Looking Back on 2012: The Year of the JDE Upgrade By Glenn Johnson Glenn Johnson For many customers, 2012 was the year of the big JD Edwards Upgrade to the 9's. Both JD Edwards World and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne customers were seeking upgrades.

This theme was sounded very clearly in January at the JD Edwards Partner Summit by Lyle Ekdahl, John Schiff and team. "Upgrade to the 9's" became a mantra for partners and customers alike.

In April, I joined Peyshou Che of TOTO USA in presenting a session at the Collaborate conference on JD Edwards integration. The session was made more interesting by the fact that TOTO had completed their upgrade to JD Edwards World 9 and the integration made possible in 7.3 by Magic xpi Integration Platform kept right on working after the upgrade.

The JDE Alliance picked up on the upgrade theme and had nice crowds for their lunch and learns in Dallas and Houston. The JDE Alliance education sessions took place in a number of cities including Denver, San Jose, Chicago, Toronto, Atlanta, Tampa, New York, Newark, Carlsbad (San Diego), Dallas and Houston.

Then the INFOCUS conference continued the upgrade theme.

I joined my colleagues Megan Kirby and Lori McCartin in wearing golf visors at the INFOCUS JD Edwards EnterprsieOne Conference in Broomfield, Colorado. Why golf visors? They bore the logo of another company who had upgraded: Mizuno USA. Mizuno is now running JD Edwards EnterpriseOne in the 9s, and their integration flows kept on running before and after the upgrade as well.

So if 2012 was the Year of the Upgrade for JD Edwards, what will we be remarking about when we look back on 2013? I have a prediction: 2013: The Year of JD Edwards Integration.
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