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• Forrester, Which Has the Better Apps Strategy: Oracle or SAP (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire October 2009 (Publication: October 2008)
  Oracle's vision for the future of its apps business is now clearer and more compelling than that of archrival SAP. But Oracle's biggest test is yet to come - it must deliver the Oracle Fusion Applications system with its associated promises of better flexibility and lower cost of ownership and do it within the next two years to keep the upper hand in apps innovation.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

• Gartner, Case Study: Holcim Uses Network Optimization to Manage Supply Chain Risk and Optimize Costs
  Distribution Rights expire July 2010 (Publication July 2009)
• IDC, The Modern Supply Chain: Inventory Optimization Competitive Assessment (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire May 2010 (Publication: May 2009)
  Oracle is the only major ERP vendor to offer its own Inventory Optimization product offering.
• IDC/Manufacturing Insights, SaaS ERP System with Oracle at Farwest Steel Corporation: A Case Study (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire January 2010 (Publication: January 2009)
  Farwest steel improved its order delivery, inventory visibility, and cost tracking by modernizing its application infrastructure on Oracle E-Business Suite On Demand.
• AMR, Oracle's MOC: Enhance Value of Production Environment and Longevity of EBS (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire January 2010 (Publication: January 2009)
  Oracle customers seeking to maximize their current E-Business Suite (EBS) 11.5.10 deployments and gain better optics into manufacturing performance should examine Manufacturing Operations Center (MOC) EMI closer.
• AMR, Oracle EBS R12: New and Re-implementations, but Few Technical Upgrades (PDF)
  (Publication: September 2008)
  Ever since Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) R12 was released in early 2007, companies on 11.5.9 and 11.5.10 have been agonizing over upgrading. Most had upgraded to 11.5.10 shortly before R12 was released and were not in a hurry to go through it again. As the clock continues to tick on the end of Premier Support in November 2010, companies are trying to figure out when they need to upgrade and how they will justify it to the business. Discussions with R12 customers at Oracle OpenWorld indicate that there is no easy answer.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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."
• 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.

• Ovum, The Changing IT Needs of the Construction Industry (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire November 2009 (Publication: October 2008)
  "Although starting from an unlikely position, Oracle, through a combination of its acquisitions and its organic developments, is developing one of the strongest positions", in terms of the integrated BIM model described in this research note.
• CXP: Case Study - Business At Work: A committed partner for Oracle Accelerate (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire October 2009 (Publication: September 2008)
  Business At Work is one of the first Peoplesoft's partners to achieve the "Oracle Accelerate" certification for its solutions built around Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise Service Automation developed specifically for service companies.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

• Gartner, Dataquest Insight: ERP Suite Leaders, Trends and Characteristics in the North American SMB Market, 2008
  Distribution rights expire January 2010 (Publication: October 2008)
• Ovum, Oracle Accelerate - Not Just Smart but Timely (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire November 2009 (Publication: November 2008)
  We've been following Oracle's Accelerate program over the last couple of years because we thought it is a smart strategy for penetrating the upper mid-market. Although Oracle developed Accelerate largely in response to slowing growth in its core large-enterprise market, the program seems prescient as the global business climate worsens and places new urgency on cost-effective sales strategies.
• AMR, Oracle Making Inroads In Industry, Midmarket With Accelerate Partner Program (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire October 2009 (Publication: October 2008)
  Though it's still early days, Oracle's Accelerate partner program is winning the midmarket hearts and minds of both the clients adopting it and the partners selling and implementing it.
• 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.

• TDWI, Closing the Loop in a Consolidated World: Evaluating Packaged Analytic Applications (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire January 2010 (Publication: January 2009)
  In this white paper, TDWI explores the benefits of packaged analytic applications over developing BI solutions from scratch.
• Gartner, Magic Quadrant for CPM Suites
  Distribution rights expire December 2009 (Publication: December 2008)
• 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.
• 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.
