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ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS STRATEGY

  • IDC, Maximizing Your Investment in Oracle Applications Software: The Case for Migrating to Oracle Database 11g (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire November 2012 (Publication: November 2011)
    "The reasons for upgrading to Oracle Database 11g are urgent and compelling. Its newer features and internal improvements effectively enable customers to address the mounting pressures on data management along three key dimensions": (i) Sheer database performance, reliability, and recoverability; (ii) Security, traceability, and retained data efficiencies; and (iii) Manageability."
  • Nucleus Research, Oracle OpenWorld Applications Update (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire December 2012 (Publication: October 2011)
    "Based on the demos and testimonials from [Oracle Fusions Applications] early adopters Nucleus has reviewed, Oracle has clearly focused on usability with in-application analytics and other smart application features."
  • IDC, Oracle OpenWorld 2011: Oracle Applications Update (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire May 2012 (Publication: November 2011)
    "IDC believes that Oracle Fusion Applications, now generally available, are well positioned as the next generation of Oracle Applications, extending the strengths of the already broad application portfolio."
  • Ovum, Oracle OpenWorld unveils an increasingly powerful portfolio (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire April 2012 (Publication: October 2011)
    "Oracle OpenWorld 2011 was no exception, with a number of major product releases highlighting that Oracle continues to relentlessly develop and innovate across its broad portfolio of hardware, database, middleware, and applications. However, more importantly, it is in combining these assets that Oracle is able to leverage significant added value for customers. Ovum believes the key message from 2011's Oracle OpenWorld is that the company is accelerating this process and, in doing so, is enhancing its strategic position in the enterprise IT market."
  • Ovum, Oracle has a credible story on continued enterprise applications investment (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire August 2012 (Publication: July 2011)
    "...Ovum analysts were able to establish that Oracle does have a credible story on continued enterprise applications investment. Oracle's story is based on research and operational efficiencies coupled with growing revenue and profitability. The credibility of the story is backed up by each product's recent upgrade history and the product roadmaps communicated to customers."
  • Gartner, Weighing the Decision to Become an Early Adopter of Oracle Fusion Applications
    Distribution rights expire June 2012 (Publication: June 2011)
  • IDC, Enterprises Seek Immediate Business Value as They Prepare for Next-Gen Applications (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire December 2011 (Publication: December 2010)
    "There are some very interesting opportunities and changes happening in enterprise software that will lead to continued improvement in the future."
  • Oracle OpenWorld: Oracle Fusion Applications an Afterthought? Hardly (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire December 2011 (Publication: November 2010)
    "Observing the announced general availability of Oracle Fusion Applications in the first quarter of the next calendar year, IDC believes Oracle has raised the bar for its competitors by bringing together the best of the functionality and technologies of its portfolio of applications and tools, developed both organically and from its various acquisitions, into Oracle Fusion Applications."
  • Gartner, Oracle OpenWorld 2010: A Milestone for Oracle's ERP, SCM, and CRM Applications
    Distribution rights expire November 2011 (Publication: November 2010)
  • Gartner, Oracle Fusion Applications: A Mystery Resolved
    Distribution rights expire September 2011 (Publication: September 2010)

E-BUSINESS SUITE

PEOPLESOFT / JD EDWARDS

FUSION APPLICATIONS

ACCELERATE (MIDMARKET)

WEB COMMERCE

  • Gartner, Magic Quadrant for E-Commerce
    Distribution rights expire November 2012 (Publication: November 2011)
  • Forrester, The Forrester Wave: B2C eCommerce Platforms (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire October 2012 (Publication: October 2010)
    "Forrester evaluated 12 global enterprise-class e-Commerce platform vendors against 111 criteria. ATG is a Leader. ATG combines a strong and well-rounded eCommerce feature set with an array of targeting, personalization, and customer interaction tools."
  • Forrester, The Total Economic Impact Of Click to Call And Click to Chat (PDF)
    Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: August 2010)
    "After speaking with six ATG Live Help customers, Forrester Consulting found that those who use Click to Call and Click to Chat on their e-commerce site saw incremental revenue and recovered online sales that would have otherwise been abandoned."
  • Forrester, The Who, When, And Why Of Visits To Manufacturer Web Sites (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire October 2011 (Publication: September 2010)
    "Forrester found that manufacturer Web site visitors are habitual Web buyers and mainly use search engines and URLs to find manufacturer sites."
  • Forrester, Making Proactive Chat Work (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire July 2011 (Publication: June 2010)
    "Implementing proactive chat can be a complex process that requires aligning multiple business areas. However, a successful proactive chat implementation doesn’t end with a check mark next to the word “done”; savvy eBusiness professionals understand that proactive chat success requires ongoing refinement of the business rules that will trigger chat invitations, staffing, and customer experience."
  • Forrester, Retailers Plan To Expand Online Customer Service Channels In 2010 (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire July 2011 (Publication: March 2010)
    "In the next 12 months, retail eBusiness professionals are planning to expand their online customer service touchpoints, with significant increases in live help, social, and mobile customer service. However, there is a disconnection between customer service and brand efforts: US retail eBusiness professionals widely say that customer service is an essential part of their brand, but their actions belie their words."

ANALYTICS AND ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT (EPM)

APPLICATION INTEGRATION ARCHITECTURE (AIA)

 

DATA HUBS / MDM

GOVERNANCE, RISK, AND COMPLIANCE (GRC)

ERP (FINANCIALS AND HCM)

CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT

SCM

PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT (PLM)

ASSET LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT / ITAM / EAM

  • ARC, Report from the Oracle ALM Summit (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire March 2011 (Publication: March 2010)
    "The ongoing Oracle Applications Unlimited strategy is working. Each of the EAM products has a well-defined product roadmap containing functional improvements and a timeline."

PROJECT PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT (PPM)

SRM / PROCUREMENT

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