"This quarter we have seen sustained growth across all products and services with overall revenues up by 27 per cent, and our double-digit growth outperformed the market," said Sergio Giacoletto, Executive Vice President, Oracle Europe, Middle East and Africa. "Increasingly we are seeing customers are replacing inefficient and costly systems based on our competitors' solutions with comprehensive, integrated Oracle applications and technology solutions. Oracle is the leader in many areas such as database, CRM, HRMS, communications, financial services and retail, and our strategy of choice and lifetime support is winning sales."

Applications
Oracle's portfolio of enterprise applications, which includes the Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, JD Edwards World and Siebel solutions, provides enterprise information that enables companies to manage their business cycles and provide intelligence in functional areas such as customer relationship management, financials, human resources, maintenance management, manufacturing, marketing, order fulfilment, product lifecycle management, procurement, projects, sales, services and supply chain planning.

WILD of Germany and its affiliated companies are the largest private producer of natural ingredients for the food and beverage industry with 16 manufacturing facilities around the world. WILD made a strategic decision to replace its existing mySAP systems with a comprehensive suite of Oracle applications covering process manufacturing, supply chain management, financials, customer relationship management, HRMS and other areas. Oracle was chosen by WILD to deliver improvements in many areas: efficiency at plant floor level; superior quality management; effective control of inventory; higher customer satisfaction; optimized profit; customer intimacy; optimized pricing and total cost transparency; internal efficiency, productivity and compliance; and automation of manufacturing.

Arjo Wiggins of France has been a leader in paper manufacturing since the 18th century. Thanks to advanced technology ranging from cryptology to bio- and nano-technologies, Arjo Wiggins produces products for many critical purposes: banknote production in 160 countries; biometric passports and smart labelling; healthcare bacteriological barriers; and interior décor, furniture, flooring, fashion and automotive. Arjo Wiggins has selected JD Edwards Supply Chain Suite and JDE Financials Management for its manufacturing processes, and Siebel CRM Suite and Siebel CRM On Demand to improve sales and marketing processes and give its agents accurate visibility in terms of pipeline and specific analysis.

Grupo 3A Recoletas of Spain, within the healthcare sector, has selected JD Edwards Financials, JDEdwards Sales Order Processing, JD Edwards Purchasing, PeopleSoft HR and Recruitment and PeopleSoft Payroll to automate their processes and increase productivity. "Oracle has shown its full commitment to G3A from the very first meeting," said Alexis Rodriguez Castedo, IT Director, G3A.

Technology
In EMEA, sales of Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle Content Management have made significant contributions to revenues this quarter. Additionally, partners appreciate the range of Oracle databases on which to base their solutions.

Alfred McAlpine Business Services plc in the UK is a leading support services business for the built environment, employing over 8,500 employees. AMBS have selected Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle Database 10g, and Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle BPEL Process Manager. AMBS view Oracle Fusion Middleware as allowing them to rapidly expose processes as services enabling them to quickly and efficiently integrate with partners and new acquisitions. "We see Oracle Fusion Middleware and BPEL as a key component of our IT strategy moving forward," said Stuart Davidson, IT Director, AMBS.

NLB Tuzlanska Banka dd Tuzla of Bosnia-Herzegovina, a member of NLB Group within financial services, has selected Oracle Database 10g RAC, Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control and Oracle Fusion Middleware. "Our confidence in Oracle robustness, high availability and its manageability solutions allows us to focus on improvement of our business processes," said Darjan Petric, CIO, NLB Tuzlanska Banka.

Trinity Mirror plc, a leading publishing house in the UK, has selected Oracle Database 10g and Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control as part of its strategy for success. "Trinity Mirror's goal is to build a growing multi-platform media business by developing and sustaining strong positions across print and digital," said Sly Bailey, Chief Executive, Trinity Mirror plc. "Our approach has been to embrace new technology as a real opportunity for growth. We have adopted Oracle's Enterprise Database and Grid management technologies to deliver mission-critical availability and performance to underpin our key advertising sales applications."

In the United Arab Emirates, Dubai Ports World has purchased Oracle Database and Oracle Fusion Middleware to enhance customer services. "The ambitious project to consolidate the DubaiTrade.ae portal on Oracle technology was driven by our commitment to offer our customers a highly available, scalable and secure online experience, shifting more transactions to the web and thereby reducing transactions over the counter," commented Wassim Hamwi, Chief Technology Officer, Dubai Ports World.

Post Danmark in Denmark has selected Oracle Database 10g for flexibility and growth. "The deal with Oracle gives Post Danmark a high degree of flexibility regarding architecture and design of our systems. Additionally we are now positioned to handle future growth scenarios," said Jens Risgaard, CIO, Post Danmark.

