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Oracle to extend support for J.D. Edwards iSeries apps

24.04.2006
Oracle Corp. this week is expected to announce plans to continue upgrading and supporting J.D. Edwards applications running on IBM's iSeries platform beyond 2013. The move is part of an Oracle effort to reassure the 5,000 or so users inherited with its acquisition of PeopleSoft Inc. who run applications on IBM hardware.

The announcement is expected during the Collaborate 2006 user conference in Nashville this week. At the time of the acquisition in 2004, Oracle had pledged to support iSeries-based World and Enterprise-One applications through 2013.

Several new Oracle users had questioned whether support for the iSeries would continue long after the acquisition, since Oracle and IBM are strong rivals in the database business. Some users had feared that Oracle's next-generation middleware technology, called Fusion, would lead to an effort to wean World and EnterpriseOne users off of IBM hardware, databases and middleware.

Lenley Hensarling, Oracle vice president and general manager of J.D. Edwards EnterpriseOne products, last week said Oracle will continue to support the iSeries-based applications as long as the business remains viable.

"Some of those that are on the iSeries are very religious about that platform," he said.

Hensarling said the company will continue to update the products. For example, Oracle this week also plans to announce EnterpriseOne 8.12, which will offer enhancements for the automotive and the food and beverage industries.