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News Facts

    --  Continuing to build on the success of the Oracle Business Indicators for
        the iPhone, Oracle announced Oracle(R) Business Approvals is scheduled
        to be available for download on Apple's App Store in Oracle's
        Q2.
    --  Oracle Business Approvals includes Oracle Business Approvals for
        Managers and Oracle Business Approvals for Sales Managers, two
        easy-to-use applications that deliver targeted and task-oriented
        information to help managers make informed decisions, and take action
        conveniently and securely from their iPhones.
    --  Oracle Business Approvals for Managers enables managers to view pending
        actions related to expenses, purchase requisitions, as well as HR
        vacancies and job offers, conveniently on the iPhone.
    --  With Oracle Business Approvals for Sales Managers, executives have the
        power to evaluate and approve pending sales quotes from their iPhone,
        speeding up the sales process.
    --  Leveraging powerful Oracle solutions and a highly intuitive user
        interface designed with the mobile professional in mind, these
        applications deliver targeted business information and advanced data
        sharing that enable greater efficiency for real-time decision-making.
    --  Today's announcement supports Oracle's strategy of delivering
        complete, integrated and end-to-end product suites on an open,
        standards-based middleware and database architecture. Oracle's
        approach helps customers to simplify computing environments, lower cost
        and risk, and provides greater choice and flexibility.

Oracle Business Approvals for iPhone

    --  The Oracle Business Approvals applications help increase productivity by
        delivering access to crucial information generated from Oracle
        E-Business Suite and Siebel CRM. Providing actionable intelligence on
        the go, the applications leverage the recently launched Oracle Business
        Indicators as a foundation to access analytical reports and data from
        Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Plus (OBIEE) and Oracle
        Business Intelligence Applications.
    --  Oracle Business Approvals applications consist of a native iPhone
        application, available free from Apple's App Store, and a
        connector, licensed on a per-user model from Oracle, that integrates
        with the ERP and CRM applications using Oracle SOA Suite and optional
        OBIEE technologies for scalability and deep integration. Secure mobile
        flexibility and performance are delivered with the superior support of
        SSL encryption protocol and Oracle's Indentity Management.
    --  The English language version of Oracle Business Approvals will be
        available for the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Canada,
        Denmark, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Sweden,
        United Kingdom, United States, Australia and New Zealand.

Supporting Quote

    --  "Organizations are increasingly demanding anywhere, anytime
        applications to empower decision makers with mission critical
        information at their fingertips," said Oracle Senior Vice President
        of Application Development Ed Abbo. "Oracle continues to meet this
        demand with robust and powerful applications tailored to mobile
        devices."

Supporting Resources

    --  Apple iPhone
    --  Apple App Store
    --  Press Release: Oracle Announces Oracle Business Applications for iPhone
        Available on Apple App Store

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    -- Emirates NBD (http://www.emiratesnbd.com/)is a Dubai-based banking
       group and is one of the foremost financial institutions in the region.
    -- To enable a more dynamic and flexible HR environment and to eliminate
       numerous manual processes, the company deployed the Oracle E-Business
       Suite Release 12.
    -- As a result of relying on the latest release of Oracle Applications,
       Emirates NBD has empowered 8000 employees across the region to manage
       their own HR processes using Oracle Self-Service. It has successfully
       reengineered and deployed several HR processes thereby bringing in HR
       efficiencies, increasing employee capabilities and unlocking the
       potential of its employees.
    -- "With the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12, we are now empowering our
       employees to take ownership of critical HR processes which is saving us
       time and resources," said Emirates NDB Bank Project Director and HR
       Strategy Consultant, Charles Rocky D'Souza. "We want to invest in our
       people, be an employer of choice, and bring in real change, driving the
       whole company from the bottom up."


    Supporting Resources
    -- Podcast: Ed Abbo: Oracle's Application Strategy
       (http://tinyurl.com/46hmfx)
    -- Podcast: Jon Chorley: Upgrading to Oracle SCM Release 12
       (http://tinyurl.com/3qg9wa)
    -- Webcast: Cliff Godwin: The Business Value of Upgrading
       (http://tinyurl.com/64e7fu)
    -- Oracle Applications Blog (http://blogs.oracle.com/applications/)
    -- Oracle AppsLab Blog (http://oracleappslab.com/)
    -- About Oracle E-Business Suite R12
       (http://www.oracle.com/applications/e-business-suite-release.html)
    -- Press Release: In less than 5 Months, More than 300 Customers Select
       the Oracle(R) E-Business Suite Release 12 (http://tinyurl.com/3uzp5r)

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Oracle said GKS's products will be combined with Oracle Tutor and its learning management software iLearning and eLearning to create an end-to-end enterprise application for interactive system training.

