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Geneva, Switzerland
29-JUN-2005 06:40 AM
Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) today reported revenues
of $4,288 million in US GAAP basis for the fiscal year 2005 (ended 31 May 2005)
for the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region, a 17% growth compared
to fiscal year 2004. Operations in the region accounted for 36% of worldwide FY05
revenues, and new licence revenues grew 10% compared with the previous year.
For the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2005, revenues
were also up 17% on the fourth quarter 2004 as the region saw increased demand
from a broad span of industry sectors, in particular public services, financial
services and telecommunications. Many world-class brands such as Agfa, BASF,
Bosch, BT, Gianni Versace SpA, Giorgio Armani SpA, Gulf Air, HSBC Holdings Plc,
KLM, Morgan Stanley, O2, T-Mobile and Whirlpool have selected Oracle® to
consolidate, standardise and automate their IT systems to help them gain cost
efficiencies, better information, high availability and performance, and better
customer service.
Within the public sector, public employees in defence,
police, hospitals, government ministries, justice departments, ports, customs,
education and local councils across the EMEA region use Oracle products and
services to deliver enhanced citizen services, and to make cost-effective use
of public funds.
Sergio Giacoletto, Executive Vice President, Oracle
Europe, Middle East and Africa commented, "Our continued performance in
the key vertical markets of public services, financial services, telecommunications
and healthcare, as well as increased success in engineering & construction,
retail and mid-market manufacturing is the result of our focus to deliver business
value." He continued, "From geographical information systems for utilities,
eHealth systems for increased quality of healthcare for Europe's citizens, radio
frequency identification systems for logistics, fraud prevention systems for
banks and telecommunications, automated distribution systems, to real-time business
intelligence systems, Oracle is at the heart of a diverse set of modern applications
that are transforming the way organisations operate in the 21st Century."
Highlights of Fiscal 2005
- Expansion in the region. Oracle has expanded its operations in the
EMEA region in Fiscal 2005 and now has employees in 54 countries. In June
2004, Oracle set up SensorWorld, a demonstration centre for the uses of RFID
technology, at its Reading UK offices. In November 2004, Oracle opened a Support
Contract Renewal Centre in Romania. In May 2005, Oracle set up a Public Sector
Competency Center for Central and Eastern European Region, based in Hungary.
Also in May 2005, Oracle opened support offices in Jordan, together with an
expertise centre to provide consulting services to customers across Europe
with focus on the telecommunications market and wireless applications. Oracle
is making significant investments for growth in Africa and the Middle East.
Oracle has over 75,000 technology customers and over 8,000 applications customers
in EMEA.
- Strategic acquisitions to support customers. In January 2005, Oracle
completed the acquisition of PeopleSoft, Inc., and confirmed its long-term
commitment to the continued and consistent support of PeopleSoft and JD Edwards
products, together with product development and product support roadmaps.
In March 2005, Oracle acquired Oblix, Inc., a leading developer of identity
management software that allows web access control including Single Sign On
(SSO), identity administration and user provisioning. In April 2005, Oracle
acquired Retek Inc., a leading provider of solutions to the retail industry.
- Product innovation - Oracle unveiled several new products and product
enhancements during fiscal year 2005, including Oracle Collaboration Suite
10g, Oracle Database 10g Release 2, Oracle Application Server 10g Release
2, Oracle Business Intelligence, Oracle E-Business Suite 11i.10, Oracle CRM
11i.10, Oracle Procurement Contracts, Oracle Services Procurement, Oracle
Supplier Network, Oracle Product Information Management Data Hub, PeopleSoft
Enterprise Performance Management 8.9 and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne.
- Oracle Grows Partner Network in EMEA. Oracle grew its partner network
in the region in fiscal year 2005 by 13% to over 9,000 partners. The Oracle
Partner Competency Centre delivered 35,000 training days
"The acquisitions of PeopleSoft, Oblix and Retek, mean that we move forward
into fiscal year 2006 with an even more comprehensive set of products and services
to help customers in the region across multiple industries become more efficient
and better-informed to compete globally," Sergio Giacoletto commented.
"Our compelling set of world-class products is unmatched by our competitors."
Cost savings have been a key priority in customers selecting Oracle over other
vendors. Hochtief, the international construction services provider,
headquartered in Germany, has chosen the Oracle E-Business Suite as the basis
for its new enterprise resource planning system. Among the reasons behind the
decision was the ease and affordability of integrating the information technology
systems of Hochtief's affiliate companies into the Group's structure, and the
opportunity for significant savings in ongoing operating and maintenance costs
within the IT infrastructure.
Banque Misr selected Oracle to enhance customer service and deliver
strategic business intelligence. "To improve our market position, we devised
a two-point strategy of measuring and analyzing our performance in a number
of key areas while simultaneously boosting customer service interaction,"
said Mohamedd Kafafi, Vice President, Banque Misr. "In addition to increased
performance analysis and management, the Oracle solution enables Banque Misr
to see how our actions in the field - across all 450 branches - are aligned
with the bank's management strategy. We're complementing this internal reporting
tool with upgrades to customer-facing processes such as our call centre, marketing
and credit card collections functions to ensure that customers receive a uniformly
superior service experience."
