Oracle® is phasing out support for earlier JD Edwards ERP versions in 2013, which is increasing the pressure to upgrade to the 9s. Do you have all the information you need to justify your upgrade, protect your assets and complete the transition? During this on-demand webinar industry experts share best practices on how CIOs and IT staff can: - Prepare for an upgrade to the 9s that supports your business requirements. - Speed up implementation, reducing the project timeline. - Leverage a virtual private cloud model to reduce the impact of the upgrade on internal resources.

1. Fast Track to the 9s via the Cloud
Part of 2012 Upgrade
Online Learning Series

2. Today’s presenters
Velocity Technology Solutions IBM Global Business Services
Ward Quarles
Doug McNamara
director strategic
national sales leader
alliances / JD
Oracle JD Edwards
Edwards software
practice
solutions evangelist
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3. Velocity Technology Solutions
Velocity – the ERP in the cloud company – hosts and
manages ERP, related applications, and disaster
recovery services within its virtual private cloud
environment. Aim is to lower operational costs,
increasing service levels and improving software
performance while reducing the burden on IT staff
and enabling deployment flexibility. Our team has
exceptional expertise managing enterprise software
24/7. Combined with our proprietary technology
and superfast infrastructure, we increase
application availability, security, and control. As a
result, our customers are better positioned to
accelerate enterprise growth and agility, attract and
retain customers, and reduce cost, turning their ERP
platforms into a strategic asset. Velocity is
headquartered in New York City. www.velocity.cc
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4. IBM Global Business Services
IBM GBS is the professional services arm of IBM
providing management consulting, systems
integration and application management services.
GBS is the world's largest IT consultancy service
firm. Within GBS resides IBM’s Oracle® and IBM Global Business Services is
JD Edwards global consulting practices. committed to your success
IBM is committed to a “Right Results-Oriented through our expertise in building
Approach” to every project. Our approach is driven innovative solutions, our
by a commitment to delivering measurable benefits capabilities for unlocking value
and results with speed and mitigated risk. in business performance, and our
JD Edwards customers need the commitment of a approach to agreements that hold
business partner that has “been there and done it”
many times and knows how to leverage the
us accountable for tangible
experience to continually increase success rates, business results.
reduce costs and manage risks. For over 25 years
IBM has brought this wealth of experience to JDE
customers. Our practice approaches every customer
project with the individual attention it deserves,
completing each phase efficiently in a cost effective
manner.
IBM is headquartered in Armonk, NY.
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5. Objectives of today’s session
1. Recommend best practices for upgrading to the 9s
2. Identifying tactics to accelerate time to value for
upgrades, decrease business risk, and reduce
capital expenditures
3. Leverage a virtual private cloud model to reduce
the impact of the upgrade on internal resources
4. Introduce IBM - Velocity Rapid Upgrade in the
Cloud
5. Q&A: where are you in the process?
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6. Why we’re here today:
ORACLE SUPPORT TIMELINES
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7. Oracle JD Edwards key support
dates
JD Edwards Release Premier Support Ends Date Eligible for Extended Support
E1 Xe / 8.0 12/31/13 No
8.90 09/31/08 No
8.10 06/31/09 No
8.11 / SP1 12/31/09 12/31/12
8.12 04/31/11 04/31/14
9.0 09/31/13 09/31/16
9.0 Update 2 09/31/15 09/31/18
9.1 03/31/17 03/31/20
World A7.3 12/31/13 No
A8.1 12/31/13 No
A9.1 04/31/2012 04/31/15
A9.2 04/31/14 04/31/17
A9.2 Update 1 05/31/15 05/31/18
A9.3 03/31/17 03/31/20
Note: Always consult current policies at www.oracle.com/support
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8. JD Edwards “keeps on rolling”
to meet future demands
Oracle JD Edwards planned product roadmap
3
1
9.1
April 2012
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9. Your team must roll with upgrade
cycles, too
• Do we have the JD Edwards skills in house • How do we justify the cost of an upgrade?
to accomplish an upgrade? • How do we sell the internal stakeholders
• How will we balance upgrade demands (business, CIO, CFO) on the upgrade?
with production systems management? • How can we spread out the costs?
• How many resources will this project
require? Infra-
Staffing Financial Change Upgrade
structure
• Will our infrastructure support an • How will this upgrade impact our current
upgrade and new production business processes?
environment? • Are all key stakeholders supportive of this
• Will our system perform and scale to project?
support the business? • How do we keep the project on time and
• Is the infrastructure flexible enough to on budget?
accommodate future changes?
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10. Go it alone or with an experienced
team? It’s up to you!
“Whether you think that you can, or that
you can't, you are usually right."
Henry Ford
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11. Determining the optimal upgrade
starting point
Client requirements IBM upgrade alternatives
