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• Ovum, Oracle offers a compelling solution to industries' need for IT standardization (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire June 2013 (Publication: June 2012)
  "With its ongoing investment in industry-specific technology and expertise, Oracle is well placed to expand its already strong position in many industries and deliver on the value promised by its 'simplify IT, power extreme innovation' message."

• IDC, IDC Manufacturing Insights, Perspective: Oracle OpenWorld 2012 - Supply Chain as a Focus (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire May 2013 (Publication November 2012)
  "I am left with the impression that there is an enormous amount of work to do in terms of modernizing the supply chain, and a significant number of smart people willing and able to do it."
• Gartner, Vendor Panorama for Trade Promotion Management in Consumer Good
  Distribution rights expire March 2013 (Publication: August 2012)
• IDC, IDC Manufacturing Insights, Good Ideas Are Not Enough: Execution Is the Key to Sustained Product Success (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire December 2012 (Publication: December 2011)
  "As the economy begins to show signs of recovery, consumer goods manufacturers are again recognizing the inherent complexity of their businesses. Many consumer goods manufacturers are seeking to improve a number of core processes around product development, forecasting, marketing and promotion, and collaboration."
• ARC Advisory Group, Winning at Promotion Optimization (PDF)
  Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: December 2011)
  "Based on the forward-looking analytics, Hormel has been able to improve the ROI of its promotions. While the company was not willing to say how great these improvements have been, it does say that Oracle's Demantra solution has allowed it to save millions of dollars."
• CIMData, Progress of Oracle's PLM Vision and Reality Evident at Oracle OpenWorld 2011 (PDF)
  Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: November 2011)
  "Our summary assessment from this event is that Oracle's PLM product suite has clear strengths and is scoring significant successes in the marketplace. We expect to hear next year of continued growth for Oracle and noteworthy successes for their customers."

• IDC, IDC Manufacturing Insights, Perspective: Project-Driven Supply Chains in the High-Tech Industry (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire July 2013 (Publication: July 2012)
  "...[Oracle] is the closest we have seen to an offering that addresses the issue in its entirety."
• CIMdata, Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management Summit 2012
  Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: March 2012)
  "The Agile PLM Summit 2012 was well presented and attended [...] Many enhancements to the Agile PLM applications were presented and the overall direction was well supported by customer reports and comments."
• IDC, Oracle Real-Time Decisions at Dell: Decision Management in Practice (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire December 2012 (Publication: December 2011)
  "The CRM team at Dell saw positive results shortly after the implementation of Oracle RTD."
• CIMData, Progress of Oracle's PLM Vision and Reality Evident at Oracle OpenWorld 2011 (PDF)
  Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: November 2011)
  "Our summary assessment from this event is that Oracle's PLM product suite has clear strengths and is scoring significant successes in the marketplace. We expect to hear next year of continued growth for Oracle and noteworthy successes for their customers."

• IDC, IDC Energy Insights, IDC MarketScape: Project Portfolio Management Solutions in the Worldwide Oil and Gas Industry (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire August 2013 (Publication: October 2012)
  Oracle is the #1 Leader with Oracle's Primavera P6 Enterprise PPM (release 8.2).
• Ovum, Oracle's Oil & Gas Play Becomes More Refined (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire May 2013 (Publication November 2012)
  "Oracle's combination of name recognition, trust, products, and partners put it in good position to grow its operations business significantly in both size and market share."

• CIMData, Progress of Oracle's PLM Vision and Reality Evident at Oracle OpenWorld 2011 (PDF)
  Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: November 2011)
  "Our summary assessment from this event is that Oracle's PLM product suite has clear strengths and is scoring significant successes in the marketplace. We expect to hear next year of continued growth for Oracle and noteworthy successes for their customers."

• IDC, IDC Manufacturing Insights, Perspective: Oracle OpenWorld 2012 - Supply Chain as a Focus (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire May 2013 (Publication November 2012)
  "I am left with the impression that there is an enormous amount of work to do in terms of modernizing the supply chain, and a significant number of smart people willing and able to do it."
• ARC Advisory Group, Oracle's AutoVue 20.2 Enables Enterprise Visualization (PDF)
  Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: August 2012)
  "Oracle's AutoVue version 20.2 represents the next generation of enterprise level business visualization solutions."
• IDC, IDC Manufacturing Insights, Perspective: Project-Driven Supply Chains in the High-Tech Industry (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire July 2013 (Publication: July 2012)
  "...[Oracle] is the closest we have seen to an offering that addresses the issue in its entirety."
• ARC Advisory Group, EMI Helps Transform Medical Device Manufacturing
  Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: June 2012)
  "As a result [of the implementation of Oracle Manufacturing Operations Center the company was able to develop a more collaborative EMI environment that helped improve efficiencies and reduce costs."
• Gartner, Oracle Manufacturing Summit Highlights Best Practices in IT-Enabling Manufacturing Operations
  Distribution rights expire May 2013 (Publication: April 2012)
• IDC, IDC Manufacturing Insights: The Product Value Chain in Manufacturing (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire December 2012 (Publication: December 2011)
  "The product value chain is a strategic approach to understanding and managing product information throughout its life cycle in order to provide a strong foundation for high-fidelity decision making in all aspects of a product life cycle."
• CIMData, Progress of Oracle's PLM Vision and Reality Evident at Oracle OpenWorld 2011 (PDF)
  Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: November 2011)
  "Our summary assessment from this event is that Oracle's PLM product suite has clear strengths and is scoring significant successes in the marketplace. We expect to hear next year of continued growth for Oracle and noteworthy successes for their customers."
• Gartner, Momentum Continues in SCM at Oracle OpenWorld
  Distribution rights expire November 2012 (Publication: November 2011)

