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• 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.
• Winter Corporation, Measuring The Performance of Oracle Exadata Storage Server (PDF)
  Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: February 2009)
  WinterCorp audited performance tests that Oracle conducted on the HP Oracle Database Machine involving running four queries against a multi-billion row DW schema. WinterCorp concludes that the HP Oracle DB Machine achieves 14GB/second of sustained throughput; a rate that could only be achieved with far more expensive conventional technology. Oracle DW users can expect to see dramatic gains from the Oracle Exadata product family, and should give "serious consideration" to the Exadata family.
• Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms
  Distribution rights expire January 2010 (Publication: January 2009)
• Gartner, Magic Quadrant for CPM Suites
  Distribution rights expire December 2009 (Publication: December 2008)
• IDC, Oracle X Factor: HP Oracle Exadata Storage Server and the HP Oracle Database Machine (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire October 2009 (Publication: October 2008)
  HP Oracle Exadata Storage Server stands to shake up the IT Industry. IDC concludes: (1) Exadata will drive increased use of Oracle Database for Data Warehousing; (2) Database and storage vendors will be challenged to match Exadata's price/performance; and (3) Exadata will undermine competing Database appliance differentiators if Exadata's price/performance assertions are verified.
• IDC, Oracle Unveils Its New Exadata Database Server at Oracle OpenWorld 2008 (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire October 2009 (Publication: October 2008)
  The report identifies key issues facing the healthcare market, as well as the growth trends that align well to the benefits of the HP Oracle Exadata Database Server. The report concludes that "if the cost and performance advantages touted by Oracle are verified in future deployments, Oracle's new Exadata machines are likely to be well represented in future healthcare data warehouse deployments."
• KLAS, Excerpt from June 2008 Healthcare Enterprise Business Intelligence Perspective Report (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire October 2009 (Publication: June 2008)
  In KLAS' recent Healthcare BI study, Oracle is highlighted as one of the emerging leaders of this market, being ranked highest for enterprise user/scalability, workflow and technology/architecture.
• Forrester, The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Business Intelligence Platforms (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire December 2009 (Publication: July 2008)
  Forrester evaluated 12 vendors across 151 criteria in this evaluation of enterprise business intelligence platform vendors. Oracle moves into the a leadership position based on richness of functionality, ability to scale, and completeness of corporate and product vision.
• Gartner, Oracle's Demand Data Breakthrough
  (Publication: March 2008)
• 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.
• IDC, Oracle OpenWorld Shanghai: Enriching Database and Business Analytics Offerings (PDF)
  (Publication: August 2007)
  This IDC Flash takes a closer look at Oracle OpenWorld Asia Pacific 2007 that was held in Shanghai on July 30 - August 2, 2007. This event, which reportedly garnered more than 8,000 attendees, focused on three key themes: database, fusion middleware, and applications. Moreover, this IDC Flash closely examines the announcements and plans that relate to Oracle Database 11g and Oracle' s business intelligence (BI) road map.
• Datamonitor, Evaluating Business Intelligence Opportunities in the Pharmaceutical Industry (PDF)
  (Publication: May 2007)
  With its patient-centric applications Oracle is well positioned to provide the much needed data management and BI solutions required for translational medicine. The company is active in partnerships with AMCs and has a dedicated vertical sales team to support its pharmaceutical clients.
• Decision Matrix: Selecting a Business Intelligence Vendor (PDF)
  (Publication: April 2007)
  Datamonitor rates twelve BI vendors, and Oracle is one of only two vendors that are "short-listed". Oracle leads the market by combining excellent technology with a dominant position on both "user sentiment" and "market impact" assessments.
• WinterCorp, Oracle's Top Ten Features for Large-Scale Data Warehousing (PDF)
  (Publication: March 2007)
  WinterCorp describes the key features that allow Oracle to support VLDWs: (1)Partitioning (2) Real Application Clusters (3) Parallel Operations (4) Materialized views (5) Intelligent Optimization (6) Bit-mapped Indexes (7) Table Compression (8) Oracle Warehouse Builder (9) On-Line Analytical Processing (10) Data Mining
• Bloor Research, Oracle Data Mining: Not Only Good But Affordable Too! (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2006)
  It comes as a very pleasant surprise to find that the Oracle data mining option is one of the great bargains available today because it is affordable and when you look at what you are getting it is a real Rolls Royce of capability and features.
