Bundled Solutions from IBM and PeopleSoft Provide Mid-Size Companies with Faster Time to Benefit, Tighter Integration.PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 1999-- PeopleSoft Select Now Ships Pre-Loaded on IBM's Netfinity and RS/6000 Servers Small- to medium-size companies (those with up to $250 million per year in revenues) now have the option of PeopleSoft Select business software solutions on IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Netfinity and RS/6000 servers. PeopleSoft Select, packaged for the first time on IBM platforms, offers a complete hardware, software and services solution that can be rapidly deployed, at a fixed cost, to maximize the solution's benefits. The PeopleSoft Select offering includes PeopleSoft human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. management, financial management, supply-chain management and manufacturing solutions, pre-loaded onto an IBM Netfinity server with the Microsoft Windows NT operating system or an IBM RS/6000 server with the AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. UNIX operating system Noun 1. UNIX operating system - trademark for a powerful operating system UNIX, UNIX system operating system, OS - (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services . Customers can chose from a variety of leading database solutions, including IBM's DB2 Universal Database. Systems will also be available with other complementary IBM software such as Lotus Notes/Domino, IBM MQSeries and Tivoli TME See Tivoli Systems Management Software. 10. The PeopleSoft Select offering includes PeopleSoft Express, a proven rapid implementation approach which can be applied by IBM Global Services IBM Global Services is the world's largest business and technology services provider. It is the fastest growing part of IBM, with over 190,000 professionals serving customers in more than 160 countries. through its worldwide practice dedicated to PeopleSoft customers. "Together, IBM and PeopleSoft offer a simplified selection and implementation process for customers that want a complete integrated solution for their enterprise operations," said Mike Stankey, vice president of PeopleSoft Select North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Sales. "PeopleSoft Select allows companies to respond and adapt to changing business demands, maximize and leverage emerging technologies, and integrate and support operations worldwide while rapidly implementing a comprehensive yet affordable system." "PeopleSoft Select enables businesses to streamline, optimize and re-engineer their business processes," said Greg Corgan, vice president, IBM Global Industries solution sales. "Applying proven implementation approaches and industry templates to the offering, we can immediately bring customers meaningful solutions at an affordable price." About IBM IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. IBM's Global Industries division works with companies around the world to deploy the full range of IBM technologies. In addition the division works hand-in-hand with customers to conceive, develop and deploy integrated technology solutions that address specific business issues. The fastest way to get more information about IBM is through the IBM home page at http://www.ibm.com. About PeopleSoft PeopleSoft (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : PSFT PSFT PeopleSoft (stock symbol) PSFT Progressive Saturation Fourier Transform PSFT Prosoft-Technology, Inc ) is a global supplier of enterprise application software for business and government. PeopleSoft solutions for manufacturing, supply chain, financial, project and human resource management are used by more than 3,000 customers worldwide. PeopleSoft is currently developing the PeopleSoft Business Network (PSBN PSBN PeopleSoft Business Network ), a network of e-business applications and content that unleashes the power of people to work and transact business in the Internet-enabled world. PSBN incorporates business transactions, knowledge and sophisticated analytics within and across enterprise boundaries, and makes all of this content available to employees, customers, and suppliers through a personalized, easy-to-use Internet portal. Headquartered in Pleasanton, California, PeopleSoft employs more than 6,600 people and had 1998 revenues of $1.3 billion. PeopleSoft is on the World Wide Web at www.peoplesoft.com. IBM, AIX, DB2, DB2 Universal Database, MQSeries, Netfinity and RS/6000 are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. Lotus, Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino are registered trademarks of Lotus Development Corporation (company) Lotus Development Corporation - A software company who produced Lotus 1-2-3, the Symphony spreadsheet and Lotus Notes for the IBM PC. Disliked by the League for Programming Freedom on account of their lawsuits. Quarterly sales $224M, profits $10M (Aug 1994). . Tivoli is a registered trademark of Tivoli Systems Inc. Microsoft and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or servicemarks of others. PeopleSoft, the PeopleSoft logo, PeopleTools, PS/nVision, PeopleCode, PeopleBooks and Red Pepper are registered trademarks, PeopleTalk, PSBN and "We work in your world." are trademarks of PeopleSoft, Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright (c) 1999 PeopleSoft, Inc. All rights reserved. |
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