What Customers and Partners Are Saying

"Avis Budget has been a long time proponent of best of breed products. Our OMEGA SOA has been built on Oracle, Sun, and BEA software. The benefit we will realize from Oracle's integration of Sun products will provide a safe home for our past investments in Java and Solaris and new opportunity for additional Fusion-based synergies."
John Turato
VP, Technology, Avis Budget

"I see this as a natural evolution of the long-term relationship between Oracle and Sun. This acquisition helps round out Oracle's suite of products and services providing essential solutions and powerful packaging that only a leading world-class software company could provide."
Carl Wilson
EVP and CIO, Marriott International Incorporated

"By acquiring Sun, Oracle will significantly change the IT landscape. The combined companies will be able to offer customers complete end-to-end solutions. Oracle will be the only company that can offer enterprise class hardware, middleware and packaged applications. I believe the merging of the complementary product portfolios will be good for customers."
Gregory Morrison
Vice President and CIO, Cox Enterprise, Inc.

"The Oracle acquisition of Sun makes a lot of sense to me and aligns well with Oracle's strategy of reducing operational costs for their customers. By acquiring Sun, Oracle will be able to provide an integrated hardware and software solution, in which all the components of the technology stack are optimized to work well together. This optimization will enable Oracle solutions to perform faster and more reliably."
Norm Fjeldheim
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Qualcomm, Inc.

"Oracle's acquisition of Sun provides Oracle with more best-in-class technologies to add to their portfolio. The combined companies will be able to deliver a comprehensive enterprise application platform and solution from end-to-end. I feel Oracle is becoming more of a total solutions provider not just another software or technology vendor."
Dave Rudzinsky
SVP of Information Services and CIO, Hologic, Inc.

"We run a good part of our business on Sun and Oracle. They have both been long-time business partners with outstanding technology. We are intrigued to see what advantages may be gained from partnering with a single vendor who has a complete vision for how to support our technology."
David Buckholtz
VP, Enterprise Technology and Quality, Sony Pictures Entertainment

"Members of the Oracle customer community, and especially the Quest International Users Group, are looking forward to a wide range of synergies from Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems. We're excited to welcome Sun Microsystems' customers into the Oracle users group family, and we're excited to see what we can learn from each other. Oracle's recent acquisitions have proven to be productive and efficient additions that make our lives as Oracle customers easier, reduces the complexity and cost of our IT-based business solutions, and increases the value of our investments in our Oracle products and services."
Roger W. Parks
President, Quest International Users Group
VP Information Technology and CIO, J.R. Simplot Company

"The acquisition of Sun by Oracle unites two trusted allies. In today's banking environment, which has been shaken by issues of risk and complexity, it is a move towards simplicity. Apart from lowering operational costs it reinforces a platform for reducing operational risk."
Dinesh Fernandopulle
Group CIO, DFCC Bank

"Grupo Waldo's IT Direction has worked for the last 3 years to design and implement an infrastructure and applications platform to warrant two major premises: provide the functionality required by the business and secure the availability of disparate systems for services provisioning. With the combination of Sun, Oracle and our IT specialists, we have found this balance: infrastructure stability, applications oriented to business and high services level requirements, which enable us to contribute in a clear and precise manner to the growth and daily operations of the Group. This in turn translates into benefits to our customers whilst building a solid base for the future."
Jorge Malo
CIO, Grupo Waldo's

"Since US Oncology just completed a multi-year project written with Java and based on an Oracle environment, we are thrilled about the planned acquisition of Sun by Oracle. The combination of the two companies enables us to reap more benefits from our investment in Oracle, and more importantly, spend more time focusing on our mission of advancing cancer care in America."
Todd Schonherz
SVP, Chief Information Officer, US Oncology

"ING enjoys strong relationships with Oracle and Sun. Both companies are strategic providers of technology to us. We believe Oracle’s pending acquisition of Sun will be beneficial for ING."
Peggy Curley
Head of OIB Communications

"The complementary technologies and applications of Oracle and Sun have great potential to add significant value to our portfolio of businesses across the world. As the two work to integrate their best-in-class products and resources, we anticipate an even more robust offering to build on. Our cloud enabled application and hosting services will align well with and should derive significant benefit from the Oracle/Sun combination."
Denis J. Martin
Executive Vice President and CTO, Navisite, Inc.

"The complementary technologies and applications of Oracle and Sun have great potential to add significant value to our GSM and CDMA businesses across India. As the two work to inegrate their best-in-class products and resources, we anticipate an even more robust offering to build on."
Mr. Shirish Munj
Vice President IT, Tata Teleservices Limited

"OTP Bank enjoys strong relationships with Oracle and Sun. Both companies are strategic providers of technology to us. We believe Oracle's pending acquisition of Sun will be beneficial for OTP Bank."
Akos Takats
CIO, deputy CEO, OTP Bank

"Core Services has existing relationships with both Sun and Oracle and we are optimistic that the combination will provide us with the continued commitment to the products that have allowed us to be responsive to the needs of our clients. In a rapidly changing environment, it is important to have leading edge technology from a company that has the resources to be there when you need them most."
James Bistis
President and CEO of Core Services

"LUKOIL-INFORM is the head organization to provide IT support to the LUKOIL Group - one of the world’s leading vertically integrated oil & gas companies. We have existing relationships with both Sun and Oracle and we are optimistic that the combination will provide us with the continued commitment to the products that have allowed us to be responsive to the needs of our company. In a rapidly changing environment, it is important to have leading edge technology from a company that has the resources to be there when you need them most."
Alexander Pruzhinin
First Deputy Director—Strategy

"The complementary technologies and applications of Oracle and Sun have great potential to add significant value to our portfolio of businesses across the world. As the two work to integrate their best-in-class products and resources, we anticipate an even more robust offering to build on."
Mike Brodbelt
Director of Technical Operations and Infrastructure, Last.fm Ltd.

"Oracle's acquisition of Sun and its applications-to-disk strategy will reduce costs, increase performance and provide greater security for our joint clients, as well as concentrate R&D investments that will speed innovation. As the leading systems integrator for both Oracle and Sun, Accenture will continue working closely with both companies through the acquisition and beyond to help our clients reassess their IT strategies and take advantage of new opportunities created by this deal."
Don Rippert
Chief Technology Officer, Accenture

"As a global leader in providing technology-enabled solutions and services, we have enjoyed enduring strategic alliances with both Oracle and Sun. Through the combination of these entities, customers can expect to reap the benefits of a unified technology stack and complementary product portfolios."
Jim Cook
President, Business Solutions and Services, CSC

"Quantum Secure is very enthusiastic about Oracle's eminent acquisition of Sun. With certified connectors to both Oracle Identity Manager and Sun Identity Management solutions, our partnership efforts with both companies has been strong—and will only continue to gain momentum after this consolidation. Quantum Secure looks forward to years of solid partnership with the largest identity management solution provider in the world."
Ajay Jain
President and CEO, Quantum Secure, Inc.

"The proposed acquisition of Sun by Oracle, two of the leading IT companies in the world, is indeed an exciting and significant development. Both customers and partners can look forward to a comprehensive, integrated and one-stop solution platform, which will benefit everyone in terms of efficiency and value-add in their combined solution offerings and delivery. Over the last decade, CrimsonLogic has established firm and fruitful relationships with both Oracle and Sun, through our various projects in Singapore and all around the world. We believe that this merger will only bring about greater opportunities for co-operation and partnership, and continuing success in our business endeavors."
Leong Peng Kiong
CEO, CrimsonLogic Pte Ltd