• Forrester, Oracle Is Off To A Solid Start In Information Quality With Oracle Warehouse Builder (PDF)
  (Publication: September 2006)
  Oracle is wise to invest in IQ; combining data integration and IQ in a single product adds value to both. Enterprise architects should include OWB on their list of information quality (IQ) offerings to evaluate as part of enterprise information quality initiatives.
• 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.
• Spotlight on Oracle: Key findings from the 2005 WinterCorp TopTen Program (PDF)
  (Publication: June 2006)
  Highlights Oracle's strong showing in the Winter Corporation 2005 "Top Ten" survey, which measured the world's largest databases. Four Oracle customers are highlighted: BPU Banca, Elsevier, UPS, Gas Natural.

• The Forrester Wave: Records Management, Q2 2009 (PDF)
  Distribution Rights expire December 2010 (Publication: June 2009)
  Oracle is one of the Leaders in the records management market. Forrester notes as strengths for Oracle its federated records management framework and broad physical records management functionality. They conclude that Oracle's offering is a compelling option for many enterprises.
• Forrester, The Forrester Wave: Document Output For Customer Communications Management, Q2 2009 (PDF)
  Distribution Rights expire December 2010 (Publication: June 2009)
  Oracle is a Strong Performer in the document output for customer communications management market, indicating a well-balanced platform to serve all three modes of output from a single product.
• Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Content Management
  Distribution rights expire September 2009 (Publication: September 2008)
• Gartner, MarketScope for Web Content Management
  Distribution rights expire July 2009 (Publication: June 2008)
• The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Search, Q2 2008 (PDF)
  (Publication: May 2008)
  Oracle is among the Leaders in the Enterprise Search Market. Forrester evaluated 11 enterprise search vendors across 147 criteria and note Oracle's deep connectivity to applications, content repositories and robust security enforcement as its strengths.
• IDC, Oracle Announces Its Universal Online Archives Strategy: First Stop, Email (PDF)
  (Publication: April 2008)
  Oracle Universal Online Archive and Email Archive Service products are well-suited for organizations facing massive volumes of electronic messages and require unified management, retention, and disposition of and access to its various data. Customers will find Oracle's grid-based architecture attractive to meet its scalability, application performance and failover and redundancy requirements.
• Ovum, Oracle Addresses Archiving (PDF)
  (Publication: April 2008)
  In Ovum's opinion this announcement is another demonstration of the bringing to fruition the combined capabilities of both the Oracle and former Stellent teams, melding understanding of content types with that of high volume storage. Good move, very timely.
• Forrester, Total Economic Impact of Oracle Enterprise Content Management Suite (PDF)
  Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: April 2008)
  Forrester Consulting completed a commissioned Total Economic Impact (TEI) study on behalf of Oracle on the City of Ottawa. The City of Ottawa is anticipating a return on investment of between 143% and 152% with Oracle's Enterprise Content Management Suite. The benefit areas for realizing ROI come from reduced print cost, improved management of physical files, increase in productivity from content related processes, easier compliance with information retention regulations and improved citizen services.
• Ovum, The Future of Search (PDF)
  (Publication: February 2008)
  Ovum rates Oracle Secure Enterprise Search ahead of Microsoft and IBM for its breadth of functional scope and fit for the enterprise.
• Forrester, Total Economic Impact of Oracle Universal Content Management (PDF)
  Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: December 2007)
  Forrester Consulting completed a commissioned Total Economic Impact (TEI) study on behalf of Oracle on Emerson Process Management. In examining the economic impact and return on investment that Emerson realized by deploying Oracle Universal Content Management, Emerson was able to achieved a 177% risk-adjusted ROI and payback within 12 months of deployment of Oracle enterprise content management solution.
• IDC, Delivering Patient-Centric Care: Swedish Medical Content-Enables Its Electronic Medical Records with Oracle (PDF)
  (Publication: December 2007)
  Swedish Medical has also built an innovative, dynamic publishing application using Oracle Content Management that addresses the enterprisewide training needs of its 7,000 employees. The custom Pick-and-Pack application helped Swedish keep its electronic medical record rollout on schedule.
