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To: treetopflier who wrote (437)7/14/1999 10:17:00 AM
From: bob zagorin  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 583
 
J.D. Edwards, IET-Intelligent Electronics Partner to Deliver Field Service Management Solution

IET's W-6 Service Scheduler Optimization Solution to Be Integrated With

J.D. Edwards' OneWorld Customer Service Management System

DENVER and BOSTON, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Enterprise business software provider J.D. Edwards & Company (Nasdaq: JDEC) and IET-Intelligent Electronics, provider of software solutions that enable improved customer service through intelligent resource optimization, today announced the formation of a product alliance that will result in the integration of IET's W-6 Service Scheduler with J.D. Edwards' OneWorld(TM) customer service management system. The alliance rounds out J.D. Edwards' customer relationship management solution with the enterprise resource scheduling functionality of IET's W-6 Service Scheduler. With this integration, service organizations can more efficiently meet customer service requests through optimized resource scheduling.

"Partnering with an organization like J.D. Edwards, with its vast experience delivering enterprise customer solutions in a wide variety of industries, is a significant development that will greatly benefit both J.D. Edwards and IET-Intelligent Electronics," said Moshe Ben-Bassat, chairman and CEO at IET. "Of course, customers will benefit most of all as IET's fully scalable enterprise scheduling solution will now be offered as part of J.D. Edwards' OneWorld customer service management system."

As a result of the partnership and product integration, J.D. Edwards will be able to offer its customers a wide range of enhanced business benefits associated with optimized resource scheduling. Using IET's W-6 integrated with J.D. Edwards' OneWorld, service organizations will be able to complete more service calls per day, reduce mileage reimbursement, guarantee "on-time" service calls, better ensure service level commitments and reduce repeat calls. As part of this partnership agreement, IET and J.D. Edwards will integrate IET's W-6 with J.D. Edwards' OneWorld, with both companies working together in developing the supporting business logic.

W-6 Service Scheduler's functionality includes: a powerful optimization engine, a complete scheduling model, accurate real-time visibility of load and availability, and true appointment booking. W-6 Service Scheduler can be easily configured to meet the needs of any customer in practically any industry. Using IET-Intelligent Electronics' solution, an organization servicing personal computers for the home market was able to reduce travel time by over 20 percent, without compromising any of its service obligations. These kinds of efficiencies enable organizations to handle a growing number of service calls without hiring additional personnel.

"IET's W-6 product is a strong complement to J.D. Edwards' customer service management system," said Michael Schmitt, senior vice president at J.D. Edwards. "The top objectives in field service organizations are to improve customer responsiveness and decrease operational expenses. J.D. Edwards and IET deliver on both objectives through efficient, personalized customer interactions and improved asset utilization."

About IET-Intelligent Electronics

IET-Intelligent Electronics develops, markets, and supports software solutions that that enable customer-driven organizations to provide superior service through intelligent resource optimization. Chosen as the Best New Product at SME, IET's W-6 Service Scheduler is an advanced enterprise service scheduling solution that can be easily integrated with CRM's to provide optimized scheduling of service personnel. IET's TechMate is a diagnostic support tool for service and maintenance and works by guiding users through problem resolution. IET's headquarters are located in Campbell, California. IET also has offices and distributors throughout the United States, as well as in Canada, Germany, Israel, Norway, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. IET is backed by Oak Investment Management, Genesis Partners (CIBC Oppenheimer and E. Shalev Management), WorldView Investment Partners, and Hambrecht & Quist. IET can be reached at 888-IET-3308 or 408-377-6088. For more information about IET's product lines, visit www.iet-w6.com or www.iet-techmate.com.

About J.D. Edwards

J.D. Edwards provides Idea to Action(TM) software for managing the enterprise and supply chain. The Company's integrated applications give customers control over their front office, manufacturing, logistics/distribution, human resources and finance processes for the consumer products, industrial and services industries. J.D. Edwards enables Idea to Action with ActivEra(TM), a collection of tools and technologies that extend the J.D. Edwards SCOREx and AIMx supply chain solutions and, OneWorld(TM) and WorldSoftware(TM) enterprise business software. ActivEra allows customers to change their enterprise software quickly and easily during and after implementation. The Company's solutions operate in multiple computing environments, including Windows NT(R), UNIX(R) and OS/400(R), and are Java(TM) and HTML enabled.

Founded in 1977, J.D. Edwards is headquartered in Denver and posted fiscal 1998 revenues of $934 million. Additional information can be obtained by contacting the Company at 800-727-5333 or via the Internet at www.jdedwards.com.

