Oracle Reports Q2 GAAP EPS Up 20% to 18 Cents, Non-GAAP EPS Up 18% to 22 Cents
Fiscal 2007 Q2 GAAP earnings per share were up 20% to $0.18, compared to the same quarter last year. Second quarter total GAAP revenues were up 26% to $4.2 billion, while quarterly GAAP net income was up 21% to $967 million. Total GAAP software revenues were up 23% to $3.2 billion with database and middleware new license revenues up 9% and applications new license revenues up 28%. Services revenues were up 41% to $949 million, compared to the same quarter last year.

Oracle Streamlines Pricing with New Licensing Models
Continuing its commitment to provide customers with simple, flexible and transparent licensing models, Oracle announced that it has streamlined pricing across its Applications portfolio, including JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, Siebel, and Oracle E-Business Suite products

Oracle Ranked #1 in Retail By Leading Industry Magazine
RIS News' highly prestigious 2006 Software LeaderBoard ranked Oracle #1 in retail. The RIS Software LeaderBoard compares software companies serving the retail industry in a head-to-head ranking that is based largely on retailer evaluations. Oracle's leadership position was earned as a result of the breadth and depth of its retail offerings, customer satisfaction, and total annual sales in the retail segment. More

Oracle Delivers Industry’s Broadest Selection of Integrated, Embedded Databases Demonstrating Oracle's ongoing commitment to support the wide-ranging data management needs of its customers, Oracle announced its embedded database strategy and roadmap to continue to deliver significant enhancements to its existing product lines. By embedding Oracle Database 10g, Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database, Oracle Berkeley DB and Oracle Database Lite 10g within their products, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Original Equipment Manufacturers can deliver more complete, turnkey solutions with lower total cost of ownership for users.

Oracle Assumes Ownership of Stellent, Inc.
December 12, 2006 Oracle announced that Stellent shareholders tendered approximately 28.8 million shares, representing approximately 92% of Stellent's outstanding common stock, pursuant to Oracle's tender offer for all of the outstanding common stock of Stellent which expired at 12:00 midnight, EST, on Monday, December 11, 2006. Oracle has accepted for payment all shares tendered in the offer. More

Oracle Increases Price for i-flex Open Offer to Rs. 2,100 Per Share
Last Opportunity for Shareholders Unless i-flex Share Price Goes Down
The open offer closed December 23, 2006. DSP Merrill Lynch is acting as a manager of the open offer. More

Oracle Education Foundation Leverages Adobe Software Donation to Benefit Students Around the Globe
The Oracle Education Foundation, a philanthropic non-profit organization funded by Oracle, announced that Adobe Systems Inc. will donate creative software to the Foundation's ThinkQuest program. More

The Advisor Webcast Program is now available to Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) and Server Tech (ST) customers!
The Advisory Webcast Program is a convenient and cost-effective way for PeopleSoft Enterprise, JD Edwards World, EnterpriseOne, and now E-Business Suite and Server Tech customers to interact with professional, technical, and application experts regarding topics to help them get the most from their support services.
Customers can access information about the Advisor Webcast program through Metalink Document ID: 398877.1 or by viewing the latest News and Notes article (login to Metalink). Here you will find information about the Advisor Webcast program, a current schedule of upcoming webcasts, registration information and more.
Accessing Advisor Webcasts has never been easier. Our new Advisor Webcast program features Oracle webcast technology: Oracle Web Conferencing. Simply access our updated Advisor Webcast section by selecting Advisor Webcasts under the "Find What You Need" box in the left navigation of Customer Connection.

Oracle Announces Dates for Oracle OpenWorld 2007:
November 11-15, 2007 in San Francisco, CA

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Upcoming Events - January 2007:

(On Demand) Online—Replay Keynotes from Oracle OpenWorld 2006. All of the Oracle OpenWorld 2006 presentations are now available online More

(On Demand) Online—Collaborate '06 Presentation Archive. For your convenience, an archive of presentations from the recent Collaborate '06 conference is now available. New presentations continue to be added on a consistent basis. Log in to Customer Connection

(January 16-17) Atlanta, GA—The Rail Logistics Summit: The challenges of using the rail More

Applications

(January 19) Burlington, MA—Oracle Applications Day: Oracle New Applications Products Showcase (Demantra, Siebel Analytics/Business Intelligence, Oracle Transportation Management, Corporate Performance Management, CRM) More

Business Intelligence
(January 10) Online—BI Webcast from Oracle and Dell More
(January 17) Austin, TX—Business Intelligence Executive Briefing More
(January 18) San Antonio, TX—Business Intelligence Executive Briefing More
(January 24) Irving, TX—Business Intelligence Executive Briefing More
(January 25) Houston, TX—Business Intelligence Executive Briefing More
(January 26) Online—Business Intelligence Applications Web Seminar

Provisioning (January 10) Online—User Provisioning Solutions (U.S.) More

Demand-Driven Planning (January 16) Minneapolis, MN—Oracle's Demantra Demand Management Seminar More

User Productivity Kits (UPK) (January 19) Online—Learn how Oracle's User Productivity Kit will lower your training, upgrade, and implementation time and costs More
(January 26) Cromwell, CT—User Productivity Breakfast Series – Get the most from your Oracle investment with User Productivity Kits (UPK). Sponsored by Quest, the Southern New England User Group & Oracle More
(January 26) Milwaukee, WI—User Productivity Breakfast Series – Get the most from your Oracle investment with Oracle User Productivity Kit (UPK) and Oracle Tutor More

Industries

Financial Services
(January 18) Online—Ameriprise Financial, Inc. shares their experiences with Oracle Peoplesoft 8.9, Talent Acquisition Management, Candidate Gateway, ELM, ePerformance, eBenefits, Stock Administration, Time and Labor, Self Service More
(January 18) Online—Discussion with Investors Bank and Trust about their experiences with their Oracle HR application solution More
(January 23) Online—Discussion with Genworth Financial, Inc. about Oracle On Demand More

Public Sector
(January 10) Madison, WI—Helping Government Provide A Secure Single View of Citizens' Data More
(January 11) Reston, VA—Enterprise Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence Briefing for Government More
(January 11) East Lansing, MI—Government Executive Roadshow More
(January 16) NY, NY—Government Success Showcase With Oracle & DOITT More
(January 17) Austin, TX—Government Executive Roadshow More
(January 17) Online—Integrate PeopleSoft applications across your enterprise to optimize functionality and increase organizational effectiveness More
(January 23) Reston, VA—XML Publisher Workshop for Government More
(January 25) Washington, DC—Government Technology Briefing: Leveraging the Grid to support Government's Mission Critical Programs More

Higher Education & Research
(January 9) Chestnut Hill, MA—PeopleSoft Enterprise Applications Day More

High Tech
(January 17) Online—On Demand with TMEIC-GE More
(January 24) Online—Emerson Electric Company discusses their use of PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Capital Management More

Retail
(January 14-17) NY, NY—Oracle is Chairman level sponsor of the NRF Annual 2007 More
(January 15) NY, NY—Oracle Retail is Turning Up the Heat More

EMEA Events | APAC Events | LAD Events | All Events

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Podcasts:

Oracle Podcast Center

Oracle TechCasts are online audio interviews (podcasts) with Oracle technology experts about the latest products and technologies for developers and DBAs. Think of them as an audio magazine or portable on-demand radio show.

• Security's Up—Oracle Chief Security Officer Mary Ann Davidson talks up the challenges of communicating about IT security, security patching strategies, and surfing with sea life More
• Meet the Oracle Linux Kernel Team: Chris Mason—In this TechCast series, members of Oracle's Linux Kernel Team reveal the inner workings of the team in particular and kernel development in general. This installment: Chris Mason More
• Behind the Scenes at CERN—Developers at CERN, the birthplace of the World Wide Web, are Oracle Application Express acolytes. Who knew? More
• Why is Oracle Offering Linux Support?
  Oracle's SVP of Applications Technology, Cliff Godwin, interviews Edward Screven, Oracle's Chief Corporate Architect, about why Oracle is supporting Linux, what the various support levels are, how this benefits Oracle applications customers, and whether Oracle will continue to support other operating systems More

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Oracle AppCasts are online audio interviews with Oracle customers, partners, product and industry experts.

• Oracle E-Business Suite AppCasts
  Oracle Priority Service: Take Your Support To The Next Level Play! (10 min.)—Live with Cliff
  Jeff Oparka, Oracle's Director of Support Services Product Management, speaks with Cliff about the newest addition to Oracle's support portfolio and about how customers can determine if Priority Service is right for them More
  
• PeopleSoft Enterprise AppCasts
  PeopleTools Strategy and Roadmap Play! (11 min.)— Live with Cliff
  Jeff Robbins, Senior Director of PeopleTools Strategy for Oracle discusses with Cliff the highlights and key features of the most recent PeopleTools release, the benefits of the Applications Unlimited Program to PeopleTools customers, and how customers can prepare for Fusion More
  Oracle Priority Service: Take Your Support To The Next Level Play! (10 min.)—Live with Cliff
  Jeff Oparka, Oracle's Director of Support Services Product Management, speaks with Cliff about the newest addition to Oracle's support portfolio and about how customers can determine if Priority Service is right for them More
  
• JD Edwards EnterpriseOne AppCasts
  Oracle Priority Service: Take Your Support To The Next Level Play! (10 min.)—Live with Cliff
  Jeff Oparka, Oracle's Director of Support Services Product Management, speaks with Cliff about the newest addition to Oracle's support portfolio and about how customers can determine if Priority Service is right for them More
  
• JD Edwards World AppCasts
  Oracle Priority Service: Take Your Support To The Next Level Play! (10 min.)—Live with Cliff
  Jeff Oparka, Oracle's Director of Support Services Product Management, speaks with Cliff about the newest addition to Oracle's support portfolio and about how customers can determine if Priority Service is right for them More
  
• Industry and Market Trends AppCasts
  Learn Why Oracle is Offering Linux Support Play! (9 min.)—Live with Cliff
  Cliff interviews Edward Screven, Oracle's Chief Corporate Architect, about why Oracle decided to support Linux, what the different levels of support will be, how this benefits Oracle applications customers, and whether Oracle will continue to support other operating systems More
  
• Siebel AppCasts
  CRM Solutions Bring Value to the Capital Markets Industry Play! (10 min.)— Live with Fred
  Ed Garry, Senior Director Capital Markets at Oracle, speaks with Fred about how the Capital Markets industry is embracing CRM strategies and the solutions that support customer centric business models More
• Oracle Priority Service: Take Your Support To The Next Level Play! (10 min.)—Live with Cliff
  Jeff Oparka, Oracle's Director of Support Services Product Management, speaks with Cliff about the newest addition to Oracle's support portfolio and about how customers can determine if Priority Service is right for them More

Click to Hear AppCasts

Services
- On Demand
- Oracle University
- Support
- Consulting
- Oracle Financing

Applications

E-Business Suite:

• Management Concepts and Oracle Team to Provide Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Functionality for Procurement Contracts
  The two companies have entered into an agreement to jointly market their combined solution that helps Federal organizations to author, execute and manage procurement contracts in compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) More
• IDC Calls Oracle Supply Chain "Much More Competitive"
  In another positive analyst report coming out of Oracle OpenWorld, IDC's Manufacturing Insights praises Oracle's acquisition and integration of G-Log into its supply chain offerings. Oracle has obtained distribution rights to this valuable and detailed paper. Go to the IDC report. More
• ARC Report: Oracle EAM Has Achieved an "Impressive Position"
  Manufacturing and supply chain analysts ARC Advisory Group has published a new report asserting, "With solutions for E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft and JD Edwards, Oracle was already able to claim that they have a comprehensive capability in Enterprise Asset Management (EAM). Go to the ARCwire News report
  

E-Business Suite Events, Webcasts & iSeminars

(January 18) Online—Ameriprise Financial, Inc.shares their experiences with Oracle Peoplesoft 8.9, Talent Acquisition Management, Candidate Gateway, ELM, ePerformance, eBenefits, Stock Administration, Time and Labor, Self Service More
(January 18) Online—Discussion with Investors Bank and Trust about their experiences with their Oracle HR application solution More
(January 19) Burlington, MA—Oracle Applications Day: Oracle New Applications Products Showcase (Demantra, Siebel Analytics/Business Intelligence, Oracle Transportation Management, Corporate Performance Management, CRM) More

View On Demand:

• (On Demand) Online—Procurement Resource Kit
  Learn more about driving procurement value--it contains 3rd party research and customer video testimonials More

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PeopleSoft:

• Oracle’s PeopleSoft Enterprise Learning Management 9.0 Achieves SCORM Version 1.2 Certification
  Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Learning Management 9.0 has been formally certified as conformant with the SCORM Version 1.2 (Sharable Content Object Reference Model) standard of the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative More
• Learn How to You Can Extend the Value of your Investment with PeopleSoft Enterprise Release 9.0 More

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PeopleSoft Events, Webcasts & iSeminars

(January 18) Online—Ameriprise Financial, Inc.shares their experiences with Oracle Peoplesoft 8.9, Talent Acquisition Management, Candidate Gateway, ELM, ePerformance, eBenefits, Stock Administration, Time and Labor, Self Service More
(January 31) NY, NY—Learn more about PeopleSoft Release 9.0 07 More
(January 24) Online—Emerson Electric Company discusses their use of PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Capital Management More

View On Demand:

(On Demand) Online—Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Service Automation (ESA)
This exclusive iSeminars demonstrates how Oracle's ESA applications help customers control resources and project costs while making better investment decisions More

