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Educating and Connecting the JD Edwards Community

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In This Issue...In This Issue...

6 - JD Edwards Executive Luncheons

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9 - Playday™ at COLLABORATE

11 - Technology Foundation/Blue Stack

Announcement

Expiration Dates in EnterpriseOne

12 - Debunking IFRS Myths

Trimming the Fat of Labor

Management

JDE Alliance Formed by Six

Independent Vendors

13 - Open Text and Oracle Expand

their Relationship for ECM

JR Simplot Company Unifies

Operations with JD Edwards

14 - EnterpriseOne Tools 8.98.4

Summary of Enhancements

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16 - Top ERP Predictions for 2011

Oracle Introduces Oracle’s JD

Edwards EnterpriseOne Apparel

Management

AICPA: Revenue Recognition

Proposal Impractical

5 Strategies for Growing as a

Domestic Manufacturer

Oracle Critical Patch Update

January 2011

18 - Upcoming FREE JD Edwards

Webinars

19 - Upcoming JD Edwards Training

Classes

20 - JD Edwards history – from the

source that knows!

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Connect.Connect. JD Edwards Executive Lunch & Learns

Hosted by JD Edwards Southeast & Mid-Atlantic Conferences, InsightSoftware.com &

brij Image and Information

Join us for a networking luncheon with fellow executives from companies using JD

Edwards EnterpriseOne, JD Edwards World and Insight 2 JD Edwards. Learn ways to

better leverage your company's technology resources and manage your business intelligence

more efficiently and effectively through the discussion of best practices of fellow JD

Edwards Community executives and an overview of tools that can help, all over lunch.

February 9-11, 2011

Virginia, Maryland, Washington DC

March 9-11, 2011

Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama

April 26-29, 2011 North Carolina

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SAVE THE DATE

FOR THE RETURN OF THE

FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 2011

The JD Edwards Mid Atlantic Users Community is comprised of over 300

customers and is 100% dedicated to driving value and content for you, the JD

Edwards User. We understand the importance of providing both World and

EnterpriseOne customers with educational resources, networking opportunities

and product overviews that fit your environment.

The JD Edwards Mid-Atlantic Conference has built a strong network of JD

Edwards users who rely on and entrust us to deliver valuable, beneficial, and

most importantly, relevant, educational and networking opportunities.

Join us on Friday, March 25, 2011 for this one day event filled with

presentations, networking, a hands-on Playday™ and much more!

PRE-REGISTER NOW

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April 10-14, 2011

Orange County Convention Center West

Orlando, Florida

Presented by IOUG, OAUG AND Quest International Users Group, this global conference is designed to help users of the full family of Oracle business applications and database technologies gain greater value from their Oracle investments. Quest's special events and educational content are focused on PeopleSoft, JD Edwards and other Oracle applications, such as Hyperion, Agile, Oracle Utilities, in use within the Quest community.

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN

REGISTER BEFORE MARCH 10, 2011 AND SAVE $340!

Agenda-At-A-Glance | Content & Networking

Hotel & Travel Discounts | Entertainment Options

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Connect.Connect. Playday™ at COLLABORATE 11 April 10-14, 2011

Orange County Convention Center West

Orlando, Florida

What is a Playday™ ?

A Playday™ is a hands-on, no-hype and no-pitch environment where end users

can actually sit down and work with software products. Whether you are curious

about new functionality or need key individuals to understand the impact an

upgrade could have on your organization, Playdays can help.

Through self-guided scripts and consultant assistance as needed, Playdays provide

learning opportunities for both technical and functional users alike.

Co-sponsored by brij Image & Information and Hexaware Technologies, the

Playday™ gives you the opportunity to get hands on with the latest versions of:

• JD Edwards EnterpriseOne

• JD Edwards World

• PeopleSoft Enterprise

• Oracle User Productivity Kit (UPK)

• Oracle BI Publisher

• And more!

Guarantee your spot in the sand box! Pre-Register Today!

“We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing."

-Bernard Shaw

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JD Edwards Technology Foundation/Blue Stack Announcement

Oracle is simplifying the licensing of the underlying technology required to run JD

Edwards EnterpriseOne. Oracle will no longer offer JD Edwards EnterpriseOne

Technology Foundation (aka “blue stack) to new customers. To minimize business

impact, existing customers can continue to expand their Technology Foundation

licenses with Oracle through December 31, 2013. After this date, customers may

acquire additional licenses of IBM products from IBM. Customers who remain current on technical support

fees will continue to receive technical support on Technology Foundation from Oracle through September 30,

2016. After this date, customers may contact IBM for options on IBM Software Subscription and Support.

Oracle continues to offer Oracle Technology Foundation for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne (aka, “Red Stack”)

and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Core Tools and Infrastructure. For more information see the Frequently Asked

Questions document. (Oracle Support Credentials Required to access this document)

Oracle offers a migration program to the Oracle Technology Foundation (Red Stack) for customers on the

Blue Stack. Contact info@jdedwardsse.org for more details.

