Quest Oracle Community (formerly Quest International Users Group) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to supporting users of
JD Edwards
J.D. Edwards World Solution Company or JD Edwards, abbreviated JDE, was an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software company, whose namesake ERP system is still sold under ownership by Oracle Corporation. JDE's products included World for IB ...
,
PeopleSoft, and
Oracle Cloud applications. It is an
Oracle User Group An Oracle User Group is a private, generally non-profit or not-for-profit organization that provides support and education for users of Oracle Corporation technology, particularly for professional users, however student user groups have also been es ...
.
It is part of the International Oracle User Group Community which also includes the Oracle Applications Users Group (
OAUG) and the Independent Oracle Users Group (
IOUG The Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG), now part of the Quest Oracle Community The deal was finalized in May 2019. represents the voice of Oracle technology and database professionals and empowers them to be more productive in their business and ...
).
Quest International Users Group was formed in 1995 with the blessings and support of
Ed McVaney
C. Edward McVaney (December 29, 1940 – June 4, 2020)
In 1977, he was a co-founder and became the CEO of JD Edwards Corporation, a pioneering Enterprise Resource Planning company.
In June 2003, JD Edwards arranged to be purchased by People ...
, one of the founders of JD Edwards. The goal was to provide users a community to not only vent their frustrations but to also provide candid feedback for improving JDE products. JD Edwards was acquired by PeopleSoft in 2003, and in 2005 Oracle acquired PeopleSoft. Since Oracle supported a user-group model with organizations such as OAUG and IOUG, Quest became an entity on-par with OAUG and IOUG under the banner of the International Oracle User Group Community (IOUC).
Quest is one of the three sponsors, along with IOUG and OAUG, of the yearly conference COLLABORATE.
In July 2018, Quest changed their name from Quest International Users Group to Quest Oracle Community.
In March 2019, Quest announced that the IOUG would be joining the Quest Oracle Community. The deal was finalized in May 2019.
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.questoraclecommunity.org
COLLABORATE
User groups
Oracle Corporation
Non-profit organizations based in Lexington, Kentucky
Organizations established in 1995
1995 establishments in Kentucky