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ACCO Brands Leverages Oracle Fusion Middleware to Automate Communication Between Applications

January 19, 2011 | Category: Technology | Source: Oracle

Oracle Press Release

ACCO Brands Leverages Oracle Fusion Middleware to Automate Communication Between Applications

New SOA-Based System Integrates Applications and Increases System Performance by 400 Percent for ACCO Brands

Redwood Shores, Calif. – January 19, 2011

News Facts

ACCO Brands (NYSE: ABD), one of the world’s largest suppliers of branded office products, has selected Oracle products and technologies including, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle SOA Suite, Oracle WebLogic Server, Oracle GlassFish Server, Oracle JDeveloper, the Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle Transportation Management.
The ACCO Brands solution was built as part of an Oracle Transportation Management implementation with BPEL processes delivering Shipment/Confirmation information between the Oracle E-Business Suite and PicK ticket Management System (PKMS)/ Distribution Center Management System (DCMS).
ACCO used Oracle Fusion Middleware, specifically Oracle JDeveloper and Oracle BPEL Process Manager, a component of Oracle SOA Suite, to develop business processes to orchestrate across the Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle Transportation Management and PKMS/DCMS applications. The Oracle-based interface processes approximately 1,100-1,800 invoices within a 24 hour period.
The design and development for the SOA-based BPEL interfaces was completed in approximately four months. The project was implemented at the three major distribution centers of ACCO Brands’ U.S. operations and provides benefits for more than 80 percent of all shipments from U.S. businesses.
By running Oracle BPEL Process Manager on top of Oracle WebLogic Server, ACCO Brands has been able to view a process flow that spanned greater than 70K steps. The new SOA-based interfaces between the Oracle E-Business Suite and PKMS in the ACCO Brands solution have performed 400 percent faster with 20 percent more workload.
ACCO Brands is also leveraging Oracle GlassFish Server for its online training site. Future functionality of the site will include the ability to e-mail preformatted key codes to customers and allow them to register for online training courses.
Oracle University training helped the ACCO Brands technical team gain new knowledge of SOA technology components and the Oracle Fusion Middleware tutorials on the Oracle Technology Network (OTN) helped immensely with developing customizations in BPEL and stabilizing the system.

Supporting Quotes

“Oracle’s out-of-the-box integration between the Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle Transportation Management was the biggest reason for us to choose Oracle Fusion Middleware,” said Royce Heaney, VP Global IT, ACCO Brands.
“Oracle JDeveloper is the most powerful IDE for SOA development and Oracle Fusion Middleware is definitely the easiest way to migrate to an extensible integration platform,” said Dheeraj Bhushan SOA & e-commerce team lead, ACCO Brands.

Supporting Resources

Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g
Oracle SOA Suite 11g
Oracle BPEL Process Manager
Oracle WebLogic Server
Oracle GlassFish Server
Oracle JDeveloper
Oracle E-Business Suite
Oracle Transportation Management
Oracle Application Grid blog

About Oracle

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world's most complete, open, and integrated business software and hardware systems company. For more information about Oracle, please visit our Web site at http://www.oracle.com.

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Contact Info

Jacki DeCoster
Oracle
+1.650.633.7788
jacki.decoster@oracle.com

Nicole Maloney
Oracle
+1.650.506.0806
nicole.maloney@oracle.com

SYSTIME Achieves Oracle PartnerNetwork Advanced Specialization for Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Financial Management

January 18, 2011 | Category: Technology | Source: Oracle

Oracle Press Release

SYSTIME Achieves Oracle PartnerNetwork Advanced Specialization for Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Financial Management

Recognition Helps SYSTIME Deliver Greater Value to Customers and Enables Competitive Differentiation

Redwood Shores, Calif. – January 18, 2011

News Facts

Oracle and SYSTIME, a leading global business and technology service provider and Oracle Platinum partner of Oracle® PartnerNetwork (OPN), today announced that SYSTIME has achieved OPN Advanced Specialization status for Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Financial Management.
To achieve Advanced Specialization status, Oracle partners are required to meet a stringent set of requirements that reflect the companies experience and depth of expertise in the area of specialization. Specialized partners are required to have a minimum of 50 certified implementation specialists per pillar (i.e. JD Edwards Financials, JD Edwards Distribution, etc.).
By achieving this distinction, SYSTIME has been recognized by Oracle for its expertise in delivering services specifically around JD Edwards through competency development, business results and proven success in the global marketplace.
SYSTIME has been working with Oracle’s JD Edwards team since 1994, helping customers globally successfully adopt technology solutions to address their business challenges and make their business better.
SYSTIME is the largest specialist provider of JD Edwards services worldwide1. This Advanced Specialization status will help SYSTIME show differentiation in the marketplace and deliver greater value to customers.

Supporting Quote

Judson Althoff, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Alliances and Channels and Embedded Sales, Oracle said “The Advanced Specialization status reaffirms SYSTIME’s leadership in supporting the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne product line. It is an outstanding achievement for SYSTIME to achieve Advanced Specialization for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Financial Management.  They are a trusted advisor to the JD Edwards community at large and we have a successful track-record working together. We appreciate their commitment to Oracle and look forward to more joint successes in the marketplace.”
“We are extremely proud to achieve Advanced Specialization for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Financial Management. This achievement will enhance the collaboration between Oracle and SYSTIME, and will strengthen our existing relationship,” said Vishal Grover, President and CEO, SYSTIME. “This accolade reaffirms our leadership in the JD Edwards community. Most importantly, this recognition gives customers the added assurance that they will be engaging with the leader in the JD Edwards space. SYSTIME’s continued investment in building capabilities around JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and Oracle Fusion Middleware will give customers access to the best talent in the global marketplace, resulting in superior business outcomes.”

Supporting Resources

Oracle PartnerNetwork Advanced Specializations
Oracle PartnerNetwork

About Oracle PartnerNetwork

Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Specialized is the latest version of Oracle's partner program that provides partners with tools to better develop, sell and implement Oracle solutions. OPN Specialized offers resources to train and support specialized knowledge of Oracle products and solutions and has evolved to recognize Oracle's growing product portfolio, partner base and business opportunity. Key to the latest enhancements to OPN is the ability for partners to differentiate through Specializations. Specializations are achieved through competency development, business results, expertise and proven success. To find out more visit http://www.oracle.com/partners.

About SYSTIME

SYSTIME is the world’s largest solution provider in the Oracle JD Edwards marketplace. SYSTIME helps customers to make their business better by adopting technology solutions to address their operational challenges. SYSTIME is the only Oracle partner globally to achieve an Advanced Specialization in JD Edwards2, and over three decades has helped clients implement and manage JD Edwards and other business solutions in 77 countries. With SYSTIME, clients are assured of a transparent, responsive partner committed to their success. SYSTIME is an Oracle Platinum Partner, and part of the CMS group. For more information on SYSTIME, visit www.systime.net

About Oracle

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world's largest business software company. For more information about Oracle, please visit our Web site at http://www.oracle.com.

Trademarks

Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Contact Info

Jessica Moore
Oracle
+1.650.506.3297
jessica.moore@oracle.com

Amy Adkins
SYSTIME Global Solutions, U.S.A.
+1.415.369.9900
aadkins@systime.net

1

☻ 'Sourcing JDE Projects: Provider Skills Vary Widely‘, Forrester Research, Inc. (February 18, 2010)

2 Advanced Specialization in JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Financial Management

Inova Health System Selects Oracle Health Sciences Solutions as the IT Foundation for Value-Based Personalized Healthcare Model

January 18, 2011 | Category: Technology | Source: Oracle

Oracle Press Release

    Oracle, The World's Largest Enterprise Software Company Press Release

Inova Health System Selects Oracle Health Sciences Solutions as the IT Foundation for Value-Based Personalized Healthcare Model

Informatics Infrastructure to Facilitate Information Sharing and Insight to Improve Care, Increase Operational Efficiency and Accelerate Research from Bench to Bedside

Redwood Shores, Calif. – Jan. 18, 2011

News Facts

Inova Health System, a leading, Northern Virginia-based, not-for-profit healthcare provider network serving more than one million people annually, has selected a suite of Oracle Health Sciences interoperability and analytics products as the informatics foundation for a value-based, personalized healthcare model to improve the quality of care for its patients.
Inova Health System will use an integrated suite of Oracle solutions including Oracle® Healthcare Transaction Base, Oracle Healthcare Master Person Index, Oracle Database 11g, Oracle Real Application Clusters, and several components of Oracle Fusion Middleware, including Oracle WebLogic Suite 11g and Oracle SOA Suite 11g to create a data services hub that links patient information through a secure and interoperable informatics infrastructure across operational, clinical care and research domains.
The new informatics environment will break down health data silos to deliver actionable insight that can help Inova Health System drive continuous improvement in quality of care and operational efficiency. It will also help to unlock the value of data captured in disparate healthcare transactional systems for secondary uses that accelerate research and yield new clinical and translational insight.
As part of its informatics initiative, Inova will use the Oracle Health Sciences solution to help the region’s 4,000 affiliated physicians achieve meaningful use of healthcare IT, as well as move toward an Accountable Care model – a critical requirement as healthcare reform is implemented and pay-for-performance and similar initiatives become more widespread.
Additionally, Inova plans to use its informatics infrastructure to support new research and care programs that advance personalized medicine, taking advantage of the great strides in molecular understanding of disease since the mapping of the human genome.
The new infrastructure will also help enable personalized care management programs within the community to help prevent disease before it strikes.

