On Oracle’s Intention to ‘Chrome’ Its PeopleSoft Browser Story
If you’ve paid attention to our recent post in which we discussed the newly-unveiled PeopleTools 8.52 Release Value Proposition, then maybe you noticed that Oracle stated its intention to support Chrome as a browser. This is interesting, not only because Chrome is the new browser darling of the alpha nerd set, but also because it’s pretty enterprise-unfriendly: Google releases new Chrome iterations very aggressively. Nonetheless, Oracle seems to know there’s a ton of momentum behind it.
Here’s Mark Hoernemann on The PeopleSoft Technology Blog explaining PeopleSoft’s rationale:
Currently, we’re looking at adopting a minimum version of Chrome 10, that’s very likely to change with Google’s aggressive release schedule. Look in My Oracle Support under Certifications when 8.52 goes GA later this year to see what the minimum version actually is.
We weren’t looking for additional browsers to add to the mix, just to see how big we can make the testing matrix, that’s for sure, so why did we make the change? Customer input and market share were two big reasons. As companies process external resumes and university students look to sign up for classes, more and more are looking to use Chrome. One can find market shares all over the board depending on where you look and what you want to see. However, the adoption rate of Chrome has been impressive any way you look at it. Wikipedia tracks multiple sources following Chrome’s adoption rates and they range anywhere from Net Applications’ 12.5% to StatCounter’s 19.4% as of May 2011.
I know a great many people who use Chrome in an enterprise environment. Not every organization supports it, and certainly there will be application incompatibilities, but very quickly Chrome has become The Real Deal in the browser landscape. Kudos to the PeopleSoft browser team for recognizing and supporting this.
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