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PeopleSoft Extends Universal Access to Pure Internet Applications Through New Microsoft PDA Software

PeopleSoft Mobile Agent to be Available on Pocket PC 2002

PLEASANTON, Calif.--Oct. 4, 2001--PeopleSoft Inc. (Nasdaq:PSFT - news) today announced that PeopleSoft Mobile Agent will run on the Microsoft Windows-Powered Pocket PC 2002, Microsoft's next generation of software for personal digital assistants (PDAs). The PeopleSoft Mobile Agent is the enterprise application industry's first pure internet solution for disconnected access. Through this industry leading solution, PeopleSoft customers will have universal access to enterprise applications using Pocket PC 2002.

PeopleSoft Mobile Agent represents a technology breakthrough that will leapfrog legacy client/server solutions for enterprise mobile applications. The PeopleSoft Mobile Agent enables disconnected access, allowing users to access pure internet applications on Windows-Powered laptops and PDAs even when not directly connected to a network. Based on HTML, HTTP, and XML, this new technology extends the PeopleSoft Internet Architecture to mobile professionals, enabling users to work offline, then synchronize data quickly and easily from any location.

``PeopleSoft and Microsoft are working together to provide mobile users with anytime, anywhere access to our industry leading pure internet applications,'' said Peter Gassner, vice president and general manager, PeopleTools at PeopleSoft. ``This new solution enables companies to gain a competitive advantage by dramatically increasing responsiveness and efficiency of mobile employees.''

``Corporations view efficiency and connectivity as key elements in their mobile computing standard,'' said Rogers Weed, general manager for the Mobility Division at Microsoft Corp. ``PeopleSoft Mobile Agent helps to address these key enterprise needs, which will benefit users by providing unmatched ease of use, reliability and universal access increasing workforce productivity.''

PeopleSoft Mobile Agent is expected to be available to early access customers later this year.

About PeopleSoft

PeopleSoft (Nasdaq:PSFT - news) is the world's leading provider of collaborative enterprise software. PeopleSoft pure internet software enables organizations to reduce costs and increase productivity through collaboration with their customers, suppliers, and employees. PeopleSoft's integrated, best-of-breed applications include Customer Relationship Management, Enterprise Service Automation, Supplier Management, Human Capital Management, Financial Management, and Enterprise Performance Management. More than 4,700 organizations in 107 countries run on PeopleSoft software. For more information, visit us at www.peoplesoft.com.

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