PeopleSoft, Inc. was a company that provided Human Resource Management Systems

Human resource management systems

A Human Resource Management System or Human Resource Information System , refers to the systems and processes at the intersection between human resource management and information technology...

 (HRMS), Financial Management Solutions (FMS), Supply Chain (SCM) and customer relationship management

Customer relationship management

Customer relationship management is a widely implemented strategy for managing a company’s interactions with customers, clients and sales prospects. It involves using technology to organize, automate, and synchronize business processes—principally sales activities, but also those for marketing,...

 (CRM) software, as well as software solutions for manufacturing, enterprise performance management, and student administration to large corporation

Corporation

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s, governments, and organizations. It existed as an independent corporation until its acquisition by Oracle Corporation

Oracle Corporation

Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems...

 in 2005. The PeopleSoft name and product line are now marketed by Oracle.
Founded in 1985 by David Duffield

David Duffield

David Duffield is an American businessman in the software industry. He is the co-founder and former chairman of PeopleSoft, the co-founder and co-CEO at Workday, Inc., and has been on the Forbes World's Richest People list...

 and Ken Morris, PeopleSoft was originally headquartered in Walnut Creek, California

Walnut Creek, California

Walnut Creek is an incorporated city located east of the city of Oakland. It lies in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. While not as large as neighboring Concord, Walnut Creek serves as the business and entertainment hub for the neighboring cities within central Contra Costa...

 before moving to Pleasanton, California

Pleasanton, California

Pleasanton is a city in Alameda County, California, incorporated in 1894. It is a suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area located about east of Oakland, and west of Livermore. The population was 70,285 at the 2010 census. In 2005 and 2007, Pleasanton was ranked the wealthiest middle-sized city in...

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