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  • Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management
    Distribution rights expire November 2012 (Publication: November 2011)
  • Forrester, The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Content Management, Q4 2011 (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire May 2013 (Publication: November 2011)
    "Forrester evaluated 16 products. Oracle ia a Leader. "Oracle ranks as Leader in all content technology segments due to its broad set of capabilities."
  • Gartner, Oracle Tries the Collaboration Market Again With Social Network Product
    Distribution rights expire January 2012 (Publication: October 2011)
  • Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Content Management
    Distribution rights expire October 2012 (Publication: October 2011)
  • Ovum, Oracle lands FatWire (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire January 2012 (Publication: July 2011)
    "Oracle is becoming a leader in customer experience management."
  • IDC, Worldwide Capture and Image Management Software 2010--2014 Forecast and Analysis (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire January 2012 (Publication: December 2010)
    "Capture-enabling existing business applications is a key trend and driver for the capture and image management market. Image-enabling the enterprise applications of its vast customer base is a huge opportunity for Oracle, especially as its customers look to leverage the services that Oracle plans to provide by embedding middleware capabilities within the upcoming releases of Oracle Fusion Applications, including content management and business process management."
  • The 451 Group, Oracle secures its search strategy as scalable, stand-alone and in the stack (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire November 2011 (Publication: November 2010)
    Analysts validate the strategy for Secure Enterprise Search by noting "ease of use and scalability enhancements are standard in any enterprise search release, but in Oracle's case, the upgrades to Secure Enterprise Search (SES) are both a stake in the ground to tackle the market on an Oracle-worthy scale, and its appliance could pose an attractive alternative as data growth soars and Google's customers outgrow their first million-document-max yellow boxes. The bigger picture for Oracle's own stack is embedding search discretely in all individual Oracle applications and integrating it with Oracle Fusion Middleware for the future development of enterprise-wide, search-based applications."
  • Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Content Management
    Distribution rights expire November 2011 (Publication: November 2010)
  • Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management
    Distribution rights expire August 2011 (Publication: August 2010)
  • Gartner, MarketScope for Enterprise Records Management
    Distribution rights expire August 2011 (Publication: August 2010)
  • 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."
  • Forrester, The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Content Management Suites, Q4 2009 (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire May 2011 (Publication: November 2009)
    Forrester evaluated eight vendors across 70 criteria. Oracle is a Leader. "Oracle provides an extensive, robust ECM suite."
  • Martin Butler Research, The Business Value of Enterprise Search 2009 (PDF)
    Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: July 2009)
    Martin Butler Research expects information search to become a major issue in all organizations as the need to reduce information costs becomes a more pressing issue. As information sources proliferate, so the need to present a single search interface will become more important. Recent research on the benefits of knowledge sharing reveal that costs can quickly exceed benefits. Expect information search to become a much larger component in your organizations IT armory, and with it will come a need for constant awareness of cost and value.
  • Basex, Building Collaborative Business Environments: The Buzz on Oracle's Beehive (PDF)
    Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: July 2009)
    Basex evaluates Oracle Beehive and concludes that it clearly has functionality to enable Collaborative Business Environment to help organizations realize significant enterprise productivity and efficiency gains. Basex recommends that organizations consider Oracle Beehive as a comprehensive collaboration solution alongside the more traditional products from IBM (Lotus Notes/Domino, Lotus Connections, and Lotus Sametime) and Microsoft (Outlook/Exchange and SharePoint and Office Communications Server.)
  • Forrester, Total Economic Impact of Oracle Enterprise Content Management (PDF)
    Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: April 2008)
    Forrester Consulting completed a commissioned Total Economic Impact (TEI) study on behalf of Oracle on the City of Ottawa. The City of Ottawa is anticipating a return on investment of between 143% and 152% with Oracle's Enterprise Content Management. The benefit areas for realizing ROI come from reduced print cost, improved management of physical files, increase in productivity from content related processes, easier compliance with information retention regulations and improved citizen services.
  • Forrester, Total Economic Impact of Oracle Universal Content Management (PDF)
    Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: December 2007)
    Forrester Consulting completed a commissioned Total Economic Impact (TEI) study on behalf of Oracle on Emerson Process Management. Emerson was able to achieve a 177% risk-adjusted ROI and payback within 12 months of deployment of Oracle Universal Content Management. The benefit areas for realizing ROI came from reduced headcount for managing content, reduced print and mailing costs, reduced third-party vendor costs and improved operational efficiency with content-oriented processes and better control over brand consistency.

