Now that IBM has announced a new line of Power Systems and a new version of the i5/OS operating system, JD Edwards customers are asking, “Should I run my applications on this stuff?” To help you answer that question, here are some important things you need to know before you give Big Blue a call.
The Basics
First off, here are the essential facts about what IBM has done. This month, the company completely replaced its System i and System p servers with new line of Power Systems. All of the systems run on the latest POWER6 processors. Each model in the Power Systems line comes in IBM i, AIX, and Linux Editions. These editions are configured to meet the unique requirements of each operating system and the customer bases that use them. Here’s an IBM diagram that shows how the computer giant unified the System i and System p lines.
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While last week’s COLLABORATE conference has been “front of mind” for many of us, other events have been taking place over the last month that are affecting the lives of JD Edwards users. With that in mind, here’s a quick review of those events and their implications for EnterpriseOne professionals. (Be sure to read this article to the end, as I close it with a valuable offer from Oracle.)
Premier Support Ending for EnterpriseOne 8.9.
If your company runs on EnterpriseOne 8.9, be aware that Premier Support for this release will end in less than five months. Here is what Oracle said in its letter to customers.
- EnterpriseOne 8.9 Premier Support ends on September 18, 2008. Oracle will continue to address SARs reported for 8.9 before this deadline. However, no new SARs will be accepted after this date.
- Until September 2009, Oracle will make Tax, Legal, and Regulatory updates for calendar year 2008 available to customers with current maintenance contracts. Year-end support will not be provided for 2009.
- No Extended Support is offered for EnterpriseOne 8.9.
- The ending of Premier Support will mark the beginning of Sustaining Support for EnterpriseOne 8.9, which will continue indefinitely.
- EnterpriseOne Tools 8.97 is the last Tools release that will be certified with EnterpriseOne 8.9.
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Late last week, many of us from Andrews Consulting Group came stumbling back to our offices under heavy loads of information from the COLLABORATE user conference. Now that I’ve sorted through my pile of data, I’m ready to share insights from the annual IT gala.
Let’s begin with an event that is a natural starting point for any COLLABORATE review. That is the keynote speech by Lenley Hensarling (Group VP and General Manager for JD Edwards) and John Schiff (VP and General Manager for JD Edwards World) that sets the stage for the rest of the JD Edwards presentations at the conference.
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In a few short days, the JD Edwards faithful will descend on Denver to engage in the annual ritual known as COLLABORATE. In the spirit of the event, many of us from Andrews Consulting Group will be there to give presentations, answer questions, hand out gifts, and award prizes to a few lucky people. Before I tell you about the gifts and prizes, here’s the lowdown on the “serious stuff” that we’re doing.
- Booths. Our JD Edwards consulting team will be at Booth 922. We’ll be answering any and all questions about upgrading, expanding, migrating, and tuning your JD Edwards environment. We’ll also be offering demos of RapidReconciler, a solution that can make easy work out of balancing your general ledger against perpetual inventory.
Next door in Booth 923, our RapidDecision team will be demonstrating and discussing a comprehensive business intelligence (BI) solution for both World and EnterpriseOne that can be up and running in as little as five days. If you have any questions about your BI strategy, the RapidDecision team can provide you with the answers.
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Yesterday, IBM announced that it is replacing its System i and System p product lines with a single, unified family of POWER6 processor-based servers. The new server line — known as Power Systems — will deliver improved price/performance, greater energy efficiency, greater flexibility, and a simplified pricing structure to System i and System p customers. The unification of the System i and p will have a significant impact on the choices of thousands of JD Edwards customers who rely on these servers.
While IBM has not yet announced all of the models that will make up the new Power Systems lineup, it made a good start on the project yesterday. Here’s a quick overview of what Big Blue unveiled.
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