• The Radicati Group, Messaging Platforms for Service Providers - Market Quadrant 2012 (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire December 2013 (Publication: November 2012)
  "Oracle ranks as a Top Player in the Messaging Platforms for Service Providers market."
• Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Integrated Revenue and Customer Management for CSPs
  Distribution rights expire November 2013 (Publication: November 2012)
• Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Operations Support Systems
  Distribution rights expire October 2013 (Publication: October 2012)
• Analysys Mason, Case study: Telekom Malaysia's high-speed broadband network—'out-of-the-box' BSS/OSS was fast and effective (PDF)
  Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: June 2012)
  "The end-to-end implementation of the Oracle suite was the largest and quickest in the region, and among the quickest in the world."
• The Radicati Group, Email Platforms for Service Providers - Market Quadrant 2011 (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire February 2013 (Publication: January 2012)
  "Oracle ranks as a Top Player in the Email Platforms for Service Providers market."
• Gartner, Market Insight: Next-Generation Service Delivery Platform Market Overview and Strategic Scorecard for Vendors, 2012
  Distribution rights expire February 2013 (Publication: February 2012)
• Analysys Mason, Cross-channel marketing and sales provides a uniform, personalized buying experience (PDF)
  Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: September 2011)
• Stratecast, The New Realities of Communications Drive Demand for Dynamic Order Management
  Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: October 2009)
  "To help operators improve time to market while reducing the costs, Oracle provides a COTS-based approach to orchestrate the offer design and order delivery functions to determine the sequence of tasks and dependencies to be performed by the order management process."

• IDC, The Oracle Banking Platform: It's All About Execution Now (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire April 2013 (Publication: October 2012)
  "Oracle has nailed its colors to the mast with its new platform, and is clearly paying increased attention to the financial services sector."
• Ovum, Oracle plays well in quiet core banking market (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire March 2013 (Publication: March 2012)
  "Oracle Financial Services is quite active in terms of new core banking client acquisitions and project implementations."
• Chartis Research, Oracle Vendor Highlights Report 2011 - Risk & Finance Integration (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire January 2013 (Publication: December 2011)
  "Chartis considers Oracle to be a leading vendor in the risk and finance integration technology market."
• Gartner, Magic Quadrant for International Retail Core Banking
  Distribution rights expire October 2012 (Publication: September 2011)