DATABASE
  • Ovum, Oracle mainstreams its Hadoop platform with Cloudera OEM deal (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire January 2013 (Publication: January 2012)
    "Clearly, Oracle's release of Oracle Big Data Appliance signifies a full commitment to Hadoop as a first-class citizen of the Oracle data platform."
  • Winter Corporation, Big Data: Business Opportunities, Requirements, and Oracle's Approach (PDF)
    Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: December 2011)
    "Oracle Big Data Appliance - in connection with Oracle Exadata Database Machine and Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine - offers a new route for Oracle customers to leverage the business opportunities associated with "Big Data"."
  • 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 Database Appliance: High-Availability for the Mid-Market (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire December 2012 (Publication: September 2011)
    "The Oracle Database Appliance brings enterprise-class performance within their reach with an approachable price tag, simplicity, and flexibility. Partners that want to accelerate sales and delivery of applications to their customers are likely to benefit from the appliance as well."
  • 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."
  • Enterprise Strategy Group, Oracle ASM: A Frontrunner in Storage Management Solutions (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire November 2012 (Publication: September 2011)
    "Any technology that introduces simplified management and automation in support of data governance best practices - such the Automatic Storage Management (ASM) feature available in Oracle Database 11g--should be considered as a core enabler to address storage capacity management challenges"
  • IDC, Oracle Builds Out Its Line of Engineered Systems (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire November 2012 (Publication: October 2011)
    "...Oracle reached an 18-month watershed at Oracle OpenWorld 2011, showing a family of engineered systems brought to market since it acquired Sun Microsystems in January 2010. [...] This is a strategy and approach to the business that will likely lead to a number of new reference architectures, and to an expanded series of engineered systems by 2012, IDC believes."
  • Enterprise Strategy Group, Oracle Database Appliance: A Simple, Economical Option for SMBs and Independent Software Vendors (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire November 2012 (Publication: October 2011)
    "Oracle recently announced the Oracle Database Appliance, which offers small and mid-sized organizations a rapidly deployable, highly available platform at an affordable cost. With this new offering, Oracle's Engineered Systems family becomes more complete, with Oracle Exadata Database Machine supporting the needs of larger enterprises and Oracle Database Appliance supporting SMBs, departmental applications, and independent software vendors (ISVs)."
  • 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 Applies for Database Simplicity (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire October 2012 (Publication: October 2011)
    "Ovum believes that this system [Oracle Database Appliance] will suit existing Oracle customers with mid-sized database deployments that are looking for consolidation options that will reduce management complexity."
  • IDC, IDC Retail Insights, Best Practices: Faster Data Processing Supports Bokwang Familymart Expansion (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire August 2012 (Publication: February 2011)
    "Following the implementation of Oracle Exadata Database Machine, Bokwang Familymart achieved significant improvements in its stock ordering process and also a relevant reduction of IT costs."
  • Gartner, Oracle Exadata Database Machine Deployments Meet Expectations and Drive Interest
    Distribution rights expire June 2012 (Publication: June 2011)
  • Forrester, Oracle Exadata Raises The Bar On Database Appliances (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire May 2012 (Publication: May 2011)
    "Oracle customers looking for extreme performance, improved database availability, or a consolidation platform should consider Oracle Exadata."
  • Gartner, Case Study: Database integration by Hokuriku Coca-Cola using a database appliance (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire May 2012 (Publication: May 2010)
  • ESG, Oracle Storage: A Force to be Reckoned With? (PDF)
    Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: April 2011)
    "Oracle is getting increasingly active in the storage business and it looks to have the desire, resources, and products to become more of a factor in the overall marketplace. Although a non-traditional player in this space, its Sun/StorageTek acquisition, combined with its traditional areas of strength, are creating an opportunity for it to be a disruptive (i.e., successful) element."
  • IDC, BNP Paribas Deploys Oracle Exadata to Accelerate Information Processing: The Hardware Perspective (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire April 2012 (Publication: April 2011)
    "Overall, BNP Paribas reported significant benefits in the additional features that the new system enabled. Oracle Exadata was not primarily selected as a way to lower costs or increase efficiency, but rather as an instrument to empower both database administrators and, more importantly, end users, to achieve more in their daily jobs analyzing structured data. Scalability has also been mentioned by the IT department as an advantage of the new architecture."
  • IDC, Is Oracle the Apple of the Enterprise? (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire March 2012 (Publication: March 2011)
    "If Oracle replicates its success with Exadata with the more recent Exalogic, then this is a company that is clearly going to change many of the market's current preconceptions."
  • KuppingerCole, Oracle Database Security (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire January 2012 (Publication: December 2010)
    KuppingerCole strongly recommends to any organization with Oracle databases in production use to evaluate the Oracle Database Security offerings and to pick the appropriate ones to enhance security and compliance support in their production environments.
