The document discusses the benefits and risks of moving Oracle's JD Edwards applications to the cloud, highlighting experiences from Nektar Therapeutics and other companies. It outlines key drivers for cloud adoption, such as improved adaptability and cost predictability, while addressing challenges like security and compliance. Velocity Technology Solutions provides managed services to enhance application performance and support for organizations transitioning to cloud-based systems.

1. Real Life with Oracle’s JD Edwards in the Cloud
Oracle® OpenWorld 2013
Presented by Ward Quarles – Velocity Technology Solutions
Philp Lam – Nektar Therapeutics
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2. Your Host
Ward Quarles
• Director of Strategic Alliances for
Velocity Technology Solutions
• A regular contributor to industry topics
related to Oracle software solutions
• Previously Director of Marketing for
Oracle’s JD Edwards
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3. Velocity Technology Solutions
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Velocity is a leader in enterprise and business
application hosting which are fully managed and
protected within a virtual private cloud.
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4. Nektar — Co-Presenter and Executive Sponsor
Philip Lam
• ERP Project Manager
• Responsible for management and support of
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne applications
and infrastructure, including change
management and security.
• Project manager and IT lead for ERP
upgrades and implementations
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5. Agenda – JD Edwards in the Cloud
• What is Real (Life)? What is Marketing?
• What are the key drivers to Private Cloud?
• Are there benefits to JD Edwards in the Cloud?
• What are the risks in Private Cloud computing?
• JD Edwards customers in the Cloud – In their Opinions!
• Q&A with JD Edwards customer – Nektar Therapeutics
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6. Considerations for Success
High-Performance JD Edwards Applications in the Cloud
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7. Customer Requirements for Cloud Computing
• Improving system performance
• Scalable solution
• Hardware obsolescence
• Capital expenditure avoidance
• Security management
• Qualified technical resources
• Cost predictability
• Improved service level
agreement
• Corporate compliance
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8. Two Key Drivers for Moving Applications
to the Cloud
Focusing
IT Staff on
Innovation
Business demand to focus internal technology
staff on innovative or transformational projects,
leveraging service providers for day-to-day
technology management
Need for
Companies must increase the adaptability
greater
and resiliency of their software delivery model
application to match business requirements today
flexibility
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9. Flexibility Means More Control to Manage
the Business
• More time to focus on innovation, growing
the business versus building infrastructure
• Addresses shortage of IT expertise and
resources to manage technology internally
• Provides a model for more controllable,
predictable costs of ownership
• Helps maximize the strategic value of
software by making it easier to take on the
latest software upgrades, features, or
modules
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10. Risks to Manage When Moving to the Cloud
• Security
• Compliance
• Infrastructure fit to application
requirements
• Ability to customize
• Level of management required
• Service levels
• Disaster recovery planning
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11. Benefits of Cloud Computing
More quickly adapt business to change (business agility)
Greater control over costs
Faster time to market with new solutions
Increased workforce productivity
Reduced business risk
Higher technology service levels
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12. Velocity Customer:
San Diego County Regional Airport Authority
“Having Velocity host EnterpriseOne helps us
to utilize the system on a larger scale and
at a more effective cost, and we also benefit
from a higher degree of business continuity
in the event of a disaster.”
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13. Real Life with Oracle’s JD Edwards in the Cloud
Nektar Therapeutics – Philip Lam
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14. Nektar Therapeutics
• Biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics
based on its PEGylation and advanced polymer
conjugation technology platforms
• Robust R&D pipeline of potentially high-value therapeutics
in oncology, pain and other therapeutic areas
• Publicly traded on the NASDAQ (NKTR) with 2012
annual revenues of $81.2M and revenues through June
2013 of $56.8M
• Based in San Francisco, CA, with 500+ employees in
San Francisco, CA, Huntsville, AL, and Hyderabad, India
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15. Nektar – JD Edwards Solutions
• EnterpriseOne 9.1 with Linux OS and Oracle DB
• Migrated platform from Windows / SQL to Oracle
• Using Financials, Distribution, Manufacturing and HR
modules
• Upgraded from EnterpriseOne 8.12 to 9.1 in July 2013
• 15 IT members, 3 in Business Systems supporting roles
• Complementary solutions include: DSI Barcode,
InsightSoftware, Business Objects, SAP ETL, Kronos,
and SharePoint
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16. Business Challenge
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17. Velocity Solution
System Upgrade
and Migration
CNC & Change
Management
Expertise
Managed Application
Services
Velocity collaborated
with CSS, Nektar’s
consulting partner,
to manage functional
and technical
requirements of the
project
Velocity helped Nektar
address issues that arose
including:
Velocity is providing day-today management of Nektar’s
portfolio of Oracle’s JD
Edwards software deployed to
support multiple,
international locations
1) CFR Auditing
2) Custom Data Dictionary
changes
3) Integrations to thirdparty systems, data
replication and Nektar
custom reporting
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18. Results
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19. How to Evaluate and Select Cloud Computing
Solution
Expertise, Security and Uptime Requirements
Align SLA with Internal Customer Expectation
Proven Disaster Recovery Procedures
Compliance and Regulatory Requirements
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20. Velocity Customer:
Nektar Therapeutics
“Velocity regularly addresses issues of an unforeseen nature
pertaining to key aspects of Nektar’s business system needs.