• IDC, IDC Health Insights, Perspective: Leveraging Oracle CRM for Consumer Engagement (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire December 2013 (Publication: November 2012)
  "Cancer Care Ontario (CCO) provides an excellent example of how a healthcare organization is using Oracle's Siebel CRM Enterprise Marketing and Case Management solutions to deliver on its consumer engagement strategy leveraging closed-loop marketing"
• IDC, IDC Health Insights, Perspective: Oracle ePedigree and Serialization Manager Helping Leading Pharma with Global Drug Serialization (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire August 2013 (Publication: August 2012)
  "Most of the proof-of-concept work for OPSM has now been completed, and the pharmaceutical company is very happy with its performance. The company is now working on its long-term business strategy around which countries should be rolled out, in what order, and how its global integration strategy should flow."
• IDC, IDC Health Insights, IDC MarketScape: U.S. Health Information Exchange Platform Solutions 2012 Vendor Assessment (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire August 2013 (Publication: August 2012)
  "Oracle is positioned in the Leader category."
• ARC Advisory Group, EMI Helps Transform Medical Device Manufacturing (PDF)
  Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: June 2012)
  "As a result [of the implementation of Oracle Manufacturing Operations Center the company was able to develop a more collaborative EMI environment that helped improve efficiencies and reduce costs."
• Ovum, Oracle envisions an integrated health sciences platform (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire May 2013 (Publication: May 2012)
  "Oracle envisions a complete, open, integrated application suite from discovery to care delivery. While these are ambitious goals, Ovum believes that they are precisely what the industry needs to further innovation and fuel the data-driven era of healthcare."
• Gartner, Life Science Clinical Study Planning Sharpens Accuracy Using Sophisticated Budgeting Tools
  Distribution rights expire April 2013 (Publication: April 2012)
• Ovum, Ovum Decision Matrix: Selecting a CRM Vendor in the Life Sciences Industry (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire April 2013 (Publication: April 2012)
  "Ovum recommends that institutions shortlist Oracle when considering the purchase of a CRM solution."
• IDC, Perspective: Moving from eClinical to eDevelopment—Oracle Buys ClearTrial (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire October 2012 (Publication: April 2012)
  "The addition of ClearTrial expands Oracle's eClinical portfolio to include planning, forecasting, and tracking at a higher, more strategic level (eDevelopment), enabling organizations to more efficiently manage all of their clinical development activities under a single Oracle umbrella."
• IDC, Vendor Assessment: 2011 Top 10 Life Science Software Vendors (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire April 2013 (Publication: April 2012)
  Oracle is #1 in the life science software market.
• CIMdata, Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management Summit 2012
  Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: March 2012)
  "The Agile PLM Summit 2012 was well presented and attended [...] Many enhancements to the Agile PLM applications were presented and the overall direction was well supported by customer reports and comments."
• KLAS, 2011 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire February 2013 (Publication: December 2011)
  "Oracle Receives Best in KLAS Award for Financial/ERP."
• CIMData, Progress of Oracle's PLM Vision and Reality Evident at Oracle OpenWorld 2011 (PDF)
  Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: November 2011)
  "Our summary assessment from this event is that Oracle's PLM product suite has clear strengths and is scoring significant successes in the marketplace. We expect to hear next year of continued growth for Oracle and noteworthy successes for their customers."
• IDC, IDC Health Insights, Perspective: Oracle Translational Research Center - Paving the Path to the Translational Transformation (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire November 2012 (Publication: November 2011)
  "IDC expects that the Oracle Health Sciences Translational Research Center platform will significantly help accelerate the overall adoption of translational research over the next several years."
• IDC, IDC Health Insights, Perspective: Cloud and Tablets - A CRM No-Brainer (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire November 2012 (Publication: November 2011)
  "Both cloud CRM and next-generation tablet technology have essentially become "nobrainers" for pharma manufacturers, as one director of CRM at a top 10 pharma so eloquently stated."
• Ovum, Selecting an EDC Vendor in the Life Sciences Industry (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire October 2012 (Publication: September 2011)
  "Oracle Inform is a market leader. Oracle Remote Data Capture (RDC) is a Challenger."
• Nucleus Research, TCO Case Study, SAP versus Oracle JD Edwards (PDF)
  Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: June 2010)
  Nucleus found that, in the case of this publicly traded biotechnology firm, both Oracle JD Edwards and SAP were chosen and championed – and a merger brought them together. In this dual ERP environment, SAP is more than four times more costly than JD Edwards EnterpriseOne.

• Gartner, MarketScope for North American Life Insurance Policy Administration Vendors
  Distribution rights expire July 2013 (Publication: June 2012)
• Nucleus Research, Research Note: Marketing Automation Drives CRM ROI (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire April 2013 (Publication: April 2012)
  "Although most CRM applications have some marketing functionality, few have the automated contact segmenting and analysis, content management, and workflow capabilities needed to support marketing automation. The exception today is Oracle, with release 19 of Oracle CRM On Demand, which integrated the marketing automation capabilities it acquired from Market2Lead in 2010."
• Celent, North American Policy Administration Systems 2011 (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire January 2013 (Publication: December 2011)
  "Oracle Insurance Policy Administration represents one of the better examples of modern technology that serves up broad, reliable functionality."

• IDC, IDC Retail Insights, Perspectives: Oracle Retail CrossTalk Event - Are You Experienced? (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire March 2013 (Publication: August 2012)
  "Oracle really understands retailers' needs and how to continue to expand the Oracle Retail portfolio to meet these needs."
• Forrester, The Forrester Wave(TM): Point of Service, Q2 2012 (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire December 2013 (Publication: June 2012)
  Forrester evaluated 10 vendors across 70 vendors. Oracle is a Leader with Oracle Retail Point-of-Service Suite.
• Gartner, Magic Quadrant for International Retail Core Banking
  Distribution rights expire October 2012 (Publication: September 2011)
• Gartner, The Customer Is King Again at Oracle Retail CrossTalk
  Distribution rights expire September 2012 (Publication: August 2011)

• Nucleus Research, ROI Case Study: Oracle E-Business Suite - OpenTV (PDF)
  Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: November 2009)
  "OpenTV deployed Oracle E-Business Suite to meet its evolving and complex business requirements while streamlining data entry and auditing, reducing costs while increasing visibility into the business."

