The PeopleSoft JDE Ecosystem

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The PeopleSoft / JDE Ecosystem
Larry Grey President Grey Sparling Solutions,
Inc Larry.Grey_at_GreySparling.com 1 (925)
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Agenda

• What is the PeopleSoft/JDE Ecosystem?
• How can you leverage it?
• Run your system more efficiently
• Get more from your application
• Mitigate operational risk

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The PeopleSoft/JDE Ecosystem
Product Enhancements
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Change Management
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Systems Support
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Software Vendors
Consulting Firms
Customers
Oracle
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Ecosystem Trends

• Traditional Roles are Changing
• Lots of investment by Participants
• Lots of information Available to Customers

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Oracles Role

• Foster Growth of Ecosystem
• Applications Unlimited
• Improved access to Software
• Improved Information Availability
• TechNet
• Oracle Blogs
• Strong Partner Program
• Investment in PeopleSoft / JD Edwards

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Where to get Expertise

• Weblogs
• Communities / Bulletin Boards
• User Groups

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Weblogs

• Online Journals
• Tips/Techniques
• Journals of Experiences
• Jobs
• Blog Examples
• ERP Associates
• PeopleSoft DBA Blog
• PeopleSoft Geekery
• Extra Hot

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Online Bulletin Boards

• Post Questions and read Answers
• Common Bulletin Boards
• Customer Connection
• IT Toolbox
• Oracle TechNet
• QuestDirect

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User Groups

• Groups of Customers
• Keep up to date
• Collaborate with other customers
• Learn best practices
• Feed info back to Oracle
• Activities
• Mailing Lists
• Meetings
• Surveys
• Identity is Important

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Ecosystem Tools
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RSS Search Tools

• Search for topics of interest or problems
• Tools
• Google Blog Search
• Technorati
• Del.icio.us
• Used to
• Troubleshoot problems
• Learn a new area
• Find code and best practices
• Find good blogs

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RSS Aggregators

• Follows sites and lets you know what you havent
  read
• Tools
• Bloglines
• Del.icio.us
• Used to notify you when
• Content is added to your favorite blogs
• New information is available in sites and searches

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Examples

• News Aggregators
• Get news and press releases related to Oracle
• Keep up on your favorite PeopleSoft or JDE Blogs
• Search
• Find all PeopleSoft or JDE Blogs
• Search on error message in app server log
• Find reports others have built for Financial Aid
• Look for JavaScript examples to enhance
  PeopleSoft pages

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Consulting
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Global Service Providers

• Perfect for complex and risky projects
• Worldwide practice with many different areas of
  expertise
• Name Brand Organizations

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Targeted Consulting Companies

• Small, sometimes 1 person organizations
• Deep knowledge of your ERP product
• Perfect for skill augmentation

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Examples of Targeted Consulting Firms

• Ataway Consulting
• The Consulting Group
• Go-Faster Consultancy
• Highfield Consulting
• Intrasee
• Jake Abrams Software Consulting
• MiPro Consulting
• Optimum
• Premier Consulting Group
• Provade

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Products and Packaged Services
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Enterprise Solutions

• External to ERP solution
• Solves General Problems across different systems
• Economies of Scale

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Targeted Solutions

• Part of ERP solution
• Optimized for ERP product
• Re-uses ERP Infrastructure

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Companies Providing Targeted Solutions

• Allinity
• Grey Sparling Solutions, Inc.
• Guideon Taylor
• Preferred Strategies
• Provade

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Questions?