We worked hand-in-hand with Velocity, who manages our
communications with our partners, third-parties, customer
users and management, and did so professionally and without
question in the interest of providing a quality solution and an
uncompromised level of service.”
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21. Phibro — Executive Sponsor
Gary Fling
• Chief Information Officer
• Focus on maximizing the value of
investments in IT by aligning to business
imperatives, establishing governance and
delivering results by developing highperforming teams.
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22. Phibro Animal Health Corporation
• Global leader in the fields of animal health and
performance products
• Privately held with revenues exceeding $600M
• Over 1,000 employees who manufacture and market
550+ products
• Headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, with
manufacturing facilities and offices across the U.S.,
Brazil, Mexico and around the world
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23. Business Challenge
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24. Velocity Solution
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25. Results
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26. Velocity Customer:
Phibro Animal Health Corporation
“I am very happy with the results. Application performance
was a big issue in Brazil and this solution perfectly meets
our needs and brings greater facilities management,
greater credibility in information quality and time-saving
processes.”
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27. How to Evaluate and Select Cloud Computing
Solution
Must have JD Edwards Competency
Measureable Operational Stability
Partnership that is Personal
Scalable Platform
Can provide non-JD Edwards Support
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28. Tredegar — Executive Sponsor
Steve Holliday
• Executive Director of Business Excellence
and Global IT
• Systems thinker and integrator. Focused on
business processes and technology,
strategic planning and implementation.
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29. Tredegar Film Products
• Manufactures plastic films for protective apparel,
agriculture/landscaping, construction/building materials,
durables, food preservation, home care, medical,
packaging, personal care, electronic display, surface
protection, lighting and specialty markets.
• Publicly traded on the NYSE (TG) with revenues
exceeding $520M.
• Headquartered in Richmond, VA with 2,700 employees
across production facilities in Brazil, China, Hungary,
India, the Netherlands, and five plants in the United
States.
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30. Business Challenge
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31. Velocity Solution
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32. Results
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33. Velocity Customer:
Tredegar Film Products
“By outsourcing the hosting of JD Edwards and disaster recovery, it gives our internal
IT staff the chance to increase its technical skills and be more strategy-minded in
helping the business function efficiently. We don’t have to worry about day-to-day
operations since Velocity makes sure the system functions properly. They also
proactively take care of maintenance tasks, which is a big load off our plate.”
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34. How to Evaluate and Select Cloud Computing
Solution
Management attitude
Stability (financial, people)
What other customers have to say
Continuous Improvement mindset
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35. Why Applications in the Cloud?
Moving Oracle Applications to the Cloud
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36. Oracle Applications
in the Velocity Virtual Private Cloud
• Multiple platform options to support JD
Edwards applications
• Standardized components and extensive
configuration testing
• Fault tolerance through built-in
redundancy and replication, clustering,
and disaster recovery
• Embedded diagnostics enabling deep
observability and real-time troubleshooting
NEW
• Unified management from the hardware to
the application
• Experienced customer care for technical
and application support
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37. Velocity Customer:
Graniterock Construction
“We're a construction company—we’re not an
IT company. The economics are such that it
would probably have cost us more to host
a solution internally, and we would not have
done as good a job.”
– Excerpt from FierceCIO, “Q&A: Disaster recovery when your
business sits on the San Andreas Fault,” February 1, 2012
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38. Reasons Companies Move to the Cloud
Increase business
adaptability/agility
Lower overall
costs
Deliver new
features/functions
faster
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Focus internal staff on
business change, less
on maintenance
Accelerate application
deployment
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39. About Velocity
Established and Managed
by Industry Veterans
Founded 2003
Experts in Managing
Enterprise Applications
Extensive application and industry workflow expertise
Strong Growth
Expanding and long-term customer relationships
Privately Held
Management team, Silver Lake
International Presence
United States, Canada, United Kingdom
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40. International Footprint to Serve Our Customers
Glasgow, Scotland
Seattle, Washington
Tukwila, Washington
Minneapolis, Minnesota
London, Ontario
New York, New York
Denver, Colorado
Temple Terrace, Florida
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41. Velocity Universal Cloud Services
pervasive systems
market systems
business analytics
application
complements
core business
systems
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Fully-managed cloud
solutions for all of your
essential business
applications
• ERP
• Content management
• Business analytics
• Industry solutions
• More…
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42. Universal Cloud Services Architecture
VELOCITY UNIVERSAL CLOUD SERVICES
CUSTOMER
APPLICATION A
CUSTOMER
APPLICATION B
CUSTOMER
APPLICATION C
Components
Components
Components
Configuration A
Configuration B
Configuration C
SOPHISTICATED CLOUD ARCHITECTURE,
OPTIMIZED FOR EACH APPLICATION AND USE
Oracle® “Red Stack”
“Purple Stack”
Velocity’s cloud
architecture uses a
defined set of technology
components—building
blocks—purpose-built to
optimize the performance
of the customers’ specific
applications
IBM® “Blue Stack”
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43. Customers Rely on Velocity to Manage
Their Enterprise Applications
Every day, our job is to help you use enterprise applications to:
Grow Your Business
Increase Responsiveness
to the Market
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Manage Risk
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44. For More Information
Ward Quarles
Director, Strategic Alliances & Velocity Solutions for Oracle
ward.quarles@velocity.cc
303-996-3410
866-638-2779 | VELOCITY.CC
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