PeopleSoft Release Date News

Created by Edward T. Simpson (Maryland Institute College of Art) on January 16, 2007
I just read a the latest HEUG newsletter and there were some dates put out in December that a number of institutions (mine included) have been eagerly awaiting:

John Wookey, Oracle Senior VP for Applications, and Susan Beidler, Director, Strategy for Campus Solutions, announced at the December HEUG Board meeting that the Campus Solutions / HR 9.0 product release date is December 15, 2006.  The upgrade scripts will be available in Q1 2007 supporting both the 8.0 to 9.0 and 8.0 to 8.9 migration paths.
You can read the whole article here, but you will need a HEUG login -- so join HEUG if you haven't already!  We already have our CS 9.0 cds and plan to have a demo instance up next month.  We are really looking forward to those upgrade scripts.

Also of note is a comment about the next version of PeopleSoft:


Oracle is still looking for input and specific requirements from Higher Ed for PeopleSoft HRMS version 9.X (which is the PeopleSoft version coming after 9.0).
Again, read the whole article here; and join HEUG -- it is the best PeopleSoft/Oracle conference of the year.

I expect to see more chatter about 9.X versions in the near future.  The word around the campfire at most Fusion-related events I have attended is that a viable fusion product is pretty far away (like, after 2013).  We'll see; 9.0 is here, so I know what I am doing for the next year and a half!

Ted Simpson
MICA
tsimpson@mica.edu