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To: kormac who wrote (13747)	12/7/1999 9:00:00 PM
From: Gary Korn	Respond to of 14631

See Bold 12/7/99 Bus. Wire 13:35:00 Business Wire Copyright (c) 1999, Business Wire Tuesday, December 7, 1999 Hewitt Associates Deploys PeopleSoft e7.5 Applications Over the Web to 10,000 Users PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 7, 1999-- Web-enabled Solution Simplifies Access to PeopleSoft Back-Office Applications and Lowers Total Cost of Ownership PeopleSoft (Nasdaq:PSFT) today announced that Hewitt Associates LLC, a global management consulting firm specializing in human resource solutions, has deployed PeopleSoft e7.5 Time Entry applications via the Web to 10,000 users, allowing Hewitt to simplify time and billing procedures and lower the total cost of ownership for PeopleSoft back-office applications. Hewitt's Web-enabled Time Entry solution allows Hewitt employees to submit time cards directly via the Web for final invoicing and billing. The solution is easy to deploy and highly scalable, lowering overall maintenance costs. Its ease of use virtually eliminates the need for formal training. "At Hewitt, we have successfully implemented a PeopleSoft Web-enabled Time Entry application for over 10,000 users," said Perry Cliburn, chief information officer at Hewitt Associates. "By using a Web-enabled Time Entry application, we anticipate an environment that will be easily maintainable, meets our business needs, and has a readily recognizable Web user interface." Two thousand Hewitt employees accessed PeopleSoft Time Entry and Billing concurrently via the Web at peak time on a Friday afternoon. A total of 8,000 employees accessed PeopleSoft's applications on the same day. The system runs on Sun and Informix databases and a Sun application server. Hewitt will also implement a Web-enabled Invoicing system to further reduce application deployment, maintenance, and training costs. Hewitt has implemented numerous PeopleSoft back-office applications, including Financials Management, Human Resource Management, Projects, Billing, and Budgets, as part of a large-scale transition from legacy mainframe systems. "PeopleSoft customers are implementing Web-enabled solutions now," said Peter Gassner, vice president and general manager of PeopleTools, PeopleSoft's technology development division. "Using these technologies today puts customers in a better position to leverage PeopleSoft 8, since customers will be able to upgrade their applications using PeopleSoft's Upgrade Wizard." PeopleSoft e7.5 is a comprehensive, Web-enabled back-office software suite. PeopleSoft e7.5 delivers multiple options for Web-deployment of PeopleSoft applications, including the Java client and a Web-deployable Microsoft Windows client that delivers a powerful, low-maintenance desktop client application. About PeopleSoft PeopleSoft (Nasdaq:PSFT) is a world leader in enterprise application software. PeopleSoft provides eBusiness and analytic applications for human resource management, financials, distribution, manufacturing, and supply chain, along with a range of industry-specific solutions. For more than 3,000 customers, PeopleSoft applications offer greater flexibility, rapid implementation, scalability across multiple databases and operating systems, and lower cost of ownership. Customers include some of the largest multi- national organizations in the world, as well as small and medium-size businesses. All PeopleSoft software products are backed by PeopleSoft Advantage Customer Service, a comprehensive consulting, education, and technical support program. Headquartered in Pleasanton, Calif., PeopleSoft (www.peoplesoft.com) employs more than 6,000 people and had 1998 revenues of $1.3 billion. Note to Editors: PeopleSoft and the PeopleSoft logo are registered trademarks and PeopleSoft Advantage is a trademark of PeopleSoft, Inc. Copyright (c) 1999 PeopleSoft, Inc. All rights reserved. CONTACT: PeopleSoft, Inc., Pleasanton Joe Schmidt, 925/694- 3273 joe_schmidt@peoplesoft.com 13:20 EST DECEMBER 7, 1999 ---- INDEX REFERENCES ---- COMPANY (TICKER): Peoplesoft Inc. (PSFT) NEWS SUBJECT: Business Wire; Press Release Wires; Internet; World Equity Index (BW PREL NET WEI)

To: kormac who wrote (13747)	12/13/1999 10:57:00 PM
From: Gary Korn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14631

