Sustainability Reporting
“Sustainability reporting is like any style of external reporting," writes Frank Buytendijk, vice president of Oracle EPM, in a recent blog post. “Whatever you report externally should be reliable, complete, correct, auditable, traceable and all other qualities you would expect from an external report, even if there is no legal obligation. Sustainability reporting is all about trust, and reporting through a spreadsheet or any other informal system is simply not good enough.”

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Oracle Results Beat Forecasts, Plans Dividend
From Reuters: "Oracle reported stronger-than-expected results because of market share gains and cost cuts."
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Oracle’s Latest Small Acquisition: Relsys
From The Wall Street Journal: “Oracle on Monday bought a maker of software for the pharmaceutical industry, continuing its pattern of buying small companies that focus on particular niches.”
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Focus on Fundamentals is Key to Insurance Companies
For many insurance firms, an essential first step comes with transforming traditional workflow processes using more sophisticated business process management (BPM) applications.
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Time Out: How Much Can Your Company Save By Going Green?
Find out now by using the Oracle Content Management Green Calculator
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Is This The Right Time to Upgrade?
Customers are looking to get more value from their IT investments, and upgrading is one potential way to secure that value. But how do you decide what to focus on, who to involve, and how much to customize? Listen to this Webcast to learn how to create or update your own upgrade strategy.

The Future Of IT Policy in a Challenging Economic Climate
Trond Arne Undheim, director of standards strategy and policy, EMEA, highlights two presentations from this week's seminar in Belgium.
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Big Ideas: Lean
"As the cost of capital goes up, so too does the cost of inventory, which means companies need to manage inventory more precisely than ever. And part of that is taking a more judicious look at supply chains.” — John Bermudez, Oracle's senior director of SCM product strategy.

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