Supporting Quotes

“Inova and Oracle share a vision for the future of healthcare and the information technology solutions required to deliver the highest quality care,” said Knox Singleton, Chief Executive Officer, Inova Health System. “We are investing in a new model for value-based, personalized healthcare – built around a robust, secure and interoperable informatics infrastructure – enabling Inova to continuously improve patient care and operating efficiency by delivering greater value and empowerment to our affiliated community physicians.”
“We are on the verge of a new era in healthcare where advances in our molecular understanding of disease coupled with adoption of health information technology can bring personalized, predictive medicine to all patients,” said Dr. John Niederhuber, Executive Vice President, Inova Health System. “However, today’s electronic medical records systems were not designed to support this new paradigm of research and care. We are pleased to team with Oracle Health Sciences to make our vision of the future of healthcare a reality for Inova’s patients, physicians and community.”
Dr. Niederhuber joined Inova in September, 2010 after serving as the director of the National Cancer Institute and is viewed as one of the nation’s premier oncologists and clinical researchers.
“The future of healthcare will be characterized by a more personalized, predictive, participatory care environment where scientific advances are integrated with new delivery models to improve population and individualized health,” said Neil de Crescenzo, senior vice president and general manager, Oracle Health Sciences. “Forward-looking organizations, such as Inova Health System, understand that achieving this transformation will require new business models, as well as informatics infrastructures that go beyond today’s transactional systems. Oracle Health Sciences is pleased to support Inova with solutions that help enable interoperability and provide the analytics to offer insights across the operational, clinical, and research domains.”

Supporting Resources

Oracle Healthcare Transaction Base Data Sheet
Oracle Healthcare Master Person Index Data Sheet
Oracle in Health Sciences
Follow Oracle Health Sciences on Twitter
Become an Oracle Health Sciences Fan on Facebook

About Oracle

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world's most complete, open, and integrated business software and hardware systems company. For more information about Oracle, visit oracle.com.

About Inova Health System

Inova Health System is a not-for-profit healthcare system based in Northern Virginia that consists of hospitals and other health services, including emergency- and urgent-care centers, home care, nursing homes, mental health and blood donor services, and wellness classes. Governed by a voluntary board of community members, Inova’s mission is to improve the health of the diverse community it serves through excellence in patient care, education and research.  Inova provides a healthy environment for its patients, families, visitors, staff and physicians by prohibiting tobacco use on its campuses.

Trademarks

Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Contact Info

Greg Lunsford
Oracle
+1.650.506.6523
greg.lunsford@oracle.com

Mary Tobin
O’Keeffe & Company
+1.503.658.7396
mtobin@okco.com

Oracle Turkey Highlights Customer Success for First Half of Fiscal Year 2011

January 17, 2011 | Category: Technology | Source: Oracle

Oracle Press Release

Oracle Turkey Highlights Customer Success for First Half of Fiscal Year 2011

Turkish Companies Share Their Success Through Oracle’s “Hardware. Software. Engineered to Work Together” Application-to Disk-Strategy:

İstanbul, Turkey – January 17, 2011

News Facts

Oracle Turkey has seen continued customer satisfaction across a wide range of industry sectors including telecommunications, banking, insurance, construction and education during the first half of fiscal year 2011, as customers endorsed Oracle’s innovative products and services.
Oracle customers Turkcell, Aegon, Tekstilbank, Yapi Kredi Bankasi, Petrol Ofisi, Enka and Hisar Scholl Kemerkoy all shared their sucess stories.
Customers gained benefits from a wide range of Oracle hardware and software including Oracle Exadata, Oracle Database, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Business Intelligence, Oracle Hyperion Financial Planning and Oracle E-Business Suite.

Supporting Quote

“Our customers here in Turkey are gaining real and rapid benefits from our products such as faster reporting, automation, single viewpoint of their customers, and cost efficiencies, all of which can help them be more competitive and successful. Oracle is the only vendor able to offer a complete technology stack in which every layer is integrated to work together as a single system. In addition, Oracle's open architecture and multiple operating-system options gives our customers unmatched benefits from industry-leading products, including excellent system availability, scalability, energy efficiency, powerful performance, and low total cost of ownership.” Gürhan Kalelioğlu, Vice President, Central Asia and Turkey Region.

Supporting Customer Quotes

Turkcell İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş. Reduces Mean Reporting Time Tenfold for More Than 50,000 Reports with Oracle Exadata Database Machine and Oracle Database. “It was a never-ending race to match the company’s requirements for business performance and capacity. After the test migration, users were so happy that they did not let us go back. With Oracle Exadata Database Machine, we have outperformed expectations and we have prepared Turkcell for future growth.” – Ferhat Şengönül, Data Warehouse Specialist, Turkcell İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş.
Turkcell İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş. Boosts Data Security and Streamlines Access for More Than 20,000 Users with Oracle Identity Management- IDM. “Turkcell is the leading communications and technology company in Turkey. Integrating Oracle Identity Manager with our human resources and workflow systems gave us a significant competitive advantage in terms of automation, agility, and speed in all related business processes.” – Zihni Ugurbil, Division Head, ICT/Infrastructure Operations, Turkcell İletişim.
Aegon Emeklilik ve Hayat A.Ş. Achieves Instant Performance Monitoring in Multiple Languages with Oracle Business Intelligence Standard Edition One and Oracle Forms and Reports. “Thanks to Oracle Business Intelligence Suite, our employees and agents are able to view their accounts’ latest status in seconds, and our managers have acquired the power to intervene proactively to achieve the desired business results. Aegon Turkey’s broad approach for transforming the reporting process has been an example for other Aegon offices in the region to follow.” – Fuat Satir, Chief Information Officer, Aegon Emeklilik ve Hayat A.Ş.
Tekstilbank A.Ş. Introduces Business Intelligence to Its Retail Banking Functions, Reports Significant Growth with Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition Plus ,Oracle Database and Oracle Data Integrator. “To be a trusted partner, we must know our customers. Oracle’s fully compatible products from database server to data loading tools and business intelligence tools have enabled us to create a close-to-real-time single point of view for each retail customer.” – Bora Üzüm, Manager, Business Intelligence Unit, Tekstilbank A.Ş.
Yapı Kredi Bankasi A.Ş. Reduces Budgeting and Planning Time for 4,000 Sales Representatives by 60% with Oracle Hyperion Planning. “Thanks to Oracle Hyperion Planning, we are able to define budgets and targets for our 840 branches throughout Turkey in a single month, based on a single version of up-to-date information. As a result, our forecasting and analysis processes have become more sophisticated.” – Yilmaz Arisoy, former Head of MIS and Business Planning, Yapi Kredi Bankasi A.Ş.
Petrol Ofisi A.Ş. Realizes Substantial Savings with Next Generation Platform for 3,140 Gasoline Stations with Oracle E-Business Suite, and Oracle Hyperion Financial Management. “Moving from decentralized systems to Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle Hyperion Financial Management gives us a significant competitive advantage with increased data control and cost effectiveness. Petrol Ofisi has a constant need for developing new functions and applications, therefore Oracle solutions are the perfect framework for us.” – Verjel Sarfati, Information Technology Manager, Petrol Ofisi A.Ş.
ENKA İnşaat ve Sanayi A.Ş. Reduces Financial Reporting Cycle Times by More Than 50% with Oracle Hyperion Financial Management. “We generate accurate, consistent, and homogeneous financial data in more than 70 companies and construction sites across multiple countries. With Oracle Hyperion Financial Management, we can analyze the information much more quickly than we had ever expected.” – Serhat Sokullu, Financial Control Manager, ENKA İnşaat ve Sanayi A.Ş.
Hisar School Reduces Hardware Costs by 75% and Accelerates Server Backups by 90% with Oracle Virtual Iron Enterprise Edition 4.5.16.11. “Oracle’s Virtual Iron provides a tremendous return on investment and has been a key factor for the many sophisticated services we are now able to offer in an around-the-clock, stable learning environment. We no longer worry about the cost, time, and risk of implementing new learning systems, as Virtual Iron makes backup and disaster recovery much easier.” – Bahadir Yildiz, IT Manager, Hisar School.

Supporting Resources

Oracle Exadata Database Machine
Oracle Fusion Middleware

About Oracle

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world's most complete, open, and integrated business software and hardware systems company. For more information about Oracle, please visit our Web site at http://www.oracle.com

Trademarks

Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Contact Info

Deniz Sagci
Oracle Turkey
+902123296721
deniz.sagci@oracle.com

  

Corporación Digitel Reduces Time of Bill Delivery by 90 Percent with Oracle Self-Service and E-Billing

January 17, 2011 | Category: Technology | Source: Oracle

Oracle Press Release

Corporación Digitel Reduces Time of Bill Delivery by 90 Percent with Oracle Self-Service and E-Billing

Cost reduction and reduced delivery times cited as key benefits; Customers have quick and secure access to information

Redwood Shores, CA – January 17, 2011

News Facts

Corporación Digitel CA, a telecommunications company offering mobile and public internet services in Venezuela, has selected Oracle Self-Service E-Billing version 5.1 for electronic customer invoicing.
This effort is part of an initiative to comply with the country’s new tax requirements in record time by reducing the delivery time of customer invoices by 90 percent. Additionally, this deployment results in eco-efficient management.
In recent years, Digitel has experienced steady growth and currently has 6.5 million customers. With rapid business growth and increased customer needs, the corporation faced the challenge of delivering fast and timely billing to its customer base and to achieve the optimization of human and financial resources, by removing physical invoices.
Additionally, Digitel had to comply with legal and local regulations, required by the executing agency for the national tax authorities of the Treasury in the country: the National Integrated Customs and Tax Administration (SENIAT). This regulator requires invoicing physical or digital characteristics and very specific data. The solution has the flexibility to adapt to the required tax documentation and has the legal validity required by the SENIAT.

