JD Edwards

J.D. Edwards World Solution Company or JD Edwards, abbreviated JDE, was an Enterprise Resource Planning software company. Products included World for IBM AS/400 minicomputers, OneWorld for CNC architecture, and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne. The company was founded March 1977 in Denver, Colorado by Jack Thompson, C.T.P. "Chuck" Hintze, Dan Gregory, and Ed McVaney. It was purchased by PeopleSoft, Inc. in 2003. PeopleSoft, in turn, was purchased by Oracle Corporation in 2005, and Oracle continues to sell and support EnterpriseOne and World ERP software line.