Editing PeopleSoft (section)

=== JD Edwards ===
In 2003, PeopleSoft accomplished a friendly [[merger]] with smaller rival [[JD Edwards]].<ref name="JDE acquisition">{{cite web|last=Kane|first=Margaret|date=2 June 2003|title=PeopleSoft to buy J.D. Edwards|url=http://news.cnet.com/PeopleSoft-to-buy-J.D.-Edwards/2100-1014_3-1011938.html|access-date=5 October 2010|website=CNET}}</ref> The latter's similar product line, ''World'' and ''OneWorld'', targeted mid-sized companies too small to benefit from PeopleSoft's applications. JD Edwards' software used the [[Configurable Network Computing]] architecture, which shielded applications from both the [[operating system]] and the database back-end. PeopleSoft branded the OneWorld product ''PeopleSoft EnterpriseOne''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hines|first=Matt|date=15 December 2003|title=PeopleSoft integrates J.D. Edwards software|url=http://news.cnet.com/PeopleSoft-integrates-J.D.-Edwards-software/2100-1012_3-5124022.html|access-date=5 October 2010|website=CNET}}</ref>