Supporting Details

The paper invoice, plus costs associated with printing and distribution of it, involved a large investment in time and money. Additionally, Digitel considered the problems of security and privacy of customer information.
Now, with the implementation of the Oracle E-Billing solution in the telecommunications company, customers can access their bills online within 48 hours. This result represents a reduced processing time of more than 90%, while ensuring the protection of customers’ personal information.
Beyond being a tool for presentation of specific file formats on the Web, Oracle Self-Service and E-Billing offers great potential because it allows the user to access more information. The customer can structure their accounts, viewing from various angles, distribute and analyze them as desired with one simple solution.
As a result of this deployment, Corporación Digitel CA has confirmed that customers are very receptive to these upgrades to their invoices and perceive the company as making positive changes. Notably, the Web format is identical to the physical bill customers previously received, so there is complete familiarity. New features that allow the customer to go directly to the invoice number, filter information and download any tool such as Excel or PDF documents. Reading is easy and portable as it can be archived, and is eco-efficient and practical.
In addition to complying with regulations, required by SENIAT, Oracle E-Billing facilitates a self-service strategy. This innovation has resulted in the reduction of 85% of the cost per print of the bill, as well as the time reduction in the availability of information to customers. The impact on collection management has been significant.
The implementation of the solution was carried out by Celeritech, partner of Oracle, and was completed in less than a year

Supporting Quotes

"I think the best parts of this tool are yet to be seen," said Rafael Rey, vice president of Corporación Digitel CA Systems. "This implementation opens a world of infinite possibilities. Now, other than responding to the challenges we face as a business, we can take this opportunity to develop new ways of interacting with customers."
"Oracle Self-Service and E-Billing is the online billing solution most widely adopted in the market. It allows companies to take the billing function to another level, from simple transactions to meaningful relationships,” says Rubén Chacón, General Manager of Oracle Venezuela. "This translates into increased customer loyalty, while improving profitability and eco-management," he said.

Supporting Resources

Oracle Self-Service E-billing
Oracle in Communications
Oracle Communications on YouTube
Oracle Communications on Delicious
Oracle Communications on Facebook
Oracle Communications on Twitter
Oracle Communications on LinkedIn

About Oracle

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world's most complete, open, and integrated business software and hardware systems company. For more information about Oracle, please visit our Web site at http://www.oracle.com

Trademarks

Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Contact Info

Moira Pino
Account Manager
Newlink Communications Group
+1 (786) 522-0174
moira.pino@newlink-group.com

 Tânia Magalhães
Diretora Senior de Comunicação Corporativa
Oracle Latin America
55-11-5189-4048
Tania.Magalhaes@oracle.com

   

Oracle Helps University of Central Florida Streamline Academic Administration and Keep Pace with Growth

January 17, 2011 | Category: Technology | Source: Oracle

Oracle Press Release

Oracle Helps University of Central Florida Streamline Academic Administration and Keep Pace with Growth

Nation’s Second-Largest University Reduces Costs and Improves System Performance with Powerful Combination of Oracle Software and Hardware

Redwood Shores, Calif. – January 17, 2011

News Facts

To help streamline academic administration and to manage growth, the University of Central Florida (UCF) is using a multifaceted solution that combines Oracle software and hardware.
As the nation’s second-largest university, UCF needed a powerful, scalable and reliable IT infrastructure to support its continued growth, while also addressing a growing user preference for Web-enabled portals and self-service options.
UCF implemented Oracle’s PeopleSoft Enterprise 9.1, PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.50, and Oracle’s PeopleSoft Enterprise Campus Solutions running on Oracle Database 11g on Oracle’s Sun servers and storage. This includes Oracle’s Sun Fire x86 clustered systems, Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise T-Series and M-Series servers running Oracle Solaris, and Oracle’s StorageTek SL500 Modular Library System and Oracle’s StorageTek 2540 Array.
The UCF solution supports a wide-array of administrative processes, including the financials, supply chain, human resources, academic reports, online courses, class assignments and financial aid systems.
With the unparalleled reliability, availability and scalability of the Sun SPARC servers with Oracle Solaris, the UCF system is able to provide access to more than 50,000 students, faculty and staff and meet surges in demand during the busiest days of the academic year.
The StorageTek SL500 Modular Library System and StorageTek 2540 Array are two critical components of the data protection architecture.
With Oracle’s Sun hardware, UCF has reduced annual maintenance costs by more than $120,000, improved system performance by 4x, and reduced operating costs and energy consumption with efficient, space-saving servers.
UCF recently upgraded to the latest version of PeopleSoft Financial Management, Supply Chain Management and Customer Relationship Management (CRM), which it integrated with PeopleSoft Campus Solutions and PeopleSoft Human Capital Management, to help it maintain its cutting edge technology leadership reputation and better serve its user base, which has matured and has elevated expectations.
The university plans to leverage some of the new PeopleTools 8.50 features with its 9.1 applications in order to improve the usability and productivity of the PeopleSoft applications.
UCF worked with Oracle Advanced Customer Services for strategic guidance, architecture planning and technical support.  UCF relies on ACS for expedited response and top-priority issue resolution during peak times.

Supporting Quote

“The combination of Oracle software and hardware provides us with an innovative platform that significantly streamlines our administrative processes so students can spend more time learning and less time standing in line filling out paperwork,” said Bob Yanckello, CTO, University of Central Florida. “Oracle’s hardware provides the performance and scalability needed to ensure that students, faculty and staff have access to the system even during the most severe traffic spikes.”

Supporting Resources

University of Central Florida
Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise Servers
Oracle’s Sun StorageTek Tape Storage
Oracle’s PeopleSoft Enterprise Applications
Oracle Database 11g

About Oracle

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world’s most complete, open, and integrated business software and hardware systems company.  For more information about Oracle, please visit our Web site at http://www.oracle.com.

Trademarks

Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Contact Info

Nicole Maloney
Oracle
+1.650.506.0806
nicole.maloney@oracle.com

Susan Vander May
Blanc & Otus for Oracle
+1.415.856.5112
svandermay@blancandotus.com

Oracle Recognized as a Leader in Comprehensive Integration Solutions by Independent Research Firm

January 14, 2011 | Category: Technology | Source: Oracle

Oracle Press Release

Oracle Recognized as a Leader in Comprehensive Integration Solutions by Independent Research Firm

Redwood Shores, Calif. – January 14, 2011

News Facts

Oracle has been named a Leader in Forrester Research, Inc.’s November 9, 2010 report “The Forrester Wave™: Comprehensive Integration Solutions, Q4 2010.” (1)
Forrester evaluated 15 vendors against 137 criteria, categorized into three main groups: Current Offering, Strategy and Market Presence.
According to Forrester, Leaders deliver the “best overall combination of architecture, integration server, application development, business process management (BPM), and business-to-business (B2B) support features.”
The report also states, “Oracle delivers a well-integrated CIS solution. The Oracle solution, which enables rapid development of integration-related functionality, includes Oracle SOA Suite and Oracle BPM Suite as its key components.”
Oracle achieved the highest score for overall strategy and very strong scores in four out of five product evaluation areas, including architecture, integration server, application development framework, and business process management.

About Oracle BPM Suite 11g and Oracle SOA Suite 11g

Components of Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g, Oracle BPM Suite 11g and Oracle SOA Suite 11g provide modern application infrastructure that significantly improves the agility and intelligence of business applications while enabling organizations to exploit new hardware and software architectures for efficient IT execution and cost savings.

Supporting Quote

“To solve complex integration challenges, organizations are demanding a truly unified CIS solution,” said David Shaffer, vice president, product management, Oracle Fusion Middleware. “With shared user interface and runtime components across Oracle BPM Suite 11g, Oracle SOA Suite 11g and other Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g components, we are able to provide lower total cost of ownership and better performance to help our customers address the most complex integration projects. We believe that our position in this report is recognition of those capabilities and our commitment to providing comprehensive and unified integration solutions to our customers.”

Supporting Resources

The Forrester Wave: Comprehensive Integration Solutions, Q4 2010
Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g
Oracle SOA Suite 11g
Oracle BPM Suite 11g
Join the Oracle Fusion Middleware online communities: Facebook and Twitter

(1) The Forrester Wave™: Comprehensive Integration Solutions, Q4 2010

About Oracle

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world’s most complete, open, and integrated business software and hardware systems company. For more information about Oracle, visit http://www.oracle.com

Trademarks

Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Contact Info

Nicole Maloney
Oracle
+1.650.506.0806
nicole.maloney@oracle.com

Simon Jones
Blanc & Otus for Oracle
+1.415.856.5155
sjones@blancandotus.com

TriNet Improves Business Visibility with Oracle® Essbase

January 13, 2011 | Category: Technology | Source: Oracle

Oracle Press Release

TriNet Improves Business Visibility with Oracle® Essbase

Oracle Essbase Enables Company to Gain End-to-End View of Financial Data; Improve Manual Data Integration and Reporting Processes by 93 Percent

Redwood Shores, Calif. – January 13, 2011

News Facts

To better support the growing needs and financial requirements of its business, HR outsourcing services provider, TriNet, the country’s largest private provider of human resources outsourcing solutions to small businesses, has deployed Oracle® Essbase.
Headquartered in San Leandro, Calif., TriNet enables small companies to strategically and cost-effectively outsource the complex management of human resources, employee benefits, payroll and other HR related services.
As the company expanded through merger and acquisition, TriNet sought to improve its financial reporting processes and analyses, and gain a real-time view into financial performance.
By deploying Oracle Essbase, the industry-leading online analytical processing (OLAP) server, the company was able to:
Integrate key data across the enterprise;
Improve financial process efficiency, transparency and visibility;
Increase compliance; and,
Establish an agile financial reporting foundation that can scale to support future company growth.

