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Oracle Buys
Haley Expands
Oracle’s Applications Drive into Social Services; Adds Enterprise Policy Automation for Legislated and Regulated Industries Oracle announced it has agreed to acquire RuleBurst
Holdings Limited, the parent company of Haley Limited, a leading provider of
policy modeling and automation software, to create an end-to-end solution for
social services agencies. “Governments and businesses face significant
operating challenges with demographic shifts, globalization and budget
constraints. Haley’s patented technology simplifies the process of managing
complex legislative and business policies," said Oracle President
Charles Phillips. “For more than 20 years, Haley has helped some of the
world’s largest government, financial services and insurance institutions to
rapidly implement policy rules and determinations and reduce IT costs.” Social service agencies are moving to commercial
software to automate entitlements. With limited resources to serve a growing
constituency, these agencies need to administer and distribute entitlements
consistently and accurately as defined by the underlying legislation. Haley's
policy automation platform translates legislation and policies into defined,
automated rules that are deployed in an application. Together with Oracle’s ERP and Siebel CRM
applications, Oracle expects to create the first packaged software solution
for social services agencies with an enhanced case management application
utilizing Haley to drive eligibility determinations. “Today social services and other government
agencies face increasingly difficult challenges in delivering mission
critical services to its citizens," said Oracle Senior Vice President of
CRM Anthony Lye. “By acquiring Haley, Oracle is accelerating its investment
in public sector to create an integrated solution, and bring faster time to
value for our customers.” The Haley policy automation platform is also used
in other industries that are highly regulated, such as financial services and
insurance, to implement and manage complicated and rapidly changing policies
in common language without the need for specialized software programming. Haley management and employees are expected to join
Oracle to form a global business unit focused on enterprise policy automation solutions across
multiple industries. Haley’s CEO Dominic O’Hanlon is expected to lead the
business unit as Senior Vice President and General Manager. Haley management and employees are expected to join
Oracle to form a global business unit focused on enterprise policy automation
solutions across multiple industries. Haley’s CEO Dominic O’Hanlon is
expected to lead the business unit as Senior Vice President and General
Manager. The transaction is subject to stockholder and
governmental approvals and other customary closing conditions and is expected
to close in the first quarter of calendar 2009. Until the deal closes, each
company will continue to operate independently. Financial details of the
transaction were not disclosed. For additional information click here!
Oracle Fusion
Middleware for SOA Experiences Accelerated Adoption Organizations Embrace Oracle Fusion
Middleware for Service-Orient Applications and IT Infrastructures Oracle announced that Arcturus Realty Corporation,
Capital Corridor Joint Powers Authority, Collect America, Innowave
Technology, LCC, and West Virginia University recently selected or
implemented Oracle Fusion Middleware’s components for Service-Oriented
Architecture (SOA). Ideal for organizations looking to evolve their
current infrastructure into an SOA, Oracle Fusion Middleware’s hot-pluggable architecture and support for industry standards allows
customers to utilize existing, heterogeneous resources to create an SOA. Oracle Fusion Middleware’s SOA components feature
pre-built integrations for Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, Siebel, J.D
Edwards, Retek, and iFlex that help deliver a faster return on investment. Oracle Fusion Middleware SOA components include Oracle SOA Suite, Oracle Service Bus, Oracle Event-Driven Architecture
Suite, Oracle Data Integration Suite, and Oracle Business Process
Management Suite; all
among a series of offerings that integrate technology from Oracle and BEA
Systems and illustrates Oracle’s rapid progress in unifying industry-leading
software from the two companies. Since the acquisition of BEA on June 1, 2008,
Oracle’s SOA architect community has more than doubled to 40,000+
subscribers. Customer Feedback “Oracle SOA Suite provided West Virginia University
with a standards-based architectural approach so that we could centralize our
application development infrastructure. