PeopleSoft Planet

Welcome to our PeopleSoft 9 page. AS you may or may not know, PeopleSoft is releasing one final version of it's technology before Project Fusion. PeopleSoft 9 is rumored to have been finished and in testing already.

There are rumors that the PeopleSoft Application Designer will be moved from its current hard footprint to a purely web based format. This would effectively make PeopleSoft a 100% web based development platform. This has been the goal for a while.

This will be an interesting release to watch as it may actually begin to reveal hints of Oracle engineering. PeopleSoft professionals are eagerly waiting to see what some of those changes may be.

If you have any tips on what PeopleSoft 9 may contain, we are always looking for information. Feel free to email us here. As always, all hints, tips and rumors will be kept anonymous and confidential.

UPDATE 1/22/2010

Oracle have released PeopleSoft 9.1. More details about PeopleSoft 9.1 here.

 

UPDATE 6/26/2006

Oracle Launches New PeopleSoft Suite Oracle released version 9 of its PeopleSoft Enterprise application suite on Monday, an upgrade the company said will prepare customers to move toward a service-oriented architecture (SOA). Oracle, which secured a US$10.3 billion buyout of PeopleSoft in January 2005, has told its customers it would continue to support the products from its former competitor. The new release is integrated with Oracle’s Fusion Middleware, a portfolio of server software that allows applications from different vendors to interoperate. The integration allows better use of other Oracle technologies including XML Publisher, Business Activity Monitoring and Customer Data Hub, the company said. Oracle said the version 9 release adds features related to corporate governance and compliance, CRM improvements for customer service agents and enterprise-level planning. The company also expanded capabilities for areas such as the public sector, health care, financial services, communications and higher education. Oracle appointed a new general manager, Doris Wong, to run its PeopleSoft Enterprise wing, a move it said would centralize leadership and development of the product. Wong spent 11 years at PeopleSoft, Oracle said. PeopleSoft was one Oracle’s highest-profile acquisitions intended to help it compete better with business applications market leader SAP. It also gobbled up Siebel Systems and J.D. Edwards, sparking concerns over the fate of those vendors’ product lines. But Oracle officials have pledged to move forward with new product releases, including Siebel’s version 8 line and version 12 of Oracle’s own CRM software. Oracle executives recently offered some details of how its various application suites will be merged into the forthcoming Fusion family. Siebel’s software, seen as one of the strongest CRM offerings in the industry, will be used as the core, to be merged with the best functions and design elements donated from Oracle’s E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft CRM and JD Edwards CRM. Oracle has stressed that Fusion will be developed with an eye toward the SOA model, working with standards such as business process execution language and XML. The Fusion applications are expected in 2008. — Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service (London Bureau)

UPDATE 6/25/2006

Article from News.com

Oracle on Monday announced the release of PeopleSoft Enterprise 9, making good on its promise to continue supporting and enhancing PeopleSoft products.

PeopleSoft 9, a series of three application modules, marks one of Oracle's three major 2006 initiatives following its acquisitions of PeopleSoft, Siebel Systems and a host of smaller software makers. Oracle aims to reassure PeopleSoft users who were concerned that the software giant would force them to switch to Oracle's own set of applications.

Oracle also announced the formation of a dedicated, centralized PeopleSoft team with the appointment of a PeopleSoft Enterprise general manager, Doris Wong. An 11-year PeopleSoft veteran who arrived at Oracle via the acquisition, Wong plans to lead the strategic direction and development of current and future PeopleSoft products.

"We will help PeopleSoft customers protect their investment in PeopleSoft," Wong said. "This applies not only to future releases but also in giving them a choice when they want to move to Fusion or stay with PeopleSoft."

Fusion is a major initiative by Oracle to integrate technology from the myriad software vendors the company has acquired--including PeopleSoft, J.D. Edwards and Siebel--and develop a new software applications suite.

PeopleSoft 9 is being introduced in phases. The release of Learning Management 9.0 marks the first phase. This module will focus on offering certification and regulatory compliance support.

PeopleSoft Enterprise Performance Management, the next module scheduled for release, is expected to debut later this summer or early fall. Financial and human capital management components are also set to be released by the end of the year.

"There are three themes with PeopleSoft release 9, and they'll be the same themes you'll see in future releases," Wong said.

PeopleSoft 9 can tie into Oracle's Fusion Middleware, providing a way for users to become more familiar with Fusion, once the applications suite begins to roll out in phases next year. Oracle's latest release of PeopleSoft software also aims to offer greater functionality than previously available and is expected reduce the cost of owning the software.

"PeopleSoft users can say, 'I will upgrade to the next release because I'm not ready to migrate to Fusion,'" Wong said. "When they move, it will be their decision."

Oracle, in a move to reduce the prospect of PeopleSoft software customers bolting to a rival, introduced its "Applications Unlimited" program, which calls for ongoing PeopleSoft product development rather than just support services.

Oracle is offering lifetime support for its current generation of products, but the software maker is also encouraging users to "retire" custom-built applications that may not work with its Fusion technology.

Oracle may also find that it is making it comfortable enough for PeopleSoft users to continue using their software rather than migrating to the Fusion suite.

Wong, however, noted that "as technology changes and evolves, companies look at their (own) technology and make changes accordingly."