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• Nucleus Research, The Future of Enterprise Applications: A Closer Look at Oracle CRM (PDF)
  (Publication: Janurary 2008)
  With its evolving CRM offering, Oracle has shown it understands the changing computing environment and the increasing demands of enterprise users.
• ARC Advisory, Oracle's Technical Roadmap (PDF)
  (Publication: December 2007)
  For manufacturing, AIA should be on your "must read" list, because Oracle shows us how they believe we should use the latest technologies, such as SOA, to solve integration problems today, while moving toward more comprehensive interoperability.
• IDC, Oracle OpenWorld 2007: Application Assimilation (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2007)
  IDC's newsletter highlights some announcements made at Oracle OpenWorld.
• AMR, Oracle's Applications Strategy—What's Your Five-Year Plan? (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2007)
  Our interviews with dozens of customers and Oracle executives show that, so far, Oracle is successfully maintaining the existing customer base and delivering on its Applications Unlimited promise to keep enhancing these products. Newly acquired customers interested in only a single application and keeping their non-Oracle technology stack can continue as they were.
• The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Apps Software Licensing and Pricing, Q4 2007 (PDF)
  (Publication: October 2007)
  Forrester evaluated the licensing and pricing strategies of leading enterprise applications vendors across 97 criteria. Oracle is one of two vendors that earned a leadership position in both the SMB and large enterprise editions of the evaluation. See below for detailed Oracle scorecard.
• AMR, The Strategic HCM Landscape (PDF)
  (Publication: September 2007)
  The biggest differentiator for Oracle today is the ability to leverage core Oracle technologies like its portal, middleware, and business intelligence in both product suites. It is also hard at work developing a next-generation strategic HCM offering in its Fusion product.
• IDC, Worldwide Enterprise Application 2007 - 2011 Forecast Update and 2006 Vendor Share (PDF)
  (Publication: August 2007)
  Sustainable growth was achieved by tier 1 vendors, such as Oracle, which have created significant cross-selling and upselling opportunities following a string of acquisitions.
• Forrester, Competition Intensifies For The SMB ERP Customer (PDF)
  (Publication: August 2007)
  Oracle has been a quiet but significant player in the SMB space, with more than 19,000 SMB apps customers for Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS), PeopleSoft Enterprise, and JD Edwards. As Fusion Middleware represents Oracle's integration strategy, Oracle Accelerate represents the centerpiece of the vendor's go-to-market SMB strategy.
• AMR, ERP Providers Serving the Midmarket (PDF)
  (Publication: August 2007)
  The Accelerate program has the potential to act as a strong recruitment engine. It can reengage and reattract consulting and services firms that had strong practices in PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, and the other acquired products—practices that have perhaps waned in recent years. It can also reengage current Oracle customers running either legacy or heavily customized versions of the applications.
• AMR, Inside the Oracle-Agile Deal (PDF)
  (Publication: May 2007)
  The acquisition is a benefit to both companies. It solves a viability question for Agile, and it adds credibility to Oracle's PLM story.
• Butler, X Marks The Spot (PDF)
  (Publication: May 2007)
  Oracle's recently-announced Application Integration Architecture (AIA), formerly known as Project X, is a clear demonstration that the point of value in integration is moving higher up the technology stack, and much more into the realms of the business.
• Ovum, Oracle Delivers Platform for Application and Process Integration (PDF)
  (Publication: May 2007)
  Oracle's AIA illustrates how the competition in the enterprise applications market is shifting from head-to-head face-offs of one vendor's application versus another's, to infrastructure-based offerings that provide easy integration of applications and support process flows across application silos and brands.
• IDC, Oracle and SAP: Parallel Paths to Supremacy (PDF)
  (Publication: April 2007)
  Oracle got the earlier lead with targeted offerings in the area of financial compliance management and internal controls monitoring with the Oracle Internal Controls Manager (ICM) and PeopleSoft Internal Controls Enforcer (ICE) environments. SAP fell short with an early offering of its own Internal Controls Manager that failed to gain traction, which drove the recent acquisition of Virsa.
• AMR, Oracle Application Integration Architecture: We Love It When a Plan Comes Together (PDF)
  (Publication: April 2007)
  The Application Integration Architecture will satisfy customer demands for integration of its acquired applications, while creating a gradual migration path to the future Fusion Applications. The Process Integration Packs combined with BPM tools will give customers an opportunity to implement cross-functional business processes and then create a unique competitive advantage on top of standard enterprise applications.
• ARC, Master Data Management Builds Business Flexibility (PDF)
  (Publication: March 2007)
  Oracle MDM was first released about four years ago, and in general the product roadmap leads to Oracle Fusion (about two years away), indicating that Oracle is committed to MDM.
• Ovum, Siebel under Oracle: Applications Unlimited in Practice (PDF)
  (Publication: February 2007)
  Siebel CRM has continued its development and Applications Unlimited is delivering its promises.
• Ovum, Applications Unlimited: Moving Beyond Base Camp (PDF)
  (Publication: February 2007)
  In a well co-ordinated global campaign, Oracle announced details of the next releases of Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft 9, Siebel, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and JD Edwards World - the five cross-industry applications in the Oracle portfolio. On a purely functional basis there is no sign of reduced momentum - all applications have been enhanced by at least as much as they would have been under different ownership.
• IDC, Oracle Unleashes Applications Unlimited (PDF)
  (Publication: February 2007)
  Oracle is continuing to enhance the acquired product lines based on customer needs.
• IDC, Oracle SMB Application Initiatives Extend Partner Reach (PDF)
  (Publication: February 2007)
  Oracle's recent announcement of changes to its SMB application partner offerings should provide tangible benefits, and represents a continued positive trend at the vendor to create more opportunity for partners dedicated to its application suites. These tactical changes align with a series of important channel shifts made over the past two years as part of the company's strategy to expand its SMB application market share.
