PeopleSoft on schedule to deliver first pure Internet e-business software

PeopleSoft, a global provider of eBusiness applications, is on schedule to begin shipping PeopleSoft 8, the industry`s first pure Internet software.

As promised, the software began shipping in the US on September 1 2000 and includes 60 new collaborative applications for Customer Relationship Management, Employee Self-service, and Supply Chain Management.

"Every PeopleSoft 8 application is delivered completely in HTML with no code on the client," says Jan Coetzee, MD of PeopleSoft South Africa. "This enables organisations to create collaborative networks that can be accessed anytime/ anywhere by customers, employees, and suppliers. In addition, the new suite of eBusiness applications deliver extensive wireless capabilities for mobile commerce," he says.

According to Coetzee, PeopleSoft 8 is the largest technological advance in enterprise business software in over a decade. "It delivers more than 100 best-in-class applications over a standard internet browser for comprehensive business management, and makes PeopleSoft the only software company to provide eBusiness solutions in a pure internet environment."

According to American-based research company AMR Research, the "Internet architecture of [PeopleSoft] 8 provides a huge improvement in use and deployment options and sets new industry standards for application user interfaces."
(Source: Pierre Mitchell; John Hagerty; Kevin Scott - Enterprise Applications Alert July 2000)

"PeopleSoft 8 gives PeopleSoft a commanding lead in the marketplace, and is the only enterprise solution on the market that is pure Internet - zero client code, screen scraping or client serving," concludes Coetzee.