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.

Joe McKendrick, author, independent researcher and speaker exploring innovation, information technology trends and markets, wrote an article in Forbes about how to find and keep people within your organization who will help keep your digital transformation on track. He spoke with Werner Vogels, Chief Technology Officer at Amazon, and Scott Snyder, partner with Heidrick & Struggles, about how to attract and retain people who will help keep your organization’s digital transformation on track.

Gretchen Alarcon, the Group Vice President for Human Capital Management Strategy at Oracle, wrote a blog about understanding the benefits of leveraging new technologies within HR and having a deliberate plan for innovation within your department.

Oracle released a tutorial video on the Oracle JD Edwards YouTube page that walks users through how to orchestrate a quick start deployment plan using the JD Edwards One-Click Provisioning Console.

Vanitha Raghavan, part of the Oracle JD Edwards Product Development team, gave a presentation about how to leverage JD Edwards UX One. The presentation covered delivered out-of-the-box content, managing User Defined Objects (UDOs), and what you’ll need within your environment to get started.

Naveen Joshi, a columnist and Founder and CEO of Allerin—which develops engineering and technology solutions focused on optimal customer experiences, wrote an article in Forbes about the concept of Artificial Intelligence as a security measure against cyber threats in today’s workforce. AI as a cybersecurity solution can help protect organizations from existing cyber threats, identify new malware types, ensure effective security standards, and help create better prevention and recovery strategies. Leveraging AI in this way has both limitations and solutions for challenges.

Making changes to your JD Edwards EnterpriseOne environment can seem like a scary task. Many find themselves second-guessing or questioning a million things before applying the change to their Production environment. Whether you’re applying the latest Tools release, upgrading to 9.2, or applying a new ESU, there is a way to make your testing more efficient and ultimately ease your mind when making changes in your JD Edwards system. Linda Sloan-Compton, the ERP Analyst from Pinal County, gave a presentation about how they leveraged a tool to gain testing efficiency and documentation with consistent processes within their modules.

IoT Production Monitoring and the JD Edwards Orchestrator work very closely together to avoid disruption within JD Edwards Manufacturing. IoT Production Monitoring gives you visibility into your factories and production process. It also helps you monitor health and utilization, predict and diagnose issues, and minimize downtime. JD Edwards Orchestrator can alert you of met or broken conditions and help you make smart decisions to solve your problems.