Workday aims anew at Oracle with planned software for higher ed
Workday is hoping to give rival Oracle and other ERP (enterprise resource planning) vendors fits with an upcoming product aimed at institutions of higher education.
Workday is hoping to give rival Oracle and other ERP (enterprise resource planning) vendors fits with an upcoming product aimed at institutions of higher education.
Despite its high price tag, solid-state storage technology is increasingly becoming a viable option for large and midsize companies looking to ease bottlenecks caused by high-transaction databases, virtualized systems and other I/O-intensive applications.
Ever wonder which up-and-coming tech skills are catching the attention of IT hiring managers? Careers site Dice.com keeps track of the most popular terms that employers search for, and it also notes when emerging skills start appearing in keyword searches with greater frequency.
JD Edwards (JDE) software receives little publicity in tech media these days, but New Zealand has one of the largest installed bases per capita in the world.
Wellington City Council is upgrading its PeopleSoft implementation after Oracle retired support for PeopleSoft 8.4.
PeopleSoft founder Dave Duffield and former vice chairman Aneel Bhusri have a long history of selling on-premise enterprise systems to CIOs. Duffield founded ERP vendor PeopleSoft in 1987; Bhusri joined the company in 1993 and held various senior-level product strategy and marketing positions.
The long, drawn-out saga of the attempted takeover of iSoft by IBA — which looks set to finally reach its conclusion now that iSoft’s directors have recommended that shareholders accept IBA’s latest offer — brings back memories of an earlier software company takeover: Oracle’s 18-month bid for PeopleSoft.
Dave Duffield has returned to the ERP fold after keeping a low profile following Oracle’s 18-month hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft, which ended in December 2004 with Oracle successfully buying PeopleSoft.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has undertaken a US$59 million (NZ$85 million) rollout of PeopleSoft applications in 145 countries.
Red Rock would buy if it saw an opportunity here
Responds to SAP's offer to PeopleSoft and JD Edwards customers
Lauds 'sheer magnitude of the JD Edwards economy'
In neither-confirm-nor-deny mode
Battle continues for hearts and minds of PeopleSoft shareholders
Is this really the end of the takeover saga? Maybe not, says one analyst