Quest International Users Group

eNews 12.06.06
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Don't make this your last eNews!

Beginning in January, we will be sending out two versions of eNews -- one for JD Edwards customers and one for PeopleSoft customers. The only way to get the version you need is to have the correct product line checked in your Quest profile. Updating this information is easy! Sign in to www.questdirect.org, enter your User ID and Password, click on Edit Preferences and go to Edit Profile.

 

Again, if you don't have a product line checked in your profile, you will miss out on important information from Quest!

 

-- COLLABORATE 07: Technology and Applications Forum for the Oracle Community

April 15-19, 2007: COLLABORATE 07, Las Vegas, Mandalay Bay Resort and Convention Center

 

Why attend COLLABORATE 07?


Conferences don't get any better than this user driven, user led event. Quest has a history of strong education and events -- take it from users who registered through us last year! Producing COLLABORATE 07 in conjunction with the Independent Oracle Users Group and the Oracle Applications Users Group ensures we have strong Oracle participation, including Oracle President Charles Phillips in one of our keynote addresses. Want more? Oracle chose COLLABORATE last year as the spot to announce its Applications Unlimited program -- proof that COLLABORATE is the best place to get information that matters about the PeopleSoft and JD Edwards products you're using today.

 

Registration is LIVE! Click here to register now.

 

Bring your group!
Is your company planning on sending four or more attendees to COLLABORATE 07? Does your company have a Quest corporate membership? All Quest corporate members can save $200 per attendee by registering through our Group Program, a special promotion not part of online registration. Please note that the group rate cannot be combined with any other registration promotion. To participate, look for the Group Program form online or email conferences@questdirect.org.

 

Why should you register through Quest?

Quest education and events at COLLABORATE 07 are for PeopleSoft and JD Edwards users.

Quest's Call for Presentations Deadline has been extended to December 15!

Quest wants you to be a part of our PeopleSoft and JD Edwards education slate. Submit your idea for a Quest presentation online. As a customer, if your session is selected, you'll be given a complimentary conference registration. We'll also send you email notifications before the conference outlining everything you need to know, and when you are on-site, you'll have plenty of time and space to prepare.

 

Ask Product Executives all of your unanswered conference questions!

When you make your conference travel reservations, plan on staying all the way through Thursday - the last time slot on Thursday (beginning at 12:15 p.m.) is reserved for exclusive Q&A sessions with Oracle general managers Doris Wong, John Schiff and Lenley Hensarling. It's the perfect chance to ask them any questions you didn't get addressed earlier in the week, and go home with even more information!

 

-- Discover Oracle Unbreakable Linux Support
Get the inside story on the industry's leading enterprise-class support program for Linux in a LIVE video webcast hosted by Wim Coekaerts, Oracle Vice President of Linux Engineering, and Monica Kumar, Oracle Senior Director of Linux Product Marketing. Click here for the webcast, which will be tomorrow, December 7, at 9:00 AM Pacific (USA).

 

-- Quest and the CIO Executive Council Partner to Benefit IT Executives

The CIO Forum, an invitation-only event for top-level executives, is the brainchild of Quest International Users Group and the CIO Executive Council. This exclusive event -- which will take place in April at the Las Vegas MGM Grand -- will focus on peer-to-peer interaction and presentations by CIOs and visionaries. If your organization uses PeopleSoft or JD Edwards applications and you or someone from your organization would like to be considered for inclusion, please email delaine.bender@questdirect.org.

 

-- Call for Candidates - Quest Board of Directors

Want to shape the future of your user group? If you are a PeopleSoft or JD Edwards customer, apply for a position on the Quest Board of Directors. Applications are being accepted through January 23, 2007. As a member of the Quest BOD, you will invest your time and energy for the benefit of customers and be recognized as a leader for the user community. Click here for more information, or email DeLaine Bender, Quest executive director, at delaine.bender@questdirect.org.

 

-- JD Edwards Customer Survey sponsored by WTS

Please take a few minutes and take the Quest and WTS JD Edwards Customer Survey. The information captured with this survey will help Quest to understand organizations' planned budgetary expenditures for software and services to deliver Oracle applications. These survey results will provide insights about JD Edwards customers opinions and buying trends. Quest will post an Executive Summary of the findings upon completion of the survey.

 

-- New JD Edwards User Group - IBM Technology Consortium

This Consortium provides an opportunity to hear from the IBM technical teams that support JD Edwards customers who are operating on IBM platforms. Youll hear topics specific to technical issues like performance and tuning, but also business issues like how to improve the end user experience through functionality enhancements and how to lower your total cost of ownership.

 

Please feel free to join this group's next conference call:

December 6 - 8:00 am Pacific Time (11:00 Eastern Standard Time)

 

Audio Conference:

Toll Free Dial In Number:  (866)205-5235

Int'l Access/Caller Paid Dial In Number:  (801)828-9904

ACCESS CODE:  9180922

 

Web Meeting:

Web Meeting Address:  https://www.webmeeting.att.com   

Meeting Number(s):  8662055235 (OR) 8018289904

ACCESS CODE:  9180922

 

-- New PeopleSoft Year-End Training

For more information on PeopleSoft Year-End Payroll classes, click here. To register, contact Chandra Kramer at chandra.kramer@oracle.com.

 

-- Install Base Initiative for PeopleSoft

Access an exclusive iSeminar titled PeopleSoft ESA for Professional Services and learn how Oracles PeopleSoft Enterprise service automation applications help customers control resources and project costs, while making better investment decisions. For more information and to register, click here.

 

-- Have a user tip? It could be worth $500! Quest is looking for all PeopleSoft and JD Edwards users with a story to tell -- your article could end up in the next issue of Q&A Magazine! Submit a user tip or a case study about your company's software experience, and if it's published in Q&A, we'll pay you $500. Email questions to editor@questdirect.org.

Q&A is also searching for companies that:

-- Have been involved in a disaster recovery effort,

-- Have recently outsourced some/all of their IT or are in the process of outsourcing,

-- Or have evaluated outsourcing but decided it wasn't for them.
Please contact editor@questdirect.org if you have a story to tell!

 

Quest wants to hear from you. How have Quest's services, events or tools benefited you or your company? Let us know at editor@questdirect.org.

Do you need your user ID and password? Email membership@questdirect.org.

Upcoming Quest Webinars -- Check our
JD Edwards and PeopleSoft Webinar pages for more information.

December 13 - Bottomline Technologies

December 20 - Global Software

 

Find upcoming user group meetings on QuestDirect.

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Quest International Users Group
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Lexington, KY 40504
USA
859.226.4307
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