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Oracle Further Orchestrates Its SOA Forays Part One: Event Summary ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Yet, Oracle persevered and overcame several hurdles to acquire PeopleSoft and the court trial subsequently resulted with a favorable ruling for Oracle by the ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2005/03/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_03_14_05_1.asp - 18k - 2005-03-14 Summary: Although its service-oriented architecture-based platform and enterprise solutions will not likely be 'all things to all people' any time soon, Oracle might be showing its ability to further develop its own enterprise infrastructure and applications via a blitz acquisition of a Collaxa, a small and focus

Case Study: Community College Embarks on Financial Reporting ...

by Lyndsay Wise ... organization-wide implementation of PeopleSoft for ERP, the NSCC controller's office decided to implement a new reporting tool as well, and a trial version of ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2006/12/research_notes/EN_BA_LW_12_08_06_1.asp - 15k - 2006-12-08 Summary: The Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) implemented Business Objects to create a financial reporting system that would run in real time, as opposed to taking weeks to generate reports. However, the NSCC environment presented its own unique set of challenges.

Battle Booty from Oracle's Victory Over PeopleSoft

by Olin Thompson and P.J. Jakovljevic ... has revealed other choices for consolation during its 2004 antitrust trial at the US ... Given the breadth of the PeopleSoft merger, however, Oracle has its hands ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2005/05/research_notes/TN_ER_XOT_05_30_05_1.asp - 19k - 2005-05-30 Summary: 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.

While Oracle and PeopleSoft Are to Fuse, Competitors Ruse--Leaving ...

by Olin Thompson and P.J. Jakovljevic ... However, through testimonies from both parties, the trial revealed that many ... Department's claims, thus clearing the way for Oracle to pursue PeopleSoft. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2005/05/research_notes/TN_ER_XOT_05_20_05_1.asp - 29k - 2005-05-20 Summary: The recent merger of Oracle and PeopleSoft requires, among many other things, finding a perfect balance between cultivating the install base versus the zeal for snagging brand new customers.

Competition Heats Up in ERP Market: Oracle Merger, and SAP and ...

by Olin Thompson and P.J. Jakovljevic ... existing PeopleSoft and Oracle customers to switch. In this regard, at least, Oracle can feel vindicated that its claim, made during the antitrust trial, that ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2005/05/research_notes/TN_ER_XOT_05_21_05_1.asp - 20k - 2005-05-21 Summary: Although Oracle's product roadmap is beginning to take shape it does not include active marketing of the PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards product lines. As a result of these products being seen as dead ends, many competitors have been scrambling to offer all sorts of incentives to switch to the still disconce

Enterprise Software Migration Alert: Is SAP the Alternative?

by Olin Thompson and P.J. Jakovljevic ... trial (US Department of Justice versus Oracle Corporation) that competition and product innovation would not suffer from its acquisition of PeopleSoft, ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2005/06/research_notes/TN_ER_XOT_06_01_05_1.asp - 22k - 2005-06-01 Summary: SAP may benefit the most during Oracle's merger transition. Unlike most migration programs, SAP is offering to be responsible for maintaining the competitions implementation, as users transition to SAP alternatives, offering the stability that some will likely crave.

How to Cope When Your Service Provider is Acquired

by Olin Thompson and PJ Jakovljevic ... Though the trial is over, scrutiny of Oracle has continued. Oracle, PeopleSoft, and JD Edwards customers are somewhat bemused, to put it mildly, about what the ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2005/06/research_notes/TN_ER_XOT_06_02_05_1.asp - 28k - 2005-06-02 Summary: Challenges are aplenty when a vendor is acquired. Financial health is no longer a safe indicator to gauge a vendor's future during this mega merger era. Knowing the challenges facing big vendors, like Oracle and PeopleSoft, and their competitors can give users a negotiating edge, whether in or entering a

Enterprise Application Players Keep Refining Value Propositions

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... a longstanding hosting partner for other peer vendors such as PeopleSoft—is key ... In other words, enterprises can have trial runs a series of pertinent events ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2005/04/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_04_14_05_1.asp - 26k - 2005-04-14 Summary: Because cash-strapped medium companies are looking for better options to traditional application pricing models, SAP and HP have allied to deliver 'software as a service' and Oracle/PeopleSoft are also offering hosted solutions, suggesting that 'software as a service' are here to stay.

Oracle Mends Its Ways To Bounce Back

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... amid its indisputable protracted disappointing results, which have given PeopleSoft an opportunity ... of controversy and to fly a number of trial balloons, Oracle ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2002/01/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_01_07_02_1.asp - 21k - 2002-01-07 Summary: Despite its inclination to traditionally thrive on a moderate amount of controversy and to fly a number of trial balloons, Oracle, has also been a practical company, often modifying its strategy and adopting a tack that would work better. Thus, while Oracle's declining revenue and profit are painfully n

Made2Manage Affirms Its Technological Astuteness Part 3 ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... likes of Made2Manage fly the trial balloon first. And not only MBS has professed predatory aspirations lately the deep-pocketed likes of PeopleSoft or Best ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2003/01/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_01_22_03_1.asp - 13k - 2003-01-22 Summary: Although recent initiatives should, to our mind, contribute to creating increased demand and acceptance of the offering in the intended SME market, nevertheless, Made2Manage will have to address certain challenges in order to continue to thrive in this cutthroat competitive environment.