As you start to consider moving your JD Edwards system to the Oracle Cloud, it’s important to understand the different services that Oracle offers. You can choose to optimize your system with Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), extend it with Platform as a Service (PaaS), or complement it with Software as a Service (SaaS). To give you a better understanding of each option, check out this breakdown of what each service looks like.

Mark Hurd, the CEO at Oracle, wrote an article about two business opportunities with blockchain that are worth considering. Blockchain is the distributed ledger for sharing information securely across different organizations. This emerging technology is becoming increasingly popular, and CEOs are starting to ask how it can help boost revenue, increase productivity, streamline cost and create a better customer experience. Mark outlined two ways that blockchain can make an impact within organizations.

Quest had the chance to speak with Matthew Stronczek, the Application Administrator at Port of Portland, about the new features they are implementing with JD Edwards 9.2.

Over the last few years, First Capital Realty transformed its ERP system from a bloated ERP with a variety of disparate systems to a leaner, Hybrid ERP with a combination of Cloud and On-premise solutions. The final stages transformed it into a Hybrid ERP with integrations that allow for smoother processes, time savings, and costs savings.

Syntax Systems ("Syntax"), a leading provider of cloud-managed ERP services is pleased to announce the acquisition of EmeraldCube Solutions, an Atlanta-based company providing business technology solutions to JD Edwards customers. This acquisition extends Syntax's capabilities by adding EmeraldCube's industry-leading software solutions such as EmeraldPrism, EnCrypto, FraudID and EmeraldVision. With the addition of EmeraldCloud, an end-to-end business application deployment and management platform based on Amazon Web Services' (AWS) Public Cloud, Syntax is now even better positioned to help its customers and prospects with their journey to the Public, Private and Hybrid Cloud. Syntax is a portfolio company of Novacap TMT IV, a Montreal-based private equity firm, which also provided the equity financing for the transaction.

Roy Jorgensen Associates, Inc. is a global provider of comprehensive highway and facilities services, first implemented JD Edwards in 2008 on EnterpriseOne release 9.0. The company upgraded to 9.2 at the end of 2016. It was done in five months, on time and under budget. They now run Financials, Distribution, Payroll and HR and Work Orders. They built 9.2 in all new hardware/VM, and they are moving toward being 100 percent virtualized.

Quest had the chance to speak with Gina Stickland, the Chief Process and Innovation Officer from Miller Zell about the company’s move from JD Edwards World to EnterpriseOne in roughly 10 months.

Quest had the opportunity to speak with Chris Park, Supervisor, Business Analysts, and Matt Wiles, Senior Business Analyst, from Christie Digital Systems Inc. about leveraging User Defined Objects to improve the user experience.

Quest recently had the chance to speak with Trisha Muir, the ERP Manager at Michelman about the company’s six-month 9.2 upgrade and how they are now utilizing new functionality.

Customer Spotlight: The Dixie Group Quest talked with Angie Cornelison, Financial Systems Administrator and Corporate Risk Manager at the Dixie Group, about the company’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.2 update that was done in just 3.5 months!