• 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, Magic Quadrant for Master Data Management of Product Data
  Distribution Rights expire July 2010 (Publication July 2009)
• Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Master Data Mangement of Customer Data
  Distribution Rights expire June 2010 (Publication: June 2009)
• AMR, MDM Update, Part 4: MDM for ERP Suites - Oracle Continues to Outpace SAP
  Distribution rights expire October 2009 (Publication: October 2008)
  Showing momentum, Oracle has invested heavily in its MDM capabilities, with over 600 customers of its various MDM products to show for it. [...] SAP's MDM product continues to languish as it struggles to meet the needs of customers.
• AMR, MDM Update, Part 1: Multidomain Master Data Management
  Distribution rights expire July 2009 (Publication: July 2008)
  Oracle's modeling capabilities are richer than many, and since they’re an integral part of Oracle's ERP and CRM applications, many of the multidomain MDM benefits can be achieved.
• Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Master Data Management for Customer Data, 2008
  Distribution rights expire July 2009 (Publication: July 2008)
• 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.
• 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, 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 engine with its delivery plans for an extended Oracle GRC platform encompassing the complete suite of Oracle applications, with aspirations to manage processes and controls in any application environment.

• Gartner, Core Financial Management Applications MarketScope
  Distribution rights expire June 2010 (Publication: June 2009)
• IDC, Platform in Play: BPO Powered by Oracle (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire April 2010 (Publication: April 2009)
  IDC looks at Oracle's unique approach to Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and how service providers and their customers can benefit from Oracle software as the enabling technology that powers BPO offerings.
• Gartner, Dataquest Insight: ERP Suite Leaders, Trends and Characteristics in the North American SMB Market, 2008
  Distribution rights expire January 2010 (Publication: October 2008)
• Forrester, The Forrester Wave: Human Resource Management Systems Q4 2008 (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire April 2010 (Publication: October 2008)
  Oracle's E-Business Suite HRMS and Oracle's PeopleSoft HCM are both named a Leader.
• Gartner MarketScope for Sales Incentive Compensation Management Software, 2008
  Distribution rights expire July 2009 (Publication: July 2008)
• Forrester, The Forrester Wave: AP-EIPP, Q2 2008 (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire December 2009 (Publication: June 2008)
  Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Both Named A Leader in Latest Independent Research Firm's Accounts Payables - Electronic Invoice Presentment and Payment Report.
• IDC, Worldwide Financial Accounting Applications 2007-2011 Forecast and 2006 Vendor Shares (PDF)
  (Publication: December 2007)
  Oracle grew 17% in the financial applications market in 2006, clinching the number 2 spot.
• Pierre Audoin Consultants, HR Software 2006 Providers Shares in France (Payroll, HCM, Time Management) (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2007)
  Oracle is the leading software vendor in terms of Licenses revenue in 2006 in France, ahead of SAP, Sage, HR Access Solutions, and Cegid, with a market share of 10%.
• Pierre Audoin Consultants, HR Software 2006 Providers Shares in France (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2007)
  This report shows Oracle is #1 in market share in HCM in France.
• IDC, Worldwide Human Capital Management Applications Market Forecast 2007-2011, 2006 Vendor Shares in Core HR and Strategic HCM Segments (PDF)
  (Publication: September 2007)
  In the core HR segment, Oracle is considered the volume leader with the biggest number of customers, which should help expand its HCM market share.
• 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, Contract Life-Cycle Management Attracts New Entrants (PDF)
  (Publication: August 2007)
  Oracle is #1 market share for contract lifecycle management.
• 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.
• 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.
• Aberdeen, Oracle ERP Users Synchronize the Value Chain with Automated Lean Tools (PDF)
  (Publication: June 2007)
  Oracle customers outperformed the overall market and were 50% more likely than other manufacturers to achieve Best in Class status.
• 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.
• Forrester Scorecard: Oracle iProcurement Is A Leader In eProcurement Solutions (PDF)
  (Publication: April 2007)
  Oracle iProcurement has top scores for settlement capabilities; strong scores for goods procurement, reporting, process configuration, and globalization; and good services procurement and integration capabilities.
