PeopleSoft
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PeopleSoft, Inc. is a company that provides
PeopleSoft Financial Management Solutions (FMS) and Supply Chain Management (SCM) are part of the same package, commonly known as Financials and Supply Chain Management (FSCM).
PeopleSoft Campus Solutions (CS) is a separate package developed as a student information system for colleges and universities.[1]
History
Founded in 1987 by Ken Morris and
PeopleSoft version 1, released in the late 1989,[4]: 18 was the first fully integrated, robust client–server HRMS application suite.[4]
PeopleSoft expanded its product range to include a financials module in 1992, distribution in 1994, and manufacturing in 1996 after the acquisition of Red Pepper.[4]
JD Edwards
In 2003, PeopleSoft accomplished a friendly
Oracle Corporation acquisition
Beginning in 2003, Oracle began to maneuver for control of the PeopleSoft company. In June 2003, Oracle made a $13 billion bid in a hostile corporate takeover attempt. In February 2004, Oracle decreased their bid to approximately $9.4 billion; this offer was also rejected by PeopleSoft's board of directors. Complicating Oracle's takeover attempt was PeopleSoft's poison pill, allowing their customers to potentially receive refunds of 2–5 times the amount they had paid in the case of a takeover.[7]
Later that month, the
In December 2004, Oracle announced that it had signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire PeopleSoft for approximately $10.3 billion. A month after the acquisition of PeopleSoft, Oracle cut over half of PeopleSoft's workforce, laying off 6,000 of PeopleSoft's 11,000 employees.[8]
Oracle moved to capitalize on the perceived strong brand loyalty within the JD Edwards user community by rebranding former JD Edwards products. Thus PeopleSoft EnterpriseOne became JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and PeopleSoft World became JD Edwards World. [citation needed]
Oracle announced in 2005 that Fusion Applications would combine the best aspects of the PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, and Oracle Applications and merge them into a new product suite. [citation needed]
Oracle would later slow the release cadence for PeopleSoft applications, instead releasing "Feature Packs" to add functionality.[9][10]
Post-Oracle acquisition
Under Oracle, PeopleSoft offers different cloud-based software products, including Human Capital Management (HCM), Campus Solutions, Procurement and Supplier Management, Financial Management, and PeopleTools and Technology.[11][12][13]
In 2010, PeopleSoft released its In-Memory Project Discovery.[14] It translated unstructured data into structured data, which then allowed users to analyze keywords and data in the Services Automation suite. It ran on Oracle's Exalytics in-memory machine and Oracle Endeca Information Discovery enterprise data platform.[14]
In 2015, Oracle PeopleSoft ERP (enterprise resource planning) was an on-premises system capable of running in Windows, Linux, UNIX, and IBM mainframe environments.[11] In 2019, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) used the PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Resource platform for time and labor tracking, manager and employee self-service tools, and security.[15]
Product design
Application architecture
The original architecture for the PeopleSoft is a suite of products built on a
Originally, a small number of security and system setup functions still needed to be performed on a
The PeopleSoft application suite can function as an
PeopleSoft uses a functionality now known as Integration Broker[17] to communicate with different modules (known as pillars). In addition Integration Broker can be utilized for web services calls between PeopleSoft and other applications.
Development platform
Implementation focuses on PeopleSoft's proprietary
Components
Before PIA version 8.0, Components were called Panel Groups.[18]
PeopleSoft timeline
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- 1987: PeopleSoft, Inc. founded by Walnut Creek, CA, USA.
- 1988: PeopleSoft HRMS released.
- 1991: Begins opening international offices.
- 1994: Public distribution of Distribution and Financials modules.
- 1995: Launch of Student Administration System.
- 1995: Opened office in Mexico, first in Latin America.
- 1996: Releases Manufacturing and PeopleSoft 6, their first ERP package.
- 1997: PeopleSoft 7 is released within upgraded ERP modules.
- 1998: PeopleSoft 7.5 is released with improved client/server technology. Acquired Intrepid Systems.
- 1998: PeopleSoft Student Administration System was released.[19]
- 1999: Craig Conway named new CEO; release products to enable Internet transactions.
- 2000: Acquired Vantive Corporation.
- 2000: Deliver PeopleSoft 8[20] with an in-house application service provider.
- 2003: Acquired JD Edwards[5]
- 2004: Dave Duffield returns as CEO, replacing Craig Conway.[21]
- 2005: Acquired by Oracle Corporation.
