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April 2007

Savvy Companies Grow Business with Innovation …
John Wookey Describes Oracle's Applications Strategy …
Expert Advice: How to Drive Innovation Throughout Your Organization …
Sergio Giacoletto Highlights Oracle Volunteerism …
Free Forrester Report Evaluates Enterprise CRM Suites …
Unbreakable Linux: Wim Coekaerts' Perspective …
City of Denver Strengthens Citizen Services with Performance Management …

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Savvy Companies Grow Business with Innovation General Electric, Google, Starbucks, and Toyota Motor Sales USA combine innovation with rigorous performance standards to ensure sustainable growth. Read the article in Profit. John Wookey Describes Oracle's Applications Strategy Oracle has pledged to continue enhancing current products while also delivering an industry-leading next-generation suite of applications. John Wookey explains how this unique strategy will benefit customers and why only Oracle can execute it. Read the article in Profit. Expert Advice: How to Drive Innovation Throughout Your Organization James P. Andrew, leader of The Boston Consulting Group's global innovation practice, counsels senior executives on innovation culture, performance, and leadership. Find out how he defines innovation and measures payback. Read the interview in Profit. Sergio Giacoletto Highlights Oracle Volunteerism The Oracle Commitment program encourages Oracle employees to make meaningful, positive change through education, volunteerism, donations, and environmental work. The program's recent successes range from fundraising to zoo cleanups. Read more Free Forrester Report Evaluates Enterprise CRM Suites Download a Forrester Report that offers overview evaluations of a number of customer relationship management (CRM) vendors, including detailed summaries of each vendor and an overall picture of the CRM vendor landscape today. Download the report. Unbreakable Linux: Wim Coekaerts' Perspective In a recent blog entry, Wim offers details on some of the finer points of Oracle's new Unbreakable Linux support program and Oracle's aim to provide enterprise-quality customer support and timely fixes. Read the blog. City of Denver Strengthens Citizen Services with Performance Management Last year, Michael Locatis, CIO for the City and County of Denver, helped deliver a citywide 311 system to address constituent needs. He explains how public sector IT organizations are successfully embracing performance management. Read the article in Profit.

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EVENTS

COLLABORATE 07: Technology and Applications Forum for the Oracle Community April 15–19, Las Vegas The Oracle Applications Users Group's most comprehensive education event of the year for Oracle Applications users offers best practices and user-driven training for Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle's PeopleSoft, Oracle Retail, and Oracle's Siebel applications. Find out more. OLSUG8 April 30, Boston The Oracle Life Sciences User Group is holding its eighth international meeting for Oracle users in the life sciences industry. Workshops and discussions will focus on popular topics such as the Semantic Web and database analytics. Find out more.

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