Microsoft has already announced the integration of its Active Directory services with software from Baan, SAP and JD Edwards. For example, linking Novell Directory Services with PeopleSoft's Human Resources (HR) application would automate many HR...
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor, JD Edwards has acquired Numetrix, a company that produces Internet-enabled supply chain software, for $80m. Numetrix products will be integrated with existing JD Edwards offerings.
JD Edwards is to lay off 800 staff worldwide as part of a major restructuring plan. According to a spokesman for JD Edwards, the company invested heavily last year but this year is being forced to retrench.
In announcing preliminary results, CEO Ed McVaney said JD Edwards has recovered better than expected and was reporting earnings above expectations. In January JD Edwards reported a net loss of $4.4m on revenue of $218m, six per cent down on the...
Bob Dutkowsky, chairman and CEO of JD Edwards, pulled no punches today as he laid into Larry Ellison and Oracle and their move for PeopleSoft, the company that has itself bid for JD Edwards. JD Edwards was never for sale," he said.
PeopleSoft is earning guarded praise from customers of its latest acquisition, former rival JD Edwards. A survey IDC released Monday showed that more than 80 per cent of JD Edwards software users retain a positive view of PeopleSoft and the manner...