Issue #45 – 12th June 2013
News and Latest Developments
PeopleSoft CRM 9.2 is Available
The latest release of the CRM application has been made available to download from eDelivery/Oracle Software Delivery Cloud. (Support Login Required.)
Salesforce names former Oracle exec as President
In a move slightly reminiscent of Oracle’s hiring of ex-HP CEO Mark Hurd, Salesforce have appointed former Oracle executive VP for North America Keith Block as their President and Vice Chairman. It’s a big announcement for Salesforce and further fires the feud between Larry Ellison and Marc Benioff.
New PeopleTools patches released
Functional
PeopleSoft Financials 9.2 – Investing in Innovation
A 13 minute PodCast/interview with Amira Morcos (Snr Director of Product Management for PeopleSoft Financials). Topics covered include mobile solutions, analytics, automation of core business flows Oracle’s commitment to continue improving the product.
Technical
My Reports with No Reports?
Updated Paper on Configuring a Contemporary User Experience
Matthew Haavisto has posted an updated version of the red paper on configuring a contemporary UI using the Interaction Hub.
PeopleSoft Temporary Directories
Reading
10 Years on

Chris Heller (from Grey Heller) has noticed that the 10th anniversary of the Oracle takeover has passed. Much has changed in the intervening decade, but PeopleSoft does seem to be holding strong. (Grey Heller are making good sales of their PeopleSoft products, and Succeed has recently won another greenfield PeopleSoft project.)