Oracle Reports Q4 GAAP EPS Up 27% To 31 Cents, Non-GAAP EPS Up 28% To 37 Cents
June 26, 2007 Oracle announced that fiscal 2007 Q4 GAAP earnings per share were up 27% to $0.31, compared to the same quarter last year. Fourth quarter GAAP revenues were up 20% to $5.8 billion, while quarterly GAAP net income was up 23% to $1.6 billion. Total GAAP software revenues were up 19% to $4.8 billion. GAAP new license revenues were up 17% with GAAP database and middleware new license revenues up 18% and GAAP applications new license revenues up 13%. GAAP services revenues were up 26% to $1.1 billion compared to the same quarter last year.

Oracle Releases Oracle Contact Center Anywhere 8.1
Following last year's acquisition of Telephony@Work, Oracle announced the release of Oracle Contact Center Anywhere 8.1, Oracle's first comprehensive multimedia IP contact center solution. Oracle Contact Center Anywhere 8.1 is a highly scalable, multi-channel solution that provides agents with a 360-degree customer view across a wide array of communication channels including calls, e-mail, voicemail, fax, Web and interactive voice response (IVR), enabling organizations to communicate more seamlessly and effectively with their customers.

Oracle Announces Availability of Oracle Governance, Risk, and Compliance for Financial Services
Oracle announced the availability of Oracle Governance, Risk, and Compliance (Oracle GRC) for Financial Services, an industry-first initiative to comprehensively address key GRC issues specific to the financial services industry, which includes banking, insurance and capital markets.

Oracle Announces General Availability of Oracle Business Intelligence Standard Edition One
Oracle announced the general availability of Oracle Business Intelligence Standard Edition One (Oracle Business Intelligence SE One), a complete, integrated business intelligence (BI) and data warehousing system that is packaged, pre-configured, and priced to meet the needs of small to medium-sized organizations and workgroups. Free Downloads

Oracle Unveils Demantra 7.1.1
Oracle announced the general availability of Oracle's Demantra 7.1.1, expanding on its industry leading demand management functionality Oracle obtained through its acquisition of Demantra. With Release 7.1.1, Demantra also becomes part of the Advanced Planning solution within the Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, giving companies the ability to accurately predict demand, shape profitability for their products and proactively manage complex global supply chains.

Oracle Financial Services Global Business Unit to Deliver Comprehensive and Integrated Solutions Suite to Banking, Insurance and Capital Markets
Oracle announced that its new Financial Services Global Business Unit will provide an integrated suite of standards-based industry specific applications for banks, insurance companies and capital markets firms. The company also introduced new solutions for the financial services market that deliver Oracle's industry-leading software across an open IT infrastructure.

Oracle Accelerates Reseller Program for SMBs
To provide further access of Oracle products to small and medium businesses and organizations, Oracle announced the Oracle VAD Remarketer Program for SMB Technology Products. This global program allows authorized Oracle Value Added Distributors (VADs) to resell Oracle small and medium business (SMB) Technology products through new resellers without requiring to them to join the Oracle PartnerNetwork

EMC and Oracle Announces EMC Information Infrastructure for Oracle
EMC and Oracle announced enhanced commitment to customers deploying EMC Information Infrastructure in Oracle environments. Through a broadened level of investment in joint engineering testing and integration and solutions development, Oracle customers can benefit from newly defined reference architectures and services that are cost effective, highly scalable, available and secure.

Oracle Unveils Winners of Inaugural Retail Excellence Awards
Oracle announced that Wal-Mart Stores, Nordstrom and The Children's Place Retail Stores, Inc. were honored as the inaugural winners of the Oracle Retail Excellence Awards at the company's recently-held Retail Executive Forum at The Boulders Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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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.

