J.D. Edwards
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J.D. Edwards was a software company founded in March 1977 in Denver, Colorado by Jack Thompson, Dan Gregory and Ed McVaney. The company made its name building accounting software for IBM minicomputers, beginning with the System/34 and /36, focusing from the mid 1980s on System/38 minicomputers, and then switching to the AS/400 when it became available.
The company gradually added functions to its accounting software, evolving it into a platform-independent enterprise resource planning (ERP) application that was renamed OneWorld in 1996.
In May 1998, Ed McVaney donated more than $32 million to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to found the J.D. Edwards Honors Program. This program is charged with educating the next generation of business professionals by combining computer science education with business management skills.
In June 2003, the J.D. Edwards board agreed to an offer under which PeopleSoft would acquire J.D. Edwards; the takeover was completed in July. OneWorld was added to PeopleSoft’s software line and was renamed EnterpriseOne. In December 2004, Oracle acquired PeopleSoft and has continued to support products that were created by J.D. Edwards. They have announced a product under development called "Project Fusion" (probably will be renamed when it is closer to commercial release in 2008). This product will be designed to replace existing Oracle Applications Suite, as well as products acquired from PeopleSoft (Enterprise) and J.D. Edwards (OneWorld/EnterpriseOne and World). After the acquisition, Oracle continues to enhance the EnterpriseOne suite, with 8.11 being the latest release version of this product. The next version of the EnterpriseOne software, 8.12, will be released in mid 2006.
