Oracle Delivers New Release of PeopleTools; Certifies With O

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., July 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Oracle
(Nasdaq: ORCL) today announced the general availability of Oracle′s
PeopleTools 8.48, the latest version of the PeopleSoft Enterprise
development tool that enables PeopleSoft customers to develop, deploy and
maintain their PeopleSoft Enterprise applications. Additionally, Oracle
continues to invest in the PeopleSoft products by certifying PeopleTools
with Oracle(R) Fusion Middleware, Oracle′s family of world-class middleware
products, to help customers extend the business value of their current
investments and facilitate an upgrade to Oracle Fusion Applications, if a
customer chooses to do so.
PeopleTools 8.48 provides customers with an expanded ability to adopt a
service oriented architecture (SOA) and also allows customers to create and
natively support Web services and integrate legacy or custom applications
with PeopleSoft Enterprise applications. New Web services functionality,
including PeopleTools Service Designer, coupled with PeopleTools
Integration Broker, will help lower costs, make it easier to integrate with
PeopleSoft applications and simplify the creation and deployment of Web
services. For example, by offering wizard driven configuration and
deployment, PeopleSoft customers can rapidly develop and deploy Web
services for use within a SOA. Services published from PeopleTools Service
Designer and Integration Broker can be consumed by Oracle Fusion Middleware
BPEL Process Manager for Enterprise Web Services Orchestration and Business
Process Automation. Further, Pagelets and Services published from
PeopleTools can also be integrated into Oracle Fusion Middleware Enterprise
Portal to provide a single point of access to all enterprise applications.
    Also new in PeopleTools 8.48 is PeopleSoft Change Impact Analyzer, an
analysis workbench that allows users to interactively explore and
understand impacts before taking patches or making changes to their
applications. This tool helps significantly reduce the amount of time spent
on identifying and understanding the impact of a particular change will
have to an application. PeopleSoft Change Impact Analyzer can be leveraged
in conjunction with PeopleSoft Change Assistant, the standard set of tools
for applying system updates and easing upgrades.
    By expanding upon existing integration of PeopleTools with Oracle
Fusion Middleware, PeopleSoft customers can leverage new functionality such
as Oracle XML Publisher. Now embedded in PeopleTools, Oracle XML Publisher
augments PeopleSoft reporting technologies and offers end users more
options for customized reports. Oracle XML Publisher enables end users to
create reports, letters, invoices, checks and fill out government forms
through standard desktop tools such as Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat,
generating multiple output formats such as PDF, HTML, RTF, EFT and EDI.
    With the latest release of PeopleTools, customers can also extend the
value of their PeopleSoft investments with improved visual compare and
merge and increased platform support. Visual merge offers the ability to
see where you have applied customizations, and with this additional
functionality, users are able to merge changes automatically as they choose
to upgrade. Oracle is committed to supporting a broad range of platforms
for PeopleSoft customers. PeopleTools 8.48 has expanded support for SQL
Server 2005, Linux on IBM zSeries for PeopleTools Application Engine and
PeopleTools Process Scheduler and SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.
    "Oracle continues to deliver on their commitment to extend our
PeopleSoft Enterprise investments," said Tyler Best, CIO, Vanguard Car
Rental USA Inc., operator of the National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car
brands. "With new reporting, enhanced upgrade capabilities and Web services
functionality coupled with the certification with Oracle Fusion Middleware,
we can be satisfied that our investments will continue to be supported to
Fusion and beyond."
    Availability
    PeopleTools 8.48 is available now at no cost with standard maintenance
and additional items including XML Publisher have a limited use license.
    About Oracle Fusion Middleware
    The company′s comprehensive, standards-based family of middleware
products, Oracle Fusion Middleware enables customers to adopt and manage
service-oriented architectures (SOA) in heterogeneous computing
environments. Oracle Fusion Middleware is now used by more than 30,000
customers -- representing over 35 of the world′s 50 largest companies and
more than 750 of the BusinessWeek Global 1000. Oracle Fusion Middleware
customers include leading organizations in the Financial Services,
Telecommunications, Manufacturing, Retail, Pharmaceuticals, Health Care and
Public Sector industries. Oracle Fusion Middleware is also supported by
7,500 partners with more than 500 new ISVs, and hundreds of new VARs
adopting the product over the past year.
    About Oracle
    Oracle is the world′s largest enterprise software company. For more
information about Oracle, visit our Web site at http://www.oracle.com .
    This announcement is provided to you solely for information purposes,
is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and
should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. Many factors can
materially affect Oracle′s product development plans and the nature and
timing of future product releases. The development, release, and timing of
any features or functionality described remains at the sole discretion of
Oracle.
    This information may not be incorporated into any contractual agreement
with Oracle or its subsidiaries or affiliates. Oracle specifically
disclaims any liability with respect to this information.
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Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of
their respective owners.

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