Over 120 Oracle Accelerate Solutions Now Available From Oracle Partners

    REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

    -- Momentum continues for Oracle Accelerate as Oracle today announced 33
       new Oracle Accelerate partner solutions, bringing the total number of
       available solutions to 123. Certified and Certified Advantage Partners
       in the Oracle(R) PartnerNetwork are now delivering Oracle Accelerate
       solutions in 18 countries, including newly added Brazil, Czech
       Republic, Hong Kong, Mexico, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, and
       across 18 industries and 42 industry sub-segments.
    -- Oracle Accelerate partners are now delivering solutions across new
       industries including healthcare and oil and gas and new industry
       sub-segments including chemicals, consumables, downstream (oil and
       gas), electronics contract manufacturing, hard goods, and logistics.
    -- As midsize manufacturers are realizing that having industry-specific
       Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) capabilities is critical to getting
       cost-effective, quality products to market quickly, GoEngineer, Inc. is
       the first partner to launch Oracle Accelerate solutions based on
       Oracle's Agile PLM.
    -- Oracle partners are delivering Oracle Accelerate solutions that provide
       the right combination of world-class applications, rapid implementation
       methodologies, and industry best practices needed to achieve the
       high-quality deployments.


    Rapid, Cost-Effective Implementations for Midsize Organizations

    -- Oracle Accelerate solutions provide midsize organizations with
       pre-packaged application bundles that offer a wide range of
       industry-specific functionality and allow for rapid and affordable
       best-practice implementations. Oracle Accelerate solutions are
       delivered by partners who have a proven history of delivering solutions
       to a customer's specific industry and geography.
    -- Customers can have confidence that their Oracle Accelerate solution
       offers a high quality, complete solution that is easy to implement and
       allows them to stay on the upgrade path -- two critical factors for
       achieving a return on their investment.
    -- Today, Oracle partners are launching Oracle Accelerate solutions across
       multiple industries including automotive, chemicals, consumer goods,
       healthcare, high-tech, industrial manufacturing, life sciences, oil and
       gas, professional services, retail and travel and transportation.
    -- With this  announcement, the following partners have announced their
       own Oracle Accelerate  solutions in their regions and across their
       respective industries: Alfa Sistemi, BSC Praha, Bluestar, CA,
       Centric - InOne Central Europe GmbH, DCS, DSS, E-nnovative Solutions,
       Evosoft Business Relations GmbH, Fujitsu Korea, Ltd, GoEngineer, Inc.,
       IBM, Jardine oneSolution, Jibe Consulting, Kynergy, Ndevr, Oakton,
       PeopleNow Software, pharmaSol, Quistor, Steltix Nederlands BV,
       StepWise, Systime, Triniti, and Walar.


    Supporting Quotes

    -- "Today, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions are widely
       understood to create critical competitive advantages for manufacturers
       of all sizes. Historically these solutions have been expensive and
       time-consuming to implement, thereby making them impractical for
       midsize manufacturers with limited budgets," said GoEngineer, Inc. Vice
       President, PLM Division, Greg Katai. "Our Oracle Accelerate solutions,
       based on Oracle's Agile PLM and GoEngineer's efficient and
       cost-effective Jumpstart(TM) Methodology, allow midsize manufacturers
       in the high-tech, industrial manufacturing and life sciences industries
       to benefit from Oracle's world-class PLM capabilities, enabling them to
       stay ahead of their larger competitors."
    -- "Oracle Accelerate simplifies and speeds deployments, which help reduce
       cost and risk and helps to make Oracle solutions easier for midsize
       companies to consume," said Ovum Research Director Warren Wilson.
    -- "Since August 2007, we've been focused on helping our partners leverage
       Oracle Accelerate to grow their businesses in the industries and
       regions where they have expertise. Our hard work and collaboration are
       paying off as we achieve this milestone of over 120 total Oracle
       Accelerate partner solutions," said Tony Kender, Oracle Senior Vice
       President, Global Accelerate Program Office. "With Oracle Accelerate,
       partners continue to see measurable results by providing high-quality
       solutions to midsize companies who need to deploy affordable solutions
       quickly."


    Supporting Resources

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About Oracle Accelerate

Oracle Accelerate is Oracle's strategy for helping Certified Partners and Certified Advantage Partners provide midsize businesses and government entities with the most complete, easy to own, industry-focused solutions. Oracle Accelerate solutions are application bundles that are developed and can be quickly implemented by qualified partners and provide a wide range of industry-specific functionality. Partners who participate in the Oracle Accelerate program are provided with Oracle Business Accelerators, rapid implementation tools, templates and process flows to enable customers to realize immediate benefit from Oracle Applications.

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