  • IDC, Bayer Healthcare Integrates OLTP and DWH Through Oracle Exadata for More Efficient Drug Information (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire December 2011 (Publication: December 2010)
    This is a case study of Bayer Yakuhin Ltd.'s implementation of Oracle Exadata to help address their objective of simplifying the aggregation and analysis of drug information. This study investigates Bayer Yakuhin Ltd.'s project requirements, product selection, and the implementation results. This will also serve as a model case study for companies that aim to strengthen their management and utilization of information.
  • KuppingerCole, Oracle Database Security (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire January 2012 (Publication: December 2010)
    KuppingerCole strongly recommends to any organization with Oracle databases in production use to evaluate the Oracle Database Security offerings and to pick the appropriate ones to enhance security and compliance support in their production environments.
  • IDC, Worldwide Embedded DBMS 2010-2014 Forecast and 2009 Vendor Shares (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire September 2011 (Publication: September 2010)
    Oracle is #1 in the embedded DBMS market with 30.3% market share in 2009 based on total software revenues worldwide.
  • Retail Systems Research, Exa-Oracle (PDF)
    Distribution do not expire (Publication: September 2010)
    "But the new Exa-offerings aren't merely hype like this year's fashions. These technology offerings are something that retailers will be compelled to take a serious look at simply because Oracle's price/performance are...well, stunning."
  • IBRS, What is an Exadata and is it in your future? (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire November 2011 (Publication: November 2010)
    "Oracle Exadata is an innovative approach to system design that makes Oracle a leading vendor in the Integrated Systems model and it is an example of how IT infrastructure will evolve over the next 3-7 years."
  • IDC, Oracle's MAA Portfolio: Deploying High-Availability Solutions Across the Enterprise (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire September 2011 (Publication: June 2010)
    Oracle has taken a robust approach to high availability, with multiple products under the unified Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) initiative including high-availability software (Oracle RAC, ASM, and Oracle Data Guard) and heterogeneous HA capability via Oracle GoldenGate. Three case studies (State of Connecticut, MorphoTrak, and Intermap Technologies) demonstrate the business value of Oracle's broad HA offering.
  • IDC, Messages from Oracle OpenWorld 2010: Exadata Exceeds Expectation and MySQL Thrives (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire November 2011 (Publication: November 2010)
    "What became clear from the start, and was reinforced by numerous customer panels as well as one-on-one interviews with users, was that Oracle's claims regarding Exadata's speed, efficiency, and scalability were not hype; if anything, they proved modest when compared with actual experience. Over a dozen customers testified, in panel discussions and interviews, with similar stories, mostly involving data warehouse implementations of Exadata V2 and migrations from Oracle Database deployed on separately purchased hardware."
  • Gartner, Modernization Strategy: Oracle
    Distribution rights expire June 2011 (Publication: June 2010)
  • ESG, Oracle Database 11g Helps Control Exponential Database Growth (PDF)
    (Publication: March 2010)
    ESG customer surveys reveal that “managing data growth” is consistently a top concern. This whitepaper discusses the various features of the Oracle Database that assist with managing data including ASM, Advanced Data Compression, Data Guard, and Partitioning.
  • IT Market Strategy, Oracle Exadata: A Data Management Tipping Point (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire May 2011 (Publication: May 2010)
    Advances in data-management architecture (CPU, memory, storage, I/O, and the database engine itself) have been steady but piecemeal. With Exadata V2, Oracle not only provides the latest technology in each part of the data-management architecture, but also integrates them under the full control of one vendor. The result of this is that Exadata V2 customers report massive performance gains over legacy systems - at a fraction of the cost of competitive solutions.
  • Forrester, The Forrester Wave: Predictive Analytics and Data Mining Solutions, Q1 2010 (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire August 2011 (Publication: February 2010)
    Oracle is a Leader. "Oracle distinguishes itself through the depth of its PA/DM tool's integration into its enterprise database and application portfolio."
  • Winter Corporation, Increasing the Manageability of the Oracle Grid (PDF)
    Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: September 2009)
    Oracle Database 11g Release 2 has made significant manageability improvements to Oracle RAC manageability. WinterCorp concludes that the number of steps required to install a four-node Oracle Database 11g Release 2 RAC cluster has decreased by 40% over Oracle Database 11g Release 1. For installing a software patch, 90% fewer steps are required.

FUSION MIDDLEWARE

GRID
  • Winter Corporation, Increasing the Manageability of the Oracle Grid (PDF)
    Distribution rights do not expire (Publication: September 2009)
    Oracle Database 11g Release 2 has made significant manageability improvements to Oracle RAC manageability. WinterCorp concludes that the number of steps required to install a four-node Oracle Database 11g Release 2 RAC cluster has decreased by 40% over Oracle Database 11g Release 1. For installing a software patch, 90% fewer steps are required.

JAVA
  • Ovum, Java relevance continues as Java 7 launches (PDF)
    Distribution rights expire August 2012 (Publication: July 2011)
    The outlook for enterprise server-side Java remains as strong as before, but the situation on the client side, including web and mobile, is less clear. The options are currently too fragmented—an issue the Java community needs to put right.

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