University of Alberta Licenses PeopleSoft Financials and HRMS; PeopleSoft Meeting Demand For Client Server Technology On Campuses Throughout North America.WALNUT CREEK Walnut Creek, residential city (1990 pop. 60,569), Contra Costa co., W Calif., in the San Francisco Bay area; inc. 1914. It is the trade and shipping center of an extensive agricultural area where walnuts are among the major product. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 13, 1995--PeopleSoft, Inc. Monday announced that the University of Alberta in Canada has licensed both PeopleSoft Financials for Public Sector and PeopleSoft HRMS HRMS Human Resource Management System HRMS High Resolution Microwave Survey (SETI, Project Phoenix) HRMS High Resolution Mass Spectroscopy HRMS High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy HRMS Human Resources Management Specialist , the company's complete suites of client/server financial and human resource management software. PeopleSoft applications will enable the university to efficiently manage its annual budget of over CDN (Content Delivery Network) A system of distributed content on a large intranet or the public Internet in which copies of content are replicated and cached throughout the network. $400,000,000, as well as manage compensation and benefits for a staff of 6,000, and distribute information quickly and easily to users throughout the university system. "More and more universities and colleges throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. are choosing PeopleSoft client/server applications," said Sherry Amos, PeopleSoft Director of Public Sector Marketing. "Reengineering is like a new discipline with higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. institutions trying to cut costs while providing better services to their students and faculty. University of Alberta recognizes that technology, specifically client/server technology that provides maximum flexibility, is going to enable them to achieve those goals." PeopleSoft client/server applications are currently used by nearly 20 universities and colleges throughout North America, including Houston Community College, Northwestern University, Western Michigan University Western Michigan University, at Kalamazoo, Mich.; coeducational; founded in 1903 as Western State Normal School, became accredited in 1927 as a college, gained university status in 1957. , University of Akron Enrollment in fall 2006 was 23,539 students.[1] The school offers more than 200 undergraduate degrees [2] and 100 graduate degrees [3]. The University's best-known program is its College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, which is located in a , University of British Columbia Locations Vancouver The Vancouver campus is located at Point Grey, a twenty-minute drive from downtown Vancouver. It is near several beaches and has views of the North Shore mountains. The 7. , University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. , and York University. The higher education market is served through PeopleSoft's public sector sales and marketing team. This team is dedicated to meeting the unique information processing and reporting needs of higher education institutions through the delivery of PeopleSoft client/server applications. PeopleSoft Financials for Public Sector, specifically designed for higher education organizations, includes functionality for fund and encumbrance A burden, obstruction, or impediment on property that lessens its value or makes it less marketable. An encumbrance (also spelled incumbrance) is any right or interest that exists in someone other than the owner of an estate and that restricts or impairs the transfer of the estate or accounting, budgetary controls, and project and grant tracking. University of Alberta and PeopleSoft University of Alberta, founded in 1908, today has 200 departments, 17 faculties, a student body of 30,000, and a total workforce of 6,000. Like many publicly funded institutions, the university is faced with budget constraints. According to Peter Watts, Associate Vice-President Finance and Administration, University of Alberta, the provincial government of Alberta has reduced the university's basic grant by more than 20% over a three-year period. As a result of budget cuts, the university in 1993 took a hard look at its administrative processes to see how they could be streamlined and made more cost effective. During this process, the university assessed the state of its information systems and deemed them inadequate. The university's in-house mainframe accounting and human resource systems did not provide the flexibility the university desired to meet future requirements. The university wanted a decentralized de·cen·tral·ize v. de·cen·tral·ized, de·cen·tral·iz·ing, de·cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To distribute the administrative functions or powers of (a central authority) among several local authorities. system that could be accessed by users on a campus-wide network. Record-keeping and reporting could then be handled directly in respective departments, empowering users and streamlining the process. The university recognized that a client/server environment would also accommodate future changes and requirements quickly and easily. After reviewing software from several vendors, the university selected PeopleSoft. "We chose PeopleSoft applications, not only because they met our technology requirements, but also because the architecture of the software would provide the ease of use and flexibility we