🧠 The Modern ERP Digest – Edition 18
Curated by Aaron Engelsrud | Published on PeopleSoftCloud.com
Aaron • Nov 16, 2025
☕ This Week’s Focus
This week’s headlines highlight a fascinating paradox: AI enthusiasm is cooling on Wall Street just as Oracle’s multicloud growth heats up in the real world.
From Larry Ellison’s bullish momentum in multicloud to new tools that simplify application management, the conversation is shifting from “AI hype” to platform execution. Meanwhile, ERP compliance and PeopleSoft innovation are proving that modernization is about capability, not buzzwords.
As you’ll see below, the PeopleSoft community continues to lead quietly but effectively by expanding automation, experimenting with AI, and redefining the platform engineer role for a hybrid future.
⚙️ Oracle, AI & Infrastructure
🔗 Larry Ellison Sees Oracle Multicloud Boom as Google and Amazon Customers Join (Cloud Wars)
Ellison describes a “multicloud acceleration” as customers blend OCI with AWS and Google Cloud. Oracle’s strategy isn’t isolation, it’s integration, and the numbers show that cross-cloud adoption is driving real momentum.
🔗 Wall Street Cools on Oracle’s AI Buildout Plans (CNBC)
Investor enthusiasm for AI infrastructure is showing cracks, with analysts questioning near-term ROI on hyperscale projects. The silver lining? Reduced hype means sharper focus on practical, monetizable use cases.
🔗 Introducing the New Fleet Application Management Release (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Blog)
Oracle’s new Fleet Application Management toolset provides centralized lifecycle control across applications and environments, simplifying patching, monitoring, and compliance. For large PeopleSoft or Fusion portfolios, this release could quietly redefine operational efficiency.
📊 ERP Strategy & Compliance
🔗 Time for Tech to Rethink ERP Compliance (Grant Thornton)
Grant Thornton makes a sharp case: traditional compliance models can’t keep up with AI, automation, and continuous deployment. Future ERP governance must shift from “after-the-fact audits” to real-time risk visibility baked into DevOps and cloud workflows.
👩💻 PeopleSoft Community & Practice
🔗 PeopleSoft Landing Page Modeler (I Like Trains Blog)
https://i-like-trains.blogspot.com/2025/11/peoplesoft-landing-page-modeler.html
A quick, hands-on walkthrough of the PeopleSoft Landing Page Modeler. Showing how admins can rapidly prototype modern UX layouts without code. Perfect for teams planning PUM 53+ UI rollouts.
🔗 AI for PeopleSoft Pros: A Step-by-Step Approach (PeopleSoft Insider)
A practical guide to adopting AI inside your PeopleSoft ecosystem. Derek Tomei outlines small, actionable steps that leverage automation, pattern recognition, and OpenAI APIs to augment workflows without requiring system rewriting.
🔗 The PeopleSoft Platform Cloud Engineer (PeopleSoftCloud)
The PeopleSoft Platform Cloud Engineer
PeopleSoft occupies a unique position in the enterprise world. On the one hand, it’s a “legacy system” in the minds of many CIOs and consultants. On the other hand, it’s one of the most adaptable and long-lived ERP platforms ever built. The truth is, PeopleSoft is only as modern as the team running it. And when you move PeopleSoft into the cloud, GCP, A…
This week’s feature post introduces the PeopleSoft Platform Cloud Engineer role, which represents the evolution of the traditional administrator into a DevSecOps-driven architect. From Terraform to Chef to OpenSearch, it’s about turning platform stability into delivery velocity.
💬 Aaron’s Take
The signal beneath this week’s noise is simple: the hype cycle is maturing.
AI is settling into its true role as an operational accelerator, not a silver bullet. Investors cooling off isn’t a bad thing; it’s clarity returning to the room.
Meanwhile, Oracle’s multicloud strategy is proving pragmatic, not ideological. The company that once demanded exclusivity is now thriving in cooperative infrastructure. That’s a massive shift, and it mirrors what’s happening in PeopleSoft teams everywhere.
The PeopleSoft ecosystem continues to modernize through execution, experimenting with AI responsibly, improving UX, and professionalizing platform operations. That’s what sustainable transformation looks like.
As hype fades, the teams that stay focused on doing, automating, integrating, and improving are the ones who’ll win the next decade.
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Regarding the topic of the article, 'reduced hype means sharper focus' is so true and insightful.