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PeopleSoft Extends Business Process Integration Leadership(email this article)

Expands Partnership with webMethods

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ANAHEIM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 16, 2003--At its Connect 2003 conference, PeopleSoft, Inc. (Company Profile, Past Stories, Case Studies) (Nasdaq:PSFT - News) today announced that it has expanded its partnership with webMethods, Inc. as a result of the J.D. Edwards acquisition.
PeopleSoft plans to extend its AppConnect business process integration capabilities with the webMethods Integration Platform. webMethods served as the integration backbone for J.D. Edwards' XPI (eXtended Process Integration) offering. PeopleSoft will continue to support this offering in its EnterpriseOne product line.

"We are pleased to announce the expanded partnership with webMethods," said Chuck Teller, vice president and general manager, PeopleSoft Enterprise Solutions Group. "Building on the successful partnership between webMethods and J.D. Edwards, we look forward extending our business process integration capabilities."

"PeopleSoft recognizes the strength of webMethods' integration capabilities as a component of their overall integration strategy," said Yale Tankus, vice president of Business Development, webMethods, Inc. "The powerful combination of the webMethods Integration Platform with PeopleSoft's AppConnect business integration platform would give customers a new way to optimize business operations while lowering the total cost ownership for IT investments."

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