Alcoa to Power Global Operations with Oracle

Leading Manufacturer Turns to Oracle Fusion Applications and Oracle Exadata for Technology Transformation

ORACLE OPENWORLD, SAN FRANCISCO – October 4, 2011

News Facts

To support its growth and continued innovation, Alcoa (NYSE: AA), the world’s leading producer of primary aluminum and fabricated aluminum, has selected Oracle® Exadata Database Machine and Oracle Fusion Human Capital Management (HCM).

Alcoa will deploy Oracle Fusion HCM alongside existing Oracle E-Business Suite applications. As part of its enterprise application roadmap, Alcoa is also upgrading to the Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.

Both Oracle Exadata Database Machine X2-2 and X2-8 systems will be implemented to improve OLTP performance, scalability and reliability across the global organization.

Technology Transformation to Support Continued Global Growth and Innovation

Alcoa has been at the leading edge of technology and innovation since inventing the modern-day aluminum industry more than 120 years ago.

Employing a coexistence strategy, Alcoa will introduce new functionality through Oracle Fusion HCM to support continued growth of its 59,000-employee workforce, while maintaining its current Oracle E-Business Suite HCM environment.

By deploying Oracle Fusion HCM, including Oracle Fusion Compensation, Oracle Fusion Performance Management and Oracle Fusion Talent Review, Alcoa will grow their talent, foster collaboration and gain deeper insight into its global human resources.

As part of the upgrade, Alcoa will consolidate four HCM instances down to a single global instance helping to standardize processes, better respond to employee and staffing needs, and reduce system maintenance costs.

Alcoa will replace servers powering current OLTP databases with four half-rack Oracle Exadata Database Machine X2-2 systems and two Oracle Exadata Database Machine X2-8 systems, respectively

Alcoa has engaged Oracle on Demand and Oracle Consulting to assist with the planning and implementation of the Oracle Applications and Oracle Exadata systems.

Alcoa licensed Oracle Exadata and Oracle Fusion HCM in June 2011.

Supporting Quote

“Alcoa selected Oracle because the company provides a total solution, from hardware, through software and services,” said Nancy Wolk, Alcoa’s Chief Information Officer. “We believe this ‘single source’ approach best meets our needs. In addition, adding Oracle’s Fusion HCM to the existing Oracle E-Business Suite will provide us with required new functionality while leveraging the systems already in place.”

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About Alcoa

Alcoa is the world’s leading producer of primary and fabricated aluminum, as well as the world’s largest miner of bauxite and refiner of alumina. In addition to inventing the modern-day aluminum industry, Alcoa innovation has been behind major milestones in the aerospace, automotive, packaging, building and construction, commercial transportation, consumer electronics and industrial markets over the past 120 years. Among the solutions Alcoa markets are flat-rolled products, hard alloy extrusions, and forgings, as well as Alcoa® wheels, fastening systems, precision and investment castings, and building systems in addition to its expertise in other light metals such as titanium and nickel-based super alloys. Sustainability is an integral part of Alcoa’s operating practices and the product design and engineering it provides to customers. Alcoa has been a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for 10 consecutive years and approximately 75 percent of all of the aluminum ever produced since 1888 is still in active use today. Alcoa employs approximately 59,000 people in 31 countries across the world. More information can be found atwww.alcoa.com.

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