- 2006: PeopleSoft FSCM 9.0 is released. (September 2006)[22]
- 2006: PeopleSoft HCM 9.0 is released. (December 2006)
- 2009: PeopleSoft HCM 9.1 is released. (October 2009)
- 2009: PeopleSoft FSCM 9.1 is released. (November 2009)
- 2011: PeopleSoft HCM (Human Capital Management) 9.1 Feature Pack 2 (November 2011)[23]
- 2013: PeopleSoft 9.2 is released. (FSCM and HCM released simultaneously)[24]
- 2015: PeopleSoft Campus Solutions 9.2 is released (December 2015) [25]
Security
PeopleSoft applications, which address complex business requirements, have some known issues in terms of online security. PeopleSoft was used by Fortune 500 companies and government organizations, and almost 50% of them are vulnerable and can be hacked via the internet, as researchers state.[26]
The risk factor lies in existing vulnerabilities of Oracle PeopleSoft systems that could enable data breaches at businesses, government organizations, and universities.[27] Because of this, companies using PeopleSoft applications are under constant threat of cyber attacks.[28]
According to the research[29] on public-facing Oracle PeopleSoft applications and their vulnerabilities, systems available online are susceptible to the TokenChpoken attack. A TokenChpoken attack, which affects systems that use Single Sign-On (SSO), is possible because an authentication cookie (PS_TOKEN) used by PeopleSoft applications can be forged. When the PS_TOKEN is identified by a "brute force" TokenChpoken attack, it is possible to log in under a system account and gain access to all data from the compromised system.
Since 2010, several cases have been reported of PeopleSoft security breaches. In March 2013, Salem State University in Massachusetts alerted 25,000 students and employees that their Social Security Numbers might have been compromised in a database breach. Similarly, in February 2016, the University of Central Florida disclosed that over 63,000 student Social Security numbers had been compromised.
All organizations that use PeopleSoft (including companies specialized in charity, food, manufacturing, retail, transport, etc.) stay vulnerable to TokenChpoken and other interventions if they do not pay due attention to security.[31]
See also
- ADP, Inc.
References
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- ^ ISBN 0-7821-2930-7.
- ^ a b Kane, Margaret (2 June 2003). "PeopleSoft to buy J.D. Edwards". CNET. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- ^ Hines, Matt (15 December 2003). "PeopleSoft integrates J.D. Edwards software". CNET. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- ^ "Oracle chokes on PeopleSoft's poison pill". The Register. 11 November 2003.
- ^ "Oracle to PeopleSoft: The pink slip's in the mail". CNET. 14 January 2005. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
- ^ "Oracle Announces Oracle's PeopleSoft Financials and Supply Chain Management 9.1 Feature Pack" (Press release). Oracle. 11 April 2011.
- ^ "Oracle PeopleSoft Continuous Delivery Model". Archived from the original on 14 March 2012 – via YouTube.
- ^ a b "PeopleSoft ERP suite excels at human capital management". SearchERP. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ "Oracle PeopleSoft Human Capital Management review". TechRadar. 6 January 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ "IIM Bangalore chooses Oracle Cloud Applications". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Oracle's latest PeopleSoft in-memory app taps unstructured data for 'complex' projects". ZDNet. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ "Foreign Affairs and Trade to split SAP and PeopleSoft ERP suppliers". ZDNet. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ISBN 0-7821-2930-7.
- ^ "Understanding PeopleSoft Integration Broker – Introduction (Part 1)". PeopleSoft Tutorial. 11 March 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ "Peoplesoft Component". psoftsearch.com.
- ^ "HEUG.Online : History". www.heug.org. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ Tomei, Derek (8 September 2012). "PeopleSoft 8". PeopleSoftCareer. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ^ Rohde, Laura (1 October 2004). "Update: PeopleSoft's CEO Conway gets the boot. Board of directors replaces Conway with PeopleSoft founder and chairman Dave Duffield". InfoWorld.
- ^ "Oracle Lifetime Support Policy" (PDF). Oracle.
- ^ "Oracle's PeopleSoft HCM 9.1 Feature Pack 2 Delivers New HR Self Service User Experience". Database Trends and Applications. 16 November 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ "Oracle Releases Oracle's PeopleSoft 9.2" (Press release). Oracle. 18 March 2013.
- ^ Borgione, Lawrence. "PeopleSoft Campus Solutions 9.2 has been released". Oracle. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ "TokenChpoken attack on Oracle PeopleSoft affecting nearly half of large enterprises and government organizations" (Press release). ERPScan. 29 June 2015. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018.
- ^ Greenberg, Adam (6 July 2015). "Oracle PeopleSoft attack could enable big data breaches". CS Media. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ Pauli, Darren (28 May 2015). "Password reset sites expose crackable PeopleSoft creds". The Register. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ "Oracle PeopleSoft applications are under attacks" (PDF). ERPScan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2018.
- ^ "Intrusion into UCF Network Involves Personal Data". University of Central Florida. 19 May 2016.
- ^ Mimoso, Michael (29 May 2015). "PeopleSoft vulnerabilities elevate ERP security issues". Threatpost. Retrieved 4 October 2017.