Peoplesoft

The update included a new software suite, with a payroll component called PeopleSoft, a hiring program known as Taleo and a strategic budget planning tool named Hyperion that tied each position to the school budget.

Though Wooden had participated in stakeholder meetings, and even participated in a training on PeopleSoft, she did not have any first-hand experience with IPPS-A.

The winning contractor is to adapt and link the new pay system’s software, based on PeopleSoft technology, to the federal government’s pay administration procedures and rules.

For example, the HRM company PeopleSoft "derived significant cost savings by shifting HR processes to the intranet".

If PeopleSoft had not prepared itself by adopting effective takeover defenses, it is unclear if Oracle would have significantly raised its original bid of $16 per share.

Peoplesoft allowed the guarantee to expire in April 2004.

The increased bid provided an additional $4.1 billion for PeopleSoft's shareholders.