Upcoming PeopleSoft Advisor Webcasts View All (requires login ID and password)

(January 11) PeopleSoft Enterprise—Getting to know Change Assistant and Environment Management Framework Summary
(January 23) PeopleSoft Enterprise—Implementing Secure Socket Layer Summary
(January 24) PeopleSoft Enterprise—Upgrading PSFT CRM from 8.8 to 9.0 Summary
(January 25) PeopleSoft Enterprise—Campus Solutions 9.0 Delta Overview: Academic Advisement Summary
(January 30) PeopleSoft Enterprise—Campus Solutions 9.0 Delta Overview: Enrollment Services Summary
(January 31) PeopleSoft Enterprise—Upgrading CRM from 8.4 to 9.0S Summary
(January 31) PeopleSoft HCM 9.0: Release Highlights Summary

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Siebel:

• Siebel Benchmark Reports for HP, Unisys, Sun Microsystems, and IBM
  Visit the Siebel Resource Library for access to a variety of detailed product information resources, including white papers, brochures, and data sheets. Access the benchmark reports More

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Siebel Online Events, Webcasts & iSeminars

(January 11) Online—CRM On Demand Demo Series More
(January 18) Online—CRM for Every Organization - Siebel CRM On Demand More
(January 19) Burlington, MA—Oracle Applications Day: Oracle New Applications Products Showcase (Demantra, Siebel Analytics/Business Intelligence, Oracle Transportation Management, Corporate Performance Management, CRM) More
(January 25) Online—CRM On Demand Demo Series More

View On Demand:

(On Demand) Online—Moving from Tactical SFA To Strategic CRM
Wondering if making the move to CRM is right for you? Join Rob Bois from AMR Research as he explains when to move to strategic CRM, the benefits you can expect, and critical success factors More
(On Demand) Online—Solving CRM User Adoption Web Seminar
Many companies have seen their CRM investments under-deliver due to the lack of an effective adoption strategy. Join us for a Web seminar to discover the proven strategies that ensure high user adoption and what simply does not work. Don't miss your chance to learn the secrets of high user adoption and how to build it into your project plan. More

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JD Edwards EnterpriseOne:

• Invitation for All JD Edwards EnterpriseOne HCM Customers
  JD Edwards Software Engineering and Product Strategy announces upcoming product implementation webcast training for all JD Edwards EnterpriseOne HCM customers that are planning or undergoing implementation projects for competency-based employee performance appraisals. Sign In & Learn How to Participate
• Leveraging Product and Current Release Training for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
  Access online training on feature and functionality enhancements in the latest releases and learn how to maximize the benefits of Oracle University. Sign In & Access the Guide
• JD Edwards EnterpriseOne XML Publisher Data Sheet
  Information on Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne XML Publisher, which reduces the high cost of producing, customizing, and maintaining business documents, now available More

Downloads

• JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Year-End Downloads Now Available for Processing 2006 W2s and T4s via the Update Center
  Due to last-minute legislative changes, such as state magnetic media changes for the U.S. and XML schema changes for Canada, there will be a rebuild of the year-end ESU in early January. Access frequently viewed solutions, minimum technical requirements, documentation, and training More (requires login to Customer Connection)

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JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Events, Webcasts & iSeminars

(January 16) Waltham, MA—Oracle Applications Day: IBM and Oracle's JD Edwards discuss how current and upcoming product releases can help you become more competitive in your industry More
(January 17) NY, NY—Oracle Applications Day: IBM and Oracle's JD Edwards discuss how current and upcoming product releases can help you become more competitive in your industry More
(January 18) Charlotte, NC—Oracle Applications Day: IBM and Oracle's JD Edwards discuss how current and upcoming product releases can help you become more competitive in your industry More
(January 23) Irving, TX—Oracle Applications Day: IBM and Oracle's JD Edwards discuss how current and upcoming product releases can help you become more competitive in your industry More
(January 24) Houston, TX—Oracle Applications Day: IBM and Oracle's JD Edwards discuss how current and upcoming product releases can help you become more competitive in your industry More

JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Advisor Webcasts View All (requires login ID and password)

(January 18) Online—JDE EnterpriseOne: 8.12 Food & Beverage Producers Solution Summary

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JD Edwards World:

• JD Edwards World – Year End Processing
  With the end of the year behind us, it's time to prepare for your 1099, W-2, and Canadian T4/Releve processing for 2006. Access the updates and year-end update system requirements, links to 2006 user documentation, the Web Advisor session schedule, and helpful solutions to help make the process easier. Visit the JD Edwards World Year-End Update site on Customer Connection More