Recent Posts by Rebekah Jackson

This is the final post in the series summarizing what customers had to say at my interactive feedback session at RECONNECT Envision. Here, we focus on the topic of administering and maintaining PeopleSoft – all things related to Operations and Lifecycle Management. The other posts in the series were on Kibana Analytics and User Experience, if you missed them.   A Journey of Modernization Over the past 8 years, the PeopleSoft product team has been on a journey to modernize the...

We continue the summary of what customers had to say at my interactive feedback session at RECONNECT Envision conference with the topic of User Experience.   The first post in the series was on Kibana Analytics, if you missed it.   User Experience Over the past 8 years, the PeopleSoft product team has been on a journey to modernize the user experience of the application. What started with the introduction of the Fluid user experience and a focus on the casual user has since...

At the RECONNECT Envision conference at the end of April, I experimented a bit with the all-digital conference platform. Instead of a traditional ‘stand-and-deliver’ session – one where I talk and everyone else listens (or multi-tasks), we took advantage of the virtual environment to hold a massive, interactive discussion on the PeopleSoft roadmap and our investment strategy. I’m pleased to say that it worked great! An open dialog just isn’t feasible in a room with several...

Oracle continues it's commitment to support PeopleSoft for a rolling 10 years, announcing the extension of support to 2032. This ensures PeopleSoft customers continue to have more than a decade of updates to the platform. The Lifetime Support Policy datasheet for Applications has been updated, and now shows all PeopleSoft continuous delivery releases are supported through at least 2032. Oracle remains committed to a rolling 10 years of support for PeopleSoft.  As we have done...

We are excited to share our first ever 2020 PeopleSoft Innovators Report – a comprehensive analysis of the customers recognized through the PeopleSoft Innovators program since it began in 2017. In this report you will have: Key findings across PeopleSoft investment areas and the Innovators program as a whole Adoption trends, insights, and lessons learned on topics including Fluid UI, Selective Adoption, Configuration, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and more Responses to the survey...

As part of our efforts to educate the PeopleSoft community on all things PeopleSoft, I am excited to announce that we have started a podcast series titled “PeopleSoft Chat.”   In this podcast series, you will hear from a number of influential people who play a significant role in championing PeopleSoft.  The audio-only podcast format allows for a casual and candid conversation about important topics that are at the forefront for PeopleSoft customers.  No slideware, no...

As many of you know from my last post, when Oracle first announced support for PeopleSoft through at least 2030, we also committed to a rolling 10 years of support.  Since it’s now 2020, it was time for us to review and extend the support date, and we have. The Lifetime Support Policy datasheet for Applications has been updated, and now shows all PeopleSoft continuous delivery releases supported through at least 2031. We remain committed to a rolling 10 years of support for...

In response to the COVID-19 challenges that customers are facing, Oracle is extending support for all Classic / Classic Plus features that were scheduled for de-support this calendar year.  Specifically, all features targeted for de-support at the end of December 2020 will be extended and supported through the end of December 2021. The full list of features can be found in the Lifetime Support Summary for PeopleSoft Releases page on My Oracle Support (Doc ID 2238983.2), in the...

Based on the tremendous success of the PeopleSoft Innovators program – and your feedback – we are pleased to announce that we are expanding the program!    You now have three ways to be recognized as an Innovator: Feature Innovators: This is for customers who adopt recently delivered strategic capabilities.  The list of features that qualify will change over time since we are constantly shipping new features. Feature Innovators receive a digital badge for each feature deployed,...