Oracle Announces the Availability of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools 8.98 Update 1

The new product enhancements in 8.98.1.0 are:
• New product Introduction: Oracle Enterprise Manager Application Pack for JD Edwards
A new product offering which enables JD Edwards EnterpriseOne to be managed using Oracle Enterprise Manager.
• Embedded Oracle BI reports in JD Edwards EnterpriseOne applications
The tool set is enhanced to allow the design and runtime support for embedding Oracle Business Intelligence (OBI) reports into JD Edwards EnterpriseOne forms.
• Data Access Driver (DAD) for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
A standards based JDBC (type 4) driver for java applications. This data query interface complements the Data Access Server (DAS) released with Tools release 8.98.0.
• Embedded BI Publisher enhancement to optionally save report output to a file system
Product enhancement to allow reports created using the Embedded BI Publisher Reporting capability to be saved to a file system.
• Data Selection security controls on user submission of a UBE
A modification to the Security Workbench application and runtime platform to control user options for adding, modifying, or deleting data selection criteria when submitting a report.
The additional platform certifications consist of:
• Support for Oracle Application Server 10.1.3.4
• Support for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (64-bit on x86-64 hardware)
Note: JDE E1 continues to run as a 32-bit application within the 64-bit operating system
• Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 64-bit edition running on Windows Server 2008
• Support for Microsoft Internet Explorer version 8.0
• Support for the Firefox browser version 3.0.3
• Support for running the Oracle database 11g on the SUSE Linux (SLES 10)
The 8.98.1 release also includes general maintenance, including fixes included in maintenance packs 8.98.0.1 through 8.98.0.6.


Sources: EnterpriseOne_Tools_8.98_Update_1_Announcement