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Building a JD Edwards Community Theme for 2008 WTS Customer Meeting
Seattle, WA and Denver, CO – 08/18/08 – WTS, Inc., the leader in application hosting and managed disaster recovery services for Oracle’s JD Edwards applications, announced the completion of their seventh annual customer meeting. The 2008 conference focused on the value WTS customers receive from the community of customers, partners, and Oracle who collectively deliver, extend, engineer, and use JD Edwards applications.
Attendees participated in breakout sessions with Oracle and other strategic business partners who provide software and services to WTS customers. These breakout sessions allowed WTS customers and prospects the opportunity to learn more about the capabilities within JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and JD Edwards World and to better understand the wide range of complementary product options that exist with the many hosted third party solutions offered by WTS.
The invitation only event was held July 14-15, 2008 in Seattle, Washington and welcomed a record number of participants. Attendees received strategic information related to hosting and disaster recovery services from WTS along with application news and direction from senior Oracle executives.
"We are always impressed by the collaboration and idea exchange that occurs at our annual meeting," said WTS' Vice President of Hosting Services, Sam Rediess. "Our customer attendees enjoyed hearing the latest in strategic plans from Oracle along with customer support plans both Oracle and WTS will implement. There were also valuable sessions from WTS and Oracle's partners who focus on extending JD Edwards applications."
Featured speakers for the WTS customer meeting included Buffy Ransom, Oracle's Senior Director of Customer Support, Lyle Ekdahl, Oracle's Vice President of Product Strategy for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, and Robert Mann, Oracle's Director of Development for JD Edwards World software.
"This year's meeting was the best attended in the history of our company," said Sam Rediess. "We welcome our customer's advice, discussions on business direction, and strategic feedback so we can continue to provide their organizations with outsourcing improvements that support their corporate initiatives. This intimate setting provides an unmatched opportunity for our customers to speak directly with Oracle regarding their software investments. This meeting provides every WTS customer the opportunity to Build their own JD Edwards Community."
"Hosting this annual event for our customers and prospects is the highlight of our year," said Tom Hughes, President and CEO of WTS. "WTS is known for listening to our customers, understanding their business drivers, and jointly developing our future hosting strategies. We use this meeting as a time to reflect on the prior year successes of customers, to set joint goals, and to improve our internal processes to provide a higher level of customer satisfaction for our JD Edwards customers."
Additional information on the conference and access to the keynote presentations can be found at www.wts.com/event_customer-meeting-08.htm.
WTS customers experience greater benefit and value from their JD Edwards software by leveraging WTS' expertly managed IT infrastructure and years of experience in applications management – allowing customers to focus on their core business. WTS’ leadership position can be attributed to its focus on customer satisfaction and its commitment to delivering advanced technology to companies running Oracle’s JD Edwards applications.
WTS is a member of the Oracle® PartnerNetwork.
About WTS
WTS, Inc., the leader in application hosting and managed disaster recovery services for Oracle’s JD Edwards enterprise software, provides a wide range of services for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and JD Edwards World customers including Hosting, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity, and complementary product support. Our customers benefit from an industry-leading and proven solution that increases efficiency, enables business and technology change, and reduces IT risk. Oracle holds a significant equity interest in WTS. Founded in 1997, WTS is a privately held corporation with headquarters in Seattle, Washington, a regional office on the Oracle campus in Denver, Colorado, and data centers in Tukwila, Washington and Denver, Colorado. Additional information about WTS is available at www.wts.com.
About Oracle PartnerNetwork
Oracle PartnerNetwork is a global business network of more than 20,000 companies who deliver innovative software solutions based on Oracle software. Through access to Oracle’s premier products, education, technical services, marketing and sales support, the Oracle PartnerNetwork program provides partners with the resources they need to be successful in today’s global economy. Oracle partners are able to offer their customers leading-edge solutions backed by Oracle’s position as the world's largest enterprise software company. Partners who are able to demonstrate superior product knowledge, technical expertise and a commitment to doing business with Oracle qualify for the Oracle Certified Partner levels. For additional information on Oracle PartnerNetwork, visit http://oraclepartnernetwork.oracle.com.
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