Building a Proven Practice Approach to Improve Financial Analysis and Reporting

To address all the data analysis needs of its internal stakeholders, TriNet created an internal Business Intelligence (BI) and Performance Management (PM) team that gathered individuals from IT and Finance business functions to ensure the successful implementation and ongoing use of BI and EPM technologies.
Partnering with interRel, a Platinum level member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), the team implemented Oracle Essbase on time and under budget in just two months.
Users were trained in a matter of weeks and are now able to produce their own custom reports – regardless of their prior knowledge of the system.
With Oracle Essbase, TriNet has a common foundation to implement, manage and analyze financial and operational data from numerous internal systems, including Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise, the Oracle E-Business Suite, a data warehouse using Oracle Database, Microsoft Access and third-party reporting tools, providing end-to-end visibility into key performance metrics across the enterprise.
For example, Oracle Essbase has also allowed TriNet to run sophisticated product Profit and Loss (P&L) analysis to better view customer profitability and employee performance; a level of data collection and analysis that was not possible in the past.
Oracle Essbase has given the team true agility to capture data and deliver analytics as business evolves. With sub week developments, Finance can rapidly get the business insight it needs.
Along with the use of Oracle Interactive Reporting, Oracle Essbase has also enabled the company to improve financial data collection and reporting processes by an average of 93 percent, generating over 1200 hours of yearly time saving by enhancing the productivity of its internal financial staff while also providing better visibility into critical financial performance data.
Oracle Essbase is a component of the Oracle Business Intelligence Foundation Suite, a complete, open, and integrated enterprise BI solution that features reporting, ad hoc queries, OLAP, dashboards and scorecards.

Supporting Quotes

“TriNet is committed to deploying the latest technologies both internally and externally to improve processes and enhance our client experience,” said Burton M. Goldfield, President and CEO at TriNet.
“Oracle Essbase is the gold standard in finance and analysis and provides a lean, easy to use solution. With Essbase, TriNet has been able to integrate data that had never been together before – providing a new level of visibility into our financial performance from which we can make informed business decisions,” said Rob Taylor, Vice President FP&A, TriNet.
“We know we have a solution we can rely on to integrate any data and rapidly deliver the analytics business is craving for. The Center of Excellence structure type that our CEO put together has been a clear success factor for the deployment of our BI and EPM and Essbase was our cornerstone,” said Gauthier Vasseur, Vice President, BI-PM, TriNet.

Supporting Resources

About Oracle Enterprise Performance Management and Business Intelligence
About Oracle Essbase
Follow Oracle EPM&BI on Twitter
Download free evaluation version of Oracle Essbase. Terms, conditions and restrictions apply.

About TriNet

TriNet is a trusted partner to small businesses, providing critical HR-related services on an outsourced basis. TriNet’s solutions help contain costs, minimize employer-related risks and relieve administrative burden to keep an entrepreneur’s focus on core business functions. From routine employee benefits service and payroll processing to high-level human capital consulting, TriNet’s PEO expertise is integrated with every facet of a client’s business. TriNet specializes in serving fast-moving companies in fields such as technology and professional services, who recognize that top-quality employees are the most critical competitive asset. For more information, please visit http://www.trinet.com.

About Oracle

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world's most complete, open, and integrated business software and hardware systems company. For more information about Oracle, please visit our Web site at http://www.oracle.com.

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Shop Direct Group Selects Oracle to Support E-Commerce Growth Strategy with Core Retail Platform

January 11, 2011 | Category: Technology | Source: Oracle

Oracle Press Release

Shop Direct Group Selects Oracle to Support E-Commerce Growth Strategy with Core Retail Platform

UK Retailer to Rely on Oracle to Support Long-Term Business Strategy and Customer Service Initiatives

NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION ANNUAL, New York – Jan. 11, 2011

News Facts

Shop Direct Group, the UK’s leading online and home shopping retailer, has selected Oracle and Oracle Retail applications and technology as part of a strategic e-commerce growth initiative.
A non-store multi-channel retailer, Shop Direct Group operates eleven brands including Littlewoods, Very.co.uk and Woolworths.co.uk.
From 18% in 2005, online sales grew 19% in the last financial year and now represent approximately 70% of all units sold, leading Shop Direct Group to identify the need for a flexible core retail platform to support the changing demands of its business.
In response, Shop Direct Group has selected an extensive Oracle footprint comprising Oracle Retail merchandising and planning applications; Oracle Applications including the Oracle Product Hub and Oracle Application Integration Architecture; Oracle Database; and Oracle Fusion Middleware including Oracle SOA Suite, Oracle WebLogic Suite and Oracle WebCenter Suite.
The complete and integrated platform will help provide Shop Direct Group with enhanced business visibility through a coordinated view of merchandising operations, helping to promote greater return on inventory investment, streamline pricing decisions and improve planning and forecasting capabilities.
Shop Direct Group expects to consolidate its master data and reporting functionality with the Oracle solutions to help gain further business and IT efficiencies and improve agility.
The Oracle platform will also help Shop Direct Group to lower its total cost of ownership as it pursues its strategic growth initiatives.
Shop Direct Group evaluated competing products and selected Oracle based on its deep retail functionality and proven ability to support growing and diversifying businesses.
IBM has been selected by Shop Direct Group as the implementation partner, supported by Oracle, and the first phase of the deployment is underway.

Supporting Quotes

“Shop Direct Group required a world-class core retail platform to achieve our business requirements for strategic growth,” said Carl Dawson, Chief Information Officer, Shop Direct Group. “We identified Oracle’s solutions as key to helping us create a more efficient and standard retail operating platform of business processes and systems to strengthen the company’s foundation for future growth.”
“We are committed to supporting the Shop Direct Group as it diversifies its business and strengthens its competitive position in the UK market,” said Will O’Brien, Vice President EMEA, Oracle Retail. “The Oracle platform will help Shop Direct Group to realign and redefine its service offering to meet the changing needs of its customer base.”

Supporting Resources

About Shop Direct Group
Oracle Now for iPhone
Oracle Now for Android
Join the Oracle Retail community on Facebook
Insight-Driven Retailing Blog
Oracle Retail YouTube Channel
Follow Oracle Retail on Twitter
Oracle Retail Customer Success
Oracle in Retail

About Oracle Retail

Oracle provides retailers with a complete, open and integrated suite of business applications, server and storage solutions that are engineered to work together to optimize every aspect of their business. 20 of the top 20 retailers worldwide - including fashion, hardlines, grocery and specialty retailers - use Oracle solutions to deliver critical insights, improve business processes and drive performance. For more information, visit our Web site at http://www.oracle.com/goto/retail

About Oracle Exadata

The Oracle Exadata Database Machine is the only database machine that provides extreme performance for both data warehousing and online transaction processing (OLTP) applications, making it the ideal platform for consolidating onto grids or private clouds. It is a complete package of servers, storage, networking, and software that is massively scalable, secure, and redundant. With Oracle Exadata Database Machine, customers can reduce IT costs through consolidation, manage more data on multiple compression tiers, improve performance of all applications, and make better business decisions in real time.

About Oracle

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world’s most complete, open and integrated business software and hardware systems company. For more information about Oracle, visit our Web site at http://www.oracle.com.

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Fast Retailing Extends its Relationship with Oracle to Support the Expansion of its Global Business Operations

January 11, 2011 | Category: Technology | Source: Oracle

Oracle Press Release

Fast Retailing Extends its Relationship with Oracle to Support the Expansion of its Global Business Operations

Apparel Retailer Selects Oracle Retail and the Oracle Exadata Database Machine to Underpin International Growth Strategy for its Brands Including Uniqlo

NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION ANNUAL, New York – Jan. 11, 2011

News Facts

As part of its strategic relationship with Oracle, Fast Retailing has selected the Oracle Retail Merchandising System suite of applications and the Oracle® Exadata Database Machine to support its international expansion strategy and future growth objectives.
Deploying Oracle will help Fast Retailing to create a complete, open and integrated IT infrastructure across all of the leading apparel retailer’s operations including its mainstay Uniqlo, Theory, Comptoir des Cotonniers, Princesse Tam.Tam and g.u.
Fast Retailing became an Oracle customer in 2003, to provide support for its rapidly growing domestic and international business model created through organic growth and a progressive mergers and acquisitions strategy.
The decision to upgrade Oracle Retail aims to deliver a standardized retail platform and associated process functionality, enabling Fast Retailing to centrally manage the demands of its global business of 2,200 stores.
Oracle Retail Merchandising System, Oracle Retail Invoice Matching, Oracle Retail Sales Audit, Oracle Retail Price Management, Oracle Active Retail Intelligence, Oracle Retail Data Warehouse and Oracle Retail Allocation will help to coordinate merchandise operations and maintain consistent and accurate data across the business.
Fast Retailing selected Oracle Retail to run on the Oracle Exadata Database Machine to help drive faster performance, lower operating costs, reduce risk and speed time to value.

Supporting Quotes

“Fast Retailing requires a world-class retail platform to achieve our business requirements for strategic growth and we are pleased to extend our relationship with Oracle to support this next critical step,” said Makoto Toyoda, Global Officer for IT & Logistics, Fast Retailing. “We have found a proven partner in Oracle that will help us to drive significant value from our systems and ultimately help us to deliver our business and customer initiatives.”
“We remain committed to supporting Fast Retailing as it strengthens its competitive position in the dynamic and challenging international fashion sector,” said Craig Law, Vice President, Japan & Asia Pacific, Oracle Retail. “The Oracle Retail offering will help Fast Retailing to make insightful business decisions that benefit the entire organisation and promote long-term growth.”

