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Flextronics Signs SaaS Deal With Workday

Workday, a provider of on-demand enterprise resource planning applications, has landed what is believed to be one of the biggest software-as-a-service contracts to date.

The company, which was launched by former PeopleSoft founder Dave Duffield, will provide human capital management services to electronics manufacturer Flextronics. Flextronics will use Workday's hosted applications to replace some 80 disparate human resource systems deployed in 30 countries, serving 200,000 employees.

Workday was started about three years ago by Duffield and is based in Walnut Creek, Calif. The company has had most success to date with its human resource offering, but also has payroll, financial management and procurement offerings.

Gulf Oil Chooses Oracle Financials

Gulf Oil, one of the nation's largest gas station operators and wholesale fuel distributors, will implement Oracle Financials to support its core business.

The Newton, Mass., company said it will use Oracle Financials to support its corporate growth strategy as it looks to reposition itself in the market and add new Gulf Express convenience stores to its existing locations. Gulf operates more than 2,400 service stations primarily in the northeast U.S., and also operates a network of 12 oil terminals.

Gulf will also implement Oracle Project Costing, an application that allows companies to monitor projects against timelines, budgets and performance metrics.

Oracle Buys AdminServer

Oracle struck a deal this week to acquire AdminServer, a company based in Chester, Penn., that provides insurance policy administration software. The companies said AdminServer's production line will become a core component of Oracle's existing insurance industry software, currently used by more than 1,000 insurers.

The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2008. Financial details were not disclosed.

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