========================================================= ------- eWEEK.com FINANCE INDUSTRY UPDATE -------- ========================================================= October 11, 2004
========================================================= Sponsored by Dell Small Business FREE Upgrades on Select Dell Desktops & Notebooks! http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1204-17-38-11627-135595-1 ========================================================= ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= Theresa Carey: Quicken Interchange Files Get Boot From Intuit 1. News: SAP Preps New NetWeaver Capabilities 2. News: Siebel Refocuses on Customers 3. Opinion: PeopleSoft Running Short on Options, Credibility 4. News: Microsoft CEO Ballmer Rules Out PeopleSoft Bid 5. News: SAP Customers Find Refuge from ERP Market Turmoil Check out eWEEK.com's Finance Center for the latest news, views and analysis on financial applications and services for the enterprise and small businesses. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1204-17-38-11627-135475-1 ========================================================= Theresa Carey ========================================================= Quicken Interchange Files Get Boot From Intuit Intuit is dropping support in Quicken 2005 for importing Quicken Interchange Files. It's about time to retire this clumsy method and move to the Open Financial Exchange protocol. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1204-17-38-11627-135478-1 ========================================================= Finance Industry Update ========================================================= 1. News: SAP Preps New NetWeaver Capabilities SAP AG is readying new capabilities for developers that use the enterprise software company's NetWeaver integration platform with the goal of easing worries in several key areas. Get the details on SAP's upcoming NetWeaver 2005 here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1204-17-38-11627-135481-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Siebel Refocuses on Customers During Siebel's annual User Week customer conference, a new plan was unveiled that is designed to ease implementation headaches and speed user adoption of its software. Learn more about Siebel's new "customer success blueprint." http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1204-17-38-11627-135484-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. Opinion: PeopleSoft Running Short on Options, Credibility With a board member saying PeopleSoft would consider a takeover at the right price and raising questions about ex-CEO Craig Conway's integrity, the company should consider negotiating with Oracle while it still can. eWEEK.com's Enterprise Apps editor John Pallatto weighs in on the latest development in the Oracle vs. PeopleSoft case. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1204-17-38-11627-135487-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Microsoft CEO Ballmer Rules Out PeopleSoft Bid Microsoft's Steve Ballmer said the software giant will not bid for troubled PeopleSoft, which Oracle is widely expected to acquire. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1204-17-38-11627-135490-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: SAP Customers Find Refuge from ERP Market Turmoil SAP's TechEd conference proved to be an oasis of calm for corporate customers in an ERP (enterprise resource planning) software market that has been roiled by Oracle's prolonged efforts to buy out PeopleSoft. 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