need to put information on users desktops," Watts said. "After meeting many of the people at PeopleSoft, we felt that this was an organization we would enjoy working with for several years. PeopleSoft is a good fit for us." The University of Alberta plans to implement PeopleSoft Financials for Public Sector and PeopleSoft HRMS on the Oracle database running on an 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) RS/6000 server. The university expects its entire staff will be able to use the system. Implementation is scheduled to begin within the next few months, according to Watts. PeopleSoft Financials for Public Sector and Human Resources Using client/server architecture, graphical user interfaces, relational databases, and distributed logic processing, PeopleSoft Financials for Public Sector and PeopleSoft HRMS empower organizations to manage their two most precious resources -- finances and people -- while reducing costs, improving information access, and increasing productivity. PeopleSoft Financials for Public Sector includes functionality for fund accounting, budgetary controls, encumbrance accounting, and project and grant tracking across three applications: General Ledger General Ledger A company's accounting records. This formal ledger contains all the financial accounts and statements of a business. Notes: The ledger uses two columns: one records debits, the other has offsetting credits. , Accounts Receivable accounts receivable n. the amounts of money due or owed to a business or professional by customers or clients. Generally, accounts receivable refers to the total amount due and is considered in calculating the value of a business or the business' problems in paying , and Accounts Payable. This functionality is required by public sector organizations that must follow different accounting as well as regulatory practices. PeopleSoft HRMS is an integrated suite of human resource management applications that includes Human Resources, Payroll, Benefits Administration, and FSA FSA Financial Services Authority FSA Food Standards Agency (UK) FSA Farm Service Agency (USDA) FSA Financial Services Agency (Japan) Administration. These applications take a fresh look at traditional human resource, payroll, and benefits functions, providing rich functionality to handle all management and reporting needs. Providing full flexibility, PeopleSoft HRMS can be adapted to fit organizational policies, procedures, and structures. Both PeopleSoft Financials for Public Sector and PeopleSoft HRMS come with PeopleTools, a powerful application development and reporting tool set, that can be used to customize, implement, and maintain PeopleSoft applications. About PeopleSoft Canada With 35 employees, PeopleSoft Canada has development, direct sales, and customer service offices in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, and Vancouver. Targeting large organizations in nearly every industry, PeopleSoft Canada develops, markets, and supports client/server software applications for financial and human resource management. PeopleSoft Canada currently has over 65 customers, including Bank of Canada Bank of Canada Canada's central bank, established under the Bank of Canada Act (1934). It was founded during the Great Depression to regulate credit and currency. The Bank acts as the Canadian government's fiscal agent and has the sole right to issue paper money. , Calgary General Hospital, the Canadian Federal Government, DOFASCO, Export Development Corporation, Liquor Distribution Branch The Liquor Distribution Branch (LDB) is one of the two governmental bodies responsible for regulating and monitoring the liquor industry in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The other is the Liquor Control and Licensing Branch (LCLB). of British Columbia, Manulife Financial, Nova Scotia Power, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Petro Canada, Workers Compensation Board of British Columbia, and York University. About PeopleSoft Founded in 1987, PeopleSoft was the first to deliver high-end client/server business applications. Today, with years of client/ server experience, PeopleSoft leads the industry in providing client/server business solutions worldwide. Targeting large organizations, PeopleSoft products -- PeopleSoft Financials, PeopleSoft Distribution, PeopleSoft HRMS, and PeopleTools -- are setting the standard for enterprise-wide information management. Only PeopleSoft products -- which support the Windows graphical interface and a choice of RDBMS (Relational DataBase Management System) See relational database and DBMS. RDBMS - relational database platforms on a range of mainframe, midrange, and LAN server platforms deliver truly portable and scalable client/server applications. These products are backed by the award-winning PeopleSoft customer service and support team. With hundreds of customers in nearly every industry and geographic region in the world, including a cross-section of Fortune 1000 organizations, PeopleSoft licenses its products through direct sales offices and distributors in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia/Pacific, Latin America, and Africa. PeopleSoft, named the fastest-growing software company in America by Fortune in 1994, is based in Walnut Creek. -0- Note to Editors: PeopleSoft, PeopleCode, and PeopleTalk are trademarks, and PeopleTools and PS/nVision are registered trademarks of PeopleSoft, Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: PeopleSoft Inc. 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