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PeopleSoft Announces Alliance with IBM

Posted by michael on from the news-for-suits dept.

Kyle writes "I just got out of PeopleSoft's opening keynote for PS Connect 2004, where Craig Conway announced a new alliance with IBM. According to Conway, PeopleSoft and IBM will both be investing $1 billion over the next few years to build a joint solution utilizing PeopleSoft's applications and IBM's middleware products. Yahoo Business has an article."

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  1. Link dead... by (H)elix1 · · Score: 2, Informative

    But CNN has it up...

    http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/21/technology/bc.te ch .peoplesoft.oracle.reut/index.htm

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  2. Peoplesoft's already using IBM by BRTB · · Score: 2, Informative

    [disclaimer: I don't work for PeopleSoft, I just admin a few of the PS DB/apps/web servers for a local college]

    PeopleSoft's already using a bunch of IBM products for the HR/Financials systems they provide... IBM Websphere is immediately coming to mind as an option for the backend application server, with webpages/java servlets served up by IBM-modified versions of Apache and Tomcat, IIRC. The other choice PS supports is a comglomeration of bloated BEA products (Jolt/Tuxedo, Weblogic) that I've been told are slightly easier to install and configure, but in my experience crash on an almost daily basis, whenever subjected to anywhere close to a high load situation.

    Luckily for us, for Peoplesoft SA/HR 8.2 there's an option of using Apache and Jserv for the servlet-engine part. In combination with a little RedHat, that's working perfectly so far. Actually, now that I think about it, the final piece that made that setup stable was to use IBM's version of the 1.4.2 Java VM. Still using Tuxedo/Jolt on Windows for the app-server side; haven't convinced the higher-ups to switch those over to Linux yet, but i'm trying. Database is set in stone as MS SQL Server 2k, thanks to Unisys... ::sigh::

    Unfortunately, higher versions of PeopleTools seem to only be supported with the BEA junk at the moment... maybe this new deal will change their tune some?