• The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Content Management Suites, Q4 2007 (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2007)
  Forrester evaluated 11 enterprise content management (ECM) suite vendors across approximately 60 criteria and found that IBM, EMC, and Oracle lead thanks to suite breadth and a focus on enterprise information management needs. See below for detailed Oracle scorecard.
• Forrester Scorecard: Oracle Has Established ECM Suite Leadership (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2007)
  Oracle is an ECM suites Leader with a broad ECM technology base, interesting information rights management technology, and a strategy focused on making ECM a part of a broader information management portfolio.
• Ovum, Oracle Gets Serious About Records Management (PDF)
  (Publication: October 2007)
  Oracle is both on track with its stated roadmap for enterprise content management (ECM) development, and shows a good understanding of what is emerging as a major business challenge.
• The 451 Group, Oracle Gives Its Search Engine More Tentacles (PDF)
  (Publication: September 2007)
  Oracle recently revved its Secure Enterprise Search engine, adding many more connectors to non-Oracle data sources and expanding the security options.The work it's done with version 2 strikes us as more than enough to give high-end users beyond the Oracle stack a good reason to consider SES ahead of, say, Autonomy or FAST.
• The Forrester Wave: Web Content Management for External Sites, Q3 2007 (PDF)
  (Publication: July 2007)
  Oracle is a strong performer, and best positioned amongst the ECM platform peers such as IBM, EMC and Microsoft.
• The Forrester Wave: Oracle is a Strong Performer in the Web Content Management for External Sites, Q3 2007 (PDF)
  (Publication: July 2007)
  The future bodes well for Oracle Universal Content Management; enterprises can expect future integration with Siebel to help them deliver targeted, interactive customer experiences. Until then, Oracle’s WCM offering is well suited for organizations looking for good, broad WCM support for their internal and external site initiatives.
• Ovum, Oracle goes Universal on ECM (PDF)
  (Publication: May 2007)
  Oracle has revealed a 12-month roadmap for the delivery of ECM facilities within the Oracle platform. Ovum believes that this should give existing Stellent customers confidence in their investments so far, and shows that Oracle is determined to come from the back of the pack to be a major player in the ECM arena.
• Gartner, MarketScope for Records Management, 2007
  (Publication: January 2007)
• Butler Group, Oracle Collaboration Suite, Content DB and Records DB (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2006)
  In Butler Group's opinion, Oracle's lateness to the corporate collaboration market has afforded the company an opportunity to design the information worker solution of the future. While Oracle may be a leader in terms of clarity of solution, the company still has to acquire market share and build credibility in this area. The recent agreement to acquire Stellent makes this task easier, by providing Oracle with an established market presence in content collaboration.
• AMR, Oracle Buys Stellent (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2006)
  Oracle's initial push into content management brought it a significant seven-figure deal with Allstate, but it was still having difficulty establishing credibility in content management and serving various customer needs outside of core repository services. Stellent brings it more technology to meet end-to-end needs, from content capture and imaging to content publishing.

• IDC, Oracle Database and Microsoft Windows and .NET Interoperability: Packing Much More than Meets the Eye (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire April 2010 (Publication: April 2009)
  This WP looks at the interoperability initiatives between Oracle and Microsoft technologies around Oracle database support on Windows and with .NET application development.
• Gartner, Oracle RAC Moved to Mainstream Use
  (Distribution rights expire February 2010 (Publication: February 2009)
• Winter Corporation, Measuring The Performance of Oracle Exadata Storage Server (PDF)
  Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: February 2009)
  WinterCorp audited performance tests that Oracle conducted on the HP Oracle Database Machine involving running four queries against a multi-billion row DW schema. WinterCorp concludes that the HP Oracle DB Machine achieves 14GB/second of sustained throughput; a rate that could only be achieved with far more expensive conventional technology. Oracle DW users can expect to see dramatic gains from the Oracle Exadata product family, and should give "serious consideration" to the Exadata family.
