Survey Shows Applications Unlimited Customers Plan to Expand Investment With Oracle Applications

    DENVER, April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- COLLABORATE 2008 --
    -- Oracle today announced recent survey results from Oracle's Global
       Relationship Survey, conducted September-October 2007 with over 14,000
       respondents, showing "Applications Unlimited" program customers are
       satisfied with Oracle's commitment and support for its application
       product lines.
    -- According to the survey, customers plan to increase their investments
       by upgrading to and expanding their Oracle deployments with the latest
       releases of Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle's Siebel CRM, PeopleSoft
       Enterprise, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and JD Edwards World.
    -- Announced (http://tinyurl.com/4y8a9x) two years ago at COLLABORATE
       2006, "Applications Unlimited" is a long-term plan that protects
       customers' current investments by providing continued development of
       Oracle applications.

    Applications Unlimited Survey Results
    -- Thousands of "Applications Unlimited" customers plan to upgrade their
       products within the next 12 months and increase their investment over
       the next two years.
    -- Customers show satisfaction with products that support their business
       processes through advanced features and functionality, combined with
       ease of use and reliability.
    -- Customers are realizing measurable savings with integrated, end to end
       industry processes delivered through Oracle's Application Integration
       Architecture (http://tinyurl.com/5hhwqv)

    Product Functionality
    -- Competing globally is the greatest challenge facing businesses today.
       To compete successfully, companies must think, work and manage
       globally. Oracle E-Business Suite 12
       (http://www.oracle.com/applications/e-business-suite-release.html) was
       designed to meet these challenges by delivering the industry's most
       complete and integrated suite of applications.  Released under Oracle's
       commitment to Applications Unlimited, Oracle E-Business Suite Release
       12 enables businesses to think globally to make better decisions, work
       globally to be more competitive, and manage globally to lower costs and
       increase performance. With a new user experience and hundreds of cross-
       industry capabilities spanning enterprise resource planning, customer
       relationship management, and supply chain planning, this new release
       helps businesses manage the complexities of global business
       environments.
    -- Recognized by every major industry analyst firm as the global leader in
       CRM, Siebel CRM 8.0
       (http://www.oracle.com/applications/siebel-release.html) continues to
       deliver the most advanced CRM capabilities with new search
       capabilities, a new user interface and task-based management tools.
       This release leverages Oracle Fusion Middleware, a family of standards-
       based middleware and extends the SOA enablement to provide better and
       easier integration.  Additionally, Siebel CRM 8.0 delivers advanced
       horizontal functionality to serve virtually all industries, combined
       with deep vertical functionality for financial services,
       communications, life sciences, public sector, consumer packaged goods
       (CPG), automotive and high technology.
    -- Oracle CRM On Demand Release 15
       (http://www.oracle.com/applications/siebel-release.html) is
       the latest release of Oracle's industry-leading on demand CRM service
       that continues Oracle's commitment to CRM innovation by introducing
       powerful new Social CRM capabilities, including social networking and
       collaboration capabilities to enhance end-user productivity. With 15
       releases in the past four and a half years, Oracle delivers even more
       ease-of-use enhancements to Oracle CRM On Demand customers, including
       end-user customization of Oracle CRM On Demand objects via widgets,
       gadgets and personal portals, as well as user interface integration
       with other Web applications.
    -- The first major product line released under "Applications Unlimited",
       PeopleSoft Enterprise Release 9.0 (http://tinyurl.com/4txbe6) contains
       new products and thousands of enhancements across all pillars,
       including Human Capital Management, Financial Management, Enterprise
       Performance Management, Supply Chain and Supplier Relationship
       Management, Customer Relationship Management and Campus Solutions.
       Each new pillar includes customer driven enhancements and enables lower
       cost of ownership and further integration with Oracle Fusion
       Middleware. PeopleSoft Enterprise 9.0 is supported by PeopleTools
       releases 8.48 and 8.49. PeopleTools delivers tools for enabling a
       Service Oriented Architecture like the new Web Services designer. These
       PeopleTools platforms provide a solid and high performance foundation
       for PeopleSoft Enterprise applications.
    -- JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Release 8.12 (http://tinyurl.com/5hm6we)
       offers new modules and enhanced features to address the needs of a
       broad base of EnterpriseOne customers as well as functionality
       specifically targeted for the food and beverage market. New features in
       this release provide JD Edwards EnterpriseOne customers with the
       ability to stay competitive, take advantage of new market opportunities
       and increase business efficiencies.
    -- Developed for the IBM Power Systems, formerly IBM System i computing
       platform, JD Edwards World A9.1
       (http://www.oracle.com/applications/jd-edwards-release.html) is the
       first new release of JD Edwards World in more than 10 years.  This new
       version delivers new capabilities in Manufacturing and Distribution and
       makes upgrades easier with a streamlined process that helps save
       valuable resources while minimizing disruptions to daily work.