NOTE: J.D. Edwards is a registered trademark of J.D. Edwards & Company. The names of all other products and services of J.D. Edwards used herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of J.D. Edwards World Source Company. All other product names used herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. The historical results stated above are not necessarily indicative of the results of any future period.

SOURCE J.D. Edwards & Company

CO: J.D. Edwards & Company; IET-Intelligent Electronics

ST: Colorado, Massachusetts

IN: CPR

SU: LIC

07/14/99 09:00 EDT prnewswire.com



To: treetopflier who wrote (437)8/26/1999 10:40:00 AM
From: Edwarda  Respond to of 583
 
Am I the only person who has noted that the company reported earnings, losing only 7 cents in operating earnings per share?

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J.D. EDWARDS & COMPANY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
(unaudited)


Three Months Ended
July 31, Nine Months Ended
July 31,

1998 1999 1998 1999
Revenue:
License fees
$ 98,122 $ 74,949 $242,536 $211,752
Services
141,480 157,120 384,313 474,845
Total revenue
239,602 232,069 626,849 686,597
Costs and expenses:

Cost of license fees 11,199 7,505 30,503 20,217
Cost of services 91,283 101,778 246,430 307,845
Sales and marketing 68,334 89,198 180,195 241,958
General and administrative 20,639 21,233 57,289 71,109
Research and development 22,399 27,096 62,977 78,807
Subtotal 213,854 246,810 577,394 719,936
Income (loss) from operations excluding acquired in-process research and development and amortization of intangibles 25,748 (14,741) 49,455 (33,339 )

Amortization of intangibles — 3,234 — 3,584
Acquired in-process research and development — 24,000 — 26,141
Operating income (loss) 25,748 (41,975 )
49,455 (63,064 )

Other income (expense):
Interest income 3,970 4,485 11,378 15,441
Interest expense (72 )
(150 )
(736 )
(770 )

Foreign currency losses and other, net (991 )
(998 )
(1,666 )
22
Income (loss) before income taxes 28,655 (38,638 )
58,431 (48,371 )

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes 10,602 (5,416 )
21,619 (9,017 )

Net income (loss) $ 18,053 $(33,222 )
$ 36,812 $(39,354 )


Net income (loss) per common share:
Basic --
Excluding acquired in-process research and development and amortization of intangibles $ 0.18 $ (0.07 )
$ 0.38 $ (0.11 )

Acquired in-process research and development and amortization of intangibles $ — $ (0.24 )
$ — $ (0.27 )

Net income (loss) per share $ 0.18 $ (0.31 )
$ 0 .38 $ (0.38 )

Diluted -- (1)
Excluding acquired in-process research and development and amortization of intangibles $ 0.16 $ (0.07 )
$ 0.34 $ (0.11 )

Acquired in-process research and development and amortization of intangibles $ — $ (0.24 )
$ — $ (0.27 )

Net income (loss) per share $ 0.16 $ (0.31 )
$ 0 .34 $ (0.38 )

Shares used in computing per share amounts:
Basic 100,522 106,181 96,970 104,875
Diluted 110,867 106,181 109,503 104,875



The impact of the charges for acquired in-process research and development ("IPR&D") costs and the amortization of intangibles on net loss and diluted net loss per share are as follows:


Three Months Ended
Nine Months Ended

July 31, 1999 July 31, 1999
Before acquired IPR&D and amortization
of intangibles After acquired IPR&D and amortization
of intangibles Before acquired IPR&D and amortization
of intangibles After acquired IPR&D and amortization
of intangibles

Loss from operations $(14,741
)
$(41,975
)
$(33,339
)
$(63,064
)

Other income (expense), net 3,337
3,337
14,693
14,693

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes (4,219
) (5,416
) (6,899
) (9,017
)
Net loss $ (7,185
) $(33,222
) $(11,746
) $(39,354
)
Net loss per share (1) $ (0.07
) $ (0.31
) $ (0.11
) $ (0.38
)
Shares used in computing net loss per share 106,181 106,181 104,875 104,875



To: treetopflier who wrote (437)8/26/1999 11:07:00 AM
From: Edwarda  Respond to of 583
 
Despite the upside surprise in earnings, I was underwhelmed by the results. License revenue came in better than I expected, but the good news seemed to be confined to the domestic market; Europe was really weak--in contrast to what everyone else except Oracle has been seeing.

Also expenses seem to be coming down, which helped to support the positive surprise on the bottom line. Despite further expense reductions, I shouldn't look for even a miniscule profit until the first quarter of next year, which will have the benefit of a new release of OneWorld.