• Gartner, Case Study: Community Connect Inc., a Linux/OSS Server Infrastructure Predating Facebook and MySpace
  Distribution rights expire August 2009 (Publication: January 2009)
• IDC, Oracle X Factor: HP Oracle Exadata Storage Server and the HP Oracle Database Machine (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire October 2009 (Publication: October 2008)
  HP Oracle Exadata Storage Server stands to shake up the IT Industry. IDC concludes: (1) Exadata will drive increased use of Oracle Database for Data Warehousing; (2) Database and storage vendors will be challenged to match Exadata's price/performance; and (3) Exadata will undermine competing Database appliance differentiators if Exadata's price/performance assertions are verified.
• IDC, Oracle Unveils Its New Exadata Database Server at Oracle OpenWorld 2008 (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire October 2009 (Publication: October 2008)
  The report identifies key issues facing the healthcare market, as well as the growth trends that align well to the benefits of the HP Oracle Exadata Database Server. The report concludes that "if the cost and performance advantages touted by Oracle are verified in future deployments, Oracle's new Exadata machines are likely to be well represented in future healthcare data warehouse deployments."
• IDC, Worldwide Relational Database Management Systems 2007 Vendor Shares (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire June 2009 (Publication: June 2008)
  IDC estimates Oracle's growth at 13.3% from 2006 to 2007, with 44.3% shares in 2007. Oracle once again led the RDBMS market and increased its market share in 2007.
• IDC, Grid Computing with Oracle Database 11g (PDF)
  (Publication: March 2008)
  IDC discusses the benefits of grid computing, and then reviews Oracle's Grid software including RAC, ASM, and EMGC. IDC then discusses the benefits of Oracle Grid computing by profiling four Oracle grid customers: Starwood, ESPN, Burlington CFO, Chesapeake Energy.
• Gartner, Oracle's Demand Data Breakthrough
  (Publication: March 2008)
• ESG, Controlling Storage Costs with Oracle Database 11g (PDF)
  (Publication: February 2008)
  According to ESG, The Oracle Database's ILM features including Partitioning, ILM Assistant, and Advanced Compression can reduce storage-related costs by 85%. ILM Assistant and Partitioning help to relocate data to an optimal storage medium based on age and business value. Oracle Advanced Compression shrinks data that is stored on disk, resulting in lower storage cost.
• IDC, Oracle Database Security: Preventing Enterprise Data Leaks at the Source (PDF)
  (Publication: February 2008)
  Coupled with an industry-leading 19 independent security evaluations for the database alone, Oracle remains the choice for security-aware organizations.
• Echelon One, Security Criteria for Selecting a Database (PDF)
  (Publication: January 2008)
  The seven-point checklist of security criteria recommended here will help organizations make appropriate choices that lead to understanding a vendor's overall approach to security assurance.
• Ovum Summit, Oracle Real Application Testing – Business Agility Through Superior Testing (PDF)
  (Publication: January 2008)
  Historically, testing the impact of technology changes is a long, complex, costly process. Oracle Real Application Testing automates many manual and complex testing tasks, which can reduce system testing time and cost by 80% and 70%, respectively.
• Nucleus Research, Business Critical: Software-as-a-Service Vendor Strategies (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2007)
  Eight out of 10 SAAS vendors delivering business-critical applications run on Oracle.
• The Forrester Wave, Vendor Summary, Q4 2007: Oracle Is A Strong Performer In Enterprise Database Auditing; Tops Native DBMS Auditing (PDF)
  (Publication: October 2007)
  Oracle is a Strong Performer across the board in Forrester's evaluation, and tops the native DBMS auditing solutions. Oracle is the technology leader when it comes to databases, and Oracle gives database security and auditing the same level of commitment and focus as other database features.
• IDC, Oracle Database 11g: A Giant Step for Database Professionals
  (Publication: October 2007)
  With the release of Oracle Database 11g, Oracle has effectively driven a wedge of at least three years between itself and rivals IBM and Microsoft. As a commercial product with advanced practical functions, Oracle Database 11g also has a strong edge over open source databases in which immense future growth is predicted.
• Taneja Group: New Database Technologies Usher in New Approaches to Data Protection and Disaster Recovery
  (Publication: September 2007)
  With intelligent, database-centric disaster recovery and data protection technologies, storage teams now have additional choices to ensure availability and protection of their business-critical data. Oracle provides the most comprehensive and sophisticated suite of data protection, disaster recovery, and storage management capabilities of any of the major database vendors.
