As Published In January/February 2010

FEATURE

Honoring Excellence

Leading companies demonstrate innovation, environmental leadership, and excellence with Oracle technologies and applications.

Oracle’s customers and partners demonstrate leadership in many areas of technology, applications, and sustainability—from implementing business intelligence initiatives and deploying Oracle grids to solving the challenges of midsize businesses and establishing green business practices. In 2009, Oracle sponsored several awards programs to honor customers and partners for their achievements and vision.

In the area of Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle, in conjunction with six user groups, commended customers for their achievements in middleware deployments with the Oracle Innovation Award (formerly the Oracle Excellence Award). For the second year, Oracle recognized outstanding achievements in environmental leadership with the Oracle Enable the Eco-Enterprise Award (formerly the Oracle Empower the Green Enterprise Award). Oracle honored partners for innovative uses of Oracle technology by presenting two sets of awards: the first annual Oracle PartnerNetwork Global Awards and the Oracle North America Titan Awards. Winners were selected for excellence in solving real-world customer challenges and for their development and deployment of Oracle technology.

Oracle Innovation Awards

The Oracle Innovation Awards recognize organizations for innovative deployments of Oracle application grid, Oracle business intelligence, and Oracle’s enterprise performance management system, all of which are components of Oracle Fusion Middleware. Oracle also recognized one partner for its implementation of Oracle business intelligence and enterprise performance management solutions.

The 2009 awards were cosponsored by Oracle and the Australian Oracle User Group, Independent Oracle Users Group, Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG), Oracle Development Tools User Group (ODTUG), Quest International Users Group, and United Kingdom Oracle User Group. A panel of judges from Oracle, OAUG, ODTUG, special interest groups, and the user community selected the winners.

Oracle Application Grid Innovation Award winners:

• Agilent Technologies

• Avis Budget Group Inc.

• Bank Zachodni WBK S.A.

• Barclays Global Investors

• Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS)

• Credit Suisse

• Express & Transportation Research Institute (Korea)

• General Electric

• J. Crew Group Inc.

• Royal Bank of Scotland

• TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation

• VocaLink

Oracle Business Intelligence/Enterprise Performance Management Innovation Award winners:

• AWE

• British Telecom

• CAE

• City of New York

• Continental Airlines

• Dubai Aluminum

• EuroChem

• Florida State University

• General Dynamics

• Ingersoll Rand

• Marsh

• Mercer

• NetApp

• Pearson Education

• Pernod Ricard

• Singapore General Hospital

Oracle Business Intelligence/Enterprise Performance Management Implementation Partner of the Year Award winner:

• Business Intelligence Consulting Group (BICG)

Oracle Enable the Eco-Enterprise Awards

The Oracle Enable the Eco-Enterprise Awards recognize Oracle customers for their environmental leadership. Oracle presented this award to 15 global customers and their respective partners from a wide range of industries. The winning companies rely on Oracle Applications and technologies to support their green business practices and reduce their environmental impact while improving business efficiencies.

The 15 winning companies for 2009 were selected by a panel of six judges, which included four Oracle green experts as well as Cody Sisco, manager of advisory services at Business for Social Responsibility, and Kathleen Schwille, director of program development at National Geographic Education Programs.

Oracle Enable the Eco-Enterprise Award winners (and their respective partners, if applicable):

• Abigroup (partner: Ndevr)

• EMC

• IBAMA (partner: Condomínio de Soluĉões)

• Kraft Foods Global

• Ministry of Justice of Turkey (partner: Havelsan)

• Missouri Division of Professional Registration (partner: Tallgrass Technologies)

• Motorola (partner: Deloitte Consulting)

• NH Hoteles (partner: Oracle Customer Services)

• Panduit

• Reflexite (partners: Andrews Consulting Group and WTS)

• Remote Energy Monitoring

• S-OIL

• San Diego Gas & Electric (partner: Capgemini)

• Sprint

• Utah Department of Transportation

Oracle PartnerNetwork Global Awards

For the first time, Oracle presented the Oracle PartnerNetwork Global Awards, which recognize partner excellence in a number of categories, including Oracle Accelerate, applications, industry, midsize, and technology. In addition, the award features a separate track that recognizes value-added distributor (VAD) partner performance from around the world.

A team of IDC executives and analysts, including Martin Canning, Philippe de Marcillac, Henry Morris, and Ricardo Villate, selected the global award winners. A panel of Oracle Worldwide Alliances and Channels executives selected the VAD winners.

The categories, winners, and runners-up for the 2009 Oracle PartnerNetwork Global Awards are as follows:

• Accelerate

• Winner: Business Technology Services (BizTech)

• Runner-Up: InoApps

• Applications

• Winner: Kalypso

• Runner-Up: Business Services Provider de Venezuela

• Industry

• Winner: IBM Global Business Services

• Runner-Up: Deloitte Mexico

• Midsize

• Winner: Cloud Creek Systems

• Runner-Up: GuangZhou Wisetop Computer (GZ Wisetop)

• Technology

• Winner: Deloitte Consulting

• Runner-Up: Inatech Solutions

• VAD

• Winner: Arrow ECS Alternative Technology Group

• Runner-Up: Beijing Teamsun Technology

Oracle North America Titan Awards

For the sixth year, Oracle presented the Oracle North America Titan Awards, which recognize partner solutions and best practices developed or delivered in the award year. Oracle PartnerNetwork honored partners that demonstrated excellence in categories including sales, marketing, and solution development. The 2009 recipients were selected by a panel of 68 judges that included IDC analysts; Everything Channel journalists; and Oracle sales, marketing, and development executives.

The 2009 Oracle North America Titan Awards recognized 13 leading partners across 17 momentum and solutions categories.

Momentum categories and award recipients:

• Global SI Applications Momentum: Accenture

• Regional Systems Integrator/Reseller Applications Momentum: CD Group

• Technology Momentum: BIAS

Solutions categories and award recipients:

• Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing: Deloitte Consulting

• Customer Relationship Management: Accenture and IBM Global Business Services

• Enterprise 2.0: Deloitte Consulting

• Enterprise Performance Management and Business Intelligence: InterRel Consulting

• Enterprise Resource Planning: CD Group

• Oracle Accelerate Application: Business Technology Services (BizTech)

• Oracle Database, Grid, and Oracle Real Application Clusters: Cloud Creek Systems

• Security and Identity Management: SENA Systems

• SOA and Integration: Deloitte Consulting

• Specialty Applications: Kalypso

Industry-specific solutions categories and award recipients:

• Industry: Terillium

• Life Sciences and Health Care: IBM Global Business Services

• Manufacturing: Infosys Technologies

• Public Sector: Applications Software Technology