Supporting Resources

About Fast Retailing
About Oracle Exadata Database Machine
Oracle Now for iPhone
Oracle Now for Android
Join the Oracle Retail community on Facebook
Insight-Driven Retailing Blog
Oracle Retail YouTube Channel
Follow Oracle Retail on Twitter
Oracle Retail Customer Success
Oracle in Retail

About Oracle Retail

Oracle provides retailers with a complete, open and integrated suite of business applications, server and storage solutions that are engineered to work together to optimize every aspect of their business. 20 of the top 20 retailers worldwide - including fashion, hardlines, grocery and specialty retailers - use Oracle solutions to deliver critical insights, improve business processes and drive performance. For more information, visit our Web site at http://www.oracle.com/goto/retail

About Oracle Exadata

The Oracle Exadata Database Machine is the only database machine that provides extreme performance for both data warehousing and online transaction processing (OLTP) applications, making it the ideal platform for consolidating onto grids or private clouds. It is a complete package of servers, storage, networking, and software that is massively scalable, secure, and redundant. With Oracle Exadata Database Machine, customers can reduce IT costs through consolidation, manage more data on multiple compression tiers, improve performance of all applications, and make better business decisions in real time.

About Oracle

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world’s most complete, open and integrated business software and hardware systems company. For more information about Oracle, visit our Web site at http://www.oracle.com.

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Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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JD Marketing
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Banca Transilvania Selects Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking to Support Rapid Growth through Innovative Products and Faster Service Provision

January 11, 2011 | Category: Technology | Source: Oracle

Oracle Press Release

Banca Transilvania Selects Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking to Support Rapid Growth through Innovative Products and Faster Service Provision

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. – Jan. 11, 2011

News Facts

Oracle today announced that Banca Transilvania, has selected Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking System (UBS) to support double-digit operational growth each year while sustaining profitability.
Banca Transilvania is one of Romania’s top five banks, with four main business lines: retail banking, SME banking, corporate banking and healthcare division. Oracle’s FLEXCUBE UBS solution supports all of these business lines.
In order to meet its present and future requirements as a growing financial institution, Banca Transilvania needed an integrated, efficient, cost-effective, and modern international banking system to support its expansion and address challenges such as risk, compliance, and improving the customer experience.
Previously using an advanced solution and investigating other alternatives, Banca Transilvania’s decision to sign a multi-year deal with Oracle FLEXCUBE builds on its existing Oracle relationship, using the Oracle Exadata Database Machine X2-2. The bank also uses the Oracle Financials Hub.
With 1.5 million active customers, 6 million accounts and more than 500 branches and agencies across Romania, Banca Transilvania is constantly growing. Oracle’s integrated core banking system will support its operation as a seamless enterprise, improving external offerings and internal operations.
Oracle FLEXCUBE will support Banca Transilvania to consolidate its position and amplify its advantage in the increasingly competitive Romanian marketplace through flexible launches with reduced time to market of new, innovative products and services.
The customer-centric functionality inherent in Oracle FLEXCUBE will support Banca Transilvania in managing and sustaining current and future growth, while seeking to meet and exceed the needs of its customers, as the integrated solution provides a holistic view of customer interactions for improved experiences.
Banca Transilvania chose to work with Oracle due to its presence in the region, an implementation and support centre in Athens, more than 30 banking customers in the Balkans alone and more than 100 references in Europe.
Local organization, Trend Import-Export SRL, gold level member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), was instrumental in working with Banca Transilvania during its selection of FLEXCUBE, following the previously successful relationship with them during the implementation of the Oracle Exadata Machine X2-2.

Supporting Quotes

Robert Rekkers, CEO of Banca Transilvania, said: “Introducing Oracle FLEXCUBE means for Banca Transilvania, an investment in cutting edge technology, enabling us to continue to take advantage of our current growth, while also expanding through our ability to launch new products and services to our customers quickly. Banca Transilvania was looking for an integrated solution for core banking that was based on new technologies, and that would be capable of sustaining our development for years to come. Oracle FLEXCUBE fit the bill, providing us with a value for money solution and valued expertise alongside it through their partnership with Trend Export-Import SRL.”
Frank Brienzi, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Oracle Financial Services Global Business Unit, said: “It’s fantastic news that Romania’s Banca Transilvania has chosen to build on an already strong relationship with Oracle, by moving its core banking platform to Oracle FLEXCUBE UBS. As financial institutions across Europe, and the world, face new economic realities and regulatory changes, focuses are increasingly on customer intimacy, competitive differentiation, cost effectiveness and compliance. With the implementation of Oracle FLEXCUBE UBS, Banca Transilvania is taking the lead in overcoming these challenges with their new integrated and flexible banking system. We are proud to be working with a local partner in Romania in Trend Import-Export, enabling Oracle to offer the ongoing support Banca Transilvania needs to stay ahead of the competition, and to offer superior customer service.”
Tudor Iliescu, Manager, Trend Import–Export, continues: “As an OPN Gold Partner, we’re very happy to be so heavily involved in another Banca Transilvania deal. We worked on Banca Transilvania’s highly successful implementation of the Oracle Exadata Database Machine X2-2. We are looking forward to working with Banca Transilvania and Oracle for many years to come.”

Supporting Resources

Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking
Oracle in Financial Services
Transform Your Banking Business with Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking
Follow Oracle Financial Services on Twitter
Join the Oracle Financial Services Community on Facebook
Oracle Exadata Database Machine
Oracle PartnerNetwork

About Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd.

Oracle Financial Services Software Limited (referred to as "Oracle Financial Services Software") (Reuters: ORCL.BO & ORCL.NS) is a world leader in providing products and services to the financial services industry and is a majority owned subsidiary of Oracle Corporation. Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world's most complete, open, and integrated business software and hardware systems company. For more information, visit www.oracle.com/financialservices.

About Oracle Exadata

The Oracle Exadata Database Machine is the only database machine that provides extreme performance for both data warehousing and online transaction processing (OLTP) applications, making it the ideal platform for consolidating onto grids or private clouds. It is a complete package of servers, storage, networking, and software that is massively scalable, secure, and redundant. With Oracle Exadata Database Machine, customers can reduce IT costs through consolidation, manage more data on multiple compression tiers, improve performance of all applications, and make better business decisions in real time.

Trademark

Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. FLEXCUBE, Daybreak, Mantas and Reveleus, are trademarks of Oracle Financial Services Software and are registered in several countries. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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Oracle
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Oracle
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Introduction of Oracle® Financial Analytics for SAP Extends Intelligence to SAP Financial Accounting

January 10, 2011 | Category: Technology | Source: Oracle

Oracle Press Release

Introduction of Oracle® Financial Analytics for SAP Extends Intelligence to SAP Financial Accounting

Oracle Business Intelligence Applications Deliver Simplified Integration with SAP Financial Data via New Adapter and Oracle Data Integrator Enterprise Edition

Redwood Shores, Calif. – January 10, 2011

News Facts

To help organizations derive greater insight from information in their SAP systems, Oracle today introduced Oracle® Financial Analytics for SAP – one of the many modules of the Oracle Business Intelligence (BI) Applications product family.
Available today as a part of Oracle BI Applications Release 7.9.7, Oracle Financial Analytics for SAP helps financial and executive teams to improve cash flow and profitability by extending complete financial analysis to SAP systems while dramatically reducing the complexity and costs of integrating information from SAP.
Deployed at 2,500-plus organizations globally, Oracle BI Applications are comprehensive, prebuilt analytic applications for Oracle and third-party applications that enable customers to proactively make informed, actionable decisions and drive toward optimized performance across the enterprise.

Extending Intelligence to SAP Financial Accounting via Oracle Financial Analytics

Oracle Financial Analytics for SAP includes a pre-packaged ABAP code compliant adapter and is certified with Oracle Data Integrator Enterprise Edition to integrate SAP Financial Accounting data directly with the analytic application.
Oracle Financial Analytics assists front-line managers to improve financial performance and decision-making with comprehensive, timely and role-based information on their departments' expenses and revenue contributions.
Beyond offering financial managers hundreds of key performance indicators, role-based dashboards, and more than 200 reports, Oracle Financial Analytics delivers prebuilt integration, metadata mapping, metrics and an analytic data model enabling users to speed deployment time and help reduce overall total cost of ownership.
Helping to integrate SAP financial data and disparate third-party data sources is Oracle Data Integrator Enterprise Edition which delivers fast, efficient loading and transformation of timely data into a data warehouse environment through its high-performance Extract Load and Transform (E-LT) technology.

ERP, CRM and Industry-Specific Intelligence for Oracle and Third-Party Applications

Oracle BI Applications modules span beyond financials – and are also available for Procurement and Spend, Projects, Supply Chain and Order Management, Human Resources, Sales, Service, Marketing, Loyalty, Price, Contact Center Telephony, and a range of vertical industries.
Oracle BI Applications are built on Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, a complete, integrated and scalable suite of BI products for customers to achieve better business visibility and alignment.

Supporting Quote

“Organizations that rely on SAP Financial Accounting can now turn to Oracle Financial Analytics for SAP to further improve business visibility and align decision-making,” said Paul Rodwick, vice president of Product Management, Oracle Business Intelligence. “For years, SAP customers have used Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition to deliver complete, relevant insight across their organizations. Having prebuilt analytic applications to support the Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle’s PeopleSoft Enterprise, Oracle’s Siebel CRM and Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, it was natural to extend that support to SAP with Oracle Financial Analytics for SAP.”

Supporting Resources

Oracle Enterprise Performance Management and Business Intelligence
About Oracle Business Intelligence Applications
Oracle BI Applications Data Sheets
Oracle Data Integrator Enterprise Edition
Follow Oracle EPM&BI on Twitter
Download free evaluation version of Oracle BI Applications. Terms, conditions and restrictions apply.

About Oracle

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world's most complete, open, and integrated business software and hardware systems company. For more information about Oracle, please visit our Web site at http://www.oracle.com.

