This year marks ALLOut’s 20th  anniversary as leaders in security, audit, and compliance innovation within the JD Edwards space. Industry expertise, agile solutions and customer-centricity are the principles that have driven us since day one. With experience dating back to the 1980’s, our in-house architect and developers have created a suite of solutions that meet the evolving demands of JDE users. Our expertise ranges from developing reactive solutions against changing GRC legislation to proactive safeguards for evolving risk landscapes. Focusing on IT infrastructure, the ERP ecosystem and end users holistically, our solutions help organizations manage broad organizational risk initiatives. 

Over 500 companies worldwide have employed our software to streamline daily processes, boost productivity, enhance user experience, meet compliance goals, accelerate security projects, and secure internal control environments. The simple truth is that our measure of success is based on theirs. Here are 20 milestones that have defined our journey and made this all possible.  

What Makes ALLOut Unique

1 - Zero Risk: Pioneering JDE Native Solutions

What set ALLOut apart as a game-changing solution is how and where it operates within the JDE ecosystem. As an add-on designed to work within, instead of outside JDE, this fully integrated tool enhances rather than replaces standard security and controls. Your JDE data remains YOUR JDE data. That is how our risk management tools provide real-time reporting with accuracy, eliminating external data transfers and reconciliation issues.    

2 - Scalable and Process-Centered

JDE instances are unique, which is why we prioritize scalable and cost-effective solutions that customers can tailor to meet their specific requirements. From daily tasks to large-scale projects, our process-based approach to risk mitigation and management helps customers define ROI on their own terms rather than through complicated lock-ins. 

3 - User Functionality Designed by Experts 

Creating software that streamlines security, reporting, audit, and compliance best practices requires industry-leading developers with unparalleled insights into the JDE user experience and ecosystem. With over 40 years experience, our top-tier developers are authorities in the industry. Their experience runs parallel with the innovations that have shaped JDE and they constantly adapt to evolving utilization. That is why our process-centered approach is the trusted solution of choice among CNCs, CIOs, IT managers, and C-level executives globally.   

4 - Seamless Installation

ALLOut implementation offers a risk-free and project-free approach, delivering immediate value with out-of-the-box functionality. Using native JD Edwards tables and development tools, the software is installed directly into your JDE environment and is ready to use within hours (our latest instance took 40 mins). Whether using the native JD Edwards OMW .par method or the third-party Boomerang method, the AOS software is installed onto a local (FAT) client machine. Installation files, documents and guided videos are readily available within the customer portal. 

Enhanced JDE Functionality 

ALLOut Security has its roots in the Governance Risk and Compliance landscape, with product development focused on addressing heightened demands facing JDE users as a result of Sarbanes-Oxley legislation. In response to the changing landscape of GRC and its associated risks over the last 20 years, our solutions have evolved into a comprehensive suite of proactive tools for robust controls, documented accountability and compliance reporting.  

5 - Risk Detection & SoD Management

Enhanced risk mitigation and compliance strategies with effective tools that detect breaches in real-time, quantify risk, and implement preventive controls. 

SoD Breach Reporting: Report, alert and review strategy based on best practice rules to quantify risk and minimize exposure.  

SoD Breach Management: Define, document and apply strategy to strengthen internal control environments using rules, controls and approver lists. 

Critical Process Access Reporting: Report on critical program and menu access according to best practice lists, with secure document access controls. 

SoD & Access Business Ownership: An online self-service process for business managers and role owners to approve SoD and access reports, which enhances accountability while reducing IT inquiries. 

6- Access Reporting 

Ensure proactive monitoring of access risk by gaining immediate visibility into critical access essentials minus manual data analysis. With our solutions, you'll not only keep an eye on potential vulnerabilities but also pinpoint precisely where to focus your attention. 

Program and Menu Access Reporting: Comprehensive visibility into all program access, including records of security applied via menus (all F00950 & UDO and/or by Menu). 

Company & Business Unit Reporting: Insights into what company and business unit access users have, with flexible data filtering. 

