Following PeopleSoft's warning, Morgan Stanley cut its earnings estimate for the provider of enterprise application software to 13 cents per share from 20 cents.

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Unstructured customer conversation content is very difficult to map to enterprise transaction and master data management systems, which form the core of enterprise business application software.

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He is responsible for the strategic direction and growth of the company, and has a proven track record in many facets of enterprise software, from new application development to professional services.

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Enterprise software, including database, application, and middleware offerings account for more than 75% of its Trefis price estimate.

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SAP, the largest German software firm and the world leader in enterprise-application programmes.

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Marc Benioff all but educated the market on the benefits of software-as-a-service, the advantages of using a lightweight, easily configurable hosted sales force application compared to the generally accepted status quo of the time: complex enterprise software typified by Siebel, now an Oracle acquisition.

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