PeopleSoft Certifies Four New Implementation Partners; Cap Gemini America, Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., IBM and KPMG Peat Marwick L.L.P. Now Supporting PeopleSoft Customers

Business Wire, Jan 8, 1996

PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 1996--PeopleSoft Inc. (NASDAQ:PSFT), a leading supplier of client/server business software, today announced that Cap Gemini America, Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., IBM and KPMG Peat Marwick L.L.P. have joined the company's Implementation Partnership Program, supporting the PeopleSoft Financials, Distribution and HRMS product suites.

The Implementation Partnership Program enables companies to achieve the smooth, successful deployment of PeopleSoft applications as part of comprehensive, enterprise-level client/server solutions.

Thoroughly trained in PeopleSoft technology, Cap Gemini, Coopers & Lybrand, IBM and KPMG now help customers in selecting, implementing and customizing the best business and technical solutions for their unique requirements, offering support and expertise during every phase of the project plan.

The addition of these four major consulting organizations brings the number of PeopleSoft service partners to more than 30, underscoring the company's strong commitment to providing complete business and technology solutions.

About Cap Gemini America

Cap Gemini America (CGA) has provided implementation consulting services to PeopleSoft customers since 1992 through its PeopleSoft Center of Excellence in Southfield, Michigan.

With a consultant base strictly dedicated to PeopleSoft services, CGA is now creating a PeopleSoft Solution Center to host the entire breadth of PeopleSoft applications. The Center will provide PeopleSoft clients with development alternatives to best fit their needs, significantly saving time and money during implementation.

"Cap Gemini's impressive global presence will benefit our customers with international implementations," said Frank Strelau, PeopleSoft Vice President of Business Development. "CGA's broad base of experience means that the U.S. and European market can now receive complete solutions for all of their business software needs."

Cap Gemini Sogeti (CGS) is the fourth largest information technology service provider in the world, with 21,000 consultants in 16 countries. Whether supporting major companies and public sector agencies, acting as adviser, prime contractor, manager or integrator, CGS's aim is to help clients achieve their strategic objectives through controlled use of technology on a global level. Cap Gemini America, the New York-based U.S. subsidiary of CGS, was established in 1967 and has attained ISO9001 certification through CGA's quality assurance methodology called PERFORM.

About Coopers & Lybrand, L.L.P.

Coopers & Lybrand's Consulting group (CLC) and Human Resources Advisory (HRA) comprise the world's second largest consulting services organization according to a recent Business Week study. CLC provides general business strategy and technology implementation consulting services focused by industry segment, featuring a full range of strategy, process improvement, and technology services for an enterprise's financial community. Coopers & Lybrand's proprietary systems implementation methodology, SUMMIT, is used around the world as a standard, proven methodology for assisting clients in the successful implementation of software packages such as PeopleSoft's.

HRA provides consulting services in employee benefits, health care, human resource technology, executive compensation, retirement plan design and administration, organizational effectiveness and development, communications service, and casualty, actuarial, and risk management. HRA consultants help PeopleSoft customers to navigate the full range of business concerns, HR issues, and complex government requirements.

Strelau commented, "With the addition of Coopers & Lybrand and KPMG, PeopleSoft now counts all of the `Big 6' firms as Implementation Partners. Coopers & Lybrand's strong CLC and HRA global practices will help to ensure that PeopleSoft customers receive the highest quality service and support during the implementation process, with the focus clearly on operating efficiency and sound business strategy."

About IBM

IBM's global services organization ISSC has a dedicated PeopleSoft consulting practice providing a comprehensive range of services to assist organizations in the implementation of PeopleSoft's Financials, Distribution, or HRMS application suites. As an Implementation Partner, IBM provides PeopleSoft product expertise and project management -- often with specific vertical industry strategies and techniques.

IBM assists PeopleSoft customers in the determination of a customer's technical architecture, including design, purchase and integration of hardware, database and operating systems.

"We are proud to have IBM as an integral partner in implementing PeopleSoft solutions," said Strelau. "IBM and PeopleSoft make a great combination. Now our customers can benefit from the combined strengths of our two organizations to achieve increased productivity, flexibility and competitive advantage."

IBM has particular expertise when PeopleSoft needs to operate in open, multi-vendor environments with other leading technologies, and can help minimize the risk and manage unexpected changes associated with moving to a client/server environment. IBM, the world's largest provider of IT solutions, is also a leading platform partner for PeopleSoft, providing key hardware and database technology. IBM has also recently become a workflow and software application partner of PeopleSoft's with their PeopleTeller from ISSC, an employee self-service kiosk front-end to PeopleSoft HRMS.