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IFS To Be At Customers' (Web) Service (5 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Jul 2, 2002 Abstract : IFS invested heavily in both product development and worldwide growth infrastructure for a few years, now with that infrastructure in place, the company’s financial position has improved. This balancing of expenditures to promote global growth and improved cash flow has long been IFS’ mixed blessing conundrum. As the bigger vendors will intensify their mid-market aspirations, IFS continues to increase its marketshare worldwide, particularly in mid-market.
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Bank is First Mover in Canadian E-Commerce (3 Pages)
by D. Geller
Dec 22, 1999 Abstract : TD Bank of Canada has entered into a partnership with Commerce One to create an E-purchasing marketplace in Canada. As the first such endeavor, the bank hopes to capture both mind- and marketshare before the inevitable competitors crowd in.
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PeopleSoft Completes Acquisition of Vantive; Vantive CRM Applications Integrate with PeopleSoft and Other ERP Systems (3 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Jan 21, 2000 Abstract : On January 3, 2000 PeopleSoft Inc. announced it had completed its acquisition of The Vantive Corporation, the world's second-largest independent supplier of customer relationship management (CRM) solutions. The transaction was completed December 31, 1999 with the issuance of approximately 28 million shares of common stock and options to purchase common stock, and is anticipated to be accounted for as a pooling-of-interests. The acquisition of Vantive makes PeopleSoft the only enterprise software company offering a full suite of CRM products that integrate tightly with PeopleSoft and other major back-office applications.
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PeopleSoft - Catching Its Second Wind From The Internet Part 1: About PeopleSoft (6 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Jun 5, 2001 Abstract : PeopleSoft, once a high flyer owing to its congenial culture and slick ERP product, has invested two years and over a half billion dollars to develop a number of new, Internet-based enterprise applications that have apparently propelled it back on the enterprise applications top chart. It has now emerged with a pure Internet platform, a new set of products and a new assertive attitude that will prompt strong retaliatory actions from the competition.
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PeopleSoft Manufacturing - This Time For Sure?! (3 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Jul 17, 2000 Abstract : PeopleSoft claims that its next major release, PeopleSoft 8, which is due in a few weeks time, will allay persistent perceptions that PeopleSoft is still not a full-fledged player in manufacturing.
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PeopleSoft buys CRM specialist Vantive for $433 Million (3 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Oct 20, 1999 Abstract : Business applications vendor PeopleSoft took aim at the customer relationship management (CRM) market on October 11 as it announced plans to buy Vantive, a maker of CRM software. The stock-for-stock deal, valued at $433 million, gives PeopleSoft a comprehensive electronic-business solution designed to help companies attract, serve, retain, and analyze their customers, a PeopleSoft spokesman said.
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Battle Booty from Oracle's Victory Over PeopleSoft (4 Pages)
by Olin Thompson and P.J. Jakovljevic
May 30, 2005 Abstract : Through the PeopleSoft acquisition, Oracle hereby gains a new customer base, increased market share, expertise, immediate recurring revenue sources, and new and overlapping products. However, keeping PeopleSoft's customers will take a great deal of diplomatic customer management and savvy engineering.
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PeopleSoft Gathers Manufacturing and SCM Wherewithal Part Four: Challenges and User Recommendations (4 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Jan 28, 2004 Abstract : PeopleSoft manufacturing customers and J.D. Edwards customers in service industries should assess the vendor's product plans given these customers might benefit if PeopleSoft shares functions between the product sets.
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PeopleSoft Gathers Manufacturing and SCM Wherewithal Part Three: The Manufacturing Industry (4 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Jan 27, 2004 Abstract : Even before the mega merger, PeopleSoft had already set it sights on a bigger manufacturing presence. PeopleSoft’s acquisition of mid-to-large ERP system developer J.D. Edwards this summer, and most recently demand flow and lean manufacturing software solution from JCIT, might indicate some deep though process rather than a number of impulse initiatives from the past.
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