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Why Carlyle Group opted for a hosted ERP
When the Carlyle Group went to upgrade its ERP system, it would have had to hire at least six new IT pros to meet its stringent, round-the-clock requirements. Instead, it opted for a hosted solution,
Indianapolis rolls out ERP project; Forrester says ERP integration remains challenging
Despite some high-profile ERP implementation failures in local and state governments in recent years, Indianapolis and Marion County, Ind., are implementing a three-year, $16 million project to
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> Former PeopleSoft CEO Dave Duffield is set to take on SalesForce again with his newest endeavor: Workday. …
Oracle unveils content management for the masses
IBM and various smaller companies have controlled the spotlight on databases for unstructured content in recent years. Now Oracle is getting involved with the new Oracle Content Database and Oracle Records Database products. Both systems integrate with Oracle's business applications, while PeopleSoft and Siebel integrate is under construction, officials said. As with the standard database products, there will be a variety of third-party applications as well.
For more on content …
Oracle customers finally adjust to acquisition
It's been a little over a year since Oracle gobbled up PeopleSoft and it seems that users are finally feeling comfortable with the acquisition scenario. This past year, Oracle has been busy smoothing
Oracle details post-merger tech plans
Oracle said it's halfway through developing Fusion, the middleware to integrate its wide variety of recent software acquisitions. The work began a year ago after Oracle bought PeopleSoft, however, they followed that with another huge deal for Siebel Systems. Oracle will release three application upgrades this year: E-business Suite 12, PeopleSoft 9, and JD Edwards 8.12. Those versions will essentially be Fusion-ready, officials said. These are important upgrades because older versions …
Oracle cuts and pastes from PeopleSoft apps
Tomorrow, Oracle executives will give a major status report on their Fusion middleware and other PeopleSoft/Siebel et al application integration topics. Oracle has about 9,000 developers working on Fusion, which should be largely done in 2008, officials said. Much of the technology will come directly from PeopleSoft, such as training and help functions, and financial controls on the ERP side.
For more on the apps' evolution:
- see this InformationWeek …
The CRM landscape in 2006 and beyond
The enterprise CRM market changed drastically in the past 12 months thanks to Oracle, which acquired Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, and Retek. So is the new scenario "an impressive line-up of products or a nightmare collection of incompatible software?" Meanwhile, what about Microsoft, SAP, and the hosted software model? A dozen perspectives from users, vendors and more are presented here. ( Tell us what you think.)
For more on how CRM may look:
- see this InsightExec report
Oracle patches 88 holes in security update
Oracle released 33 patches for its database software as part of an overall effort of 88 fixes. Several are easy for attackers to exploit, resulting in data integrity breeches. Also, there were 14 flaws for its application server, 13 for Collaboration Suite, 22 for e-Business Suite, and just one for enterprise manager software. Another six patches came for various PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards software.
For more on the patch barrage:
- read this IDG News …
Earnings: Oracle up; 3Com, Palm slip
Analysts were lukewarm about Oracle's profit of $519 million (10 cents per share) for its first quarter, up slightly from $509 million (also 10 cents per share) last year. Revenue was up 25 percent to $2.77 billion from last year, mostly because of the major acquisitions of PeopleSoft and Retek. Also, 3Com's loss grew to $42 million (11 cents per share). Palm did slightly better than last year but still lost $18.2 million (35 cents per share). They sold plenty of Treo smartphones, …