12/13/99 Bus. Wire 10:37:00 Business Wire Copyright (c) 1999, Business Wire Monday, December 13, 1999 Ardent Announces DataStage Extract PACK for SAP R/3 Available on UNIX WESTBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 13, 1999-- Extract PACK Speeds the Deployment of Database and Platform Independent Business Intelligence Applications for SAP Users Ardent Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:ARDT), a leading global data management software company, today announced its extended support for enterprises using SAP R/3 through a series of products and services enabling users to leverage both SAP and non-SAP data for decision processing. DataStage XE, Ardent's industry-leading data integration product suite for data warehouse creation and management, provides immediate enhanced SAP support with its Packaged Application Connection Kit (PACK) for SAP R/3, now available on UNIX platforms. "Enterprises developing business intelligence infrastructure are demanding platform independent solutions that integrate data, not only from their ERP systems, but also from information points throughout the organization," says Doug Laney, senior program director for META group. "Enterprises continue to gravitate toward leading DW vendors like Ardent for open, industrial-strength solutions that support heterogeneous infrastructures, enable flexible architectures, tightly-integrate ERP application meta data, and provide a wider variety of data transformation functionality." Ardent's DataStage Extract PACK for SAP R/3 enables users to extract data directly from SAP R/3 systems natively and integrate it with data from other sources, leveraging the powerful visual design process of DataStage for modeling and deploying source-to-target transformations and loads. This process is supported by an extensive set of built-in libraries for complex transformations. Ardent's DataStage Load PACK for SAP BW adheres to the SAP standard interface protocol, BAPI, supporting high performance loading of the Business Information Warehouse from heterogeneous sources. Ardent's DataStage Extract PACK for SAP R/3 is now available on IBM AIX, Sun Solaris, HP UX10/11, and Microsoft Windows NT. "Ardent has established itself as the acknowledged leader in the data warehouse and business intelligence infrastructure market. Our recent announcement to merge our company with Informix will further extend this leadership position and accelerate our ability to offer solutions for the next generation of business intelligence applications," says Peter Gyenes, chairman, president and CEO of Ardent Software. "Along with this, Ardent and Informix remain fully committed to providing open software infrastructure components and solutions which support all leading databases and platforms." The SAP R/3 system is the world's most successfully deployed client/server business software supporting diverse enterprise functions such as accounting and controlling, production and materials management, quality management and plant maintenance, sales and distribution, and human resource / project management. The SAP BW is designed specifically for decision support needs, and is optimized for SAP R/3 systems. SAP BW is open to different source systems, and includes a broad range of predefined reporting templates geared to the specific needs of particular industries and user types, such as production planners, financial controllers, or human resources directors. Ardent's DataStage PACK products extend support for heterogeneous sources. Ardent Software provides platform independent information infrastructure solutions for customers around the world, supporting applications in e- business, data warehousing, business intelligence, and enterprise portals. Ardent's DataStage Suite includes a complete data movement and integration solution with native access to data from mainframe, Unix, and Windows NT environments; data quality assurance capabilities; and full lifecycle meta data management; all complemented by industry-leading professional services. About Ardent Software Ardent Software is a leading global data management software company. Ardent develops and markets data integration infrastructure software for e-business, data warehousing and analytical applications, and enterprise portals; along with embedded databases and tools for developing and deploying packaged applications. With worldwide sales and service operations, and 1,000 resellers in more than 50 countries, Ardent is one of the top software companies in the world. More than 60,000 customers and 2.2 million users in virtually every aspect of business and government use solutions that are powered by Ardent technology. Ardent is headquartered in Westboro, Massachusetts. The company's common stock trades on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol "ARDT." For more information, visit Ardent's web site at www.ardent.com. Statements expressing the beliefs and expectations of management regarding future performance are forward-looking and involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, quarterly fluctuations in results and other risks. These risks are detailed from time to time in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998. Actual results may differ materially from management's expectations. DataStage, Iterations, RedBack, System Builder, UniData, UniVerse and wIntegrate are registered trademarks of Ardent Software, Inc. Other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of the respective trademark holders. CONTACT: Ardent Software, Inc. Paul Collins, (508) 366-3888 ext. 3484 paul.collins@ardentsoftware.com or Miller Consulting Group, Inc. RJ Bardsley, (617) 262-1800 ext. 225 rj@millergrp.com 10:23 EST DECEMBER 13, 1999 ---- INDEX REFERENCES ---- COMPANY (TICKER): ARDT (ARDT) NEWS SUBJECT: Business Wire; Press Release Wires; Internet (BW PREL NET) MARKET SECTOR: Technology; Newswire End Code (TEC NND) INDUSTRY: Computers; Software (CPR SOF) PRODUCT: Computer Hardware; Computer Software (DCO DCS) REGION: Massachusetts; North America; United States; Eastern U.S. (MA NME US USE) Word Count: 739 12/13/99 BWIRE 10:37:00 END OF DOCUMENT