Data Communications Solutions’ (DCS), Vicki Gohman just returned from attending the INFOCUS annual conference held in Denver, CO. INFOCUS is an in-depth conference specifically for Oracle’s J.D. Edwards World™ or EnterpriseOne™ products for the Quest* community. Attendance was reported by Quest to be up 50% this year. Vicki talked to many companies that either use

Data security threats and regulatory compliance are the new “death” and “taxes” that we’ve all been hearing about. Security is a hot topic across all organizations, whether you have 10 or 10,000 employees. Preventive, detective and best practices are the overview for those who quickly want to get up to speed. Oracle unveiled new innovations

Collaborate14, Las Vegas, April 7-11, Venetian Hotel Data Communication Solutions (DCS) is excited to be going to Collaborate again this year!  As a major sponsor of Collaborate we are looking forward to seeing many of our existing customers as well as many new faces and learning about your upcoming EDI needs.   If you have an

As the refreshed Quest International User Group conference is coming in December, DCS is gearing up to hear the insider scoop on all things EnterpriseOne. We will tell you what we learn right after the conference so keep an eye out for future posts. Before attending, DCS looked into new updates for the software and

User groups are a group of individuals that specialize in a specific area such as network admin or software. They usually have both national and regional web presence and following. For example, the Quest group for Oracle’s JD Edwards users meet annually (national) and quarterly (regional) to listen to a subject matter expert speak. Most

A DCS customer’s Evaluated Receipt Settlement (ERS) for key customers was failing, resulting in unpaid shipments and delayed payment. Though these failures were to only one process, it was highly visible. Any disruption to cash flow is not tolerated in business and needed to be resolved. The customer had Oracle E-Business Suite and GXS TrustedLink

After attending Oracle OpenWorld 2013, DCS noticed an important trend: customer experience. With customer experience becoming a more measurable metric, it is time to get senior management’s attention for action. DCS sat in on “Crossing the Customer Experience Chasm,” a seminar with Donald Chesnut and Brian Curran, who presented some statistics on the topic that

Oracle’s E-Business Suite or EnterpriseOne users may be considering moving from local servers to cloud computing. This entails a review of every process, which includes connections to customers, vendors, and transporters. The exchange of large, complex documents such as Purchase Orders will continue as before; using both classical EDI (X12 or EDIFACT) and standardized XML

Oracle E-Business Suite users now need both classical EDI (X12) and standardized XML (GS1 or OAGi) to link together their supply chain for both customers and vendors. Three choices are available: EDI Gateway – exports a positional file or to a temporary table from which an EDI system (purchased from another) creates classical or XML

EDI has rapidly evolved with newer technology allowing its access to be as simple as opening an email, especially with the development of cloud computing. With these advancements, cloud storage has taken off, especially with Oracle. EDI used to only be accessed through a server, but now you have the option to move your server