Expiration Dates in EnterpriseOne

JD Edwards EnterpriseOne stores calendar dates in Julian date

format. The system allows two-digit dates to be entered to facilitate

data entry. The system uses data dictionary item CENTCHG

(CenturyChangeYear) to determine the century to use for populating

data tables. The system also uses this data dictionary item when

automatically populating the default effective through and expiration

dates in some data tables.

In releases Xe and ERP8.0, the default value for CENTCHG was set to 10. Thus dates populated using the

CENTCHG default value are created as „12/31/2010‟. In release 8.9, the default value was set to 15, creating a

date of „12/31/2015‟. In releases 8.10 through 9.0, the default value was set to 40, creating a date of

„12/31/2040‟. Oracle recommends that this value be increased for users in the Xe, ERP8.0, and 8.9 releases as

well as users who have upgraded from these releases to 8.10 or higher so that the software will supply new

effective through dates further into the future.

This document outlines the function of CENTCHG in the software and recommends a change to the

CENTCHG data dictionary default as soon as possible. This document also introduces the Date Utility, a tool

designed to assist users with identifying and resolving business data with potential date issues. The Date

Utility is designed for use with the currently supported tools releases.

For more details, refer to E1: 00: JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Default Century Dates – CENTCHG [ID

882478.1]

(MyOracleSupport credentials required to access this solution)

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Debunking IFRS Myths

From CFO.com – Experts expose seven misconceptions about international financial

reporting standards. Read the article here…

Trimming the Fat of Labor Management

An excellent article by Stephen Jannise, ERP Market Analyst from SoftwareAdvice.com.

Excerpt - “Motivation, flexibility, and direct management must all be present

if a lean environment is going to be sucessful. When workers are assuming

more responsibilities than ever before, management must start taking a more

personable and inspirational approach to labor management. If workers are

asked to stop functioning like machines and start thinking critically, they

must be treated differently as well.”

Read the entire article here….

JDE Alliance Formed by Six Independent Vendors

The JDE Alliance is a consortium of best-of-breed

solution vendors that offer proven, respected software

solutions for JD Edwards customers. Our respective

products serve to extend and enhance a company‟s JD

Edwards investment by:

Automating Manual Processes ♦ Improving Operational Efficiencies ♦ Enhancing Data Security &

Storage ♦ Adding Functional Capabilities, Intelligence, and Reporting ♦ Reducing IT Costs and

Risks while Increasing ROI

The JDE Alliance consists of six companies -

* Arctools: Data Purge and Archiving with Integrity

* Image Integration Systems: AP Automation and Business Process Management

* InsightSoftware.com: Financial Reporting, Operational Analytics, and Data Reconciliation

* RF-SMART: Mobile Supply Chain and Construction Solutions

* Q Software: Security and Compliance Solutions

* WTS: Application hosting, Managed Disaster Recovery, and IT infrastructure Services

More details at www.jdealliance.com and IT Jungle.

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Open Text and Oracle Expand their Relationship for ECM

Open Text will soon embed Oracle technology to deliver a new set of enterprise content solutions to increase

market share with the Oracle customer base. Read the press release for more information on the Oracle/Open

Text relationship.

JR Simplot Company Unifies Operations with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne

JR Simplot, a food and agribusiness leader and one of the world‟s largest privately held companies, selected

JD Edwards‟ features and scalability to unify business operations.

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EnterpriseOne Tools 8.98.4 Summary of Enhancements

Oracle makes EnterpriseOne Tools 8.98.4 generally available, sooner than expected.

Details on Oracle Support, Document ID: 1268837.1

Summary of enhancements:

1. Support for BI Publisher 11g

2. Support for WSRP Portlet Producer on Oracle WebLogic server including support for WebLogic 11g and

WebCenter 11g

3. Support for IBM Rational Application Developer 7.5 for building Business Services for IBM WebSphere

4. Support for Oracle Enterprise Repository for harvest and storage of JD Edwards Business Services

information

5. Support for Oracle Web Cache 11g for EnterpriseOne Web Client acceleration

6. Support for Oracle Enterprise Manager Data Masking for enterprise wide data security

7. Support for enhanced performance charting and log monitoring in Oracle Enterprise Manager

8. Support for Oracle GoldenGate real-time data integration and synchronization software

9. Support for Oracle Configuration Manager including real time reporting on the EnterpriseOne installation,

issue related data collection, proactive issue notification and performance and stability health checks

10. Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2

11. Support for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2

12. Support for Sun Studio 12 Update 1

13. Support for Sun Oracle Database Machine

14. Support for Firefox 3.6

15. Support for Oracle Internet Application Server 10.1.3.5

16. Support for Oracle Database 11gR2 on IBM AIX

17. Support for Oracle Database 11gR2 on SUSE Linux

18. Support for IBM WebSphere Application Server 6.0 Fixpack 35

19. Support for IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.1 Fixpack 29

20. Extended data privacy through data masking in Address Book, preventing secured fields from appearing

on forms, reports and integrations using the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne JDBC driver.