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Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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Oracle
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Joan Levy
Blanc & Otus
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Hotwire, Inc. Innovates Faster with Oracle® Exadata Database Machine

January 10, 2011 | Category: Technology | Source: Oracle

Oracle Press Release

Hotwire, Inc. Innovates Faster with Oracle® Exadata Database Machine

Leading Discount Travel Site Improves Business Visibility by Expanding Analysis and Usage of Data Warehousing System

Redwood Shores, Calif. – January 10, 2011

News Facts

Hotwire.com®, a leading travel site, has dramatically improved the performance, availability and scalability of its enterprise data warehouse while expanding the scope of its analysis with Oracle® Exadata Database Machine.
The migration to Oracle Exadata Database Machine is helping Hotwire.com to:
Accommodate a growing volume of data for rapid analysis;
Improve query response times from hours to minutes;
Provide 24/7 access to data and reports to more users; and,
Differentiate from other travel sites by achieving a new level of innovative analysis to deliver more compelling and personalized offers and recommendations to its customers.

Hotwire.com Discovers Insights, Delivers New Offerings with Oracle Exadata

Robust data volumes across Hotwire properties, including Hotwire.com, Carrentals.com and TravelTicker.com, resulted in increased need for more complex analyses of larger data sets balanced by the need for improved quality of service.
Implemented in September 2010, Oracle Exadata Database Machine has enabled Hotwire.com to:
Increase query response times for ad hoc analytics up to 72x;
Load their data warehouse twice as fast as before;
Eliminate system bandwidth constraints to deliver 24/7 ad hoc query analysis and access to reports and dashboards to more users--even during end of month reporting;
Run predictive models faster than ever by conducting analysis within their data warehouse using Oracle Data Mining rather than exporting data for desktop analysis;
Incorporate new types of data for storage and analysis including click stream and email campaign data; and,
Establish a foundation to support new types of analysis moving forward such as text analysis.
A data-driven company, Hotwire.com relies on its 10 terabyte data warehouse and analysis to differentiate from its competitors, help drive business decisions, customer engagement, and more.
The order of magnitude improvements in availability and query performance delivered by Oracle Exadata Database Machine helps Hotwire.com’s team of business analysts to improve productivity and discover new patterns within their data and capitalize on those insights more rapidly than before.

Supporting Quote

“Oracle Exadata Database Machine allows us to support increasingly complex analytic work on rapidly growing data volumes,” said Kolin Ohi, BI Architect, Hotwire. “By removing system constraints, it encourages more innovative uses of our data and gives us a significant advantage in the highly competitive discount travel industry.”

Supporting Resources

About Oracle Exadata Database Machine
About Oracle Database 11g
About Oracle Data Mining
Connect with Oracle Database via Blog, Facebook and Twitter

About Oracle Exadata

The Oracle Exadata Database Machine is the only database machine that provides extreme performance for both data warehousing and online transaction processing (OLTP) applications, making it the ideal platform for consolidating onto grids or private clouds. It is a complete package of servers, storage, networking, and software that is massively scalable, secure, and redundant. With Oracle Exadata Database Machine, customers can reduce IT costs through consolidation, manage more data on multiple compression tiers, improve performance of all applications, and make better business decisions in real time.

About Hotwire

Hotwire.com is a leading discount travel site with low rates on airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, cruises and vacation packages. Launched in 2000, Hotwire negotiates deep discounts from its travel suppliers to help travelers book unsold airline seats, hotel rooms and rental cars. J.D. Power and Associates 2008 Independent Travel Web Site Satisfaction Study(SM) recognized Hotwire for ranking "Highest in Customer Satisfaction Among Independent Travel Web Sites, Three Years in a Row." Hotwire is an operating company of Expedia, Inc. NST: 20003-0209. For more information, visit http://www.hotwire.com/.

About Oracle

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world's most complete, open, and integrated business software and hardware systems company. For more information about Oracle, please visit our Web site at http://www.oracle.com.

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Blanc & Otus
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Oracle Delivers New Releases of Oracle Transportation Management and Oracle Global Trade Management

January 10, 2011 | Category: Technology | Source: Oracle

Oracle Press Release

Oracle Delivers New Releases of Oracle Transportation Management and Oracle Global Trade Management

Enhancements Help Shippers and Logistics Services Providers Further Streamline Processes, Reduce Costs and Mitigate Risks

Redwood Shores, Calif. – January 10, 2011

News Facts

Demonstrating its commitment to innovation and market leadership in logistics management, Oracle today announced the availability of new releases of Oracle Transportation Management and Oracle Global Trade Management.
By introducing a broad set of market driven enhancements, Oracle Transportation Management 6.2 and Oracle Global Trade Management 6.2 further support global transportation and trade compliance processes.
The new releases provide additional transportation and global trade management support through enhanced fleet management, transportation sourcing, transportation business intelligence, transportation planning, small parcel transportation, rail transportation, dock scheduling, product classification and trade control determination.
By delivering an unmatched breadth and depth of transportation and global trade management functionality on a single, unified platform, the new releases help reduce transportation costs, increase operational efficiency, improve customer service, decrease supply chain lead times and mitigate supply chain and trade compliance risk by further standardizing and automating processes.
To further streamline processes, the new release also delivers process integration between Oracle Global Trade Management and Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1

Industry Leading Transportation Management Capabilities

Oracle Transportation Management 6.2 and Oracle Global Trade Management 6.2 enable companies to manage their comprehensive trade compliance and transportation requirements, including fleet, on a global basis within one central platform.
New capabilities within Oracle Transportation Management 6.2 include:
Fleet Management enhancements for shipment and asset optimization, dispatch workflow automation, geographic visualization and mobile communications.
Transportation sourcing enhancements to support the requirements of procuring and optimizing less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation services.
Transportation planning enhancements to optimize order consolidation and three-dimensional equipment load configuration (e.g. accounting for equipment with multiple compartments, equipment with curved roofs).
Transportation business intelligence enhancements, with embedded support for Oracle Data Integrator, increase the ease with which customers can extend and configure the analytical data model.
Small parcel transportation enhancements for carton level rating, tracking and freight payment and audit.
Rail transportation enhancements for shipment rating, shipment execution and rail equipment tracking.
New capabilities within Oracle Global Trade Management 6.2 include:
Packaged integration with Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 for sales order and delivery trade compliance screening automates trade compliance as part of an integrated order-to-cash process for international sales.
Usability enhancements streamline the resolution of orders on trade compliance hold, improving process efficiency and customer service.
Product classification of items based on “rollup” of an item’s sub-component classifications (e.g., classification of configure-to-order items).

Supporting Quotes

“Shippers and logistics service providers are faced with increasingly complex and volatile global supply chains,” said Dwight Klappich, Research Vice President, Gartner. “To manage that complexity and optimize logistics operations, they need a comprehensive and unified platform that can deliver the extensive capabilities required to support all orders, shipments and inventory. With that kind of breadth and depth of functionality, it is possible to improve customer service while also reducing costs, improving efficiencies and mitigating risk.”
“Managing the different regulatory requirements of importing and exporting countries is an extremely expensive and time consuming process that can ultimately impact the efficiency of the overall supply chain,” said William McNeill, Senior Research Analyst, Gartner. “To streamline that process and ensure compliance with ever changing rules and regulations, shippers and logistics service providers need to be able to automate compliance processes and easily integrate them with both their supply chain and broader enterprise application suites.”
“To align business processes, optimize execution and expand global reach, shippers and logistics services providers need to be able to effectively manage global transportation and trade compliance processes,” said Derek Gittoes, Oracle Vice President, Logistics Product Strategy. “With the new releases of Oracle Transportation Management and Oracle Global Trade Management, we are able to optimize those processes by offering an unmatched breadth and depth of transportation and global trade management functionality on a single system.”

General Availability

Oracle Transportation Management 6.2 and Oracle Global Trade Management 6.2 are currently available.

Supporting Resources

Oracle Transportation Management
Oracle Global Trade Management
Video: Derek Gittoes Introduces Oracle Transportation Management 6.2
Oracle Transportation Management 6.2 Screenshots
Gartner Magic Quadrant: Oracle a Leader in Transportation Management Systems
Gartner Report From the Oracle Transportation Management Special Interest Group Meeting
AMR Research Routing and Scheduling Systems Landscape

About Oracle Applications

Over 65,000 customers worldwide rely on Oracle's complete, open and integrated enterprise applications to achieve superior results. Oracle provides a secure path for customers to benefit from the latest technology advances that improve the customer software experience and drive better business performance. Oracle Applications Unlimited is Oracle's commitment to customer choice through continuous investment and innovation in current applications offerings. Oracle's next-generation Fusion Applications build upon that commitment, and are designed to work with and evolve Oracle's Applications Unlimited offerings. Oracle's lifetime support policy helps ensure customers will continue to have a choice in upgrade paths, based on their enterprise needs. For more information on the latest Oracle Applications releases go to www.oracle.com/applications

About Oracle

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world's most complete, open, and integrated business software and hardware systems company. For more information about Oracle, visit our Web site at http://www.oracle.com

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Blanc & Otus
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Disney Store Completes International Implementation of Oracle® Retail Point of Service

January 10, 2011 | Category: Technology | Source: Oracle

Oracle Press Release

Disney Store Completes International Implementation of Oracle® Retail Point of Service

Disney Store Deploys POS in 330 Stores and Seven Countries

NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION ANNUAL, New York – Jan. 10, 2011 --

News Facts

Disney Store is using Oracle Retail Stores Solutions to better serve customers at its 330 stores in seven countries. Disney Store is now equipped to handle high volumes of transactions, helping customers move more quickly through checkout and giving the company a clear and accurate view of item performance in locations worldwide.
Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) partner and systems integration company SkillNet helped to complete the global rollout of Oracle Retail Point of Sale in all 330 stores in November 2010, to coincide with the grand opening of Disney’s highly-acclaimed 20,000-square-foot store in New York’s Times Square.
Disney Store has teamed with Oracle Retail and OPN partner InfoGain to implement a mobile point of service solution in more than 40 stores which leverages the flexibility and functional richness of Oracle Retail Point of Service (POS) and enables Disney cast members to complete transactions anywhere in the store.
During the National Retail Federation Big Show 2011, from January 9 – 11 in New York, Steve Finney, senior vice president of global retail operations for Disney Stores Worldwide, will conduct a Super Session presentation about the company’s global program to create and open its new technology-fueled stores.
The company is using Oracle Retail Point of Service, Oracle Retail Central Office and Oracle Retail Back Office to establish a single, flexible system across all of its international locations and enable the business to localize offerings based on customer preferences.
The new mobile POS system was initially rolled out in more than 40 stores in November to accommodate the increased holiday traffic.
The new Oracle Retail platform allows Disney Store to better understand item performance and customer buying patterns in each market and respond with merchandise, pricing and promotions that cater to local customer preferences.
Disney Store is running 1,500 registers worldwide on a broad Oracle technology software stack including Oracle Database 11g, Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle Linux.

