big win with Agilent / Phillips joint venture.
J.D. Edwards' Hosted Collaborative Commerce Solutions Selected To Power LumiLeds
Global, High-Tech Lighting Company Chooses JDe.sourcing to Host Business Critical IT Requirements
DENVER, June 13 /PRNewswire/ -- J.D. Edwards & Company (Nasdaq: JDEC), a leading provider of agile, collaborative solutions for the Internet economy, today announced that LumiLeds, a developer of solid-state lighting solutions in the automotive lighting, traffic signaling, signage, and lighting markets, has selected the company's hosted JDe.sourcing offering to provide business critical enterprise software requirements globally. LumiLeds, a joint venture between Agilent Technologies and Philips Lighting, manufactures next generation lighting products. The company has selected JDe.sourcing to provide the financial, manufacturing, and distribution applications that help make the tightly integrated global operations of the company run reliably, for a high return on investment in the company's technology infrastructure. This is the most significant global hosting contract to date for JDe.sourcing in the fast-growing ASP industry.
"LumiLeds Lighting is developing products, with the combined lighting expertise of Philips and the LED technology strength of Agilent, that will deliver unprecedented quality and value to lighting solutions of all kinds. To grow our company to the next level, we need to install an information technology backbone that will keep pace with our aggressive, globe-spanning operations. Hosting with JDe.sourcing was a clear choice for us, to ensure system stability, scalability and to speed implementation time," said Terrie Brown, project manager at LumiLeds.
A spin-off of two industry-leading ventures, LumiLeds began operations with a largely borrowed technology infrastructure. Choosing JDe.sourcing to provide a unique network and enterprise applications provides the company with a high level of security and stability, and will enable LumiLeds to continue a rapid global expansion. JDe.sourcing will provide a worldwide technology infrastructure for the company, allowing internal resources to be aimed at fostering the most effective development environment to bring next generation lighting products to market.
"We launched JDe.sourcing this year to provide market-leading flexibility and reliability in hosted technology systems," said Gayle Sheppard, vice president of JDe.sourcing for J.D. Edwards. "Our work with an organization as innovative as LumiLeds demonstrates our strength as a leader in delivering business critical technology solutions, and in developing strategic partnerships with our customers to ensure that they gain maximum competitive advantage from their IT infrastructure."
About LumiLeds
LumiLeds Lighting is a joint venture between Agilent Technologies (formerly part of Hewlett-Packard), the #1 LED supplier, and Philips Lighting, the #1 lighting supplier. The joint venture is committed to developing innovative solid-state lighting solutions in the automotive lighting, traffic signaling, signage, and lighting markets. The company was first to market with power LED technology, enabling the lighting market to benefit from the many advantages of LEDs-power savings, longer life, and lower overall costs.
LumiLeds Lighting, headquartered in San Jose, California, maintains a global infrastructure including operations in Best, The Netherlands, Penang, Malaysia, and sales offices throughout the world. For more information on LumiLeds products, please visit www.LumiLeds.com
About JDe.sourcing
J.D. Edwards' JDe.sourcing is a second-generation application hosting initiative that delivers collaborative commerce solutions directly to customers across the internet. JDe.sourcing allows companies to easily access and adopt new technologies, gaining speed to market and competitive advantage. For more information on the JDe.sourcing program, please see www.jdesourcing.com.
About J.D. Edwards
J.D. Edwards is a leading provider of agile, collaborative solutions for the Internet economy. The Company's integrated ActivEra(TM) Solutions deliver supply chain collaboration and fulfillment, and enable business-to-business trading communities in the consumer products, industrial and services industries. The Company's solutions are web-enabled and operate in multiple computing environments.
Founded in 1977, J.D. Edwards is headquartered in Denver and posted fiscal 1999 revenues of $944.2 million. Additional information can be obtained by contacting the Company via the Internet at www.jdedwards.com or at 800-727-5333.
SOURCE J.D. Edwards & Company
CO: J.D. Edwards & Company; LumiLeds; Agilent Technologies; Philips Lighting
ST: Colorado, California
IN: CPR
SU: LIC
06/13/2000 08:30 EDT prnewswire.com |