• IDC, Delivering Affordable Information Management Functionality: Oracle Database Standard Edition One
  (Publication: August 2007)
  Oracle has designed this configuration to be ideal for SMBs or departmental systems that run their applications on one to two socket servers.
• Ovum, Oracle 11g Whiz
  (Publication: August 2007)
  Database 11g's new features yield 200-300% DBA productivity gains. The Real Application Testing capabilities in the product are likely to disrupt the existing testing tools market. Oracle Real Application Testing beta customers report "massive" productivity gains - complex load testing activities are reduced from weeks to days.
• Ovum, Making the Case for Oracle Database on Windows
  (Publication: July 2007)
  A significant number of customers have deployed Oracle's database software on platforms running Microsoft's Windows Server operating system.
• Gartner Says Worldwide Relational Database Market Increased 14 Percent in 2006
  (Publication: June 2007)
• Bloor Research, Oracle Data Mining: Not Only Good But Affordable Too! (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2006)
  It comes as a very pleasant surprise to find that the Oracle data mining option is one of the great bargains available today because it is affordable and when you look at what you are getting it is a real Rolls Royce of capability and features.
• Enterprise Strategy Group, Double Up with Database Data Protection and Disaster Recovery with Oracle Data Guard
  (Publication: November 2006)
  In its November 2006 white paper, Enterprise Strategy Group outlines how Oracle Data Guard, a feature of Oracle Database 10g, adds a level of protection that tape backup systems and simple remote-mirroring can't touch. "Oracle Data Guard represents a cost-effective solution for protecting enterprise data, going beyond the limitations of tape-based backup and recovery and remote-mirroring solutions with a native database capability that provides optimum data protection and availability." Profiled customers: Barnes & Noble, Swarovski Crystal, and Burlington Coat Factory.
• Ovum, Life Beyond the sleeping cat for Berkeley DB?
  (Publication: October 2006)
  Oracle has continued the development of Berkeley DB, maintaining a development path that targets the embedded and real-time environments. There is no sign of a lack of commitment to the future of the product, and Ovum anticipates functional and technical updates to continue in the future.
• Forrester, Oracle Application Express Helps Build Web Applications Quickly
  (Publication: July 2006)
  Over the past year, the adoption of Oracle Application Express has increased twofold mainly because it is easy to use, saves money when consolidating spreadsheets and desktop databases, and comes bundled for free with Oracle databases. Although Oracle Application Express is not a replacement for Java or.NET programming environments, it can help develop simple Web-based applications that access Oracle databases quickly.
• Ovum Summit, Oracle RAC has already become the clustering technology of choice for a growing number of SAP's customers
  (Publication: July 2006)
  Ovum Summit explores the history of the Oracle and SAP relationship and follows three SAP customers, Italy's Pirelli Group, Germany's Reno Fashion and Shoes, and Spain's Gas Natural, as they enhance their SAP applications with Oracle RAC.

• Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Integrated SOA Governance Technology Sets
  Distribution rights expire April 2010 (Publication: March 2009)
• MWD, BPM Vendor Capability Comparison, 2H08 (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire January 2010 (Publication: January 2009))
  Oracle is reviewed in MWD's latest vendor comparison of BPM providers - along with Appian, IBM, Lombardi, Pegasystems, Software AG, and Tibco. Oracle, IBM, and Appian lead in this analysis.
• MWD, Vendor Capability Assessment, BPM Technology: Oracle (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire January 2010 (Publication: January 2009)
  "Although it was not often called out, one of the strongest technology elements that Oracle brought on board when it acquired BEA Systems in 2008 was BEA's BPM technology offering. Now marketed as Oracle BPM, this technology offering now forms the backbone of Oracle's BPM Suite - which plays a strategic role in Oracle's continued Fusion Middleware market push, and also forms a keystone of the Fusion Applications development roadmap."
  Use this research note in conjunction with the BPM Vendor Capability Comparison, 2H08
• Forrester, The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Service Buses, Q1 2009 (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire June 2010 (Publication: January 2009)
  Oracle is a leader. "Oracle Service Bus (OSB) is the first post-acquisition version of what used to be BEA Systems' AquaLogic Service Bus, and unsurprisingly, BEA's traditional strengths in delivering mission-critical middleware are apparent, as is BEA's developer-friendly tooling."
• Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Application Infrastructure for New Systematic SOA Application Projects
  Distribution rights expire December 2009 (Publication: December 2008)
• Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Application Infrastructure for SOA Composite Application Projects
  Distribution rights expire December 2009 (Publication: December 2008)
• Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Application Infrastructure for Back End Integration Projects
  Distribution rights expire December 2009 (Publication: December 2008)
• Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portal Products
  Distribution rights expire September 2009 (Publication: September 2008)
• Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Application Servers, 2Q08
  Distribution rights expire June 2010 (Publication: April 2008)
• Forrester Wave: Identity And Access Management, Q1 2008 (PDF)
  (Publication: March 2008)
  Oracle emerges as the Leader with a solid portfolio of integrated products and a compelling, aggressive strategy with application-centric identity.
• BPMS Watch, The BPMS Report: Oracle BPM Solution (PDF)
  (Publication: March 2008)
  Oracle's BPM Solution, announced in Q3 2007 and reviewed here, combines BPA Suite and SOA Suite linked by shared metadata to support business-T alignment and collaboration in the process lifecycle. In addition, Oracle provides supporting infrastructure for a complete BPM solution, including a portal for collaboration and performance dashboards in Oracle WebCenter, content and image management, and BPM-enabling Oracle applications via industry-specific process templates.
• Butler Group, Oracle BPM Technology Audit (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2007)
  Fundamentally, Oracle BPM provides a top-down approach for companies that are working to deploy BPM, and its open services approach is complemented by the company’s already successful SOA strategy. At the heart of the solution are Oracle's strong back-end integration capabilities, which Butler Group believes combines well with the company's extensive modelling, human-and-systems integration, and process collaboration features.
• Nucleus Research, Business Critical: Software-as-a-Service Vendor Strategies (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2007)
  Eight out of 10 SAAS vendors delivering business-critical applications run on Oracle.
• Forrester, Embedded SOA Management Solutions (PDF)
  (Publication: October 2007)
  Although Oracle's solution is spread across multiple products, the full package offers a high percentage of what a standalone solution would offer. Although its SOA management features are not as deep as a standalone player, they are almost as broad. Oracle customers should closely evaluate Oracle's embedded SOA management features.
• Butler Group, SOA Platforms (PDF)
  (Publication: June 2007)
  Oracle has established a very strong and broad coverage of the SOA infrastructure market, and has successfully integrated its several acquisitions to create a coherent suite of capabilities, with further enhancements to come.
• Butler Group, Oracle SOA Platform (PDF)
  (Publication: June 2007)
  The suite has a very broad target. It is required to support Oracle's evolving Fusion Applications suite, but also strongly targeted as a logical upgrade for Oracle's database and application-server customers, as well as targeting non-Oracle users. It can address the requirements of mid-sized organisations as well as large enterprises.
• 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.
• Forrester Wave, Integration-Centric Business Process Management Suites, Q4 2006 (PDF)
  (Publication: December 2006)
  This reports rates integration-centric BPM suite vendors across 85 criteria. Oracle is rated as a leader. See below report for a drill-down report on Oracle.
• Forrester Wave, Oracle Maintains a Leading Role in the IC-BPMS Market (PDF)
  (Publication: December 2006)
  Oracle has a comprehensive development roadmap that includes significant improvements in modeling, transformation, and repository capabilities.
• 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.
• Forrester, Oracle Makes Serious Move in Data Heterogeneity by Acquiring Sunopsis (PDF)
  (Publication: October 2006)
  Sunopsis' ability to connect a wide variety of data sources and targets will allow Oracle to address the heterogeneous data management environments its enterprise architect customers must contend with.
• 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 Launch of Oracle 10g (PDF)
  Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: Unknown)
  Ovum sees Oracle's 10g launch as a pragmatic, evolutionary step that plays to the challenges faced by today's CIO and hints at the potential for grids dedicated to business, constructed on simple clean lines reflecting the needs of business, as opposed to technology vendors.