• Forrester Scorecard: Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise eProcurement Is A Well-Rounded eProcurement Solution (PDF)
  (Publication: April 2007)
  PeopleSoft's Enterprise eProcurement solution scored well in almost every category, although it did not emerge as the clear leader in any single area. Because the PeopleSoft offering benefits from Oracle's substantial financial resources, it has relatively high scores for its product strategy. Overall, the product has strong settlement, reporting, and globalization, but it lacks shared-instance hosting options.
• 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.
• 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.

• Gartner, Magic Quadrant for CRM Multichannel Campaign Management
  Distribution rights expire May 2010 (Publication: April 2009)
• Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Field Service Management
  Distribution rights expire May 2010 (Publication: May 2009)
• Gartner, Magic Quadrant for CRM Customer Service Contact Centers
  Distribution rights expire April 2010 (Publication: April 2009)
• AMR, Oracle PRM 2.0: Bringing SaaS/On Demand and Social Networking To The Partner Community (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire January 2010 (Publication: December 2008)
  Oracle is extending its partner relationship management (PRM) products with the integration of its PRM software-as-a-service (SaaS)/on-demand product with social networking (Web 2.0/Enterprise 2.0) capabilities.
• AMR, Arming Sales: Oracle Launches Web 2.0 Gadgets for SFA (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire November 2009 (Publication: November 2008)
  Hot on the heels of rolling out new Enterprise 2.0 functionality for its CRM applications, Oracle is unleashing additional Web 2.0-based sales force automation (SFA) functionality.
• Forrester, The Forrester Wave: Order Management Hubs, Q4 2008 (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire April 2010 (Publication: November 2008)
  Forrester evaluated eight leading order management solutions across 152-criteria evaluation. Both Oracle E-Business Suite and Siebel advance into the Leader band.
• Forrester, The Forrester Wave: Customer Service Software, Q4 2008 (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire May 2010 (Publication: October 2008)
  Oracle's Siebel and Oracle CRM On Demand are Leaders.
• AMR, Field Service Landscape: Huge Potential, but Still Addressing Basic Service Needs (PDF)
  (Publication: September 2008)
  Oracle's Siebel Field Service and E-Business Suite Field Service offer advanced contact management, scheduling, contracts/entitlements and service knowledge, with complete depot repair capabilities.
• Forrester, The Forrester Wave: Sales Force Management, Q4 2008 (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire May 2010 (Publication: October 2008)
  Oracle's Siebel and Oracle CRM On Demand are Leaders.
• AMR, CRM Gets a Little More Social at Oracle OpenWorld (PDF)
  (Publication: September 2008)
  Oracle recognizes the importance of software as a service to the CRM industry, and it clearly has the resources to get to the critical mass - the place where SaaS can really start to scale and pay dividends.
• Forrester, The Forrester Wave: Enterprise CRM Suites, Q3 2008 (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire March 2010 (Publication: August 2008)
  Oracle's Siebel and Oracle CRM On Demand are Leaders.
• Forrester, The Forrester Wave: Midmarket CRM Suites, Q3 2008 (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire March 2010 (Publication: August 2008)
  Oracle's Siebel and Oracle CRM On Demand are Leaders.
• IDC, Advanced CRM, Loyalty Management, and Targeted Marketing: Lessons Learned, from Air Mauritius (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire September 2009 (Publication: July 2008)
  Read why Air Mauritius chose Oracle Siebel CRM for its loyalty management, the lessons learned, and the benefits derived from this implementation.
• Gartner MarketScope for Sales Incentive Compensation Management Software, 2008
  Distribution rights expire July 2009 (Publication: July 2008)
• Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Sales Force Automation, 2008 (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire July 2009 (Publication: July 2008)
• Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Master Data Management for Customer Data, 2008 (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire July 2009 (Publication: July 2008)
• AMR, Tata Motors Becomes Demand Driven (PDF)
  (Publication: March 2008)
  This AMR Research Alert Article is dedicated to highlighting the successes and benefits that Tata Motors received from their Siebel implementation as they embarked upon a comprehensive demand-driven value chain transformation.
