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Error 404: Oracle Fusion not found

Ahmed's Universe

PARIS As any experienced observer of our industry knows, the weaker the message a software company has on offer, the higher in the corporate hierarchy it has to go to deliver it. As soon as Oracle finalized its acquisition of PeopleSoft in 2005, it announced it was starting work on the successor product. The stakes are high.

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Looming Clash of Titans: SAP Acquires Sybase

Ahmed's Universe

To counter Oracle''s rise in the enterprise-software business, I asked her, what was SAP waiting to give the Redwood Shores-based competitor what we French call " la réponse du berger à la bergère " and move into the database business. IBM Oracle SAP software' It is clear that we are entering an increasingly ferocious stack war.

Software 150
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PeopleSoft vs Workday - Old vs New

Ahmed's Universe

PeopleSoft is based on a technology that is 30 years old - Workday has the most modern object-oriented technology found in enterprise software. Government organizations whether in the US or in Europe were the last to move from home-made system to package software. Customization eased the pain to move to package software.

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Can Infor's acquisition of Lawson deliver on great HR technology?

Ahmed's Universe

They were quite big in the 1990’s (I attended their users'' conference at their Birmingham, UK, HQ and it was quite impressive) but then they just vanished into thin software air. Anybody remembers JBA? Then, when the 2000 dotcom bubble burst, JBA was sold to Canadian company GEAC. It is therefore quite uplifting to hear that, like St.

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America and France: Two countries united by failed military payroll

Ahmed's Universe

It is not only good to die for one''s country, but payroll software requires you do it for free Last month saw France''s president pay a state visit to the United States. was a pioneer in the use of package software to run its HR and payroll operations. NEW YORK “Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori,” ancient Romans used to say.

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Viadeo's demise: Chronicle of a death foretold

Ahmed's Universe

One more technology company to go join My Space, Netscape and soon Yahoo in the cemetery of deluded, badly managed, acquired or failed software/internet companies. But in many countries there are local players that cater to the requirements of a niche market.

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CEO Lessons: Culture, Values and Profits are Intertwined

HR Bartender

When I became CEO in 2005 (moving from COO), I looked around and hesitated to make decisions. And in our world of enterprise software, cloud technology, and software-as-a-service, building long-term, value-added relationships with our customers is what will make us win. You also must have great people.

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