Oracle(R) Enterprise Performance Management and Business Intelligence Attracts Customers Across the Globe

    REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

     *    Customers across the globe are selecting Oracle(R) Enterprise
          Performance Management (EPM) and Business Intelligence (BI) software
          to manage and optimize financial and operational performance across
          the enterprise, Oracle announced today.
     *    Customers from a wide range of industries have chosen Oracle's EPM
          and BI software, including: airBaltic, Banca Transylvania, BMI Bank
          B.S.C, Bobst Group, BrightStar Corp., Civil Service Bureau, Cox
          Communications, Croatian Insurance, Danish Radio, DB Systel,
          Experian, Flender, Hublot, ISS Facility Services, Lottomatica,
          Mitsubishi UFJ Securities, Moscow City Government -- Department of
          City Building Policy, Network Rail, NFZ -- Polish National Health
          Fund, OTP Bank, Sale Co., Tognum, Travelex, USTRANSCOM, Verizon
          Communications, VocaLink and Vodafone.
     *    Oracle was also recently named to the Leaders Quadrants in Gartner's
          "Magic Quadrant for Corporate Performance Management Suites" (1) and
          "Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms" (2)
          respectively.
     *    Oracle's EPM system (http://tinyurl.com/953p42) helps organizations
          achieve management excellence by unifying the category-leading
          Hyperion performance management applications
          (http://tinyurl.com/9jftua), pre-built BI applications
          (http://tinyurl.com/6dtb5s) and a foundation of BI products and
          tools (http://tinyurl.com/gyfkt), into a complete and integrated
          system that helps create smart, agile and aligned organizations.


    Supporting Quote

"To be competitive today, it is imperative that companies have a clear, end-to-end view of their financial performance, and a system in place to help more accurately forecast future demand and predict the impact of strategic business decisions," said Dave Stritzinger, Chief Technology Officer, Brightstar Corp. "As a global leader in customized distribution and supply chain solutions for the wireless industry, we chose Oracle Enterprise Performance Management to help automate and streamline our financial reporting, planning and analysis processes and we expect the software will help us drive business efficiencies through improved predictability and transparency, and increased business alignment."

     Supporting Resources

     *    About Oracle Enterprise Performance Management and Business
          Intelligence (http://www.oracle.com/epm)

* Independent Analyst Reports Regarding Oracle EPM and BI (http://www.oracle.com/corporate/analyst/reports/infrastructure/index.html#bi)

* Oracle EPM and BI Customers

(http://www.oracle.com/customers/solutions/bi.html)

     *    Pervasive Business Intelligence podcast
(http://streaming.oracle.com/ebn/podcasts/middleware/5059682.mp3)
     *    Oracle Expert Blogs: Frank Buytendijk
          (http://blogs.oracle.com/frankbuytendijk/)
     *    Download Oracle Software.
          (http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/index.html)  Terms,
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    (1) Gartner, "Magic Quadrant for Corporate Performance Management Suites
        (CPM)," by Neil Chandler, Nigel Rayner, John E. Van Decker, December
        19, 2008
    (2) Gartner, "Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms," by
        James Richardson, Kurt Schlegel, Rita L. Sallam, Bill Hostmann,
        January 16, 2009

The Magic Quadrants are copyrighted 2008 and 2009 by Gartner, Inc. and are reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

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