• IDC, Social Conventions Infiltrating Enterprise Applications: Oracle CRM On Demand 15 (PDF)
  (Publication: March 2008)
  With the March 11th announcement of Version 15 of its Oracle CRM On Demand product, Oracle has solidly entered the fray of bringing Web 2.0 capabilities to enterprise applications.
• The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Marketing Platforms, Q1 2008 (PDF)
  (Publication: February 2008)
  Forrester evaluated leading enterprise marketing platform vendors across 160 criteria and three scenarios. Siebel ranked as Strong Performer and delivers the broadest overall solution.
• 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.
• Nucleus Research, ROI Case Study: Siebel CRM On Demand Equifax (PDF)
  (Publication: December 2007)
  Equifax deployed Siebel CRM On Demand to support a standardized sales process and consistent global reporting, increasing sales and management productivity to drive greater profitability. The ROI was 392% and the payback, 10 months.
• IDC, Western Europe CRM Applications Competitive Analysis 2007 (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2007)
  This market share report shows Oracle is #1 in CRM in Western Europe in 2006.
• Ovum, Oracle's Radical SaaS CRM Vision (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2007)
  Oracle's new applications have the potential to transform the way that CRM is used and greatly improve its effectiveness.
• Datamonitor Decision Matrix: Selecting a CRM vendor in the pharmaceutical industry (PDF)
  (Publication: October 2007)
  As the leading vendor in the categories of technology assessment and end-user sentiment, the Siebel CRM solution version 8 propels Oracle onto the top of the shortlist of CRM vendors for the pharmaceutical industry.
• AMR, Sales Configuration - From Efficiency to Excellence (PDF)
  (Publication: September 2007)
  Sales configuration processes and software not only improve efficiency and reduce costs, but also increasingly serve as strategic differentiators that directly impact forecasting, new product development, profit margins, and market share.
• Datamonitor's Decision Matrix: Selecting a CRM Vendor (Competitor Focus) (PDF)
  (Publication: August 2007)
  Oracle is a clear market leader with an impressively versatile and highly competitive CRM portfolio.
• Nucleus Research: Guidebook, Oracle's Siebel CRM On Demand (PDF)
  (Publication: April 2007)
  Nucleus found the most successful Oracle Siebel CRM On Demand customers continue to evolve their use of the solution and take advantage of embedded best practices, integration, analytics, and other developments in Siebel CRM On Demand to leverage greater long-term value from their CRM efforts.
• 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.
• AMR, Eight Is Enough—Oracle Announces Long Awaited Siebel 8.0 (PDF)
  (Publication: January 2007)
  The list of enhancements, new features, and technology in the Oracle Siebel 8.0 CRM release are numerous and certainly reflect the three years of development. In general, additions to the application all follow the theme of reducing the total cost of ownership for CRM and increasing the flexibility and approachability of the application.
• 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.
• Gartner, Case Study: Government Case Management With a CRM Product in Victoria, Australia
  (Publication: July 2006)

• Gartner, Case Study: Holcim Uses Network Optimization to Manage Supply Chain Risk and Optimize Costs
  Distribution Rights expire July 2010 (Publication July 2009)
• IDC, The Modern Supply Chain: Inventory Optimization Competitive Assessment (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire May 2010 (Publication: May 2009)
  Oracle is the only major ERP vendor to offer its own Inventory Optimization product offering.
• Gartner, MarketScope for Supply Chain Planning: Process Automation, 2009
  Distribution rights expire May 2010 (Publication: April 2009)
• Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Transportation Management Systems, 2008
  Distribution rights expire April 2010 (Publication: April 2009)
• Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Warehouse Management Systems
  Distribution rights expire April 2010 (Publication: April 2009)
• Gartner, Case Study: Alcoa Leverages Oracle to Enable Its Demand Planning and S&OP Processes
  Distribution rights expire March 2010 (Publication: February 2009)
• Forrester, Case Study: C&S Wholesale Adopts Collaborative Demand Forecasting (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire January 2010 (Publication: January 2009)
  To promote its value to grocers in managing merchandise availability, C&S embarked on an ambitious strategy to put demand planning at the center of business processes and in particular to develop forecasts at the SKU level. C&S chose to work with Oracle's Demantra Demand Management solution to automate and formalize the process. C&S selected Demantra for its configurability and ease of use.