• Gartner, Choosing a Linux Distributor When Linux Is Strategic
  Distribution rights expire April 2010 (Publication: April 2009)
• Gartner, Linux is Not Linux: How Distribution Choices Matter
  Distribution rights expire March 2010 (Publication: February 2009)
• Gartner, Case Study: Community Connect Inc., a Linux/OSS Server Infrastructure Predating Facebook and MySpace
  Distribution rights expire August 2009 (Publication: January 2009)
• Forrester, Asia Pacific Customers Should Consider Oracle Red Hat Enterprise Linux Support (PDF)
  Distribution rights unknown (Publication: January 2007)
  All businesses running Red Hat Enterprise Linux are advised to explore Oracle's support.

• Burton Group, Provisioning Market 2009: Divide and Conquer (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire January 2010 (Publication: January 2009)
  visioning continues to be a top identity management initiative for many organizations as the technology matures. This report from Burton Group examines where the provisioning market is today and discusses the business drivers and technology trends that will move the market forward over the next 12 to 18 months.
• Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Web Access Management
  Distribution rights expire November 2009 (Publication: November 2008)
• Gartner, Magic Quadrant for User Provisioning
  Distribution rights expire August 2009 (Publication: August 2008)
• IDC, What Enterprises Should Know About Vendor Best Practices for Security Patch Issuance (PDF)
  (Publication: June 2008)
  This document discusses best vendor practices for issuing security patches and what enterprises should know about applying them successfully.
• Forrester Wave: Identity And Access Management, Q1 2008 (PDF)
  (Publication: March 2008)
  Oracle emerges as the Leader with a solid portfolio of integrated products and a compelling, aggressive strategy with application-centric identity.
• IDC, Oracle Database Security: Preventing Enterprise Data Leaks at the Source (PDF)
  (Publication: February 2008)
  Coupled with an industry-leading 19 independent security evaluations for the database alone, Oracle remains the choice for security-aware organizations.
• Echelon One, Security Criteria for Selecting a Database (PDF)
  (Publication: January 2008)
  The seven-point checklist of security criteria recommended here will help organizations make appropriate choices that lead to understanding a vendor's overall approach to security assurance.
• The Forrester Wave, Vendor Summary, Q4 2007: Oracle Is A Strong Performer In Enterprise Database Auditing; Tops Native DBMS Auditing (PDF)
  (Publication: October 2007)
  Oracle is a Strong Performer across the board in Forrester's evaluation, and tops the native DBMS auditing solutions. Oracle is the technology leader when it comes to databases, and Oracle gives database security and auditing the same level of commitment and focus as other database features.
• Butler, Customer Priorities in a Competitive Identity and Access Management Market Place (PDF)
  (Publication: November 2006)
  The report highlights the IAM benefits and compares Oracle's solution to Sun, CA, and IBM.

• IDC, Oracle Reaches for Quality Acquisition with e-TEST Suite (PDF)
  (Publication March 2008)
  Oracle's acquisition of the e-TEST Suite assets from Emperix is a step towards addressing the software lifecycle needs of its users. The e-TEST Suite includes e-Load for scalability, performance and load-testing while e-Tester delivers functional and regression testing.
• Forrester, Understanding The End User Experience Helps Provide Better IT Services (PDF)
  (Publication February 2008)
  Oracle's dominance of the database and application market makes Enterprise Manager a potential leader in the APM space.
• Forrester, Total Economic Impact of Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Management Packs (PDF)
  Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: February 2008)
  This study specifically examines the benefits of Oracle Diagnostic Pack and Oracle Tuning Pack for managing applications and Oracle databases. The report is useful for helping organizations estimate their own ROI an realize the benefits of Oracle Enterprise Manager including increased DBA productivity, reduced system downtime, and a reduction in capital spending on servers monitored by Oracle Enterprise Manager.
• Gartner, Oracle Delivers Virtualization on the Xen Hypervisor
  (Publication: November 2007)
• Forrester, IT Operations And Systems Management: The Next Five Years (PDF)
  (Publication: October 2006)
  Understanding the components of an application or an IT service allows IT operations to be more efficient in their management of incidents, problems, and configurations, thus reducing either the number of potential problems or the resolution of infrastructure issues.
• Summit Strategies, A Business-Centric Approach to Application and Infrastructure Management (PDF)
  Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: June 2006)
  To help IT get ahead of this complexity and extend IT's contribution to overall business value, Oracle has significantly enhanced Oracle Enterprise Manager and its flagship product Grid Control (Oracle Grid Control).