- Keep your application suite current with the Technical upgrade
latest Oracle application functionality Pros: faster entry model, reduced business
- Migrate to a new infrastructure disruption
- Retire legacy modifications Cons: Do not address older business processes
- Redesign business processes Functional upgrade
- Adopt new functionality Pros: improved solutions introduced
- Replace, minimize and migrate Cons: new modules & processes increase
customizations training time
- Optimize on best practices
- Implement both new functionality & modules Transformational upgrade
- Replace, minimize and migrate “complex” Pros: can drive needed business change
customizations Cons: will extend upgrade project scope
- Implement organizational change
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12. Factors that drive an upgrade
Project Time & Cost
Degree of Customization Minimal Moderate Heavy
Number of Interfaces <10 20–30 >40
Number of Mgmt Reports <15 20–30 >60
Number of Countries 1 Many
Reengineering Less None Selective Significant More
Time
$ Time
Client Participation $ 60% 30% $$$
Speed of Issue Resolution Fast Slow
Data Cleansing 1 TB 2 TB 5 TB
Training Requirements Limited Extensive
Cloud or On-Premise Limited Effort Extensive Effort
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13. The 100 Day Technical Upgrade for
JD Edwards defined by Oracle
A technical upgrade of JD Edwards is largely scoped by the number of legacy customizations and
integrations that require forward fit and testing for each JD Edwards [data] instance…
push process
In order to limit scope limit adoption of new
improvements/redefi
functionalities other limit integrations that
to a technical upgrade, nition initiatives to
than what is delivered can be addressed in a
Oracle recommends Phase II, other than
by the 9.1 Phase II project.
that companies: the quick wins that
enhancements and,
come with 9.1
“Business applications need to be upgraded over time to let users take
advantage of features in the newer versions or releases. However,
businesses need to find the right balance between the speed of innovation
of their vendors and their own needs ... This will lead to more, but smaller,
projects enabling the ideal of continuous innovation.”
Gartner
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14. 100 days ”more or less” the
planning phase guides the way
Planning
Phase
Technical
Upgrade
Phase
Tools
and
Assets
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15. Technical upgrade with IBM, incl.
the planning phase
Pre-planning phase: detailed work plan outlining
a lite technical the approach, resources, Technical upgrade
assessment timeline and costs
Typical modules include:
general ledger, purchasing,
Interviews with key
2 - 5 week onsite planning human resources, order
functional and technical
engagement management, material
users
resource planning,
manufacturing, …
IBM will execute the
identify a clear set of analysis of your custom necessary technical upgrade
business objectives objects and RICE activities to move from the
current to future state
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16. Availability, security, and control:
CLOUD BASED UPGRADES
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17. Leveraging the benefits of the
cloud to accelerate upgrades
General cloud benefits:
provisioning
• Easy to deploy
elasticity
• Faster to deploy
• Pay only for what you use
• Less in-house IT staff/costs
• Monthly payments
Pay-as-you-go
• Offers the latest functionality
• Encourages more standardization of IT
• Sharing systems and information simpler
• It’s the way of the future APIs
Source: IDC
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18. How cloud translates into faster, less risky
upgrades
Infra-
Staffing Financial Change Upgrade
structure
• Your team doesn’t have to balance • Infrastructure costs are spread out
management of both the upgrade over time. Minimizes the hit on
and production environments capex
• Upgrade environment is managed
for you by a team who has done
hundreds of upgrades
Greater cost Faster time to
Business agility
control market
• Infrastructure is provisioned more
quickly – days versus months
Increased Reduced business Higher service
• Infrastructure adds are incremental,
productivity
not major change events
risk levels
• Move to production is faster
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19. Cloud computing means more
flexibility for you
Computing
infrastructure,
applications,
business processes,
and personal
collaboration
delivered to you as a
service
Wherever and whenever access
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20. IBM-Velocity: Rapid Upgrade in the Cloud
Try Before Upgrade Environment
You Buy
IBM
Software Sandbox
Business Process and
Configuration Expertise Production Environment
Velocity
Virtual Private Cloud for
JD Edwards
• Accelerates time to value for JD Edwards upgrades
Managed Application
• Decreases risks, delivering an optimized deployment for Services from Velocity
JD Edwards workloads
• Reduces costs and minimizes the impact on in-house resources

21. Benefits of selecting an
experienced team
Business agility
Greater cost control
Faster time to Rapid
market Upgrade
in the
Cloud
Increased workforce
productivity
Reduced business risk
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22. Grab a quality partner and enjoy
the adventure to the top
For more information
email us at
info@velocity.cc or call
us on 866.638.2779.
Thanks for attending!
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