Smead is one of the the Western hemisphere’s most recognized brands in office products manufacturing. Not wishing to continue to pay exorbitant vendor annual maintenance fees for PeopleSoft software products the company was not planning to upgrade, Smead investigated providers of independent support (third-party support) and switched to Rimini Street.
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How UK Public Sector Organisations are Delivering Quality Essential Services and Innovation While Reducing ERP Support Costs
In this Rimini Street webinar, public sector IT leaders share how they’re making significant savings, taking control of their IT roadmaps and planning for the future
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Welcome to the Future of PeopleSoft Managed Services: Things Just Got Easier
With all Oracle PeopleSoft releases except for 9.2 in sustaining support and no announcement of 9.3, our customers have been finding creative ways to control costs and make things easier to do. Getting off Oracle support has been one of the best decisions you’ve made, so now let’s explore what happens next. We’ll reveal how one client running a blend of PeopleSoft 9.1 and 9.2 started by dropping their expensive Oracle support for third-party support – then engaged us to manage their systems. In this OnDemand Webinar, Frank Reneke, GVP & GM of Oracle Services for Rimini Street and Anne Plese, Sr Director of Product Marketing explore how we are helping our clients strengthen their financial position to accelerate digital transformation – all while taking back control of their roadmap in a time of uncertainty. Tune in to find out the steps that you can take toward a simplified operating model.
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PeopleSoft Global User Survey
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You have made significant investments to implement highly functional, stable enterprise software systems, which likely include customizations and add-ons tailored for your specific business. Many IT reams who historically followed Oracle’s applications roadmap are being driven down a path of de-support, artificially forcing upgrades, and/or rip-and-replace of these reliable and robust platforms to Oracle SaaS. Before you make any decisions around your short and long-term strategy, it’s important to realize what you are getting in exchange, how much it will truly cost and what level of risk it imposes on your ability to deliver on business-driven IT initiatives. In this 30-minute webinar, you will hear about the five most critical design issues to avoid while defining your Oracle roadmap, particularly in the context of your critical business-driven requirements. Frank Reneke and Jason Kotsaftis share real-world examples of clients who freed themselves for the locked-in risks and costs associated with vendor-dictated roadmaps for their Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Hyperion, Siebel and other back-office applications.
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Through the years, your organization has spent millions of dollars to run PeopleSoft …so it must have been a shock when Oracle explained they were going to invest their dollars in a cloud-first R&D strategy that will force you to make some tough decisions about your existing PeopleSoft environment. Get answers and get real-world examples of how organizations just like yours are deciding their next moves in these 30-minute, interactive sessions. Jason Kotsaftis, Sr. Director, Product Marketing and Subramanian Sundar, PeopleSoft Functional Expert discuss options are available for PeopleSoft 9.1 or earlier, what’s being delivered with 9.2 updates, and how to avoid a rip-and-replace of PeopleSoft as you move to the cloud. Watch this webinar and get the answers you need to start innovating today!
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The Future Of Oracle’s PeopleSoft Roadmap
A Rimini Street Perspective With Oracle PeopleSoft releases all in sustaining support except the 9.2 release, customers are inquiring about what the future holds for PeopleSoft applications. With over 30 PeopleSoft 9.2 image updates released to date, customers now have a good set of information to gauge the level of new value and ROI they are receiving for their ongoing maintenance and support spend. In this webinar, Jason Kotsaftis and Roland Butvilofsky share analysis and case studies of customers driving new levels of innovation for their PeopleSoft applications, including internally-deployed and in the cloud, fueling their roadmaps through a 50% reduction on their annual Oracle products maintenance and support fees.
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Infographic: PeopleSoft licensees’ challenges, strategies, and future plans. Cost and support quality are the top concerns, say Rimini Street 2020 survey results.
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Rimini Street Tax, Legal, and Regulatory Management Services for PeopleSoft
Rimini Street tax, legal, and regulatory management services for PeopleSoft help clients maintain software compliance, reduce risk, and focus on innovation.
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