Monday, January 16, 2006
: "Oracle has come a long way from the take-no-prisoners approach it took during its pursuit of PeopleSoft before acquiring the company last year. Since then Oracle executives have worked hard to keep PeopleSoft customers in the fold, but the company has never been all that clear about just how PeopleSoft and JD Edwards applications would mesh with Oracle's.
Now, with close to 9,000 developers working on the Fusion project to deliver Oracle's next big-business app suite, Oracle executives last week provided some glimpses of what the merged applications might look like, and what pieces might be kept from the old acquired applications. On Jan. 18, Ellison and other project managers are scheduled to take a stage at San Francisco City Hall to talk more about Fusion's progress. Oracle's timetable calls for delivering the first Fusion components next year and a full Fusion suite in 2008. "
Now, with close to 9,000 developers working on the Fusion project to deliver Oracle's next big-business app suite, Oracle executives last week provided some glimpses of what the merged applications might look like, and what pieces might be kept from the old acquired applications. On Jan. 18, Ellison and other project managers are scheduled to take a stage at San Francisco City Hall to talk more about Fusion's progress. Oracle's timetable calls for delivering the first Fusion components next year and a full Fusion suite in 2008. "
