For the past week, those of us who attended Oracle’s OpenWorld conference have been comparing notes from the educational sessions, executive interviews, and hallway conversations we attended. If there is one thing that we’ve learned from the exercise, it’s that Oracle is making big moves on multiple fronts, and that those moves will have sweeping implications for JD Edwards users. The only problem is that it will take an entire series of articles (or even several series) to explain what’s happening inside the software giant.
To give you a sense of what I mean, check out this partial list of article ideas that we’ve scrawled on our whiteboards. When you’re done looking them over, let us know which ones interest you the most so that we can prioritize this information-dense mess.
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Last week, I mentioned that the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne team is hosting several special events next Tuesday at Oracle’s OpenWorld user conference. Not to be outdone, the JD Edwards World team has lined up its own programs for next Tuesday as well. There will be in-depth sessions on upgrading to World A9.1, user group meetings, and even a handful of focus groups.
To learn more about these special Tuesday sessions, check out the PDF file that the JD Edwards World team was so kind as to share with me. As you will note from the document, you will need to send an email or fill out a registration form to get into some of the events. I would encourage you to do it now before all the available seats (or drink tickets at the evening Networking Hour) are taken!
If you’re going to be attending the JD Edwards program at Oracle OpenWorld next week, I have some good news and some bad news for you. The good news is that the folks in Denver have assembled an incredible lineup of sessions for you. The bad news is that you may not be signed up for them.
According to sources within Oracle, it appears that a number of JD Edwards customers who are attending OpenWorld may not be enrolled in the registration system for the JD Edwards program that takes place on Wednesday and Thursday next week. At this point, it is not entirely clear why this happened. Some registrants may not have stated during registration that they want to attend the JD Edwards program. Others may have signed up for the program (which is free to full conference registrants), but were somehow not enrolled. However it happened, there is a chance that you could show up for the program on Wednesday only to find that your badge does not get you into the sessions.
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Blade servers have been around for many years, so it was mildly surprising that IBM chose to feature them as the “next big thing” in hardware technology at a recent briefing for industry analysts. Despite being late to the party, the case for blades that IBM executives made was quite convincing. You don’t have to rely on our interpretation, however, because the presentation was video taped and can be seen on IBM’s own web site. Just click on the opening screen below to see what I mean.
By the way, IBM was even hip enough to load the darn thing onto YouTube for those of you who also want to poke around to see what whatever stupid things Brittany or Paris have done recently.
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As most of you who are heading to Oracle OpenWorld later this month know, the JD Edwards team is hosting a special program for all users on Wednesday the 14th and Thursday the 15th. What you may not know is that there will also be special events for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne users on Tuesday the 13th.
Fortunately, Oracle has been so kind as to send me a PDF file about the Tuesday events that I can share with you. Click on the link above to get all the details. By the way, be aware that many of the events on this broadsheet (such as the Technology Roundtables at the Hilton and the Quest Reception at the Westin St. Francis) require you to register. Be sure to sign up so that you don’t have an unpleasant surprise at the door of the event.
