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To: SemiBull who wrote (1195)	10/23/2002 9:09:13 PM
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PeopleSoft Announces Industry-Leading Support for Microsoft PocketPC Phone Edition and Windows Powered Smartphone Wednesday October 23, 6:02 am ET PeopleSoft Extends Collaboration with Microsoft(R) on Mobile Web Services PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 23, 2002-- At Connect EMEA 2002, PeopleSoft Inc. (Nasdaq:PSFT - News) announced its support of Microsoft's PocketPC Phone Edition platform and the newly launched Microsoft Windows® Powered Smartphone software. PeopleSoft will deliver the first enterprise applications to use the new wireless communication and telephony features available with PocketPC Phone Edition later this year. In addition, PeopleSoft will deliver wireless web support in early 2003 for Microsoft Windows Powered Smartphone software, launched in London yesterday. PeopleSoft CRM Mobile Sales will bring up-to-the-minute sales information to mobile workers at the point of customer contact. The solution will allow sales professionals and executives to use a wireless web browser to manage opportunities, update account information, and track sales performance directly from any Windows Powered Smartphone device. The enhanced mobile products are part of PeopleSoft's comprehensive suite of Customer Relationship Management solutions that deliver marketing, sales, and service capabilities across a wide range of channels. "It is great news that PeopleSoft's experience and proven track record in mobile enterprise applications will now be extended to the Windows Powered Smartphone," said Juha Christensen, vice president, Mobile Devices Division, Microsoft Corp. "Smartphone's unique rich data capabilities and suite of applications make it an ideal productivity tool, and integration with PeopleSoft's world-class mobile CRM solutions can only make for a winning combination." With the new functionality from PeopleSoft for PocketPC Phone Edition, sales and service professionals can seamlessly use mobile web services to synchronize their PeopleSoft applications, enabling them to manage business opportunities more efficiently while offline. In addition, the new features for PocketPC Phone Edition will include "one-touch dialing," which allows the mobile professional to dial any contact from within their PeopleSoft mobile applications. PeopleSoft's breakthrough synchronization technology leverages web services and won a "best-in-show" award at CeBIT 2002. Joe Davis, vice president and general manager for PeopleSoft CRM, said: "Mobile solutions are a key component of the real-time enterprise, and provide anytime, anywhere access to people on the go. With PeopleSoft Mobile CRM, we're continuing to work closely with Microsoft and Orange to deliver innovative mobile applications that deliver true business value to customer-centric organizations." PeopleSoft is a founding member of Microsoft's Mobility Partner Advisory Council. The MPAC was created both to serve as a focused feedback mechanism for Microsoft mobility platform development and to provide new technical, marketing and business development support to companies making significant investments and inroads in the mobility space. About PeopleSoft PeopleSoft (Nasdaq:PSFT - News) is the world's leading provider of application software for the real-time enterprise. PeopleSoft pure Internet software enables organizations to reduce costs and increase productivity by directly connecting customers, suppliers, partners and employees to business processes on-line, in real time. PeopleSoft's integrated, best-in-class applications include Customer Relationship Management, Supply Chain Management, Human Capital Management and Financial Management. More than 4,700 organizations in 140 countries run on PeopleSoft software. For more information, visit us at www.peoplesoft.com. About the Microsoft Mobility Partner Advisory Council (MPAC) A specialized arm of Microsoft's global Mobile Solutions Partner Program (MSPP), MPAC was created to serve as a focused feedback mechanism for Microsoft mobility platform development and to provide technical, marketing and business development support to companies making significant investments and inroads in the mobility space. For more information on MPAC, please visit microsoft.com. Statements made in this press release that state the Company's or management's intentions, beliefs, expectations, or predictions for the future are forward-looking statements. These statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future events or results. Factors that may bear on the accuracy of these predictions include economic conditions in the U.S. and abroad, the ability to complete and deliver products and services within currently estimated time frames and budgets, market response to product announcements, and acceptance of new products. Please refer to the Company's periodic reports to shareholders (Forms 10-K and 10-Q) for more information on these and other risk factors that could cause actual results to differ. Note to Editors: PeopleSoft and the PeopleSoft logo are registered trademarks. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: PeopleSoft Inc. Leslie Johnson, 925/694-5684 leslie_johnson@peoplesoft.com or Porter Novelli Faith Brewitt, 415/975-2269 faith.brewitt@porternovelli.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: PeopleSoft Inc.