Deutsche Post is using Oracle's self-managing database, Oracle Database
10g, to improve customer service. Rob Leaman, manager for the database department
in the Business Information Management Systems Division at Deutsche Post IT
Solutions GmbH (DPITS) and his team have 400 projects under way, as they develop
applications ranging from sorting mail and bar coding to monitoring movements
of container cargo and airfreight. "Customer service is among the top criteria
upon which we are evaluated," said Leaman. "With Oracle Database 10g,
we can let the database manage itself and focus on issues that directly impact
our business such as improving customer service. Because the new software automatically
captures workload information and learns about how it's being used, it can help
troubleshoot by diagnosing problems ahead of time, as well as solve problems
faster."
Key Industry Sectors Selecting Oracle Offerings during the Fourth Quarter
Fiscal 2005
Many organisations in EMEA adopted or expanded implementations of Oracle Database,
Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Grid technologies and Oracle Applications,
including the Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft Enterprise, JD Edwards Enterprise
One and JD Edwards World in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005 across a wide
range of industries. Customer examples include:
Public Services
ITSV der österreichischen Sozialversicherungen - Social Insurance (Austria),
Bundesrechenzentrum - Central Government (Austria), Allgemeines Krankenhaus
Wien (Austria), Ministry of Finance (Egypt), Finnish Defence Forces (Finland),
French Military Police (France), Direction du Journal Officiel - Office of the
Prime Minister (France), Ministerie van Verkeer & Waterstaat (Netherlands),
Gemeente Rotterdam (Netherlands), ARiMR - Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation
of Agriculture (Poland), Ministry of Water & Electricity (Saudi Arabia),
Ministry of Education (Saudi Arabia), Stockholm County Council (Sweden), PCFC
- Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corp (UAE), UK Ministry of Defence
Financial Services
BAWAG Bank für Arbeit und Wirtschaft AG (Austria), SWIFT (Belgium),
Bulstrad Insurance and Reinsurance Company Plc (Bulgaria), Nova Banka (Croatia),
National Bank of Dubai, Central Bank of Egypt, Banque Misr (Egypt), Credit du
Nord (France), CNAMTS Caisse Nationale Assurance Maladie des Travailleurs Salariés
(France), Bank of Ireland, Twenty-one banks in Jordan via the Central Bank of
Jordan, Bank of Jordan, Valut-Transit Bank (Kazakhstan), Rabobank (Netherlands),
Nordea AB (Norway), UFG (Poland), Morgan Stanley (Spain), La Caixa (Spain),
Nordea (Sweden), Akbank (Turkey), HSBC Holdings Plc (UK)
Telecommunications
T-Mobile (Croatia), O2 GMBH & CO. OHG (Germany), OTE SA (Greece), Cosmote
(Greece), Meteor Mobile Communications (Ireland), Telenor (Norway), Megafon
(Russia), Mobile Telesystems (Russia), MTN Mobile Telephone Network Limited
(South Africa), Telefonica Moviles (Spain), Turk Telecom (Turkey), Carphone
Warehouse (UK), O2 (UK), BT Plc (UK)
Manufacturing
Mayr Melnhof AG (Austria), Bosch Group (Germany), Fischer (Italy), Europa
Metalli (Italy), SAME (Italy), SAPIO (Italy), Whirlpool / Atos Origin (Italy),
Severstal (Russia), Tiger Brands Healthcare t/a Adcock Ingram, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Tiger Brands Limited (South Africa), Salvador Escoda (Spain),
Munters (Sweden)
Travel and Transportation
Informatik Porsche Holding (Austria), Austrian Airlines, Ebrahim Kanoo (Bahrain),
Blue Water Shipping (Denmark), Dublin Airport Authority (Ireland), Fincantieri
(Italy), KLM (Netherlands), Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lines AS (Norway), Statens
Vegvesen - Norwegian Road Authority (Norway), Abdullatif Jamil - ALJ (Saudi
Arabia), Gulf Air (UAE)
Retail
Mercator (Croatia), MGI Metro Group (Germany), Autogrill SpA (Italy), SMA
SpA (Italy), Coop Italia Distretto Tirrenica - C.I.S. S.c.a.r.l (Italy), Gianni
Versace SpA (Italy), Giorgio Armani SpA (Italy), Mercadona (Spain), Grand Stores
(UAE), The Co-Operative Group Ltd (UK)
Healthcare
Helsinki District Hospitals (Finland), Ziekenhuis Gelderse Vallei (Netherlands),
Acibadem (Turkey), Common Services Agency (Scotland)
Energy and Utilities
Fortum (Finland), Paks Nuclear Energy Plant Ltd (Hungary), Eneco (Netherlands),
Gamesa (Spain), Compania Aguas Sabadell (Spain), ADWEA (UAE)
Engineering & Construction
Hrvatske autoceste (Croatia), Hochtief (Germany)
Other Industries
Agfa (Belgium), Solvay (Belgium), Axalto (France), Lectra (France), BASF
(Germany), Pastificio Rana SpA (Italy), ST Microelectronics Srl (Italy), Luxottica
(Italy), Udad St. Pablo CEU - University (Spain), Troll (Spain), Baxters Foods
Group (UK), Sodhexo (UK).
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