Supporting Quotes

“We are completing transactions more quickly, capturing sales information electronically and providing our business leaders with accurate information on the performance of our stores,” said Steve Finney, senior vice president of global retail operations, Disney Stores Worldwide. “The new POS system allows us to execute pricing and special offers worldwide or by region, and our cast members are much more efficient while assisting our guests at the register.”
“Our team of partners completed this work with the highest level of collaboration and expertise,” said Vince Beacom, group vice president, Oracle Retail. “We are extremely pleased with the results and are very glad to be part of Disney Store’s success.”

Supporting Resources

About Disney
Disney Times Square (Images)
Join the Disney Store community on Facebook
About Oracle Retail Point of Service
Oracle Now for iPhone
Oracle Now for Android
Join the Oracle Retail community on Facebook
Insight-Driven Retailing Blog
Oracle Retail YouTube Channel
Follow Oracle Retail on Twitter
Oracle Retail Customer Success
Oracle in Retail
Oracle PartnerNetwork
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About Disney Store

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About Oracle Retail

Oracle provides retailers with a complete, open and integrated suite of business applications, server and storage solutions that are engineered to work together to optimize every aspect of their business. 20 of the top 20 retailers worldwide - including fashion, hardlines, grocery and specialty retailers - use Oracle solutions to deliver critical insights, improve business processes and drive performance. For more information, visit our Web site at http://www.oracle.com/goto/retail

About Oracle

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world’s most complete, open and integrated business software and hardware systems company. For more information about Oracle, visit our Web site at http://www.oracle.com.

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Oracle
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Disney Store North America
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Dressbarn, Maurices and Justice Brands’ Parent Company Ascena Retail Group, Inc. Selects Oracle® E-Business Suite 12.1 to Support Growth

January 07, 2011 | Category: Technology | Source: Oracle

Oracle Press Release

Dressbarn, Maurices and Justice Brands’ Parent Company Ascena Retail Group, Inc. Selects Oracle® E-Business Suite 12.1 to Support Growth

Retail Holding Company Will Standardize All Businesses on Oracle Financials

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. – Jan. 7, 2011

News Facts

ascena, the newly formed holding company for apparel brands dressbarn, maurices and Justice, has selected Oracle E-Business Suite Financials to streamline financial operations across the company’s growing retail operations.
ascena will migrate its enterprise financial operations to the Oracle Applications including Oracle E-Business Suite Financials, Oracle Hyperion Planning and Budgeting and Oracle Governance, Risk and Compliance solutions.
The Oracle applications will replace disparate enterprise systems being used by dressbarn and maurices and upgrade the Oracle E-Business Suite applications already in use at Justice to the latest version.
By standardizing financial, planning and risk management operations on the Oracle applications, ascena intends to establish a complete, open and integrated IT foundation that will support the company’s growth and achieve a lower total cost of ownership.
All three ascena-owned retail businesses currently use a range of Oracle solutions, including Oracle Retail applications, Oracle enterprise solutions and Oracle Database.

Supporting Quotes

“Our due diligence process determined that the Oracle applications provided us the best solutions for integrating and managing our business and establishing a foundation for growth. Oracle's partnership and product offering enable us to focus on providing our customers with an unmatched retail shopping experience,” said Armand Correia, Chief Financial Officer, ascena Retail Group, Inc.
“Oracle fulfills our requirements for an integrated solution set and enables us to establish a standardized footprint and lowest total cost of ownership,” said Karen Etzkorn, Chief Information Officer, ascena Retail Group, Inc.
“We are very pleased to expand our relationship with The Dress Barn, Inc., now ascena, and to be a part of their continued growth strategy,” said Tom Madigan, Vice President, Global Retail Portfolio, Oracle.

Supporting Resources

Oracle Applications
Oracle E-Business Suite Financials
Oracle Hyperion Planning and Budgeting
Oracle Governance, Risk and Compliance
Oracle Retail Merchandising System
Oracle Retail Price Management
Oracle Now for iPhone
Oracle Now for Android
Join the Oracle Retail community on Facebook
Insight-Driven Retailing Blog
Oracle Retail YouTube Channel
Follow Oracle Retail on Twitter

About Oracle Retail

Oracle provides retailers with a complete, open and integrated suite of business applications, server and storage solutions that are engineered to work together to optimize every aspect of their business. 20 of the top 20 retailers worldwide - including fashion, hardlines, grocery and specialty retailers - use Oracle solutions to deliver critical insights, improve business processes and drive performance. For more information, visit our Web site at http://www.oracle.com/goto/retail

About Oracle

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world’s most complete, open and integrated business software and hardware systems company. For more information about Oracle, visit our Web site at http://www.oracle.com.

Trademarks

Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Contact Info

Caroline Yu Vespi
Oracle
+1.650.506.8920
caroline.yu@oracle.com

Mary Ellen Amodeo
Amodeo Associates
+1.612.963.5797
mamodeo@amodeoassociates.com

Oracle Named a Leader in Enterprise Content Management by Leading Analyst Firm

January 06, 2011 | Category: Technology | Source: Oracle

Oracle Press Release

Oracle Named a Leader in Enterprise Content Management by Leading Analyst Firm

Redwood Shores, Calif. – Jan. 6, 2011

News Facts

Gartner, Inc. has named Oracle as a Leader in its latest “Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Content Management.” (1)
Gartner’s Magic Quadrant reports position vendors within a particular quadrant based on their completeness of vision and ability to execute.
According to Gartner, “Leaders have the highest combined scores for Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision. They are doing well and are prepared for the future with a clearly articulated vision. In the context of ECM, they have strong channel partners, presence in multiple regions, consistent financial performance, broad platform support and good customer support. In addition, they dominate in one or more technology or vertical market. Leaders deliver a suite that addresses market demand for direct delivery of the majority of core components, though these are not necessarily owned by them, tightly integrated, unique or best-of-breed in each area. We place more emphasis this year on demonstrated enterprise deployments; integration with other business applications and content repositories; incorporation of Web 2.0 and XML capabilities; and vertical-process and horizontal-solution focus. Leaders should drive market transformation.”
With Oracle Enterprise Content Management Suite 11g, Oracle offers a comprehensive, integrated and high-performance content management solution that helps organizations increase efficiency, reduce costs and improve content security.
A component of Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g, Oracle Enterprise Content Management Suite 11g consists of Oracle Universal Content Management 11g, Oracle Universal Records Management 11g, Oracle Imaging and Process Management 11g and Oracle Information Rights Management 11g.

Supporting Quote

“To extend content governance and best practices across the enterprise, organizations need an enterprise content management solution that delivers a broad set of functionality and is tightly integrated with business processes,” said Andy MacMillan, vice president, Product Management, Oracle. “We believe that Oracle’s position as a Leader in this report is recognition of the industry-leading performance, integration and scalability delivered in Oracle Enterprise Content Management Suite 11g.”

Supporting Resources

Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Content Management
Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g
Oracle Enterprise Content Management Suite
Oracle Universal Content Management
Oracle Universal Records Management
Oracle Imaging and Process Management
Oracle Information Rights Management
Webinar: Supercharge Web Applications with One Click Web Content Management
Webinar: Know Where Your Information Lives

(1) Gartner, Inc., “Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Content Management,” by Toby Bell, Karen M. Shegda, Mark R. Gilbert, Kenneth Chin, November 16, 2010

About Oracle

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world's most complete, open, and integrated business software and hardware systems company.  For more information about Oracle, visit oracle.com

Trademarks

Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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Greg Lunsford
Oracle
+1.650.506.6523
greg.lunsford@oracle.com

Simon Jones
Blanc and Otus
+1. 415.856.5155
sjones@blancandotus.com

National Instruments Upgrades to Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 to Support Business Critical Processes

January 06, 2011 | Category: Technology | Source: Oracle

Oracle Press Release

National Instruments Upgrades to Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 to Support Business Critical Processes

New Functionality Increases Productivity and Helps Reduce Costs Across Business Functions

Redwood Shores, Calif. – Jan. 6, 2011

News Facts

To support its growing global business, National Instruments, a producer of automated test equipment and virtual instrumentation software, has upgraded to the Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.2.
A long-standing user of Oracle Applications, National Instruments upgraded to the Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 to gives its finance, HR, manufacturing, marketing, sales and research and development functions access to new functionality across a comprehensive suite of business applications.
Completed on time and on budget, the National Instruments team managed the upgrade to the latest version of the Oracle E-Business Suite internally and leveraged Oracle Support to reduce IT risk and minimize downtime.
With the Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 and Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition working in conjunction, National Instruments has been able to leverage new reporting tools and Oracle BI Publisher’s capabilities to simplify the management and distribution of over 1 million quotes a year to its diverse customer base.
New functionality within Oracle E-Business Suite Financials has allowed National Instruments to streamline and enhance the management of tax returns and financial reporting globally. The Oracle Projects module enhancements are reducing the time taken to review and approve timecards for thousands of engineers by 15 percent.
The new approval management engine in the Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 has further streamlined financial reporting by simplifying purchasing and expense approvals and making records easily accessible for auditing.
In addition, National Instruments has been able to simplify the management of approximately 250,000 complex software and hardware orders a year by using Oracle Order Management to directly integrate order details into other Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 applications, including Oracle Human Resource Management System (HRMS), Oracle Discrete Manufacturing, Oracle Advanced Procurement and Oracle Inventory Optimization.
By providing a flexible, scalable and reliable global business platform, the Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 delivers the high availability and integration needed to support National Instruments’ increased productivity and continued reduction in costs to support continued growth.