21. Introduction of the Related Information Application Framework for the integration of JD Edwards data to

external web applications at the interface level, without programming.

22. Introduction of „right click‟ access to Row and Form Exits, and end-user created Row and Form Exit

Favorites.

Richard Garraputa – www.brij.net

Don’t miss the brij University Webinar: JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools Release 8.98.4

Webinar, Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at 12:00pm EST. REGISTER NOW

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Share.Share. Top ERP Predictions for 2011 – IDG News Service

Chris Kanaracus, IDG News Service reports on his 2011 ERP predictions, based on

“conversations with industry analysts, recent market data and a bit of gazing into

the crystal ball.” We‟ll see, but he presents some interesting points.

Read the article here…..

Oracle Introduces Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne

Apparel Management

New Module Accommodates the Management of Multi-Attribute Items,

Dynamic Order Priority Allocations and Seasonal Collection Lifecycles

Read the full press release here…

AICPA: Revenue Recognition Proposal Impractical

The AICPA‟s Financial Reporting Executive Committee (FinREC) recently voiced extensive concerns with a

joint FASB-IASB proposed standard on revenue recognition that is intended to apply across all industry

sectors.

Article by Matthew G. Lamoreaux – Journal of Accountancy

5 Strategies for Growing as a Domestic Manufacturer

Derek Singleton, ERP Market Analyst at Software Advice shares his insight on new business strategies for

domestic manufacturers. His article includes: factors to consider bringing production back to North America,

investing in workforce training, and more. Interesting points in a constantly shifting marketplace.

Read the article here……

Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2011 - From Oracle Support

The Critical Patch Update for January 2011 was released on January 18th, 2011. Oracle strongly recommends

applying the patches as soon as possible. Please note that Sun products are included to this Critical Patch

Update.

The Critical Patch Update Advisory is the starting point for relevant information. It includes the list of

products affected, pointers to obtain the patches, a summary of the security vulnerabilities for each product

suite, and links to other important documents. Supported products that are not listed in the “Supported

Products and Components Affected” section of the advisory do not require new patches to be applied.

Also, it is essential to review the Critical Patch Update supporting documentation referenced in the Advisory

before applying patches, as this is where you can find important pertinent information.

The Critical Patch Update Advisory is available at the following location:

Oracle Technology Network:

oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alerts-086861.html

The next four Critical Patch Update release dates are:

April 19, 2011, July 19, 2011, October 18, 2011, January 17, 2012

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UPCOMING FREE JD EDWARDS WEBINARS

Calor Gas shares how they streamline JDE account reconciliations

January 20, 2011 - 11:30pm EST

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JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools Release 8.98.4

January 26, 2011 - 12:00pm EST

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JD Edwards Remote Managed Services vs. Hosting

February 8, 2011 - 12:00pm EST

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BI Publisher for JD Edwards

February 15, 2011 - 12:00pm EST

REGISTER

ARCTOOLS - Archiving for JDE while maintaining Integrity!

February 16, 2011 - 1:00pm EST

REGISTER

Power Forms for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne March 15, 2011 - 12:00pm EST

REGISTER

User Productivity Kit (UPK) for JD Edwards March 30, 2011 - 12:00pm EST

REGISTER

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UPCOMING JD EDWARDS TRAINING CLASSES

BI Publisher for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne

February 28 - March 2, 2001

Valleybrook Centre | Greensboro, NC

INFORMATION & REGISTRATION

Enterprise Report Writing for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne

March 7-9, 2011

Valleybrook Centre | Greensboro, NC

INFORMATION & REGISTRATION

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JD Edwards history – from the source that knows!

In 2002, C. Edward McVaney – the Co-founder, Chairman

& CEO (Ret.) of J.D. Edwards & Co. granted a video

interview to The Computerworld Honors Program. This

program‟s mission is “Honoring Those Who Use

Information Technology to Benefit Society.” You‟ll learn

some interesting details about Ed McVaney and the story of

how JD Edwards began.

Read the interview transcript here…

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