July 28th, 2004
Peoplesoft's ingestion of J.D. Edwards now giving customers indigestion
Customers of the once stand-alone J.D. Edwards used to look forwared to the care and coddling that the enterprise solutions developer was known for providing . But one year after the company was swallowed whole by PeopleSoft, CNET News.com’s Alorie Gilbert reports that customers of J.D. Edwards — including the City of Orlando’s CIO — are starting to miss the TLC they had grown accustomed to. Is it just typical growing pains that go with the turf of big time M&A or is the problem more systemic? And, should Oracle be allowed to proceed with it’s acquisition of PeopleSoft, will there be any chance of the system improving, or could it get worse?
