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GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
13-DEC-2004 11:59 PM
Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) today reported increased total revenues for
the second quarter of fiscal 2005 for the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA)
region with 21% growth, compared to the second quarter last year. Oracle saw solid
demand for both its technology and applications products across key industries,
particularly public sector, healthcare, financial services and telecommunications.
Notable during the quarter was a 67% increase in applications new software license
revenues as customers throughout the region selected Oracle applications over
those of other vendors.
"In applications we are seeing strategic decisions to standardise on Oracle
on an organisation-wide basis and this has helped produce a substantial increase
in those revenues," said Sergio Giacoletto, Executive Vice President, Oracle
Europe, Middle East and Africa. "Additionally, it is clear that consolidation
and centralisation of systems is emerging as the dominant trend, as customers
seek to have better information. Cost savings remain a key priority for customers
and this is driving the uptake of Grid technologies."
Key Industry Sectors Selecting Oracle Offerings
Many organisations in EMEA adopted or expanded implementations of Oracle E-Business
Suite, Oracle Database, Oracle Application Server, Oracle Collaboration Suite,
Oracle Real Application Clusters and Oracle Grid technologies in the second
quarter of fiscal 2005 across a wide range of industries. Customer examples
include:
Financial Services
Erste Bank Group (Austria), Raiffeisen Central Bank (Austria), Fortis Bank (Belgium),
Altaiskiy SB RF (CIS), Croatia Osiguranje (Croatia), Alka (Denmark), JN-Data/Nykredit
(Denmark), CNP Insurance (France), Gesellschaft für angewandte Versicherungs-Informatik
(Germany), Egnatia Bank (Greece), OTP (Hungary), FEXCO (Ireland), PZU SA (Poland),
CGD (Portugal), Bank Post (Romania), EFG Eurobank AD Beograd (Serbia),
Public Services
Ministry of Finance and National Economy (Bahrain), National Health Insurance
Fund (Bulgaria), Social Fund For Development (Egypt), Thüringer Finanzministerium
(Germany), Hungarian Customs and Finance Guard (Hungary), Ministry of Defence
- Army of Carabinieri (Italy), Jeddah Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Saudi
Arabia), Department of Health - NHS Shared Business Services Ltd (UK), Ministry
of Defence (UK), Manchester University (UK), Office for National Statistics
(UK)
Telecommunications
Telekom Austria, Vimpelcom (CIS), Megafon (CIS), T-Mobile Hrvatska (Croatia),
Telecom Egypt, Eircom Limited (Ireland), Telecom Italia Mobile S.p.A. (Italy),
Etisalat (Saudi Arabia), Swisscom IT Services AG (Switzerland)
Travel and Transportation
Hrvatske autoceste (Croatia), Finnish Maritime Administration, Silverstar Srl
(Italy), Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lines AS (Norway), Qatar Airways (Qatar), Interbrands
(Romania), Turkish State Airport Authority,
Energy and Utilities
Wien IT Vienna (Austria), Gestore Mercato Elettrico (Italy), ACE (Portugal),
Lusitânia (Portugal), Romgaz SA (Romania)
Other Industries
Commercial - Betfair (UK), William Hill Plc (UK); Consumer - Philip Morris International
Management SA (Switzerland); Manufacturing - Unichain A/S (Denmark), IER (France),
SCM Group S.p.A. (Italy), Ceramika Nowa Gala (Poland); Media - Dubbenoje AB
(Sweden); Process - Eurochim (CIS), Biomark Holding (Hungary); Professional
Business Services - Kind & Gezin (Belgium); Retail - Fourcroy (Belgium),
Conad Centro Nord S.c.a r.l./ Conad Romagna Marche S.c.a r.l. (Italy), RUCH
SA (Poland), Charles Vögele AG (Switzerland);
Highlights of Industry Awards and Recognition for Oracle EMEA in Fiscal 2004
Oracle received positive endorsement from industry analysts and awarding bodies
throughout the first half of fiscal 2005. Oracle's technological superiority
was publicly recognised in a number of honours, awards and surveys from independent
sources in different countries, for example:
- Database product of the Year 2004 - Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition:
DBsvet.cz (Czech Republic)
- Best Database: Tietokone magazine (Finland)
- Best Business Portal Solution: Oracle Application Server 10g Portal (Spain)
- Most committed provider of work-related learning to local schools: Central
Berkshire Education Business Partnership (UK)
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