PeopleSoft

E21777

defunct company enterprise software company software company

PeopleSoft is an enterprise software company best known for its human resources and financial management applications, later integrated into Oracle’s product portfolio.

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All labels observed (19)

Label	Occurrences
PeopleSoft canonical	9
PeopleSoft Campus Solutions	3
PeopleSoft Enterprise	2
PeopleSoft Human Capital Management	2
PeopleSoft Application Designer	1
PeopleSoft CRM	1
PeopleSoft Customer Relationship Management	1
PeopleSoft Financial Management	1
PeopleSoft Financials	1
PeopleSoft Financials and Supply Chain Management	1
PeopleSoft HCM	1
PeopleSoft Integration Broker	1
PeopleSoft Internet Architecture	1
PeopleSoft Query	1
PeopleSoft SCM	1
PeopleSoft Supply Chain Management	1
PeopleSoft client tools	1
PeopleTools	1
Relational Software Inc.	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T165401 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: PeopleSoft
Context triple: [Oracle Corporation, acquired, PeopleSoft]

A. JD Edwards
JD Edwards is an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software suite, originally developed by JD Edwards & Company and now owned by Oracle, used by businesses to manage finance, manufacturing, distribution, and other core operations.
B. Oracle E-Business Suite
Oracle E-Business Suite is an integrated suite of enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), and supply chain management (SCM) applications designed to support and automate core business processes.
C. Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems was a pioneering American technology company best known for developing the Java programming language, the Solaris operating system, and high-performance networked computer systems.
D. Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation is a major American multinational technology company best known for its database software, cloud services, and enterprise software products.
E. IBM
IBM is a multinational technology and consulting company known for its pioneering work in computer hardware, software, and enterprise services.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: PeopleSoft
Target entity description: PeopleSoft is an enterprise software company best known for its human resources and financial management applications, later integrated into Oracle’s product portfolio.

A. JD Edwards
JD Edwards is an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software suite, originally developed by JD Edwards & Company and now owned by Oracle, used by businesses to manage finance, manufacturing, distribution, and other core operations.
B. Oracle E-Business Suite
Oracle E-Business Suite is an integrated suite of enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), and supply chain management (SCM) applications designed to support and automate core business processes.
C. Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems was a pioneering American technology company best known for developing the Java programming language, the Solaris operating system, and high-performance networked computer systems.
D. Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation is a major American multinational technology company best known for its database software, cloud services, and enterprise software products.
E. IBM
IBM is a multinational technology and consulting company known for its pioneering work in computer hardware, software, and enterprise services.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct company ⓘ enterprise software company ⓘ software company ⓘ
acquiredBy	Oracle Corporation ⓘ
acquisitionDate	2004 ⓘ 2005 ⓘ
acquisitionStatus	completed ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
foundedBy	David Duffield ⓘ Ken Morris ⓘ
hasModule	PeopleSoft self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PeopleSoft CRM PeopleSoft self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PeopleSoft Campus Solutions PeopleSoft self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PeopleSoft Financials PeopleSoft self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PeopleSoft HCM PeopleSoft self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PeopleSoft SCM
headquartersLocation	Pleasanton, California ⓘ
inception	1987 ⓘ
industry	enterprise software ⓘ financial management software ⓘ human resources software ⓘ
knownFor	ERP software ⓘ financial management applications ⓘ human resources applications ⓘ
notableProduct	PeopleSoft self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PeopleSoft Campus Solutions PeopleSoft self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PeopleSoft Customer Relationship Management PeopleSoft self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleSoft self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PeopleSoft Financial Management PeopleSoft self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PeopleSoft Human Capital Management PeopleSoft self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PeopleSoft Supply Chain Management
operatedIn	Asia-Pacific ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ
parentOrganization	Oracle Corporation ⓘ
partOf	Oracle E-Business Suite ⓘ surface form: Oracle Applications Oracle product portfolio ⓘ
platform	PeopleSoft self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: PeopleTools
programmingLanguageUsed	PeopleCode ⓘ
softwareType	client-server application ⓘ on-premises enterprise software ⓘ
supportsBusinessFunction	accounts payable ⓘ benefits administration ⓘ general ledger ⓘ human capital management ⓘ payroll ⓘ procurement ⓘ project management ⓘ student administration ⓘ
targetUser	higher education institutions ⓘ large enterprises ⓘ public sector organizations ⓘ

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Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oracle Corporation → acquired → PeopleSoft ⓘ

Software Development Laboratories → successor → PeopleSoft ⓘ

this entity surface form: Relational Software Inc.