Embedding Oracle Technology in Partner Solutions
Increasingly, partners are choosing to embed Oracle Database 10g, Oracle TimesTen Database, Oracle Berkeley Database and Oracle Lite Database within their solutions. Partners include: Ace Interactive (Sweden) - gaming; Atos Origin (Turkey) - telecommunications; Cerillion (UK) telecom; Giesecke & Devrient (Germany) - financial services; IP Access (UK) - telecommunications; JNetX (UK) - telecommunications; Frequentis (Germany) - aerospace & defence; New Technology Solutions (Austria) - retail; and Witron Logistik + Informatik (Germany) - logistics.

Key Industry Sectors Selecting Oracle Offerings during the Third Quarter Fiscal 2007
Across the region, many organisations 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, JD Edwards World and Oracle Retail solutions in the third quarter of fiscal 2007 across a wide range of industries. Customer examples include:
Public Services
Haupverband der Sozialversicherungen (Austria); VDAB (Belgium); Rijksdienst voor Sociale Zekerheid voor Zelfstandigen (Belgium); State Fund Agriculture (Bulgaria); Post Danmark (Denmark); Ministry of Finance (Greece); Inail (Italy); Poste Italiane (Italy); City of Rotterdam (Netherlands); Municipality of Wijchen (Netherlands); Dutch Ministry of Justice - Dienst Bestuurszaken (Netherlands); Norwegian Agricultural Authority (Norway); Direcção Geral Dos Registos E Do Notariado (Portugal); Saudi Post (Saudi Arabia); North West Provincial Legislature (South Africa); Ministry of Finance, General Directorate of Public Accounts (Turkey); SHCEK (Turkish Social Service & Child Protection Institution) (Turkey); EUAS - Electric Production Centre of Turkish Government (Turkey); Dubai Ports World (UAE).
Financial Services
NLB Tuzlanska Banka dd Tuzla (Bosnia and Herzegovina); Home Credit Group (Czech Republic); Groupama (France); VersIT Versicherungs-Informationk (Germany); OTP Bank (Hungary); Kuwait Finance House (Kuwait); Oman Sohar Bank (Oman); Euro BANK (Poland); Gazprombank (Russia); Al Rajhi Banking & Investment Corp. (Saudi and Levant); Aksigorta (AK INSURANCE) (Turkey); Fortis Bank A.S. (Turkey); Turk Ekonomi Bankasi A.S (Turkey); Merkezi Kayit Kurulusu A.S (Turkey); Dubai Islamic Bank (UAE); Schroder Investment Management (UK).
Telecommunications
MTC Vodaphone (Bahrain); COSMOTE (Greece); Net One SA Communications (Greece); OTEnet SA Communications (Greece); Telecom Italia (Italy); MTC (Kuwait); Polkomtel SA (Poland); Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa (Poland); COSMOTE (Romania); Telekom Serbia (Serbia); Meteor Mobile Communications Ltd (UK).
Manufacturing & Industrials:
austriamicrosystems AG (Austria); DilTur (Bulgaria); Ficosota ( Syntez & Tessy) (Bulgaria); Arjo Wiggins (France); Rudolf WILD (Germany); Elmin SA (Greece); Nektar SA (Greece); MTC (Kuwait); Van Oord ACZ (Netherlands); CIECH (Poland); Sabic (Saudi and Levant).
Healthcare
Hungarian National Health Foundation (Hungary); SUCH - Serviços de Utilização Comum dos Hospitais (Portugal); Saudaçor - Island of Portugal (Portugal); Grupo 3A Recoletas (Spain).
Retail
Agrokor (Croatia); Coop Italia (Italy); Plus Retail B.V.(Netherlands); Fawaz Alhokair Group (Saudi and Levant); Eroski, Sociedad Cooperativa de Consumo (Spain); Tesco Stores Ltd (UK).
Travel, Transportation & Logistics
Touring (Belgium); Oiltanking (Belgium); Hrvatske autoceste (Croatia); Banedanmark (Denmark); UPS (Greece); VAT Logistics BV (Netherlands); Transportes Azkar, S.A (Spain).
Utilities & Energy:
MVM (Hungary); Snam Retegas (Italy); 13 Dutch Waterships (Netherlands); Aker Drilling (Norway); Nuclearelectrica CNE Prod (Romanian Nuclear Power Plant) (Romania); Gidroogk (Russia).
Other Industries
Engineering & Construction: FLSmidth (Denmark); PBG SA (Poland); Balfour Beatty plc (UK); Alfred McAlpine Business Services (UK). Education: AMUE - French Universities Agency (France); Technische Universiteit Delft (Netherlands). Media and Entertainment: Roularta (Belgium); Hrvatska Lutrija (Croatia); Mediapost (France); Trinity Mirror Plc (UK). Professional Services: DNS BE vzw (Netherlands); Abengoa (Spain).

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