Ed Abbo, senior vice president at Oracle Application Development said: "Our customers are looking for a consistent, cost-effective training solution across the enterprise to speed software adoption by end users. With this acquisition, customers will have access to a single technology for end-user training and process documentation that spans applications across their enterprise."

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-- Relying on Oracle, the consumer products leader has streamlined and integrated enterprise business processes to improve decision-making, support growth and achieve competitive advantages.

-- With the Oracle E-Business Suite, and a simultaneous upgrade of existing implementations of Oracle's Demantra (http://www.oracle.com/applications/scm/demantra/index.html), Welch's now has a single platform that integrates and automates best-practices to provide timely, relevant information to help improve forecasting accuracy, reduce inventory levels and strengthen relations with customers and suppliers.

    -- Welch's has selected Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise
Edition Plus (http://tinyurl.com/5ut7et) and Oracle Business Intelligence
Applications
(http://www.oracle.com/appserver/business-intelligence/bi-applications.html),
components of Oracle Fusion Middleware
(http://www.oracle.com/products/middleware/index.html), to provide role-based
intelligence throughout the organization, leveraging a wide range of data
sources including the Oracle E-Business Suite.  The company also recently
selected Oracle SOA Suite
(http://www.oracle.com/technologies/soa/soa-suite.html).

-- Additionally, the consumer products leader utilizes Oracle Database 10g (http://www.oracle.com/database/index.html) and Oracle Real Application Clusters (http://www.oracle.com/database/rac_home.html) to further optimize performance and reliability and benefit from improved scalability. And, Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g (http://www.oracle.com/enterprise_manager/index.html) has been deployed to provide visibility for proactive management of its infrastructure and environments.

Rapid Deployment and Results

-- Welch's two-phase deployment of the Oracle E-Business Suite was conducted in two phases, and involved very few customizations in order to accelerate the roll out and enable Welch's to optimize future IT management and upgrade costs.

-- In phase one, Welch's implemented Oracle Financial Management and Oracle Human Resources Management System as well as Oracle's Demantra Predictive Trade Planning to support sales planning activities and promotion analysis.

-- In phase two, the company implemented 21 additional applications from the Oracle E-Business Suite to automate and streamline business processes across the order management lifecycle including Order to Cash, Plan to Produce and Procure to Pay. This phase of the implementation included supply chain planning, procurement, process manufacturing, demand management, order management and transportation management applications.

-- For Welch's, Oracle's Demantra provides the foundation for an effective sales and operations planning process that connects front office sales and promotion planning with the supply chain operations to help ensure profitable promotions, high customer service levels and reduced volatility in demand and supply.

-- Welch's replaced its legacy deductions management system with Oracle's Demantra Deductions and Settlement Management. During this phase, Welch's also integrated the system with other third-party applications.

-- As a result of relying on Oracle, Welch's has been able to streamline and automate open enrollment to provide better human resource support to employees. The company will gain a more accurate and comprehensive snapshot of its financial position. Welch's is also leveraging improved demand planning and costing capabilities to help reduce working capital and improve customer and product profitability.

-- Welch's deployment of the Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle's Demantra supports more than 1300 users, including an average of 450 daily users at Welch's headquarters, manufacturing sites, distribution facilities and remote sales offices. With a service, the Welch's system is also linked with customers and suppliers via EDI and Welch's is currently in the process of integrating co-manufacturers and distributors via EDI.

Supporting Quotes

-- "Oracle enables Welch's to improve our business performance, streamlining and maximizing the value of information flowing in and out of our enterprise," said Welch's CIO, Ray Gosselin.

-- Gosselin also stated, "We have been able to implement standard, enterprise-wide business processes from the front office through distribution, and now look to leverage the visibility and insight across our enterprise to make informed business decisions that benefit both Welch's and our business partners."

Supporting Resources

    -- Oracle Application Strategy Podcast
(http://streaming.oracle.com/ebn/podcasts/applications/6344699_Ed_Abbo.mp3)
    -- About the Oracle E-Business Suite
(http://www.oracle.com/applications/e-business-suite.html)
    -- Oracle's Demantra Homepage
(http://www.oracle.com/applications/scm/demantra/index.html)

-- Oracle's Offerings for Consumer Goods Companies (http://www.oracle.com/industries/consumer/index.html)

-- About Oracle Enterprise Performance Management and Business Intelligence (http://www.oracle.com/solutions/business_intelligence/index.html)

    -- About Oracle SOA Suite
(http://www.oracle.com/technologies/soa/soa-suite.html)

About Oracle

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