Oracle JD Edwards Solution Will Allow Automation of Finance, Logistics and Warehouse Management Processes

Contact: Aly Rifaah

Oracle Middle East

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Cairo, Egypt, June 1, 2005 - As part of a comprehensive e-government initiative, Egypt's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT )/ MSAD/MOF has licensed a comprehensive range of Oracle technology to ultimately power and link up to 5000 financial units throughout the country. MCIT selected the Oracle Database, Oracle Application Server, and Oracle Internet Developer Suite as the technology backbone of its government resource planning (GRP) system, developed by partner (Giza Systems) and MCIT/MSAD staff members and currently being deployed at many different government locations.

"A crucial element of Egypt's e-government project is the automation and centralization of the country's federal accounting procedures, which will ensure greater efficiency and transparency in our financials," said Dr. Ashraf Abdel Wahab, Senior Advisor to the Minister of State for Administrative Development. "In choosing a technology provider, our specific requirements included software with significant security features - given the public sector nature of the e-government initiative - as well as a technology platform with advanced levels of availability and scalability so we could access the required information easily and add users as required. Oracle has been the ideal fit thus far in the deployment of Egypt's national GRP infrastructure."

More than 5000 units in the Egyptian government will have access to the Oracle Database, the only offering of its kind with 17 independent security evaluations. The software's inherent business intelligence capabilities will enable ministries in Egypt to create data warehouses and perform data mining functions which are key to the federal accounting process. Given the critical nature of the information being shared between ministries, the Oracle Database will provide continuous data availability despite any unscheduled downtime, human errors, or planned maintenance.

Dr. Hoda Baraka, Senior Advisor to the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, commented on the performance of Oracle staff by saying: "During the ongoing implementation of the Government ERP project, Oracle Egypt has shown a tremendous amount of cooperation, support and commitment towards its customer and partners. Together, we were able to solve all technical problems that faced the implementation of this complex project. The responsiveness and technical abilities of Oracle staff were extremely high and up to the standards demanded by the Ministry."

Similarly, the Oracle Application Server is the application platform suite (APS) that acts as the ‘glue' for integrating and deploying the Egypt e-government's ERP applications, portals, and Web sites. Oracle Identity Management System - ensuring that specific people only within the government have access to potentially sensitive information -is a critical element of the Egypt e-government project that is deployed on the Oracle Application Server. The software alsolowers total cost of ownership and management for organizations like Egypt e-government who may otherwise expend more resources to purchase, integrate and maintain solutions not engineered to work together.

This e-government deployment further strengthens the partnership between MCIT/MSAD/MOF and Oracle. The two organizations recently announced a special discount and training scheme to further facilitate the country's move toward online services and increased technology adoption.

Commenting on e-government initiative, Atef Helmy, Managing Director, Oracle Egypt, said: "Oracle and its partners in Egypt remain firmly committed toward benefits that e-government initiatives such as this one deliver, including increased efficiencies, transparency, and cost savings. We are delighted to have worked with MCIT/MSAD/MOF on this initial phase of the Egypt e-government project, which further attests to Oracle's market leadership in the Middle East and North Africa's public sector, as an increasing number of regional governments continue their e-government transition."

In addition to the company's partnership with Egypt's MCIT/MSAD/MOF, Oracle software has been deployed as part of e-government infrastructures in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Ras Al Khaima), the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Sultanate of Oman.

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