• AMR, Oracle: Live From the Hudson Theatre (PDF)
  (Publication: February 2007)
  While the banners on stage proclaimed "Applications Unlimited," the real theme was "innovation unlimited." Inaddition to the new products and enhancements for World, Mr. Wookey cited 18 new products and 2,443enhancements for Oracle E-Business Suite 12, 2 new products and 1,478 enhancements for PeopleSoft 9.0, 10 new products and 366 enhancements for Siebel 8.0, and 5 new products and 291 enhancements for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 8.12.
• AMR, Oracle's New Branding Accelerates Midmarket Battle (PDF)
  (Publication: February 2007)
  The bottom line is that this new branding initiative signals Oracle's desire to not only capitalize on the burgeoning opportunity in the midmarket, but also to reduce any SMB perceptions of being too big and complex.
• Andrews Consulting, The Transformation of JD Edwards Applications (PDF)
  (Publication: January 2007)
  JD Edwards applications not only have a proven track record, but also have a promising future ahead of them.
• Ovum, Oracle Fusion Checkpoint: Customer Advice Update (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2006)
  Current Oracle customers using any of the mainstream application code lines should consider pilot projects or other types of Fusion experiment during 2007 and 2008. Fusion applications represent a new generation of business application thinking.
• ARC, Oracle OpenWorld 2006 - A Truly Overwhelming Event (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2006)
  ARC focused its time on presentations and meetings related to Supply Chain Management and Logistics. Overall, the event was very productive and informative. We heartily recommend that users attend future Oracle events.
• Aberdeen, The Total Cost of ERP Ownership (PDF)
  (Publication: October 2006)
  Aberdeen set out to measure TCO across the ERP vendor landscape. In surveys with users Aberdeen found that Oracle implementations were lower than SAP's for the average cost of software + services costs per user.
• AMR, The Face of Oracle Apps: WebCenter Takes Center Stage (PDF)
  (Publication: October 2006)
  The vision is compelling, combining transactional, collaborative, and analytical modes of working into a single interface; rather than requiring users to jump back and forth between unintegrated enterprise, desktop, and web applications, each with its own look and behavior. Further, WebCenter gives developers complete control on how different elements are combined regardless of source, and allows interfaces to be personalized by business users at the individual, group, and organizational levels.
• Oracle Fusion Applications Update: Less is More (PDF)
  (Publication: August 2006)
  The reality is that Fusion 1.0 is an alternative path toward web services, modeling, and other next generation functionality. And a potentially appealing one.
• IDC, Oracle CIO Summit 2006 (PDF)
  (Publication: August 2006)
  Oracle's blueprint for enterprise applications—Oracle Fusion Architecture (OFA) is based solely on SOA. All of the best ideas from Oracle EBS, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Retek and soon, Siebel, have been combined into Oracle's "Fusion Strategy" to build a new set of applications—Fusion Applications will help its customers to face challenges of a diverse market and to create dynamic businesses to serve end-users more effectively and more efficiently.
• AMR, Oracle's John Wookey on Fusion, SOA, and the Battle To Be No. 1 (PDF)
  (Publication: August 2006)
  The dual strategy is a prudent approach that customers and prospects should find reassuring. Based on conversations with large Oracle customers, they clearly think that Oracle understands their needs and is moving at the right pace.
• IDC, IT Maturity Among SMBs in Central Europe & Turkey (PDF)
  (Publication: June 2006)
  Over the past several years, Oracle has devoted considerable efforts to addressing the needs of small and medium-sized businesses. The company's clients have traditionally been in the large enterprise segment, but Oracle is enhancing its position in the SMB market thanks to a wide and scalable product portfolio, an aggressive sales and marketing strategy, and competitive pricing schemes targeted at SMBs.
• AMR, Oracle Acquires Demantra, Moves Further Into Demand-Driven World (PDF)
  (Publication: June 2006)
  This purchase is good news for process, discrete, and retail clients. This makes Oracle a much more serious contender in the SCM market.
• ARC Advisory, Oracle to Buy Demantra (PDF)
  (Publication: June 2006)
  With Demantra's proven demand chain solutions, and Oracle's leading technology infrastructure and existing ERP and supply chain applications, Oracle plans to provide a seamless solution for the lean enterprise.
• AMR, Oracle Performance Management and the Path to Fusion (PDF)
  (Publication: June 2006)
  Oracle's decision to standardize its BI platform on Siebel Business Analytics does not impact Oracle CPM or PeopleSoft EPM customers in the near term. Over the next three years, more options will become available, giving customers numerous options as they chart out timing and related investments in the Fusion platform. But there is no pressure today to plan for a forced migration for some or all the analytic platform soon...and that's good news.
• Nucleus, Comparing the Real ROI from Oracle and SAP (PDF)
  Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: March 2006)
  Nucleus estimated that more than 90 percent of Oracle applications customers could expect a positive ROI within 5 years.
• Nucleus, Oracle Fusion Applications Update (PDF)
  Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: March 2006)
  Clearly Oracle's done a lot of thinking about how it can evolve the Fusion architecture, applications, and middleware messages into action — without leaving PeopleSoft and JD Edwards users hanging.
• Nucleus, SAP Customers Are 20 Percent Less Profitable Than Their Peers (PDF)
  Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: March 2006)
  Despite SAP advertising claims to the contrary, factual analysis of ROE data shows the best-run businesses don't run SAP.
• Aberdeen Group, Oracle Transportation Management Announced: Ambitions Remain High (PDF)
  Distribution rights do not expire (Published February 2006)
  Oracle is giving the G-Log solution, now called "Oracle Transportation Management," the technical, development, and sales attention it requires to continue being a leading Tier 1 transportation management system.
• Summit, Oracle Fusion Architecture Eases the Adoption of Service-Oriented Architecture (PDF)
  Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: January 2006)
  Oracle's Fusion Middleware products perform the many functions necessary to support service-oriented architecture deployments, from service development through service management and optimization.

• Ovum, The Scottish Government's EBusiness Suite Release 12 project (PDF)
  (Publication: March 2008)
  Read on for lessons learnt from a rapid E-Business Suite implementation in a Public Sector organisation. Key to this success were a focus on usability and less customisation, focus on HRMS. Another learning point was that moving from 11.5.10 to 12 during an implementation can be achieved successfully and at low risk.
• AMR, Oracle's Applications Strategy—What's Your Five-Year Plan? (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2007)
  Our interviews with dozens of customers and Oracle executives show that, so far, Oracle is successfully maintaining the existing customer base and delivering on its Applications Unlimited promise to keep enhancing these products. Newly acquired customers interested in only a single application and keeping their non-Oracle technology stack can continue as they were.
• Andrews Consulting Group, Oracle's Accelerate Initiative: An Assessment of Oracle's Applications for Midsize Organizations (PDF)
  (Publication: October 2007)
  We find Accelerate to be a solid effort on Oracle's part that is both elegant and practical in design. Oracle Accelerate does a remarkably thorough job of addressing the issues that midsize organizations wrestle with on a daily basis.
• AMR, The Strategic HCM Landscape (PDF)
  (Publication: September 2007)
  The biggest differentiator for Oracle today is the ability to leverage core Oracle technologies like its portal, middleware, and business intelligence in both product suites. It is also hard at work developing a next-generation strategic HCM offering in its Fusion product.
• Gartner, Planning for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
  (Publication: August 2007)
• Forrester, Competition Intensifies For The SMB ERP Customer (PDF)
  (Publication: August 2007)
  Oracle has been a quiet but significant player in the SMB space, with more than 19,000 SMB apps customers for Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS), PeopleSoft Enterprise, and JD Edwards. As Fusion Middleware represents Oracle's integration strategy, Oracle Accelerate represents the centerpiece of the vendor's go-to-market SMB strategy.
• AMR, ERP Providers Serving the Midmarket (PDF)
  (Publication: August 2007)
  The Accelerate program has the potential to act as a strong recruitment engine. It can reengage and reattract consulting and services firms that had strong practices in PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, and the other acquired products—practices that have perhaps waned in recent years. It can also reengage current Oracle customers running either legacy or heavily customized versions of the applications.
• Performance Monitor, ERP at the Speed of Light (PDF)
  (Publication: June 2007)
  A successful accelerated implementation will provide a client the power of ERP in the fastest way possible while causing the least disruption of existing business operations.
• Nucleus Research, SAP and Oracle: Who's Ready for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses? (PDF)
  (Publication: June 2007)
  Nucleus surveyed SMB customers from both companies and found that Oracle's customers consistently reported better results for ROI, deployment times, deployment budget, and support. A significantly higher percentage of Oracle customers surveyed said they are actively recommending Oracle to peers compared to SAP.
• Forrester, Oracle's E-Business Suite CRM Is A Leader In Sales Force Automation (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire November 2008 (Publication: April 2007)
  Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) CRM provides sales force automation (SFA) as part of a comprehensive enterprise application suite. The product's strong SFA functionality and best-of-breed incentive compensation module earn it a Leader spot in The Forrester Wave Sales Force Automation, Q2 2007 evaluation.
• Gartner, AIA Strengthens Applications Unlimited as a Viable Long-Term Strategy for Oracle Customers
  (Publication: April 2007)
• ARCWire, Oracle Warehouse Management Release 12 (PDF)
  (Publication: April 2007)
  The new solution has made several improvements that will make the manager of a Distribution Center happy. However, the most significant news around WMS for this release is Oracle's new ability to support heavy process manufactuirng verticals, like Chemicals and Metals. In comparing new releases of ERP WMS solutions to best of breed solutions, this analyst continues to be struck with the greater support for the warehouse attached to the factory, and the end to end lot traceability that the ERP style WMS solutions provide.
• AMR, Oracle Application Integration Architecture: We Love It When a Plan Comes Together (PDF)
  (Publication: April 2007)
  The Application Integration Architecture will satisfy customer demands for integration of its acquired applications, while creating a gradual migration path to the future Fusion Applications. The Process Integration Packs combined with BPM tools will give customers an opportunity to implement cross-functional business processes and then create a unique competitive advantage on top of standard enterprise applications.
• Ovum, Applications Unlimited: Moving Beyond Base Camp (PDF)
  (Publication: February 2007)
  In a well co-ordinated global campaign, Oracle announced details of the next releases of Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft 9, Siebel, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and JD Edwards World - the five cross-industry applications in the Oracle portfolio. On a purely functional basis there is no sign of reduced momentum - all applications have been enhanced by at least as much as they would have been under different ownership.
• IDC, Oracle Unleashes Applications Unlimited (PDF)
  (Publication: February 2007)
  Oracle is continuing to enhance the acquired product lines based on customer needs.
• AMR, Oracle's New Branding Accelerates Midmarket Battle (PDF)
  (Publication: February 2007)
  The bottom line is that this new branding initiative signals Oracle's desire to not only capitalize on the burgeoning opportunity in the midmarket, but also to reduce any SMB perceptions of being too big and complex.
• AMR, Oracle: Live From the Hudson Theatre (PDF)
  (Publication: February 2007)
  While the banners on stage proclaimed "Applications Unlimited," the real theme was "innovation unlimited." Inaddition to the new products and enhancements for World, Mr. Wookey cited 18 new products and 2,443enhancements for Oracle E-Business Suite 12, 2 new products and 1,478 enhancements for PeopleSoft 9.0, 10 new products and 366 enhancements for Siebel 8.0, and 5 new products and 291 enhancements for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 8.12.
• Forrester Wave, Service Parts Optimization, Q4 2006 (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire July 2008 (Publication: December 2006)
  This report rates Service Parts Optimization software vendors across 119 criteria. Oracle is rated as Strong Performer, while SAP was excluded from this evaluation. See below report for a drill-down report on Oracle.
• ARC, Oracle OpenWorld 2006 - A Truly Overwhelming Event (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2006)
  ARC focused its time on presentations and meetings related to Supply Chain Management and Logistics. Overall, the event was very productive and informative. We heartily recommend that users attend future Oracle events.
• ARC Advisory, Product Enhancements and Strategic Acquisitions Enhance Oracle's EAM Offerings (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2006)
  ARC Advisory proclaims "a bright future for EAM at Oracle."
• IDC, Oracle E Business Suite 12 (PDF)
  (Publication: October 2006)
• Butler Group Technology Audit, Oracle E-Business Suite HRMS 11i (PDF)
  (Publication: October 2006)
  The Oracle E-Business Suite HRMS offers a broad range of functionality that will be highly relevant for many medium and large organisations that are keen to address some of the more complex issues around wider HR processes, particularly if they are considering consolidating their IT infrastructure.
• AMR, Oracle Acquires Demantra, Moves Further Into Demand-Driven World (PDF)
  (Publication: June 2006)
  This purchase is good news for process, discrete, and retail clients. This makes Oracle a much more serious contender in the SCM market.
• ARC Advisory, Oracle to Buy Demantra (PDF)
  (Publication: June 2006)
  With Demantra's proven demand chain solutions, and Oracle's leading technology infrastructure and existing ERP and supply chain applications, Oracle plans to provide a seamless solution for the lean enterprise.
• Aberdeen Group, Oracle Transportation Management Announced: Ambitions Remain High (PDF)
  Distribution rights do not expire (Published February 2006)
  Oracle is giving the G-Log solution, now called "Oracle Transportation Management," the technical, development, and sales attention it requires to continue being a leading Tier 1 transportation management system.

• Forrester, Trends 2008: Project-Based Solutions (PDF)
  (Publication: February 2008)
  Vendors such as Oracle move toward a convergent vision and expand their solution footprints to address program/product management, service delivery automation, internal governance, and asset/facility management.
• Andrews Consulting Group, SPIROL Makes Smooth Transition to JD Edwards World A9.1 (PDF)
  (Publication: January 2008)
  Given the mounting evidence from early adopters, the time has come for the rest of the JD Edwards World community to give serious consideration to upgrading to World A9.1.
• AMR, Oracle's Applications Strategy—What's Your Five-Year Plan? (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2007)
  Our interviews with dozens of customers and Oracle executives show that, so far, Oracle is successfully maintaining the existing customer base and delivering on its Applications Unlimited promise to keep enhancing these products. Newly acquired customers interested in only a single application and keeping their non-Oracle technology stack can continue as they were.
• AMR, The Strategic HCM Landscape (PDF)
  (Publication: September 2007)
  The biggest differentiator for Oracle today is the ability to leverage core Oracle technologies like its portal, middleware, and business intelligence in both product suites. It is also hard at work developing a next-generation strategic HCM offering in its Fusion product.
• Forrester, Competition Intensifies For The SMB ERP Customer (PDF)
  (Publication: August 2007)
  Oracle has been a quiet but significant player in the SMB space, with more than 19,000 SMB apps customers for Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS), PeopleSoft Enterprise, and JD Edwards. As Fusion Middleware represents Oracle's integration strategy, Oracle Accelerate represents the centerpiece of the vendor's go-to-market SMB strategy.
• Andrews Consulting Group, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and Local Goverments (PDF)
  (Publication: August 2007)
  This paper examines Oracle's commitment to EnterpriseOne and explains why it is a viable, long-term solution for local governments. It also explains why EntepriseOne is uniquely suited to meet the needs of small and medium-sized governments (SMGs).
• AMR, ERP Providers Serving the Midmarket (PDF)
  (Publication: August 2007)
  The Accelerate program has the potential to act as a strong recruitment engine. It can reengage and reattract consulting and services firms that had strong practices in PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, and the other acquired products—practices that have perhaps waned in recent years. It can also reengage current Oracle customers running either legacy or heavily customized versions of the applications.
• Andrews Consulting Group, Land O'Lakes Reaps Big Benefits with Oracle Transportation Management (PDF)
  (Publication: July 2007)
  Now that Oracle has a robust transportation management product, many JD Edwards users could benefit from deploying the solution and integrating it with their current applications.
• Performance Monitor, ERP at the Speed of Light (PDF)
  (Publication: June 2007)
  A successful accelerated implementation will provide a client the power of ERP in the fastest way possible while causing the least disruption of existing business operations.
• Nucleus Research, SAP and Oracle: Who's Ready for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses? (PDF)
  (Publication: June 2007)
  Nucleus surveyed SMB customers from both companies and found that Oracle's customers consistently reported better results for ROI, deployment times, deployment budget, and support. A significantly higher percentage of Oracle customers surveyed said they are actively recommending Oracle to peers compared to SAP.
• Butler Technology Audit, Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM 9.0 (PDF)
  (Publication: May 2007)
  Butler Group believes that the latest version of PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM lives up to its heritage, and provides a comprehensive HCM capability that supports medium- to large-organisations that face complex HR issues.
• Andrews Consulting, EnterpriseOne Evolves and Extends (PDF)
  (Publication: May 2007)
  Oracle sees the solution as a strategic product that merits a substantial long-term investment.
• Forrester, Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise CRM Is A Leader In Sales Force Automation (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire November 2008 (Publication: April 2007)
  Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise CRM provides enterprise-class sales force automation (SFA) capabilities that are well-integrated into the PeopleSoft HR and enterprise resource planning (ERP) modules. Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise CRM is best-suited for existing PeopleSoft customers who need highly customizable, scalable SFA.
• Gartner, AIA Strengthens Applications Unlimited as a Viable Long-Term Strategy for Oracle Customers
  (Publication: April 2007)
• AMR, Oracle Application Integration Architecture: We Love It When a Plan Comes Together (PDF)
  (Publication: April 2007)
  The Application Integration Architecture will satisfy customer demands for integration of its acquired applications, while creating a gradual migration path to the future Fusion Applications. The Process Integration Packs combined with BPM tools will give customers an opportunity to implement cross-functional business processes and then create a unique competitive advantage on top of standard enterprise applications.
• Ovum, Applications Unlimited: Moving Beyond Base Camp (PDF)
  (Publication: February 2007)
  In a well co-ordinated global campaign, Oracle announced details of the next releases of Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft 9, Siebel, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and JD Edwards World - the five cross-industry applications in the Oracle portfolio. On a purely functional basis there is no sign of reduced momentum - all applications have been enhanced by at least as much as they would have been under different ownership.
• IDC, Oracle Unleashes Applications Unlimited (PDF)
  (Publication: February 2007)
  Oracle is continuing to enhance the acquired product lines based on customer needs.
• AMR, Oracle's New Branding Accelerates Midmarket Battle (PDF)
  (Publication: February 2007)
  The bottom line is that this new branding initiative signals Oracle's desire to not only capitalize on the burgeoning opportunity in the midmarket, but also to reduce any SMB perceptions of being too big and complex.
• AMR, Oracle: Live From the Hudson Theatre (PDF)
  (Publication: February 2007)
  While the banners on stage proclaimed "Applications Unlimited," the real theme was "innovation unlimited." Inaddition to the new products and enhancements for World, Mr. Wookey cited 18 new products and 2,443enhancements for Oracle E-Business Suite 12, 2 new products and 1,478 enhancements for PeopleSoft 9.0, 10 new products and 366 enhancements for Siebel 8.0, and 5 new products and 291 enhancements for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 8.12.
• Andrews Consulting, The Transformation of JD Edwards Applications (PDF)
  (Publication: January 2007)
  JD Edwards applications not only have a proven track record, but also have a promising future ahead of them.
• Forrester Wave, Service Parts Optimization, Q4 2006 (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire July 2008 (Publication: December 2006)
  This report rates Service Parts Optimization software vendors across 119 criteria. Oracle is rated as Strong Performer, while SAP was excluded from this evaluation. See below report for a drill-down report on Oracle.
• ARC, Oracle OpenWorld 2006 - A Truly Overwhelming Event (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2006)
  ARC focused its time on presentations and meetings related to Supply Chain Management and Logistics. Overall, the event was very productive and informative. We heartily recommend that users attend future Oracle events.
• AMR, Oracle Acquires Demantra, Moves Further Into Demand-Driven World (PDF)
  (Publication: June 2006)
  This purchase is good news for process, discrete, and retail clients. This makes Oracle a much more serious contender in the SCM market.
• ARC Advisory, Oracle to Buy Demantra (PDF)
  (Publication: June 2006)
  With Demantra's proven demand chain solutions, and Oracle's leading technology infrastructure and existing ERP and supply chain applications, Oracle plans to provide a seamless solution for the lean enterprise.
• Aberdeen Group, Oracle Transportation Management Announced: Ambitions Remain High (PDF)
  Distribution rights do not expire (Published February 2006)
  Oracle is giving the G-Log solution, now called "Oracle Transportation Management," the technical, development, and sales attention it requires to continue being a leading Tier 1 transportation management system.

• Nucleus Research, The Future of Enterprise Applications: A Closer Look at Oracle CRM (PDF)
  (Publication: Janurary 2008)
  With its evolving CRM offering, Oracle has shown it understands the changing computing environment and the increasing demands of enterprise users.
• ARC Advisory, Oracle's Technical Roadmap (PDF)
  (Publication: December 2007)
  For manufacturing, AIA should be on your "must read" list, because Oracle shows us how they believe we should use the latest technologies, such as SOA, to solve integration problems today, while moving toward more comprehensive interoperability.
• AMR, Oracle's Applications Strategy—What's Your Five-Year Plan? (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2007)
  Our interviews with dozens of customers and Oracle executives show that, so far, Oracle is successfully maintaining the existing customer base and delivering on its Applications Unlimited promise to keep enhancing these products. Newly acquired customers interested in only a single application and keeping their non-Oracle technology stack can continue as they were.
• Butler, X Marks The Spot (PDF)
  (Publication: May 2007)
  Oracle's recently-announced Application Integration Architecture (AIA), formerly known as Project X, is a clear demonstration that the point of value in integration is moving higher up the technology stack, and much more into the realms of the business.
• Ovum, Oracle Delivers Platform for Application and Process Integration (PDF)
  (Publication: May 2007)
  Oracle's AIA illustrates how the competition in the enterprise applications market is shifting from head-to-head face-offs of one vendor's application versus another's, to infrastructure-based offerings that provide easy integration of applications and support process flows across application silos and brands.
• Gartner, AIA Strengthens Applications Unlimited as a Viable Long-Term Strategy for Oracle Customers
  (Publication: April 2007)
• AMR, Oracle Application Integration Architecture: We Love It When a Plan Comes Together (PDF)
  (Publication: April 2007)
  The Application Integration Architecture will satisfy customer demands for integration of its acquired applications, while creating a gradual migration path to the future Fusion Applications. The Process Integration Packs combined with BPM tools will give customers an opportunity to implement cross-functional business processes and then create a unique competitive advantage on top of standard enterprise applications.
• ARC, Master Data Management Builds Business Flexibility (PDF)
  (Publication: March 2007)
  Oracle MDM was first released about four years ago, and in general the product roadmap leads to Oracle Fusion (about two years away), indicating that Oracle is committed to MDM.
• Ovum, Applications Unlimited: Moving Beyond Base Camp (PDF)
  (Publication: February 2007)
  In a well co-ordinated global campaign, Oracle announced details of the next releases of Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft 9, Siebel, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and JD Edwards World - the five cross-industry applications in the Oracle portfolio. On a purely functional basis there is no sign of reduced momentum - all applications have been enhanced by at least as much as they would have been under different ownership.
• IDC, Oracle Unleashes Applications Unlimited (PDF)
  (Publication: February 2007)
  Oracle is continuing to enhance the acquired product lines based on customer needs.
• AMR, Oracle: Live From the Hudson Theatre (PDF)
  (Publication: February 2007)
  While the banners on stage proclaimed "Applications Unlimited," the real theme was "innovation unlimited." Inaddition to the new products and enhancements for World, Mr. Wookey cited 18 new products and 2,443enhancements for Oracle E-Business Suite 12, 2 new products and 1,478 enhancements for PeopleSoft 9.0, 10 new products and 366 enhancements for Siebel 8.0, and 5 new products and 291 enhancements for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 8.12.
• Ovum, Oracle Fusion Checkpoint: Customer Advice Update (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2006)
  Current Oracle customers using any of the mainstream application code lines should consider pilot projects or other types of Fusion experiment during 2007 and 2008. Fusion applications represent a new generation of business application thinking.
• AMR, The Face of Oracle Apps: WebCenter Takes Center Stage (PDF)
  (Publication: October 2006)
  The vision is compelling, combining transactional, collaborative, and analytical modes of working into a single interface; rather than requiring users to jump back and forth between unintegrated enterprise, desktop, and web applications, each with its own look and behavior. Further, WebCenter gives developers complete control on how different elements are combined regardless of source, and allows interfaces to be personalized by business users at the individual, group, and organizational levels.
• Oracle Fusion Applications Update: Less is More (PDF)
  (Publication: August 2006)
  The reality is that Fusion 1.0 is an alternative path toward web services, modeling, and other next generation functionality. And a potentially appealing one.
• AMR, Oracle's John Wookey on Fusion, SOA, and the Battle To Be No. 1 (PDF)
  (Publication: August 2006)
  The dual strategy is a prudent approach that customers and prospects should find reassuring. Based on conversations with large Oracle customers, they clearly think that Oracle understands their needs and is moving at the right pace.
• IDC, Oracle CIO Summit 2006 (PDF)
  (Publication: August 2006)
  Oracle's blueprint for enterprise applications—Oracle Fusion Architecture (OFA) is based solely on SOA. All of the best ideas from Oracle EBS, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Retek and soon, Siebel, have been combined into Oracle's "Fusion Strategy" to build a new set of applications—Fusion Applications will help its customers to face challenges of a diverse market and to create dynamic businesses to serve end-users more effectively and more efficiently.
• Oracle Performance Management and the Path to Fusion (PDF)
  (Publication: June 2006)
  Oracle's decision to standardize its BI platform on Siebel Business Analytics does not impact Oracle CPM or PeopleSoft EPM customers in the near term. Over the next three years, more options will become available, giving customers numerous options as they chart out timing and related investments in the Fusion platform. But there is no pressure today to plan for a forced migration for some or all the analytic platform soon…and that's good news.
• Nucleus, Oracle Fusion Applications Update (PDF)
  Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: March 2006)
  Clearly Oracle's done a lot of thinking about how it can evolve the Fusion architecture, applications, and middleware messages into action — without leaving PeopleSoft and JD Edwards users hanging.
• Summit, Oracle Fusion Architecture Eases the Adoption of Service-Oriented Architecture (PDF)
  Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: January 2006)
  Oracle's Fusion Middleware products perform the many functions necessary to support service-oriented architecture deployments, from service development through service management and optimization.

• AMR, Oracle's Applications Strategy—What's Your Five-Year Plan? (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2007)
  Our interviews with dozens of customers and Oracle executives show that, so far, Oracle is successfully maintaining the existing customer base and delivering on its Applications Unlimited promise to keep enhancing these products. Newly acquired customers interested in only a single application and keeping their non-Oracle technology stack can continue as they were.
• The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Apps Software Licensing and Pricing, Q4 2007 (PDF)
  (Publication: October 2007)
  Forrester evaluated the licensing and pricing strategies of leading enterprise applications vendors across 97 criteria. Oracle is one of two vendors that earned a leadership position in both the SMB and large enterprise editions of the evaluation. See below for detailed Oracle scorecard.
• Forrester Scorecard: Oracle Leads in Enterprise Apps Software Pricing and Licensing (PDF)
  (Publication: October 2007)
  Oracle should be considered by enterprises of all sizes for its leadership position, policy openness, and strong support for Forrester's enterprise software licensee bill of rights.
• Andrews Consulting Group, Oracle's Accelerate Initiative: An Assessment of Oracle's Applications for Midsize Organizations (PDF)
  (Publication: October 2007)
  We find Accelerate to be a solid effort on Oracle's part that is both elegant and practical in design. Oracle Accelerate does a remarkably thorough job of addressing the issues that midsize organizations wrestle with on a daily basis.
• Forrester, Competition Intensifies For The SMB ERP Customer (PDF)
  (Publication: August 2007)
  Oracle has been a quiet but significant player in the SMB space, with more than 19,000 SMB apps customers for Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS), PeopleSoft Enterprise, and JD Edwards. As Fusion Middleware represents Oracle's integration strategy, Oracle Accelerate represents the centerpiece of the vendor's go-to-market SMB strategy.
• Andrews Consulting Group, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and Local Goverments (PDF)
  (Publication: August 2007)
  This paper examines Oracle's commitment to EnterpriseOne and explains why it is a viable, long-term solution for local governments. It also explains why EntepriseOne is uniquely suited to meet the needs of small and medium-sized governments (SMGs).
• AMR, ERP Providers Serving the Midmarket (PDF)
  (Publication: August 2007)
  The Accelerate program has the potential to act as a strong recruitment engine. It can reengage and reattract consulting and services firms that had strong practices in PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, and the other acquired products—practices that have perhaps waned in recent years. It can also reengage current Oracle customers running either legacy or heavily customized versions of the applications.
• Nucleus Research, SAP and Oracle: Who's Ready for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses? (PDF)
  (Publication: June 2007)
  Nucleus surveyed SMB customers from both companies and found that Oracle's customers consistently reported better results for ROI, deployment times, deployment budget, and support. A significantly higher percentage of Oracle customers surveyed said they are actively recommending Oracle to peers compared to SAP.
• Performance Monitor, ERP at the Speed of Light (PDF)
  (Publication: June 2007)
  A successful accelerated implementation will provide a client the power of ERP in the fastest way possible while causing the least disruption of existing business operations.
• AMR, Oracle Fights for its Share of Manufacturing (PDF)
  (Publication: June 2007)
  Oracle seems to be giving SAP a run for its money in new manufacturing deployments. Users are in fact looking beyond SAP's partner programs, reseller agreements, integration toolkits, and manufacturing marketing initiatives. They are giving Oracle equal consideration when it comes to future manufacturing software investments.
• Andrews Consulting, EnterpriseOne Evolves and Extends (PDF)
  (Publication: May 2007)
  Oracle sees the solution as a strategic product that merits a substantial long-term investment.
• Ovum, Oracle Revs Up Battle for Mid-market Applications Customers (PDF)
  (Publication: March 2007)
  Oracle is aggressively recruiting partners that have expertise in specific industries and markets, and will work with them to define standard solution bundles, prices and implementation times that reflect SMBs' typical resource constraints, and lower risk tolerance compared to large enterprises.
• AMR, Oracle's New Branding Accelerates Midmarket Battle (PDF)
  (Publication: February 2007)
  The bottom line is that this new branding initiative signals Oracle's desire to not only capitalize on the burgeoning opportunity in the midmarket, but also to reduce any SMB perceptions of being too big and complex.
• IDC, Oracle SMB Application Initiatives Extend Partner Reach (PDF)
  (Publication: February 2007)
  Oracle's recent announcement of changes to its SMB application partner offerings should provide tangible benefits, and represents a continued positive trend at the vendor to create more opportunity for partners dedicated to its application suites. These tactical changes align with a series of important channel shifts made over the past two years as part of the company's strategy to expand its SMB application market share.
• The Forrester Wave Midmarket CRM Suites, Q1 2007 (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire September 2008 (Publication: February 2007)
  Oracle's Siebel CRM Professional Edition and Oracle's Siebel CRM On Demand were placed as Leaders in this Forrester Wave.
• IDC, IT Maturity Among SMBs in Central Europe & Turkey (PDF)
  (Publication: June 2006)
  Over the past several years, Oracle has devoted considerable efforts to addressing the needs of small and medium-sized businesses. The company's clients have traditionally been in the large enterprise segment, but Oracle is enhancing its position in the SMB market thanks to a wide and scalable product portfolio, an aggressive sales and marketing strategy, and competitive pricing schemes targeted at SMBs.

• Gartner, Magic Quadrant for CPM Suites, 2007
  (Publication: December 2007)
• AMR, Oracle's Applications Strategy—What's Your Five-Year Plan? (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2007)
  Our interviews with dozens of customers and Oracle executives show that, so far, Oracle is successfully maintaining the existing customer base and delivering on its Applications Unlimited promise to keep enhancing these products. Newly acquired customers interested in only a single application and keeping their non-Oracle technology stack can continue as they were.
• IDC, Worldwide Financial Performance and Strategy Management Software 2006 Vendor Shares (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2007)
  All in all, the Hyperion acquisition was an obvious move for Oracle to attain current FPSM market leadership.
• AMR, Oracle To Acquire Interlace Systems, Expanding EPM Footprint to Operational Planning (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2007)
  We think Oracle made a good move with this acquisition. They are recognizing the need to tightly align operational and financial plans in a potentially heterogeneous application and data environment and have acquired product to support that vision.
• The Forrester Wave: Business Performance Solutions, Q4 2007 (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire March 2009 (Publication: October 2007)
  Forrester assessed 10 leading business performance solutions (BPS) vendors across 83 criteria in a product evaluation. Cognos, Oracle, and SAS Institute were found to lead the category with overall breadth of functionality and aggressive strategies for competing in this rapidly evolving market.
• IDC, Worldwide Business Analytics Software 2007-2011 Forecast Update and 2006 Vendor Shares (PDF)
  (Publication: October 2007)
  Oracle is #1 in the business analytics software market.
• AMR, Oracle Adds LogicalApps to Its GRC Arsenal (PDF)
  (Publication: October 2007)
  Oracle's LogicalApps acquisition is a natural extension of its GRC strategy, filling that gap in its existing portfolio.
• IDC, Oracle and SAP: Parallel Paths to Supremacy (PDF)
  (Publication: April 2007)
  Oracle got the earlier lead with targeted offerings in the area of financial compliance management and internal controls monitoring with the Oracle Internal Controls Manager (ICM) and PeopleSoft Internal Controls Enforcer (ICE) environments. SAP fell short with an early offering of its own Internal Controls Manager that failed to gain traction, which drove the recent acquisition of Virsa.
• IDC, A Focus on Intelligence: Oracle's Renewed BI Strategy (PDF)
  (Publication: April 2007)
  IDC discusses Oracle's #1 market share in IDC's $18.3 Billion Business Analytics market. IDC discusses the importance of Oracle's complete and open Oracle Business Intelligence Suite.
• IDC, Business Intelligence and Performance Management Consolidation Round Two: Oracle Acquires Hyperion (PDF)
  (Publication: March 2007)
  This latest acquisition is a solid move by Oracle to strengthen its performance management offerings and expands its BI position.
• IDC, Worldwide CRM Analytic Applications 2005 Vendor Shares: Consolidation Continues in an Expanding Market (PDF)
  (Publication: August 2006)
• Oracle Performance Management and the Path to Fusion (PDF)
  (Publication: June 2006)
  Oracle's decision to standardize its BI platform on Siebel Business Analytics does not impact Oracle CPM or PeopleSoft EPM customers in the near term. Over the next three years, more options will become available, giving customers numerous options as they chart out timing and related investments in the Fusion platform. But there is no pressure today to plan for a forced migration for some or all the analytic platform soon...and that's good news.

• OSS Observer, Oracle Application Integration Architecture for Communications (PDF)
  (Publication: February 2008)
  With Oracle Application Integration Architecture for Communications, Oracle is emphasizing its stated strategy to provide productized integrations of key telecom software applications. It is a bold move that may turn out to be well accepted by CSPs who are definitely tired of the high costs and myriad failures in application integration.
• Nucleus Research, The Future of Enterprise Applications: A Closer Look at Oracle CRM (PDF)
  (Publication: Janurary 2008)
  With its evolving CRM offering, Oracle has shown it understands the changing computing environment and the increasing demands of enterprise users.
• ARC Advisory, Oracle's Technical Roadmap (PDF)
  (Publication: December 2007)
  For manufacturing, AIA should be on your "must read" list, because Oracle shows us how they believe we should use the latest technologies, such as SOA, to solve integration problems today, while moving toward more comprehensive interoperability.
• IDC, Oracle OpenWorld 2007: Application Assimilation (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2007)
  IDC's newsletter highlights some announcements made at Oracle OpenWorld.
• AMR, Oracle's Applications Strategy—What's Your Five-Year Plan? (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2007)
  Our interviews with dozens of customers and Oracle executives show that, so far, Oracle is successfully maintaining the existing customer base and delivering on its Applications Unlimited promise to keep enhancing these products. Newly acquired customers interested in only a single application and keeping their non-Oracle technology stack can continue as they were.
• Butler, X Marks The Spot (PDF)
  (Publication: May 2007)
  Oracle's recently-announced Application Integration Architecture (AIA), formerly known as Project X, is a clear demonstration that the point of value in integration is moving higher up the technology stack, and much more into the realms of the business.
• Ovum, Oracle Delivers Platform for Application and Process Integration (PDF)
  (Publication: May 2007)
  Oracle's AIA illustrates how the competition in the enterprise applications market is shifting from head-to-head face-offs of one vendor's application versus another's, to infrastructure-based offerings that provide easy integration of applications and support process flows across application silos and brands.
• AMR, Oracle Application Integration Architecture: We Love It When a Plan Comes Together (PDF)
  (Publication: April 2007)
  The Application Integration Architecture will satisfy customer demands for integration of its acquired applications, while creating a gradual migration path to the future Fusion Applications. The Process Integration Packs combined with BPM tools will give customers an opportunity to implement cross-functional business processes and then create a unique competitive advantage on top of standard enterprise applications.
• Gartner, AIA Strengthens Applications Unlimited as a Viable Long-Term Strategy for Oracle Customers
  (Publication: April 2007)

• MDM Institute, Oracle for MDM & Data Governance
  (Publication: March 2008)
  Oracle is once again a leader in providing MDM solutions and it is reasonable to expect that they will continue to execute strongly on their current strategy and development plans. While positioning remains complex because of Oracle's diverse multiple MDM products, the Fusion MDM strategy and road map is now a realistic program. Moreover, Oracle will begin to more aggressively leverage MDM into both its application package business and middleware businesses.
• IDC, Oracle OpenWorld 2007: Application Assimilation (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2007)
  IDC's newsletter highlights some announcements made at Oracle OpenWorld.
• Gartner Magic Quadrant for Customer Data Integration Hubs, 2Q07
  (Publication: June 2007)
• ARC, Master Data Management Builds Business Flexibility (PDF)
  (Publication: March 2007)
  Oracle MDM was first released about four years ago, and in general the product roadmap leads to Oracle Fusion (about two years away), indicating that Oracle is committed to MDM.
• Forrester, The Forrester Wave: Customer Hubs, Q4 2006 (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire July 2008 (Publication: December 2006)
  Oracle's Siebel UCM advances to the Leader's segment in Forrester's most recent look at the customer data integration vendor landscape, while Oracle CDH remains a Strong Performer.
• Forrester, Oracle-Siebel Is Now A Leader In Customer Hubs (PDF)
  (Publication: December 2006)
  Oracle's Siebel UCM continues to build on Siebel's CRM market leadership by delivering solid capabilities, improved performance, and unique success in a multitude of verticals.
• Bloor Research, Siebel Master Data Management (PDF)
  (Publication: July 2006)
  We believe Siebel's strong heritage of enabling organizations to take advantage of product upgrades, even in implementations involving extensive customization of data model, business objects, and processes, serves it well in the MDM market where flexibility and extensibility is of paramount importance.

• AMR, Market Kingpins Accelerate GRC Agendas (PDF)
  (Publication: April 2007)
  Oracle revs up its GRC engin