    Supporting Quotes
    -- "It was imperative for Juniper Networks to upgrade our existing
       PeopleSoft Enterprise, Oracle E-Business Suite and Siebel
       implementations to the latest versions, so we could retool our
       underlying business processes and take advantage of the industry-
       leading best practices now available from Oracle," said Jim Gordon,
       Chief Architect of Enterprise Systems, Juniper Networks.  "We will
       benefit not only from a standard platform with standardized best
       practice business processes, but also automated, cross-functional
       integration and a guarantee of support for integrations and upgrades in
       the future through 'Applications Unlimited'."
    -- "The Message Center and Widgets in Oracle CRM On Demand Release 15 will
       enable disparate teams in ADP's Tax Credit Services to work with the
       application in the manner that best suits their needs," said Onyeka
       Shakur, Project Manager, ADP Tax Credit Services. "Our Client Services
       team loves the capability of Message Center to leave notes for, and
       send notes to, other team members about a particular entity, while our
       Product Management team is equally excited about using Widgets to
       populate a favorite list from Oracle CRM On Demand into another
       application."
    -- "Oracle E-Business Suite and PeopleSoft Enterprise implementations are
       integral components to Michigan Sugar's HR success, therefore upgrading
       to the latest PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM 9.0 seemed like a logical next
       step for us," said Chris Dunham, Director of IS, Michigan Sugar.
       "Knowing that we have a lifetime support policy, we can confidently
       continue to invest broadly with Oracle and reap the benefits, including
       increased flexibility and expansion of our management functionalities."
    -- "Upgrading to the latest version of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne will help
       further our goals of global growth, expansion and new product
       development. Our decision to upgrade was also fueled by 'Applications
       Unlimited' and the priority Oracle has placed on continuing to support
       our business and enhance existing JD Edwards products," said Rudy
       Lopez, CIO of Bolthouse Farms. "We are confident in Oracle's commitment
       to a long-term plan to support the JD Edwards product line."
    -- "With Applications Unlimited, we can pick and choose what product
       upgrades are right for our business. We don't have to follow Oracle's
       upgrade plan or any other customer's pace. This helps us better manage
       strategic planning and budgetary constraints," said Karl Schosser, Vice
       President of Technology, Hunt Building Company. "JD Edwards World A9.1
       is a proof point of Applications Unlimited. We took a very aggressive
       timeline for our upgrade to this latest release and found that the new
       tools made it a very simple, painless, step-by-step process. The web
       interface and the import/export functionality were also key factors in
       our decision to upgrade."
    -- "We know that our claims and promises to customers must be made clear
       through action," said Ed Abbo, Oracle Senior Vice President of
       Application Development.  "The success of our 'Applications Unlimited'
       program is undeniable, and it's proving to customers that we are
       committed to their investments not only today, but for the future."

    Supporting Resources
    -- Applications Unlimited Podcasts - http://tinyurl.com/6q28g6
    -- About Application Integration Architecture - http://tinyurl.com/6dsk9k
    -- Profit Magazine Q&A - What is Applications Unlimited? -
       http://tinyurl.com/6ljug4
    -- Oracle Applications Blog - http://blogs.oracle.com/applications/
    -- Oracle AppsLab Blog - http://oracleappslab.com/

    Related Resources
    -- About Applications Unlimited -
http://www.oracle.com/applications/applications-unlimited.html

-- Executive Guide to Applications Unlimited: - http://tinyurl.com/6nc986

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