Role Assignments (Relationship) Reporting: Comprehensive list of users and their roles (including child roles) as well as which JDE environments they have access to.  

7 - Risk Auditing 

Simplify risk identification and gain comprehensive visibility by tracking, documenting and reviewing changes in your organization's control environment. 

Security & Compliance Change - Audit, Alert & Review: 360-degree transparency and accountability of all changes to user access and security (F9312).  

SoD & Critical Access Audit: Risk assessment of all system access according to period, rule, user and role. 

JDE Business Usage Audit: Ensure Oracle licensing is made cost-effective by tracking system usage accurately with inactive user reports. 

8- JDE Access Maintenance  

Simplifying the workloads of IT professionals through a suite of efficient security maintenance and productivity tools. 

Multiple Role Management: Automated multiple role management with tools that eliminate role sequencer and security conflict issues in standard JD. 

User Provisioning and Management: one-click user management efficiency - create, disable or clean-up in seconds. 

Security Simplification: Expedited Security (F00950, Menu Filtering, UDO Security), Role Assignments and Menu Maintenance (Tasks and Task Views). 

9- JDE Access Change Management  

Automated system access controls and testing to ensure all changes are in line with your risk management strategy: streamline the process of identifying, evaluating, approving, and implementing changes. 

Test Environment Workflow: efficient IT processes supported by workflow approval to test roles, security and menus assigned to users before promoting to the production environment. 

Role Assignment Promotion Control: multiple role assignment promotion without SoD conflicts, predefined assignment restrictions, and assignment request approval workflows.  

10 - JDE Project Acceleration

Solutions that streamline migration, IT upgrades, and security restructuring projects, mitigating resource constraints and business interruptions.  

JDE Upgrading: Simplified upgrades and migrations with mass maintenance of menus and security.  

JDE Security Restructuring: Streamlined role-restructuring and Deny-All implementation with predefined and configurable best practice rules. 

11-  Enhanced JDE User Productivity 

By simplifying the user experience, you enhance it. That is why we have developed intuitive solutions that boost productivity, prevent business disruptions and minimise IT troubleshooting. 

Menu Management: menu filtering that simplifies the user experience by eliminating non-essential and unintended access. 

Streamlined Sign-In: single sign-in simplification for users with multiple roles, bypassing the need to switch between accounts. 

12 – Best Practice Data Products 

SoD Master 

SoDMaster is designed to offer users a comprehensive set of best practice SoD rules, critical E1 processes, and mitigating controls. Having predefined and configurable rules in place is essential for any internal control environment. This proactive approach to risk prevention and security design enables businesses to grow and adapt to change without adding complexity to their operations. 

StartOut

Efficient menu management is essential for error-free processes. Our solution provides a pre-loaded template of best practice menu options, roles and E1 pages, helping users streamline menu design for uniformity and enhanced security. By leveraging out-of-the-box modifiable roles and security configurations through a simple upload, projects like 'Deny-All' are achieved in no time.

Empowering JD Edwards Customers

13 - Customer Success 

Over the past 20 years, we've cultivated business support by investing in innovative ways to help customers achieve their business objectives and project goals. Our commitment to customer-centricity is best reflected in advancements made to our customer portal.

Upskilling and Learning Support
💡 25+ Feature Implementation Videos
💡 Searchable Product Knowledgebase & Chatbot
💡 JDE & ALLOut Training Academy
💡 Training Workshops

Software Support
💽 Product (software and documentation) Change Requests
💽 Software Downloads with Upgrading/Documentation on Deliverables

Proactive Support
💪 Advice on Business Success and Objectives
💪 Service Provider Partner Recommendations

14- Training: ALLOut Academy  

The ALLOut academy marked a new era of JDE upskilling, led by our industry expertise in user needs and how they have evolved. The Academy provides flexible, self-paced learning pathways to support users gain the highest ROI from JDE and AOS functionality. These 45 courses focus on user provisioning, security maintenance, role design, conflict resolution, reporting, and much more designed to meet the needs of IT, audit, and compliance teams. 