• AMR, Demantra Customer Panel: Demand Planning in a Chaotic World (PDF)
  Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: October 2008)
  Each organization highlighted classic issues that led them to improve demand planning and precision. These ranged from the dead and excess product that literally rots if poorly planned to EA's challenges with a weekly product launch cycle that is also co-dependent upon the availability and popularity of key gaming hardware.
• Nucleus Research, Oracle Delivers Supply Chain Management Visibility (PDF)
  Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: September 2008)
  THE BOTTOM LINE: In a global supply chain, it's all about visibility. With its latest product releases, Oracle attacks key moving parts of the supply chain such as supply, demand, and production — enabling greater visibility and reduced costs for both Oracle and non-Oracle customers. [...] As Oracle continues to challenge SAP's position as ERP market leader, it is giving customers more reasons to consider it as the vendor of choice for their ever-changing SCM needs, as well.
• Gartner, MarketScope for Sales and Operations Planning
  Distribution rights expire July 2009 (Publication: June 2008)
• Gartner, MarketScope for Supply Chain Planning: Process Automation, 2008
  (Publication: April 2008)
• AMR, S&OP Technology Landscape: Evolution to Integrated Business Planning Is a Work In Progress (PDF)
  (Publication: April 2008)
  Oracle offers a robust S&OP application with Advanced Supply Chain Planning and Demantra Demand Management.
• AMR, Logistics Management: Recapture the Economies of Scale Lost to Globalization (PDF)
  (Publication: February 2008)
  Electrolux chose Oracle Transportation Management as the technology platform for the project. In the first year of implementation, the company has seen an accumulated net savings of several percent of transportation cost. Beyond that, Electrolux feels that the additional visibility it gains from managing transportation cooperatively will lead to reductions of inventory and higher distribution-center efficiency.
• The Forrester Wave: Transportation Management Solutions, Q1 2008 (PDF)
  (Publication: February 2008)
  Oracle Leads With A Wide Breadth Of Offerings And Impressive Market Momentum
• ARC Advisory, Oracle OpenWorld Turns Green (PDF)
  (Publication: December 2007)
  Oracle's Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) solutions offer great oppor-tunities for continuous improvements in asset performance and Return on Assets (ROA) through inventory optimization, analytics, better decision support and Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM).
• IDC, Oracle OpenWorld 2007: Application Assimilation (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2007)
  IDC's newsletter highlights some announcements made at Oracle OpenWorld.
• Pierre Audoin Consultants, HR Software 2006 Providers Shares in France (Payroll, HCM, Time Management) (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2007)
  Oracle is the leading software vendor in terms of Licenses revenue in 2006 in France, ahead of SAP, Sage, HR Access Solutions, and Cegid, with a market share of 10%.
• 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.
• IDC, Perspective on Oracle OpenWorld Asia/Pacific 2007: For Integrated Digital Manufacturing, the Battle Is Outside the Four Walls (PDF)
  (Publication: September 2007)
  With the release of Oracle Fusion applications planned within the next few years, manufacturers can look forward to an integrated strategy towards managing their dynamic businesses. In the short term, the outside-in approach with a combination of core ERP and best-of-breed add-ons, should give the manufacturers ample opportunity to streamline business process management, across the manufacturing value chain.
• 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, 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.
• ARC, Oracle's ALM Solution Now Includes Four EAM Offerings (PDF)
  (Publication: June 2007)
  Oracle's ALM Solution today now includes four EAM offerings and supporting applications for all asset lifecycle phases from plan, build and commission to operate, maintain and retire.
• 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.
