Oracle съел PeopleSoft

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Эпопея с поглощением конкурента, стоившая и Oracle, и PeopleSoft немалой крови, закончилась через 18 месяцев после начала. Oracle поднял стоимость своего предложения на 10% и в конечном итоге купил PeopleSoft за $10,3 млрд. В результате компания, известная своими СУБД, превратилась во второго по величие мирового производителя бизнес-приложений.

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Microsoft goes after PeopleSoft customers

A top Microsoft executive is warning PeopleSoft customers that they might want to think about a technology shift, now that Oracle's acquisition has been approved.

"Oracle's acquisition of PeopleSoft may be moving forward, but difficult technology decisions lie ahead," Microsoft vice president Bill Veghte wrote Wednesday in the e-mail, which was seen by CNET News.com. "The ongoing challenges of owning and maintaining business applications remain unchanged."

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"Migration to another ERP solution, including Microsoft Business Solutions, SAP and other partner ERP solutions on the Microsoft platform, are additional options available to PeopleSoft customers seeking greater clarity around technology direction and platform alignment," Veghte said. "The Microsoft platform continues to gain momentum as the platform of choice for industry-leading ERP vendors."

An Oracle spokeswoman declined to comment on Veghte's letter, as did a spokesman for PeopleSoft.


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A good part of Veghte's letter Wednesday focused on getting PeopleSoft customers to consider migrating from IBM AS/400 and mainframe systems to Windows-based servers. Earlier this week, Microsoft launched a marketing initiative with several partners that aims to win over business from customers using AS/400 and IBM iSeries servers.

In particular, Microsoft also talked about the benefits of switching to Windows for customers that use Oracle's database software on Unix systems.

"Changing platforms away from Unix, AS/400 and mainframe systems toward Intel-based systems running Microsoft Windows and SQL Server can help you lower application cost and complexity," Veghte wrote, saying insurance group ACE saved 15 percent on total costs by shifting from a Unix-based Oracle environment to Windows-based servers.

То есть борьба опять за клиентов на уровне ОС. Предлагают мигрировать на продукты МБС только ради смены ОС и СУБД.