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Monday, April 25, 2005

JD Edwards and Peoplesoft Product Packs now downloadable via Oracle’s e-delivery site

Last week I mentioned that you can now download the latest Oracle Software and Updates via Oracle’s e-delivery web site. I was rather chuffed to discover today that JD Edwards World, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and Peoplesoft Enterprise have been added to the list of available downloads on this site.

This post from last week outlines how to access Oracle’s e-delivery site. The following additional software and products can now be downloaded from this site:

JD Edwards World

According to the JD Edwards World Product Lines Page: -

JD Edwards World is the leading enterprise software solution for the IBM iSeries platform. The applications offer small businesses a reliable, functionality-rich, web-enabled environment for world-class management of plants, inventories, equipment, finances, and people as a synchronized, integrated whole and are tightly integrated and pre-bundled on a single database, reducing implementation cost and complexity.

The following CD/Media Packs are available for this product on the IBM iSeries OS/400 platform: -

• JD Edwards World Express V1.2
• JD Edwards World A73 Multi Language Documentation
• JD Edwards World A73SP15 MP2 Web Enablement
• Letter: Crystal Reports Install
• Crystal Reports for JD Edwards World
• Crystal Enterprise for J. D. Edwards World
• Crystal Reports ERP Direct 2032
• Crystal Enterprise Direct 2032

JD Edwards EnterpriseOne

According to the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Product Lines Page

JD Edwards EnterpriseOne is a complete suite of modular, pre-integrated industry-specific business applications designed for rapid deployment and ease of administration on a pure internet architecture. It is ideally suited for organizations that manufacture, construct, distribute, service, or manage products or physical assets.

The following CD/Media Packs are available for download via the Electronic Product Delivery (EPD) system: -

• Crystal Reports and Enterprise Applications
• JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 8.11 Applications
• JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 8.11 Application with Translations
• JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 8.10 Applications
• JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 8.10 Application with Translations
• JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 8.10 Application Localizations
• JD Edwards EnterpriseOne User Productivity Kits Development Tool 2.5.4

These packs are available for the following platforms: -

• AIX5L Based Systems (64-bit)
• HP-UX PA-RISC (64-bit)
• IBM iSeries OS/400
• Linux x86
• Microsoft Windows (32-bit)
• Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-Bit)

Peoplesoft Enterprise

According to the Peoplesoft Enterprise Product Lines Page: -

PeopleSoft Enterprise is a suite of best-in-class applications built on our Pure Internet Architecture and designed for the most complex business requirements. Ideally suited for large, company-wide functions across all industries, it provides industry-leading web services integration with multivendor and homegrown applications. PeopleSoft Enterprise can be easily configured and adapted to meet the most unique customer requirements. In addition, it supports the broadest choice of technology infrastructure in the industry.

The following CD/Media Packs are available for download via the EPD system: -

• Process Modeler Client 8.91
• Enterprise Learning Solution 8.81
• PeopleTools Enterprise Development 8.46
• Supply Chain Planning 8.11
• Customer Relationship Management 8.9
• Human Resources Management System and Campus Solutions 8.9
• Portal Solutions 8.9
• Revenue Management Solution 8.9
• Incentive Management 8.9
• Enterprise Performance Management 8.8
• Financial & Supply Chain Management 8.8
• Human Resources Management System and Campus Solutions 8.8
• Portal Solutions 8.8
• Staffing 8.8
• Enterprise Performance Management 8.8
• User Productivity Kits Development Tool 2.5.4

These packs are available for the following platforms: -

• AIX5L Based Systems (64-bit)
• HP Tru64 UNIX
• HP-UX Itanium
• HP-UX PA-RISC (32-bit)
• HP-UX PA-RISC (64-bit)
• IBM z/OS (OS/390)
• Linux x86
• Microsoft Windows (32-bit)
• Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-Bit)

Looks like I’ve got some serious downloading to start tonight!!

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Monday, April 18, 2005

Metalink announces new Electronic Product Delivery (EPD) System for Oracle Products and Updates

Metalink has recently announced the Electronic Product Delivery (EPD) System for Oracle Products and Updates. In the past, orders for Oracle Software and Updates had to made by requesting a media shipment using a TAR or the phone. This post discusses how you can now obtain this software on demand - no more waiting for those CD’s to arrive in the post!!

The Electronic Product Delivery (EPD) system can be accessed by clicking on the Patches & Updates button (formerly just a patches button) on Metalink. After clicking on the Patches and Updates button you should click on the e-delivery link as highlighted in red on Figure 1 below: -

Figure 1: Accessing Updates and Patches Button via Metalink

Having access the e-delivery site, downloading the software can be performed in three simple steps below as outlined on the e-delivery site: -

1. Complete an Export Validation. This is a short process that will require you to enter a minimal amount of information (name, company, email address, and country)
2. Once you complete the export validation you will need to specify the product pack and platform that you want to download
3. After selecting a product pack, you will be able to download individual zip files. Once you download all the zip files for a given product, you will be able to continue with installation of your Oracle product(s)

Via e-delivery you can download the following product packs for a variety of platforms: -

• E-Business Suite
• Financial Services Applications
• iLearning Applications
• On Demand
• Oracle Application Server Products
• Oracle Collaboration Suite
• Oracle Database
• Oracle Development Tools
• Oracle RDB
• Pharmaceutical Applications

The diagram below (Figure 2) shows step two of this process and highights the three stages that you go through to download your Oracle Software.

Figure 2: Downloading Oracle Software and Updates Online

I think this is a great new feature which will be especially helpful to those who have broadband access as the files are obviously quite large in size.