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Phillips promises rapid integration of companies, new releases of key apps
PeopleSoft will be integrated into Oracle next month, right after the expected close of the $10.3 billion deal, according to Oracle Co-President Charles Phillips.
During a press conference last week, Phillips said the two companies are already working on the integration plans.
But Bill Swanton, an analyst at AMR Research Inc. in Boston, predicted that the integration will be easier said than done. "They will have to work very hard to succeed," Swanton said. "There are lots of places [where] they could run into trouble."
Product Plans
Without disclosing much in the way of details, Phillips said that Oracle will continue to...