions support applications from vendors such as SAP, PeopleSoft, and Oracle, helping make them more efficient, reliable, and secure to return greater business value to customers. Tidal also gives IT deep visibility into and precise control over new SOA-based composite solutions consisting of packaged applications and custom components in Microsoft. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)

    Online gambling firm in talks with rival  Mar 9, 2009
    Thursday 28 December 2006 14. PartyGaming today confirmed it is in talks with smaller rival Empire Online (EOL), as reported exclusively by the Guardian. (Yahoo News -- Gambling & Lottery)

    > The Pitch: Compass provides new direction for life coaches  Mar 5, 2009
    com to PeopleSoft Corp. (now Oracle Corp.) in 2000 ... Jay Fulcher is a technology executive who has worked at Agile, PeopleSoft, SAP, and MSA.. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)

    Japan wants yen to be the anchor of Asia  Mar 2, 2009
    Monday 8 December 2003 02. Plans for the yen to become the anchor in a new Asian currency area are being floated by Japan as Tokyo challenges China for leadership of the world's most dynamic economic zone. (Yahoo News -- Asian Economy)

    US giant puts up $5m to trap hackers  Mar 1, 2009
    Thursday 6 November 2003. The FBI and Microsoft combined forces yesterday against the shadowy teenage world of the computer hacker by offering $500,000 (300,000) bounties for information on the creators of MSBlast and SoBig viruses. (Yahoo News -- Computer Viruses & Worms)

    Microsoft Article: New Date Data Types with SQL Server 2008  Feb 21, 2009
    Business intelligence (BI) and performance management (PM) solutions based on the Microsoft platform help to solidify Microsoft SQL Server as one of the database platforms of choice for PeopleSoft, while still influencing executive users of BI and PM solutions as to the value of Microsoft. This free e-book from Microsoft Press covers the major new features in SQL Server 2008, including security, administration, and performance. (IntranetJournal)

    Bowman: Quinn could bring good news for ISU campus funding  Feb 21, 2009
    -based CedarCrestone as consultant for implementing the universitys new PeopleSoft payroll system ... In a related matter, trustees also approved spending no more than $810,000 initially to purchase a campuswide software license from Oracle, the maker of the PeopleSoft system. (The Pantagraph newspaper)

    Peaches Geldof: a life in tattoos  Feb 17, 2009
    preferred qualifications: * higher education experience * peoplesoft experience * cpa or cia certification. nd. (guardian.co.uk)

    4 Key Trends in ERP  Feb 10, 2009
    CIO Update columnist Dan Cobb of in Part I of this two-part series (CIO Information Network)

    Socialtext Cranks Up Social Networks for Corporate Alums  Feb 8, 2009
    In 2005, PeopleSoft employees experienced some massive layoffs when they were acquired by Oracle. Prior to this, Steve Tennant, Founder and President of the PeopleSoft Alumni Network and owner of Tennant Consulting had been using a variety of online tools (LinkedIn groups, online social networking (through a company which became a dot com casualty), and Yahoo Groups to organize grassroots efforts to help connect previous PeopleSoft employees. (IntranetJournal)

    Oracle Patches 41 flaws in First 2009 Update  Feb 8, 2009
    The PeopleSoft and JDEdwards Suites get 6 fixes and Oracle Enterprise Manager gets tagged with one fix. Rounding out the January CPU are five security fixes for Oracle's BEA products all of which are remotely exploitable without authentication. (eSecurityPlanet)

    Soaring dunk starts Maginn  Feb 7, 2009
    PEOPLESOFT SYSTEMS ANALYST New York. Center in Catskill, NY is seeking: G.. (Albany Times Union)

    State holds unclaimed funds for Madoff  Feb 7, 2009
    PEOPLESOFT SYSTEMS ANALYST New York. ambitious ground men. (Albany Times Union)

    Read about a previous case  Feb 7, 2009
    PEOPLESOFT SYSTEMS ANALYST New York. Group Seeks: Maintenance Chief. (Albany Times Union)

    Jennings plays role as the answer man  Feb 7, 2009
    PEOPLESOFT SYSTEMS ANALYST New York. Health care. (Albany Times Union)

    Man reported for loud music accused of threats  Feb 7, 2009
    PEOPLESOFT SYSTEMS ANALYST New York. RESURRECTION HEALTH CARE For all of. (Albany Times Union)

    A robotic revolution at war  Feb 7, 2009
    PEOPLESOFT SYSTEMS ANALYST New York. Receptionist/Stock Clerk We are loo. (Albany Times Union)


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