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To: Big Sky who wrote (2852)	4/8/1999 6:01:00 PM
From: vinod Khurana	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3033

This was in InfomationWeek today... Oracle, PeopleSoft Look Beyond ERP Market_________ Enterprise resource planning software vendors Oracle and PeopleSoft, faced with plummeting sales and softening stock prices, are seeking new ways to increase business. Oracle plans to unveil a simple supply-chain management product later this month, according to customers and analysts, while sources say PeopleSoft wants to acquire a maker of front-office software. Oracle has been developing its own advance-planning and scheduling engine for midtier manufacturers. But the idea of simplified supply-chain software doesn't sit well with some market watchers. "Before you can effectively use a supply-chain product, it has to be able to handle a very complex set of mathematics and algorithms," says David Dobrin, an analyst at Benchmarking Partners. PeopleSoft's increased interest in the front-office space may be triggered by its stagnant first-quarter revenue. It has partnerships with Siebel Systems Inc. and Vantive Corp. in that market, but CEO David Duffield says he's "exploring other alternatives." Sources say PeopleSoft will likely purchase a second-tier front-office software vendor.