In the season 5 opening episode of PeopleSoft NOW! Rebekah Jackson talks with Paco Aubrejuan. During this episode, Rebekah and Paco touch upon various strategic areas. Here are a few highlights from their discussion in this episode: 

  1. Oracle is in its 20th year of supporting PeopleSoft –longer than PeopleSoft was an independent company.
  2. Rolling 10-year support model reassures customers about ongoing investment.
  3. Oracle is committed to supporting PeopleSoft customers as they move to cloud applications over time.
  4. FSCM has shipped its 50th PUM Image release and the upcoming HCM 50th PUM Image release showcases PeopleSoft’s successful “Continuous Delivery” model.
  5. There are over 560 PeopleSoft Insight visualizations and dashboards, enhancing analytics and user experience, with more to come. 
  6. For AI and generative AI with PeopleSoft, the focus is on providing easy uptake of AI and ML services
  7. OCI adoption is surging, with significant cost reductions reported by customers. Over 400 customers are running PeopleSoft on OCI. 
  8. With over 200 customer success stories, the PeopleSoft Innovators Program fosters community confidence and continues to grow.

 

The entire episode is available on our YouTube channel. You can also watch it below

 

What you’ll see in this episode is that it is power-packed with information on PeopleSoft that includes updates on support, product features, transition to Cloud, community recognition, and much more.

The episode begins with Paco discussing the significance of Oracle’s 20-year commitment to supporting PeopleSoft. He reflects on how PeopleSoft has been part of Oracle longer than it was an independent company and emphasizes the importance of mutual investment from both Oracle and its customers for the continued innovation and development of the product.

He goes on to highlight that the rolling 10-year support model for PeopleSoft is a unique industry practice. Such a model provides customers with a predictable timeline enabling them to make value-based decisions about their technology investments, leading to more strategic planning.

Furthermore, Oracle’s commitment to extending PeopleSoft and the expectations for Oracle Cloud applications are discussed. Discussions include:

  • The success of PeopleSoft’s Selective Adoption model and the importance of modernizing the Fluid User Interface
  • The benefits of Oracle Guided Learning and Oracle Digital Assistant with PeopleSoft, and their benefits for customers moving to Oracle’s Cloud applications.  
  • Significant investments in PeopleSoft Insights, which provides real-time analytics with minimal latency and improved user experience.    
  • The importance of PeopleTools releases in supporting application development, focusing on themes like security, productivity, user experience, and cost reduction.
  • Integration of AI and Generative AI in PeopleSoft, highlighting specific use cases, infrastructure improvements, and strategies for leveraging AI technologies.
  • Overview of the adoption of PeopleSoft on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), emphasizing the benefits, cost savings, automation, and improved management with PeopleSoft Cloud Manager.

The episode concludes with Paco talking about the PeopleSoft Innovator Program and over 200 customer stories published on the PeopleSoft Information Portal. There’s a reference made to the US Army’s story with a million plus soldiers using PeopleSoft HCM. 

While referring to the PeopleSoft customer stories and the continued confidence of customers in PeopleSoft, here’s what Paco has to say: “as long as there’s a large customer community that’s investing in PeopleSoft, Oracle’s going to continue to invest in PeopleSoft…”

There’s a lot more to discuss, show, and demo. The place to dive deeper into any PeopleSoft topic is at the RECONNECT Dive Deep Conference in October. This is a virtual event where you will get to interact with Paco, Rebekah, and our global product development team.