For Immediate Release
San Francisco, CA, September 12, 2003 – PeopleSoft, Inc. (Nasdaq: PSFT) announced today that it has selected Adaptive Path, the world’s leading user experience firm, to develop and manage the merging of its public Web site with that of J.D. Edwards & Co. (Nasdaq: JDEC). PeopleSoft purchased the Denver software maker last month for $1.8 billion in cash and stock.
“Given the circumstances of this merger, the business community will be looking closely at PeopleSoft.com to monitor how quickly the merger is progressing,” says Peter Merholz, founding partner of Adaptive Path and project lead. “We have two formidable companies that want to join forces, and supporting that effort is a huge, exciting challenge.”
In 2001, Adaptive Path worked with PeopleSoft to unify several of the company’s existing sites, developing a cohesive user experience throughout. Adaptive Path then provided content strategy and information architecture for integration of 18 additional PeopleSoft Web sites around the world.
Adaptive Path will immediately begin to integrate JDEdwards.com into the PeopleSoft.com site structure. Working with teams from both companies, Adaptive Path will formulate a set of shared objectives for a unified site strategy. That strategy, combined with Adaptive Path’s research and expertise on enterprise software customers, will guide the creation of an integrated site structure to support the business goals of the newly merged companies.
“PeopleSoft is pleased to again choose Adaptive Path to assist us with key project components like critical stakeholder interviews. They provide an unbiased viewpoint that always keeps the site visitor’s needs paramount,” says Suzanne Van Cleve, director of PeopleSoft.com. “Using Adaptive Path enables us to achieve our objectives faster and brings a wealth of best practices gleaned from their impressive client base.”
About Adaptive Path
Headquartered in San Francisco, Adaptive Path is a user experience consulting, research and training firm that has provided custom services to a range of clients, including Fortune 50 corporations, pure-Web startups, and established not-for-profit organizations.
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