• Gartner, Student Demand Drives International Post Secondary Student Information Systems
  Distribution rights expire January 2013 (Publication: December 2011)
• Gartner, MarketScope for Local Government CRM
  Distribution rights expire October 2012 (Publication: October 2011)
• Gartner, Case Study: Montgomery County Deploys ERP and CRM Simultaneously
  Distribution rights expire September 2012 (Publication: August 2011)
• Gartner, Case Study: The Hong Kong Hospital Authority's Prescription for ERP
  Distribution rights expire September 2012 (Publication: July 2011)
• Nucleus Research, ROI Case Study: Oracle Imaging and Process Management - Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (PDF)
  Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: August 2010)
  "Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University expanded its Oracle Imaging and Process Management (I/PM) and Oracle Distributed Document Capture (ODDC) deployment from student records and admissions to support management of invoices and expense reports, reducing costs while accelerating processes and increasing productivity. Nucleus Research estimates return on investment of 180% with a payback period of 7 months and average annual benefit of $521,375 over a three year period for Embry-Riddle."

• IDC, IDC Manufacturing Insights, Oracle cMRO Implementation at Korean Air (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire October 2013 (Publication: September 2012)
  "Oracle cMRO [Oracle Complex Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul] enables Korean Air to plan aircraft and engine maintenance against flight schedules on a yearly, quarterly, monthly, weekly, and daily basis. The system forecasts time and cost of planned maintenance, optimizing maintenance schedule and reducing the negative impact of service on flight schedule."
• ARC Advisory Group, Past Performance is No Guarantee of Future Results: The Case for Innovation in Supply Chain Networks, Processes, and Technology
  Distribution do not expire (Publication: November 2010)
  "The "There" each company must strive towards will vary by company and industry, but tomorrow's leaders will share some common attributes: They will all view supply chain as a synchronized system, not a fragmented collection of processes, functional groups, and IT applications. They will all make smarter decisions faster. They will collaborate and share networks with suppliers and customers. They will all have flexible, adaptable, and scalable IT systems."

• Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Delivery Utility Enterprise Asset Management
  Distribution rights expire September 2013 (Publication: September 2012)
• IDC, IDC Energy Insights, IDC MarketScape: Customer Care and Billing in Competitive Unbundled Energy Markets, 2012 Vendor Assessment (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire June 2013 (Publication: June 2012)
  Oracle is a Leader. "Oracle scored highest for future strategies as it demonstrates strong commitment to the utilities industry, with strong sales and distribution-structure capabilities, and its product roadmap is well developed and in step with current energy market needs and future evolution."
• Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Utilities Customer Information Systems
  Distribution rights expire June 2013 (Publication: June 2012)
• Gartner, MarketScope for Outage Management Systems
  Distribution rights expire June 2013 (Publication: June 2012)
• Ovum, Ovum Decision Matrix: Selecting a Meter Data Management Solution for the Utilities Industry (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire June 2013 (Publication: April 2012)
  Oracle is included in the "Shortlist" section of this decision matrix. "During the past five years, the company has integrated its acquisitions into an impressively broad portfolio of enterprise applications."
• IDC, Energy Insights: Best Practices: Portugal's Way of Driving Electric Mobility - The MOBI.E Project (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire November 2012 (Publication: November 2011)
  "Portugal's decision to take a national approach to the deployment of an electric mobility infrastructure is unique in its kind."
• Ovum, GIS can do much more than map utilities' smart grid journey (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire November 2012 (Publication: October 2011)
  "Oracle is in a strong position in the GIS market. It does not have a GIS tool of its own, but it provides the spatial database for many vendors' GIS offerings."
• Nucleus Research, ROI Case Study, Oracle MDM (PDF)
  Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: June 2010)
  An European leader in electricity transmission and distribution achieved a ROI of 105% and payback in 2.1 years by implementing Oracle MDM.

• IDC, IDC Manufacturing Insights, Technology Adoption in Midsize Wholesale Distributors (PDF)
  Distribution rights expire February 2013 (Publication February 2012)
  "More so than any other industry segment, wholesale distribution is caught in a profitability squeeze between suppliers (typically manufacturers) and customers, and although wholesale has tended to be a laggard in terms of investments in technology, this is changing rapidly. As a result of industry complexity and competitive pressures, leading wholesale distributors are using technology to gain insight into profitability across multiple dimensions, including product, services, customer, channel, and time period. Along with sophisticated analytics, these wholesale distributors are able to do comprehensive supplier and customer profitability analyses, model cost and revenue forecasts, and evaluate future cost and revenue with comprehensive what-if modeling capabilities."