• Aberdeen, Oracle ERP Users Synchronize the Value Chain with Automated Lean Tools (PDF)
  (Publication: June 2007)
  Oracle customers outperformed the overall market and were 50% more likely than other manufacturers to achieve Best in Class status.
• 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.
• 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.
• AMR, Oracle Takes On Global Trade Management
  (Publication: February 2007)
  The GTM platform will be designed to complement the Oracle Transportation Management module, already recognized as an application leader in global logistics management. Companies looking for an integrated approach to trade management and transportation should give consideration to the new Oracle product.
• 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 Dives Deeper Into PLM, Takes Aim at Supply Chain PLM Needs (PDF)
  (Publication: October 2006)
  Oracle PLM R12 provides depth in the process of releasing and aligning product information across multiple phases of new product launch. The multisite BOM release distinguishes Oracle from its more CAD-centric PLM competitors, recognizing the pain felt by global manufacturers to manage factory-specific configurations while maintaining the integrity of engineering's form-fit-function design intent.
• AMR, Giant Eagle and Kraft: A Successful Joint Value Creation (PDF)
  (Publication: August 2006)
  Joint value stream discussions all too often become about shifting costs versus rethinking processes to improve joint value. In this case study, two partners, Giant Eagle and Kraft, rolled up their sleeves to apply the principles from the Toyota Production System (TPS) to rethink replenishment processes to reduce out of stocks. Oracle's G-Log product is featured.
• 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.
• Forrester, Ranking Supply Chain Management Tools And Services (PDF)
  (Publication: June 2006)
  Users Rank ERP Vendors and Accenture Highest in Customer Satisfaction. Surprisingly, this level of satisfaction was significantly higher than that of best-of-breed vendors Logility and RedPrairie. This could be attributed to changing priorities for supply chain executives where deploying global instances and standardizing across all enterprise applications has become of utmost importance to build economies of scale and lower cost of technology ownership.

• AMR, Oracle Announces Agile PLM 9.3 (PDF)
  Distribution Rights expire June 2010 (Publication: June 2009)
  Oracle’s Agile 9.3 is the next evolution of the product since its acquisition. The path Oracle is headed down is to bring product lifecycle management (PLM) into the broader enterprise process of launching and managing products through its lifecycle stages. The company hopes to accomplish this by expanding analytics and integration to other applications, such as master data management, demand management and supply planning.
• The Forrester Wave: Product Life-Cycle Management Applications, Q2 2008 (PDF)
  (Publication: May 2008)
  Forrester evaluated leading PLM applications across approximately 70 criteria from the perspectives of both discrete-based and process-based manufacturers. Oracle was ranked as a Strong Performer due to advanced discrete-based and process-based functionality gained through the acquisition of Agile PLM.
• AMR Research, PLM Market Landscape Evolving to Enable Value Chain Excellence (PDF)
  (Publication: December 2007)
  PLM vendors, seeing the opportunity in enabling the demand-driven supply network and extended value chain, are improving their applications to support value chain excellence. This report details the current PLM market landscape, including Oracle's Agile PLM, as well as other PLM vendors.
• ARC Advisory, Coming Out Party for Agile PLM at Oracle OpenWorld 2007 (PDF)
  (Publication: December 2007)
  The Agile PLM track generated a lot of interest at Oracle Open World 2007. With Agile's comprehensive and collaborative PLM solution set, Oracle is a legitimate player and positioned well in the PLM space.
• IDC, Oracle OpenWorld 2007: Application Assimilation (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2007)
  IDC's newsletter highlights some announcements made at Oracle OpenWorld.
• Aberdeen, Agile's Debut at Oracle Open World After Acquisition Highlights the Importance of PLM as an Enterprise Application (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2007)
  Oracle Open World 2007 underscored the importance of PLM in the enterprise application suite, with Oracle showcasing how Agile PLM solutions extend Oracle's enterprise application portfolio.
