Editing JD Edwards (section)

{{Short description|Former American software company}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox company
| name = JD Edwards
| logo = JD Edwards wordmark.svg
| logo_caption = Logo used from 1977 to 2003
| fate = Acquired
| successor = [[Oracle Corporation]]
| foundation = 1977
| location = One Technology Way,<br />[[Denver, Colorado]], United States
| industry =
| key_people = [[Ed McVaney]], Dan Gregory and Jack Thompson
| products = World, OneWorld, EnterpriseOne
| num_employees = <!--peak number of employees-->
| parent =
| subsid =
}}

'''J.D. Edwards World Solution Company''' or '''JD Edwards''', abbreviated '''JDE''', was an [[enterprise resource planning]] (ERP) [[software]] company, whose namesake ERP system is still sold under ownership by [[Oracle Corporation]]. JDE's products included ''World'' for [[IBM]] [[AS/400]] [[minicomputer]]s (the users using a [[Dumb terminal|computer terminal]] or [[terminal emulator]]), ''OneWorld'' for their proprietary [[Configurable Network Computing]] architecture (a [[client–server]] [[fat client]]), and JD Edwards ''EnterpriseOne'' (a [[Web application|web-based]] [[thin client]]). The company was founded March 1977 in [[Denver]], by Jack Thompson, C.T.P. "Chuck" Hintze, Dan Gregory, and [[C. Edward McVaney|C. Edward "Ed" McVaney]].

In June 2003, JD Edwards agreed to sell itself to [[PeopleSoft]] for $1.8 billion. Within days, Oracle launched a hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft sans JD Edwards.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/peoplesoft-to-buy-j-d-edwards/|title=PeopleSoft to buy J.D. Edwards|last=Kane|first=Margaret|website=CNET|language=en|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2572455/peoplesoft-moves-to-integrate-j-d--edwards-after-acquisition.html|title=PeopleSoft moves to integrate J.D. Edwards after acquisition|last=Songini|first=Marc L.|date=2003-09-05|website=Computerworld|language=en|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref> PeopleSoft went ahead with the JD Edwards acquisition anyway, and in 2005, [[Oracle Corporation]]  finally took ownership of the combined JD Edwards-PeopleSoft organization. As of 2020, Oracle continues to sell and actively support both ERP packages, branded now as JD Edwards EnterpriseOne<ref>{{cite web | title = JD Edwards EnterpriseOne | publisher = Oracle Corp. | url = http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/jd-edwards-enterpriseone/index.html | access-date =December 25, 2009}}</ref> and JD Edwards World.<ref>{{cite web | title = JD Edwards World | publisher = Oracle Corp. | url = http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/jd-edwards-world/index.html | access-date =December 25, 2009}}</ref>