ARCTOOLS is the leading purge and archive tool for JD EDWARDS. ARCTOOLS is a proven solution which has, to date, helped more than four hundred JD Edwards customers on six continents to quickly and efficiently purge and archive their data. ARCTOOLS was developed by recognized JD Edwards experts DCSoftware and Redfaire in collaboration with JD Edwards. As application data grows, ERP systems slow down. End-user productivity is reduced and IT resources become stretched to the limit as regular tasks such as database back-ups and maintenance take longer to perform. This costs your business time and money.

ARCTOOLS solves this problem by quickly and easily allowing you to identify and purge unneeded data and to transfer historical data to an easily accessible archive environment. Purging and archiving delivers tangible cost-savings. The benefits can be seen not just in terms of storage space but also in terms of better use of system and human resources. It will also make your path to upgrade easier. Oracle strongly recommends purging and archiving Oracle JD Edwards data before upgrading. With ARCTOOLS, your upgrades will be quicker and more efficient. Reducing the amount of data to convert prior to an upgrade delivers the following benefits:

• Less system down-time during the upgrade
• Less strain on IT resources
• Easier testing
• Less data integrity issues