The new version has four new products and 1,297 enhancements to assist with compliance, operations improvements and support for global processes. More specifically, there are new features in the areas of financials, distribution, manufacturing and human resources operations, Oracle said.

The release has World-backers celebrating, said Robert Lieberman, a board member of the Quest International Users Group, which is made up of PeopleSoft Enterprise and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and World users. The product was basically dead, said Lieberman. Now, not only has it survived, it's been heavily revamped with a new Web-based user interface and is no longer the green-screen based application it once was. Lieberman is also CIO at New Plan Excel Realty Trust Inc., a New York-based real estate firm that runs JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 8.10 ERP applications.