Bangkok--22 Oct--PC & Associates Consulting Oracle today announced that it is seeing increased momentum for Oracle’s JD Edwards applications in the Asia Pacific region. Organisations in Asia Pacific are adopting or upgrading to JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 8.12 and JD Edwards World A9.1, driven by the need to improve performance and operational efficiencies, simplify core business processes and benefit from a lower total cost of ownership. Organizations in Asia Pacific that have adopted Oracle’s JD Edwards applications include: Altek Beissel (India), Auckland Airport (New Zealand), Brown Brothers (Australia), Champion Building Materials (Taiwan), Chowgule & Co. (India), Elizabeth Arden (Hong Kong), Hebei Meihua Group (China), Hiap Seng Engineering (Singapore), Hindustan Petroleum (India), Hunter Douglas (Australia), Hyundai Pharm (Korea), Juken (New Zealand), Leroy Somer and Controls (India), Lucky Dragon Enterprise Group (China), Mainetti (Hong Kong), Naga Mills (India), Omron China Company (China), Otis Elevator (China) Investment, PCI Limited (Singapore), Raritan Inc (Taiwan), Samyang Corp. (Korea), Shenzhen Sundan Chain-Store Stock Company (China), Sunway Construction (Malaysia), Wilson Sandhu (India), Wuxi Phama Tech (China) and Yang Shing Machinery Works (Taiwan). Key reasons cited by customers for choosing JD Edwards applications include its comprehensive, industry-specific functionality; Oracle’s on-going commitment to product innovation; and, world-class support. Customer confidence has strengthened with Oracle’s “Applications Unlimited” program — the company’s long-term plans to provide continued enhancements to Oracle applications, including JD Edwards, Oracle, PeopleSoft and Siebel — and Lifetime Support Policy, which offers access to technical support experts for the duration of the product licenses. With these initiatives, Oracle is providing more visibility into product roadmaps, and helping customers derive continual success from their current applications by delivering dedicated, world-class development and support for years to come. “We are seeing a resurgence of interest in JD Edwards applications across Asia Pacific today. A growing number of organizations in key industries have decided to adopt JD Edwards applications for more efficient and effective operational processes to drive business growth,” said Adrian Johnston, vice president — Commercial Applications Business, Oracle Asia Pacific. “Oracle’s ‘Applications Unlimited’ program and Lifetime Support Policy have helped to boost customer confidence. JD Edwards customers are reassured that their current investments are well protected and optimised with Oracle’s focus on delivering comprehensive, industry-specific applications solutions, that are scalable, flexible and built on open standards.” Since its acquisition of JD Edwards, Oracle has focused on establishing close ties with its customers and partners in order to fulfill its aim of continuously building customer requirements into its solutions and business. An important initiative is its engagement with the independent user group community. “Oracle has not only demonstrated strong commitment to enhancing the JD Edwards product lines, it continues to grow and develop the community. The support given to the JD Edwards applications continues to be world-class, with Oracle listening to the user community and acting upon this information. This, as expected, is well received by users,” said Daniel Strassberg, chairman of Quest Asia. “The commitment to JD Edwards is shown by Oracle’s programs of Applications Unlimited, Lifetime Support, and Service Orientated Architecture for JD Edwards applications. New releases and service packs show that JD Edwards has a place in the Oracle family. These announcements and the support that Oracle has given the user community in support of Quest Asia have helped remove any anxiety in the user community. The Quest community globally has been embraced by Oracle and, in return, Quest has embraced Oracle. Quest is extremely pleased at the level of commitment from Oracle as well as its increased interaction and collaboration with its customers.” Users of JD Edwards in Asia Pacific span a number of growth industries including: consumer products, hi-tech manufacturing, industrial manufacturing, natural resources, service, transportation, engineering and construction. Customers Welcome Innovative Solutions from Oracle for Increased Visibility and InteroperabilityAs part of the “Applications Unlimited” program, Oracle has continued to enhance the JD Edwards product lines. The latest release of JD Edwards EnterpirseOne 8.12 features a new Plant Manager Dashboard which provides analytics and business intelligence functionality for more informed decisions. The Oracle? Business Intelligence Publisher (previously called Oracle XML Publisher) has also been integrated in JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 8.12 to give customers a comprehensive, standards-based platform to address the challenges of disparate technologies and applications. JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 8.12 is currently available for traditional deployment and ‘on demand’ via Oracle On Demand. JD Edwards World A9.1 delivers more than 1,250 enhancements to enable operational excellence, improve customers’ upgrade processes and help reduce the cost and complexity of integrations. JD Edwards World A9.1 is now available in double byte (see other press release ). In addition to new functionality, JD Edwards customers are reaping operational performance and cost benefits from implementing integrated, best-in-class solutions within Oracle’s expanded portfolio of applications products. These solutions include demand planning and management with Oracle’s Demantra and customer relationship management (CRM) with Oracle’s Siebel CRM and Siebel CRM On Demand. JD Edwards customers have also welcomed the availability of Oracle’s Application Integration Architecture - an open, standards-based platform for business process management across Oracle, third-party and customer applications. Customers can now significantly reduce the cost to deploy and maintain integrations, while supporting a more adaptive application infrastructure. Oracle Partners Contribute to JD Edwards Momentum and Customer SuccessOracle has established a core group of partners to sell and implement JD Edwards in Asia Pacific. These include: AdvancedTEK International Corp, Axline Limited, Berca Hardayaperkasa, Datapro Computer Systems, Shanghai Elitesland Software System, Fusion5, Shinsegae I&C, IBM, Jardine OneSolution (HK) Ltd, Jigsaw Services, Ndevr Pty Ltd, S&I Systems, Oakton, S&I Technologies (China), Satyam Computer Services, Sunway Business Applications, Samsung SDS, Systime, and Wilus Inc. These partners offer industry specific experience, knowledge and skills in JD Edwards applications, to help customers to gain robust functionality and reduce implementation risks. Additionally, through the use of Oracle Business Accelerators - Oracle’s rapid implementation methodology - partners are helping customers to speed up time to deployment and realize faster return on investment. Independent software vendors (ISVs) in Asia Pacific have also integrated their applications to JD Edwards, finding that the solution provides the robust functionality required by their customers. These vendors have access today to integration tools, resources and technical assistance through their membership in the Oracle PartnerNetwork.