Solutions: Oracle's JD Edwards and IBM

Why IBM with JD Edwards?

IBM has been working closely with Oracle’s JD Edwards applications since 1977 when JD Edwards was founded. Oracle currently offers two JD Edwards applications:

JD Edwards EnterpriseOne is comprehensive enterprise resource planning application suite. The flagship JD Edwards offering, EnterpriseOne offers businesses a selection of industry-specific application modules designed for rapid deployment and ease of administration. Ideally suited for organizations that manufacture, construct, distribute, service or manage products or physical assets, EnterpriseOne combines business value, standards-based technology, and deep industry experience into a business solution with a low total cost of ownership.

JD Edwards World, the original JD Edwards offering, provides a reliable, highly functioning, web-based environment for management of plants, inventories, equipment, finances and people. The applications are tightly integrated and pre-bundled on a single database, helping reduce implementation cost and complexity.

Our near seamless integration of application software and supporting hardware, middleware and services can help provide many benefits, including:

• Lower implementation costs and ongoing IT needs with flexible and affordable pre-integrated applications.
• Self-service capabilities—Web browser-based access to applications enables your employees, customers and suppliers to view and use the information relevant to them, quickly and easily, with less training.
• Streamlined processes that support your business from original customer contact through post-sales service.
• Web-enabled applications—deliver applications to project professionals, wherever the job takes them.
• Real-time collaboration—manage your business process during design, production and distribution planning.

An example of this seamless integration is the IBM Solution Edition for JD Edwards. Designed for mid-sized businesses and built on the IBM i platform, the Solution Edition is configured and tested specifically for EnterpriseOne customers with up to thousands of concurrent users. The Solution Edition comes with many unique features not available on other hardware platforms including: Coordinated support, service vouchers that can be used for application and database optimization, a problem escalation/ resolution focal point, Rapid Install, and a three-year warranty. In addition, the IBM Oracle International Competency Center has created documentation to assist with WebSphere clustering, batch optimization, and general tuning of your EnterpriseOne software running IBM i. The Solution Edition is priced right - when cost of acquisition, maintenance, and on-going support are considered, customers will find the IBM Solution Edition for JD Edwards to be less expensive than comparable Intel solutions.

Mid-sized companies can also take advantage of the Oracle Business Accelerator for IBM Optim and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne. Oracle Business Accelerators are next-generation rapid implementation tools, based on leading industry- and geography-specific business best practices, delivering significantly improved time-to-benefit at low risk. The Optim Business Accelerator allows JD Edwards EnterpriseOne customers to take control of their application data to optimize business results. Optim aligns enterprise data management with your business objectives, enabling you to improve performance, mitigate compliance risks and control costs.