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M2 PRESSWIRE-2 September 1998-PEOPLESOFT: Virginia and Wisconsin College Systems license PeopleSoft enterprise
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-- PeopleSoft signs five system-wide contracts in second quarter
PeopleSoft, a leading provider of enterprise application software, today announced that the Virginia Community College
System and the Wisconsin Technical College System have licensed PeopleSoft Financial Management for Education and
Government, Human Resources Management for Education and Government, and Student Administration. The licenses are
among five system-wide agreements for PeopleSoft in the second quarter.
PeopleSoft signed a total of 89 new higher education license agreements in the second quarter of 1998 including Kentucky
Community and Technical College System, Rhode Island Office of Higher Education, Galveston Community College,
University of California Berkeley, and University of Southern Mississippi. To date, 313 colleges and universities have licensed
PeopleSoft applications.
Virginia Community College System to facilitate Web-based education with PeopleSoft
Virginia Community College System (VCCS), which includes 23 colleges and 38 campuses, licensed PeopleSoft to take full
advantage of the technological advancements it has made system-wide over the last two years. Despite having an advanced
network and widely available computing resources, VCCS has still been performing many processes manually because of the
limited functionality and deployment of its 15-year-old legacy student information system.
"Our old software system could only accommodate a small group of faculty and staff," said Larry Hengehold, vice chancellor of
information technology services for VCCS. "With PeopleSoft Student Administration, we can take advantage of the enhanced
technological environment and provide more of our customers -- students, faculty and staff -- with greater and more flexible
access to information."
On the cutting edge of distance learning techniques, with more than 100 courses being taught using bi-directional audio and
video between the colleges, VCCS also plans to use PeopleSoft's Student Administration system to facilitate and track student
participation in Web-based distance education courses, designed so that students can take them on their own schedules.
Wisconsin Technical College System to implement better business practices with PeopleSoft
To meet common administrative challenges, a consortium of colleges in 11 out of 16 districts in the Wisconsin Technical
College System (WTCS) has selected PeopleSoft Student Administration, Human Resources Management for Education and
Government, and Financial Management for Education and Government. Each district was growing larger and more
sophisticated, while running aging homegrown systems, and facing Year 2000 issues. The colleges faced stiff competition for
students, and shared the need to enhance student services by utilizing the power of an integrated database environment.
"The consortium determined that licensing one system for all of the schools and developing common business practices would
allow the schools to share resources and offer improved services to students," said Greg Wagner, deputy divisional
administrator for finance and planning and standing vice chair of the WTCS consortium.
Fox Valley's Terri Todhunter, chief financial officer; and Bob Darula, vice president of student services, said one of their
primary reasons for choosing PeopleSoft applications is that they are user friendly and offer a higher degree of flexibility.
Screens, workflow, queries and report designs can easily be modified to the meet the requirements of the end-user, and
PeopleSoft's tools give our staff and students the power to make better and faster decisions, they said.
Using PeopleSoft's Student Administration system, WTCS plans to automate many services for students and strengthen its
degree auditing program to detect early problems, advise students better and improve student retention.
About PeopleSoft
PeopleSoft (NASDAQ: PSFT) is a global supplier of enterprise application software for business, education and government.
PeopleSoft solutions for manufacturing, supply chain, financial, project and human resource management are used by more than
2,500 customers worldwide. Headquartered in Pleasanton, California, PeopleSoft employs 6,000 people and had 1997
revenues of $815 million. PeopleSoft is on the World Wide Web at www.peoplesoft.com.
PeopleSoft, the PeopleSoft logo, PeopleTools, PS/nVision, PeopleCode, and PeopleBooks are registered trademarks, and
Red Pepper, PeopleTalk, and "We work in your world." are trademarks of PeopleSoft, Inc. All other company and product
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