PeopleSoft Receives 2003 InfoWorld Readers' Choice Award for Best CRM Product(email this article)

PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 5, 2003--PeopleSoft (Company Profile, Past Stories, Case Studies), Inc. (Nasdaq:PSFT - News) today announced that it received the 2003 InfoWorld Readers' Choice Award for Best CRM Product. For more than 25 years, InfoWorld Media Group has delivered award-winning technology and product news, research and analysis to the IT community. InfoWorld's readers voted in this year's Readers' Choice Awards, casting their ballots online from April through June.

"Our loyal and enthusiastic customer base amplifies our product awareness and fuels the rapid growth of PeopleSoft CRM. Quarter over quarter, more than 30 percent of our CRM business comes from 'net new' customers," said Joe Davis, vice president and general manager, PeopleSoft CRM. "The InfoWorld Readers' Choice Award is an affirmation not only of our customer satisfaction, but our best-in-class CRM technology, ease of use and integration."

"InfoWorld readers are a technology-savvy bunch; they're tapped into the latest products and trends. The Readers' Choice Awards offer them an ideal forum to share that expertise," said Steve Fox, InfoWorld's editor in chief. "I think this is one of the most effective ways for IT professionals to influence each other and for recipients to get a sense of validation. Furthermore, it gets IT professionals to think twice about their future purchases -- and to see what is hot in the industry, and what is not."

The complete coverage of the Awards is featured in the July 28th issue of InfoWorld and at InfoWorld.com (www.infoworld.com/153). Readers get to see where nominees ranked in popularity, along with an expert analysis of the overall results.

The PeopleSoft CRM 8.8 product portfolio offers a comprehensive set of marketing, sales and service solutions, as well as industry-specific CRM solutions for communications, energy, government, high tech, financial services and insurance. The product line supports multiple languages and currencies, and enables companies to address rising customer expectations, expand globally while cutting costs, and improve business processes through embedded analytics.

About the InfoWorld Readers' Choice Awards

The InfoWorld Readers' Choice Awards offer InfoWorld readers a chance to express their opinions of the industry's products, technologies, and vendors. The categories and award candidates are selected by InfoWorld's senior editorial staff based on technology trends, wave-making products, and the top reviews conducted by the Test Center during the year; readers then vote on the categories, and their responses are tallied to determine the winners. The Readers' Choice Awards are not open to outside nominations, nor do we accept votes from vendors and companies affiliated with vendors. For complete results, please visit (infoworld.com/153).

About InfoWorld Media Group

For 25 years, InfoWorld Media Group has provided cutting-edge coverage and evaluation of IT products and services for technology experts in senior management. Through integrated channels including print, online, and events, InfoWorld reaches the most influential senior-level information technologists -- those who drive their enterprises' strategies and technology purchases. Powered by a continued investment in an independent Test Center, InfoWorld analysts and editors provide hands-on analysis and evaluation, as well as expert commentary on issues surrounding emerging technologies and products.

About IDG

InfoWorld is a division of IDG, the world's leading technology media, research, and event company. IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers and offers online users the largest network of technology-specific sites around the world through IDG.net (www.idg.net), which comprises more than 330 targeted Web sites in 80 countries. IDG is also a leading producer of 168 computer-related events worldwide, and IDG's research company, IDC, provides global market intelligence and advice through 51 offices in 43 countries worldwide. Company information is available at www.idg.com.

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, Financial Management and Application Integration. Today more than 5,200 organizations in 140 countries run on PeopleSoft software. For more information, visit us at www.peoplesoft.com.

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