• IDC, Perspective on Oracle OpenWorld Asia/Pacific 2007: For Integrated Digital Manufacturing, the Battle Is Outside the Four Walls (PDF)
  (Publication: September 2007)
  With the release of Oracle Fusion applications planned within the next few years, manufacturers can look forward to an integrated strategy towards managing their dynamic businesses. In the short term, the outside-in approach with a combination of core ERP and best-of-breed add-ons, should give the manufacturers ample opportunity to streamline business process management, across the manufacturing value chain.
• 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.
• AMR, Oracle Dives Deeper Into PLM, Takes Aim at Supply Chain PLM Needs (PDF)
  (Publication: October 2006)
  Oracle PLM R12 provides depth in the process of releasing and aligning product information across multiple phases of new product launch. The multisite BOM release distinguishes Oracle from its more CAD-centric PLM competitors, recognizing the pain felt by global manufacturers to manage factory-specific configurations while maintaining the integrity of engineering's form-fit-function design intent.

• ARC, Oracle's ALM Solution Now Includes Four EAM Offerings (PDF)
  (Publication: June 2007)
  Oracle's ALM Solution today now includes four EAM offerings and supporting applications for all asset lifecycle phases from plan, build and commission to operate, maintain and retire.
• 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."

• Gartner, Magic Quadrant for IT Project and Portfolio Management
  Distribution rights expire June 2010 (Publication: June 2009)
• IDC, Energy Insights on Oil & Gas, February 2009 (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire September 2009 (Publication: February 2009)
  This note explores Primavera's strong presence in the Oil & Gas industry and the business benefits of Enterprise Project Portfolio Management.
• Service Performance Insight, Oracle Acquires Primavera (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire October 2009 (Publication: October 2008)
  Oracle continues to acquire the best of breed solutions that are in high demand for enterprise customers. Oracle's chief rival, SAP, has been silent for too long. SAP has made few acquisitions, and as a result Oracle now has acquired all of the best-of-breed core applications necessary to run a business.
• 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.
• The Forrester Wave: Project Portfolio Management Tools, Q4 2007 (PDF)
  (Publication: December 2007)
  Forrester evaluated 14 leading project portfolio management (PPM) vendors across 95 criteria. Oracle's PPM functionality and market presence garners a leadership ranking.
• Oracle Brings An Integration Focus To The PPM Market (PDF)
  (Publication: December 2007)
  Oracle Projects is a mature offering upon which the company has built its project portfolio management (PPM) solution. As part of the Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle Projects supports the full life cycle of project management with a single view of all project-related activities and is particularly strong in its financial management offering.
• Forrester, Introducing Project-Based Solutions (PDF)
  (Publication: June 2007)
  Forrester's inaugural coverage of project-based software solutions (PBS) identifies a new category of software designed to manage and support project-based business processes, provides a business justification for PBS, and assesses the key vendors and their solutions. Oracle EBS, JD Edwards, and PeopleSoft Enterprise is covered in this report.

• Forrester, The Forrester Wave: eSourcing, Q1 2009 (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire August 2010 (Publication: March 2009)
  Oracle E-Business Suite is named as a Leader.
• Forrester, The Forrester Wave: AP-EIPP, Q2 2008 (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire December 2009 (Publication: June 2008)
  Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Both Named A Leader in Latest Independent Research Firm's Accounts Payables - Electronic Invoice Presentment and Payment Report.
• Forrester Scorecard: Oracle iProcurement Is A Leader In eProcurement Solutions (PDF)
  (Publication: April 2007)
  Oracle iProcurement has top scores for settlement capabilities; strong scores for goods procurement, reporting, process configuration, and globalization; and good services procurement and integration capabilities.
• Forrester Scorecard: Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise eProcurement Is A Well-Rounded eProcurement Solution (PDF)
  (Publication: April 2007)
  PeopleSoft's Enterprise eProcurement solution scored well in almost every category, although it did not emerge as the clear leader in any single area. Because the PeopleSoft offering benefits from Oracle's substantial financial resources, it has relatively high scores for its product strategy. Overall, the product has strong settlement, reporting, and globalization, but it lacks shared-instance hosting options.