Professional Certifications Incluse:

1. Audit and Compliance Professional
2. Security Administration Specialist
3. Database Audit and Controls Expert
4. Security Implementation Expert
5. World Security and Compliance Expert

15 - Partners  

With out-of-the-box functionality, easy maintenance screens, and extensive guided tutorials, AOS provides effective simplicity that delivers. However, depending on the scale of an organization and its projects, customers may require further advisory services and additional resources. Oracle validated JDE partners provide all this and more while helping customers avoid the cost of designing custom JDE solutions. Today, our JDE partner network includes 40 + IT service providers globally, offering customers resources, expertise and support for all types of JDE implementations.  

16- Education, Industry Insights and Webinars 

Harnessing the benefits of JDE releases, and AOS product updates requires continuous learning and upskilling, including staying updated on evolving risk and compliance landscapes. Keeping customers and the community regularly informed is key! On-demand webinars, panel discussions, academy resources and industry insights help us drive this initiative forwards. We are committed to helping JD Edwards users excel by drilling down on security, audit and compliance features, cloud migration, risk management, project acceleration strategies and much more. 

17 - JDE Community Advocates 

Events:  

ALLOut has worked closely with the Quest Oracle Community over the years as a top tier sponsor of both international and regional events (BLUEPRINT, INFOCUS, Club Utilisateurs Oracle (Paris), OBUG, SCUG, PLUG & HUG). Each event provides JDE customers a platform to share experiences and resolve challenges, while learning from industry leaders in ways that inspire sustainable business success. Fostering growth and innovation this way is how the JDE community thrives, and we are happy to contribute with educational sessions, customer case studies, security roundtables, workshops and roadmap updates year after year.  

Awards:

ALLOut's commitment to promoting customer value initiatives via education programs and digital platforms, has earned the company Oracle's Excellence award for Customer Centricity & User Groups. Aligning our values with those of the community over the past twenty years, is another reason why AOS is an award-winning Oracle Gold partner.  

18 - Global Trust: Serving Public and Private Sectors  

JD Edwards is trusted extensively by both public and private sector businesses, and as a security, audit and compliance add-on, so is ALLOut Security. Providing more customers with the confidence to secure their JDE data, while meeting governance initiatives worldwide is what drives us. Business leaders have been using our agile solutions to pilot the necessary changes required to follow evolving regulations including SOX, DORA, and CLERP 9, while fortifying their internal control environment. 

Future Focus

19- Seamless Cloud Migration in JDE: Key Essentials 

Helping customers seamlessly transition to the cloud, with zero-risk migration and no downtime, are distinctive benefits that set our software apart. With streamlined security processes, automated access and role management, reliable reporting, testing and accountability in place, customers can confidently embrace cloud-based operations while maintaining core security and compliance objectives. 

20- Introducing TRACE: Revolutionizing Database Audit and Monitoring  

TRACE, our audit and monitoring solution empowers Senior Management, IT Management, and Auditors with robust internal controls that deliver data risk assurance in line with Privileged Access Management. A vital component of combating misstatement and fraud is pinpointing high-risk transactions without delay. TRACE eliminates the manual task of reviewing an overwhelming amount of audit log events to pinpoint critical data breaches. From IBM i to Oracle databases, our latest solution specializes in auditing high-risk users, utilizing built-in intelligence to identify, track, and audit privileged access activity efficiently and effectively.  

"As JD Edwards moves forward, helping customers prepare for the future is our priority." Luke Phillips – CEO of ALLOut Security

Inspired by our customers' successes, partner collaborations and product advancements within the JDE space over the last 20 years, looking ahead we aim to expand value propositions across these business segments. Sustainable growth is at the core of our mission as we pursue more industry-leading innovations, develop business collaborations, and create new opportunities for our customers. Our team at ALLOut Security would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to our customers, partners, and the entire JDE community for their continued support and trust.