Supporting Quote

“Oracle has been a long-standing partner and we wanted to take advantage of the impressive new functionality and stability within the latest release of the Oracle E-Business Suite,” said Mike Beamer, Global IT Applications Director at National Instruments. “Despite the scope and complexity of the project, the upgrade has been very successful with no unplanned downtime. With the upgrade complete, we now have a flexible, scalable and reliable business platform to support critical functions across our different lines of business.”

Supporting Resources

Oracle Applications
Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1
Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition
Oracle E-Business Suite Financials
Oracle Support
Oracle Order Management
Oracle Procurement
National Instruments

About Oracle Applications

Over 65,000 customers worldwide rely on Oracle's complete, open and integrated enterprise applications to achieve superior results. Oracle provides a secure path for customers to benefit from the latest technology advances that improve the customer software experience and drive better business performance. Oracle Applications Unlimited is Oracle's commitment to customer choice through continuous investment and innovation in current applications offerings. Oracle's next-generation Fusion Applications build upon that commitment, and are designed to work with and evolve Oracle's Applications Unlimited offerings. Oracle's lifetime support policy helps ensure customers will continue to have a choice in upgrade paths, based on their enterprise needs. For more information on the latest Oracle Applications releases go to www.oracle.com/applications.

About Oracle

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world's most complete, open, and integrated business software and hardware systems company. For more information about Oracle, visit oracle.com.

Trademarks

Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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Danielle Cormier
Oracle
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danielle.cormier@oracle.com

Simon Jones
Blanc & Otus
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sjones@blancandotus.com

Oracle Completes Acquisition of ATG

January 05, 2011 | Category: Technology | Source: Oracle

Oracle Press Release

Oracle Completes Acquisition of ATG

Senior Executives to Unveil Product Strategy via Webcast Presentation

Redwood Shores, CA – January 5, 2011

News Facts

Oracle today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Art Technology Group (ATG), Inc.
With the addition of ATG, Oracle can now provide best-in-class cross-channel CRM, Retail and Commerce that enables unified marketing, merchandising, service and order management, supply chain, and a seamless, personalized customer experience.
To communicate product strategy for the combined Oracle and ATG products, the company will host a webcast presentation, which will be available beginning at 9:00am PT on January 6, 2011.
Further information and an overview of the Oracle and ATG combination, including a replay of the webcast, will be available at Booth #619 at the upcoming National Retail Federation Conference & Expo, January 10-11, 2011 at the Jacob K. Javitz Center in New York City.

Supporting Quotes

“Companies require an integrated solution that can help them unify commerce across all interaction channels, including online, in stores, via mobile devices and with call centers,” said Thomas Kurian, Executive vice president, Oracle Development. “The combination of technologies from Oracle and ATG provides consistent cross-channel interactions, unified service, and an improved customer experience all built on an industry standard middleware platform.”
“Managing interactions across multiple channels while creating a seamless customer experience is a must in today’s retail environment,” said Fred Grover, Executive Vice President, AEO Direct and Brand Marketing. “We see significant value in a single, integrated Oracle/ATG solution that unifies online and offline merchandising and automates cross-channel operations.”
“As a customer of both Oracle and ATG, we view the integration of the two companies as a natural fit,” said Kevin Cunnington, Global Head of Online, Vodafone Group. “We look forward to new efficiencies that address our online and cross-channel business strategies and help us further provide superior customer experiences.”
“Oracle has already assembled quite a few key components to the new connected commerce offering with robust CRM, merchandising, analytics, inventory management, etc. and with this addition to its portfolio extends the platform significantly. In particular, ATG adds a robust platform that works across online, in store and mobile channels creating the new omni-channel commerce offering.” –Michael Fauscette, Group Vice President, Software Business Solutions, IDC.
“Oracle’s acquisition of ATG is important for current Oracle Retail users who’ve been contemplating an eCommerce refresh, but it also creates an opportunity for the mid-market, with end-to-end-to-end-to-end solutions available from a single vendor.  Oracle is assembling a stunning suite of retail products.” –Paula Rosenblum, Managing Partner, RSR Research.
“eCommerce sits at the gateway for Social CRM, Mobile, and Cloud. Companies now realize the need to consolidate multi-channel efforts onto common platforms.  ATG gives Oracle one of the leading eCommerce platforms.” –R “Ray” Wang, Principal Analyst and CEO, Constellation Research.

Supporting Resources

ATG and Oracle
Oracle Retail
Oracle CRM

About Oracle

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world's most complete, open, and integrated business software and hardware systems company.  For more information about Oracle, visit oracle.com

Trademarks

Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

PRASAC Microfinance Institution of Cambodia Goes Live on Oracle FLEXCUBE

January 05, 2011 | Category: Technology | Source: Oracle

Oracle Press Release

PRASAC Microfinance Institution of Cambodia Goes Live on Oracle FLEXCUBE

Technology Transformation with Oracle FLEXCUBE Helps PRASAC Expand Operations and Product Portfolio

Redwood Shores, Calif. – Jan. 5, 2011

News Facts

Oracle Financial Services Software, a majority owned subsidiary of Oracle, today announced that PRASAC Microfinance Institution (PRASAC) has completed its roll out to 79 branches for its technology transformation with Oracle FLEXCUBE as its core banking solution.
PRASAC has transformed itself from a credit component of a European Union project to a leading microfinance institution in Cambodia, among the best ranked microfinance institutions in the world. With a permanent license to operate in Cambodia, PRASAC is now strengthening its operations and processes to take a larger role in the country’s financial development by providing innovative financial services to rural communities and microenterprises.
PRASAC has also received a deposit-taking license from the regulator, National Bank of Cambodia, in September 2010 and is now a Microfinance Deposit Taking Institution (MDI). PRASAC is preparing to launch new services by training employees and applying for processing permits at all branch networks, which are expected to be granted by next quarter.
With Oracle FLEXCUBE as the core banking platform, PRASAC has launched 79 branches online in Cambodia with more in progress. PRASAC has achieved its goals of becoming the largest microfinance institution in Cambodia and providing financial assistance to entrepreneurs and small-scale industries.
With Oracle FLEXCUBE, PRASAC has significantly expanded its loan product portfolio and plans to launch savings and deposit products and foreign currency loans soon.
Oracle FLEXCUBE has centralized PRASAC’s operational offices in all provinces and cities in Cambodia, enabling the institution to view and manage its operations centrally. With Oracle FLEXCUBE, PRASAC has provided online banking to its customers across branch networks, and its product teams accommodated new business requirements quickly.
Interflex, the local partner for Oracle Financial Services Software, played a key role in securing the engagement and assisting in the rollout.

Supporting Quotes

“As the leading microfinance institution in Cambodia, PRASAC is playing an important role in providing financial services to rural, mid-sized businesses while also developing them into long-term customers. With Oracle FLEXCUBE, PRASAC will be able to acquire more customers, improve efficiency and take deposits in addition to its current loan portfolio to meet its ambitious plans,” said Sanjay Deshpande, Vice President, Customer Fulfillment, Oracle Financial Services Software pte Ltd.
“PRASAC was an early adopter of Oracle FLEXCUBE in Cambodia; we made our choice at the same time as National Bank of Cambodia. Oracle FLEXCUBE is enabling us to expand our product offerings very quickly, helping us add new customers and services as we transform ourselves. Oracle FLEXCUBE has the capability to effectively support microfinance institution requirements such as enabling small value transactions, managing multiple interest rates and group lending,” said Sim Senacheert, President and CEO, PRASAC

About Oracle Financial Services Software

Oracle Financial Services Software Limited (referred to as "Oracle Financial Services Software") (Reuters: ORCL.BO & ORCL.NS) is a world leader in providing products and services to the financial services industry and is a majority owned subsidiary of Oracle. Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world’s most complete, open and integrated business software and hardware systems company. For more information, visit www.oracle.com/financialservices

About PRASAC Microfinance Institution

PRASAC is a licensed microfinance institution operating in Cambodia and was registered with the Ministry of Commerce as a private limited liability company. PRASAC has been transforming itself from a credit component of a European Union project to among the top ranked microfinance institutions in the world today. With a permanent license to operate its services in Cambodia, PRASAC is now focused on strengthening its operations and processes to take a larger role in the country's financial development by providing financial services to rural communities and microenterprises. PRASAC was awarded with deposit taking license from the National bank of Cambodia to mobilize savings from the public in 2010. For more information, visit: www.prasac.com.kh.

Supporting Resources

Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking
MIX Global 100 Rankings of Microfinance Institutions
Oracle in Financial Services

Trademark

Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. FLEXCUBE, Daybreak, Mantas and Reveleus, are trademarks of Oracle Financial Services Software and are registered in several countries. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Contact Info

Caroline Yu Vespi
Oracle
+1.650.506.8920
caroline.yu@oracle.com