• Focus on Data Warehousing: Partitioning and Information Lifecycle Management
  Product manager Hermann Baer explains not only why partitioning is a no-brainer for improving data warehouse performance, but also why a more strategic, expansive view can improve manageability across all environments. Play Now
• The Solution to Spiraling Scalability Demands: Extreme Transaction Processing (XTP)
  Steve Harris, VP of Oracle Java and Application Server Development, discusses evolving customer requirements for extreme scalability, reliability and availability in their applications and infrastructure and how these can be addressed with an in-memory data grid such as Oracle Coherence (based on the recently acquired Tangosol technology). Play Now
• The New SOA Standards: Web 2.0 in the Enterprise
  Development VP Vince Casarez explains why many enterprises are looking to add Web 2.0 services on top of their existing applications, and how Oracle WebCenter, a key technology in forthcoming Oracle Fusion applications, provides infrastructure for that goal. Play Now
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• Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 GM Speaks Play! (8 min.)
  June 19, 2007 — Live with Cliff
  Murali Subramanian, Group VP and General Manager of Oracle's E-Business Suite Applications, discusses with Cliff the latest updates to Oracle's E-Business Suite Release 12 including benefits to all customers and why customers should consider upgrading.
• Customer Says Oracle Applications is Right for Small and Medium Businesses (SMB) Play! (12 min.) June 12, 2007 — Live with Fred
  Randy Masso, Director of IT at Cross Match Technologies, and Jeff Abbott, Oracle's VP of the Global SMB Business Unit, speak with Fred Studer about Randy's experience implementing Oracle E-Business Suite and the benefits of the new Oracle Accelerate program aimed at SMBs. Listen
• The Latest Updates to Oracle's Applications Strategy Play! (11 min.) June 7, 2007 — Live with Cliff
  John Wookey, Senior VP of Oracle's Applications Product Strategy and Development, speaks with Cliff about new releases across all product lines, the path to Fusion, and what he is hearing from customers around the world. Listen
• Oracle Customer, USi, Sees Value from Pre-Built Service Oriented Architecture Play! (7 min.) June 5, 2007 — Live with Cliff
  Michael Rulf, Vice President, Advanced Engineering, at USI, an AT&T Company, and David Krauss, Product Marketing Director for Oracle speak with Cliff about how Oracle's Application Integration Architecture (AIA) will help customers implement and derive value from an SOA framework. Listen
• The Benefits of Oracle E-Business Suite R12 Financials Play! (13 min.)
  May 29, 2007 — Live with Fred
  Terrance Wampler, VP for Oracle's E-Business Suite Financials Product Strategy talks with Fred about the architectural changes in the R12 release as well as how EBS R12 Financials provides simplification, standardization, and process efficiencies for customers. Listen
• Webcast: The Business Value of Upgrading
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E-Business Suite:

• Oracle Unveils Demantra 7.1.1
  Oracle announced the general availability of Oracle's Demantra 7.1.1, expanding on its industry leading demand management functionality Oracle obtained through its acquisition of Demantra. With Release 7.1.1, Demantra also becomes part of the Advanced Planning solution within the Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, giving companies the ability to accurately predict demand, shape profitability for their products and proactively manage complex global supply chains. Press Release
• Oracle and i-flex solutions Announce Full Oracle Stack Support for IBM System z Mainframe Platform
  Oracle and i-flex solutions announced general availability of i-flex's FLEXCUBE for Corebanking on the IBM System z mainframe, running on Linux with the Oracle infrastructure software stack - including Oracle Database and Oracle Application Server. Press Release
• Oracle Announces Availability of Oracle Governance, Risk, and Compliance for Financial Services
  Oracle announced the availability of Oracle Governance, Risk, and Compliance (Oracle GRC) for Financial Services, an industry-first initiative to comprehensively address key GRC issues specific to the financial services industry, which includes banking, insurance and capital markets. Press Release
• Oracle Introduces Process Integration Pack for Banking Account Origination to Help Banks Accelerate Deployment of Front-to-Back-Office Solution and Boost Return on Investment
  Oracle announced the Oracle Process Integration Pack for Banking Account Origination, specifically developed for the financial services industry. This packaged integration between Oracle's Siebel CRM and i-flex's FLEXCUBE will enable banks to speed deployment of a complete front-to-back-office solution and accelerate their return on investment. Press Release
• Oracle Releases Oracle Contact Center Anywhere 8.1
  Following last year's acquisition of Telephony@Work, Oracle announced the release of Oracle Contact Center Anywhere 8.1, Oracle's first comprehensive multimedia IP contact center solution. Press Release

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PeopleSoft:

• Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise for Small and Medium Businesses
  Learn how Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise benefits both small and medium businesses and government entities. More
• iSeminar: Drive Business Results with PeopleSoft Enterprise ePerformance
  See how we help you provide management with the best tools to identify and overcome workforce performance challenges. More
• Drive Dramatic Improvements with PeopleSoft Enterprise eProcurement
  Learn how purchasing organizations can address today’s business challenges and achieve world-class self-service procurement. More
  
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Siebel:

• Oracle Introduces Process Integration Pack for Banking Account Origination to Help Banks Accelerate Deployment of Front-to-Back-Office Solution and Boost Return on Investment
  Oracle announced the Oracle Process Integration Pack for Banking Account Origination, specifically developed for the financial services industry. This packaged integration between Oracle's Siebel CRM and i-flex's FLEXCUBE will enable banks to speed deployment of a complete front-to-back-office solution and accelerate their return on investment. Press Release
• Independent Research Firm Names Oracle’s Siebel CRM On Demand A Leader in Latest Record-Centric Customer Service Management Software Report
  Forrester Research, a leading independent research firm, has named Oracle's Siebel CRM On Demand as a "Leader" in record-centric customer service management software in the latest Forrester Wave Evaluation: Customer Service Management Software, Q2 May 2007. This latest Wave Report states that Oracle's Siebel CRM On Demand is "best suited for SaaS-focused customers." Press Release
• Siebel Web Series Session Recordings Now Available
  The OAUG and Oracle recently offered free educational sessions to the Siebel community via the Siebel Web Series, online sessions conducted by Oracle and OAUG partners. Topics included Siebel 8.0 Upgrading Training, Siebel CRM On Demand for PeopleSoft ERP Users, and Best Practices for Performance and Scalability. Complete recordings of these sessions are now available on the OAUG Web site. More

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JD Edwards EnterpriseOne:

• Oracle Unveils Demantra 7.1.1
  Oracle announced the general availability of Oracle's Demantra 7.1.1, expanding on its industry leading demand management functionality Oracle obtained through its acquisition of Demantra. With Release 7.1.1, Demantra also becomes part of the Advanced Planning solution within the Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, giving companies the ability to accurately predict demand, shape profitability for their products and proactively manage complex global supply chains. Press Release

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JD Edwards World:

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Database:

• Gartner 2006 Worldwide RDBMS Market Share Reports 47.1% Share for
  Oracle
  Gartner has published their market share numbers by operating system for 2006 based on total software revenues. According to Gartner, Oracle has 47.1 percent share (up from 46.8 percent in 2005) growing at 14.9 percent, is growing faster than the market average of 14.2 percent with US$7.2 Billions in revenues, and continues to hold more market share than its two closest competitors combined. Gartner Press Release
• Oracle Database 10g Release 2 Sets the World’s First TPC-H 30 TB Benchmark with HP Integrity Superdome Server
  Oracle announced the world's first TPC-H 30 Terabyte (TB) benchmark, the largest TPC-H benchmark conducted to date.(1) This accomplishment builds on Oracle's history of world record performance leadership for data warehousing, adding to its long list of TPC-H 300GB,(2) clustered TPC-H One TB,(3) TPC-H Three TB(4) and non-clustered TPC-H 10 TB(5) world records. Press Release
• Oracle Database Standard Edition One and Oracle Enterprise Linux on HP Set New World Record for Price Performance with TPC-C Benchmark
  Oracle announced a new TPC-C benchmark result on an HP ProLiant ML350 with the best ever price/performance. This result sets a world record in the price/performance category, which measures the cost per transaction of the configuration benchmarked. Press Release
• Build Your Own Oracle RAC Cluster on Oracle Enterprise Linux and iSCSI
  Learn how to set up and configure an Oracle RAC 10g Release 2 development cluster on Oracle Enterprise Linux for less than US$2,600. More
• Master Oracle + Ruby on Rails Development with New How-To's
  Learn how to connect to Oracle from Rails, manage database schemas using Rails Migrations, add tags and tagclouds to your applications, and parse/manipulate/persist XML objects to an Oracle database backend. More
• FREE Oracle Database Lite 10g Downloads and more! More

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Middleware:

• Coming to a City Near You, Oracle Fusion Middleware Forum World Tour
  Gain insight into Oracle’s unique middleware strategy, differentiation, and relevance to today’s IT projects and business applications development. Click here to find a city near you and register for this free event.
• Oracle Positioned in Leaders Quadrant for Four New Application Infrastructure Magic Quadrants
  Meeting the middleware needs of more than 35,000 customers, Oracle Fusion Middleware was positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of four new Gartner Magic Quadrants tracking the Application Infrastructure Market. The Magic Quadrants cover: Application Infrastructure; Application Infrastructure for New Service-Oriented Business Application Projects; Application Infrastructure for Composite-Application Projects; and Application Infrastructure for Back-End Application Integration Projects. Press Release | Reports
• Oracle Identity Management Wins Recognition with Multiple Awards
  Recently Oracle Identity Management has been sweeping up the honors with several industry awards and accolades, further solidifying its leadership position and reputation as the most innovative and best-in-class identity management solution. Learn more about Oracle Identity Management and download trial software, whitepapers, buyers guides, and more.
• Oracle and Wipro Deliver New Managed Service Offering for Identity Management
  Oracle and Wipro Technologies, one of the world's fastest growing global software services and consulting organizations, announced worldwide availability of Managed Identity Services. The new managed service offering utilizes leading components comprising Oracle Identity Management, a component of Oracle Fusion Middleware, and helps organizations reduce identity management related costs, enhance security and streamline regulatory compliance across the enterprise. Press Release | More
• Oracle Expands Identity Management Ecosystem
  Building on the success of its Extended Identity Management Ecosystem and Reference Architecture initiative, Oracle today announced it has added eight new members and more than doubled the size of the ecosystem. New Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) including Arcot, Cyber-Ark, ForeScout, Imageware, Juniper Networks, Inc., Pay By Touch, Quantum Secure and TriCipher are working with Oracle to provide value added integrations to Oracle(r) Identity Management thereby delivering solutions that extend beyond traditional access and identity management infrastructures. Press Release | More
• Oracle and i-flex solutions Announce Certification of i-flex's FLEXCUBE with Oracle Access Manager
  Oracle and i-flex solutions announced that the latest release of i-flex's FLEXCUBE is now certified with Oracle Access Manager, a key component of Oracle Identity Management and Oracle Fusion Middleware. Financial services institutions deploying FLEXCUBE, the world's number one selling universal banking solution for five consecutive years*, are now able to leverage Oracle's leading identity management capabilities in Oracle Access Manager to protect and secure access to the FLEXCUBE application. Press Release
  

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Enterprise Management:

• Get your FREE Two-Disc Pack and Discover How Your Enterprise Can Realize the Full Potential of Linux with Oracle Unbreakable Linux. More
• Drive Better Results with Top-Down Application Management
  Get your FREE Oracle Enterprise Manager DVD kit, containing database, middleware, applications and other typical data center components. Oracle Enterprise Manager helps organizations increase IT insight and reduce resolution times with integrated management. More
• Oracle Announces General Availability of Oracle Business Intelligence Standard Edition One
  Oracle announced the general availability of Oracle Business Intelligence Standard Edition One (Oracle Business Intelligence SE One), a complete, integrated business intelligence (BI) and data warehousing system that is packaged, pre-configured, and priced to meet the needs of small to medium-sized organizations and workgroups. Press Release
• Oracle Database Standard Edition One and Oracle Enterprise Linux on HP Set New World Record for Price Performance with TPC-C Benchmark
  Oracle announced a new TPC-C benchmark result on an HP ProLiant ML350 with the best ever price/performance. This result sets a world record in the price/performance category, which measures the cost per transaction of the configuration benchmarked. Press Release
• New Research by Oracle and the Ponemon Institute Shows Organizations Can Improve Processes to Protect Against Privacy Breaches
  A new study, commissioned by Oracle and conducted by privacy and information management research firm Ponemon Institute, reveals the top issues that IT and compliance professionals find most worrisome and conveys a pervasive sense of concern among individuals tasked with protecting sensitive corporate data. Press Release | Study
• BearingPoint and Oracle Launch Solution to Streamline Employee “On-Boarding” and “Off-Boarding”
  BearingPoint has leveraged its long-standing relationship with Oracle and experience in Business Process Management, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), and Human Capital Management (HCM) to design and develop the solution, which will help streamline the process of integrating a new hire from job offer to orientation to his/her engagement with job goals and performance objectives. Press Release
• Build Your Own Oracle RAC Cluster on Oracle Enterprise Linux and iSCSI
  Learn how to set up and configure an Oracle RAC 10g Release 2 development cluster on Oracle Enterprise Linux for less than US$2,600. More
• New Oracle Enterprise Manager Downloads. Download

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Oracle Tools:

• Oracle Announces New Releases of Developer Tools for Microsoft .NET
  Building on its commitment to support the Microsoft .NET development platform, Oracle announced it has released beta versions of Oracle Data Provider for .NET and Oracle Developer Tools for Visual Studio .NET that are expected to deliver enhanced ease of use and productivity capabilities for .NET developers using Oracle Database 10g. Press Release | Free Download
• Download Oracle SQL Developer 1.2
  This latest release of the free SQL Developer tool includes a new, reworked Migration Workbench, which greatly extends the functionality and usability offered by the original Oracle Migration Workbench. Download and More
• Integrating Oracle Forms into Oracle ADF Faces
  Learn a technique for extending existing Oracle Forms applications using Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) components. More
• Download Oracle Coherence (formerly Tangosol Coherence)</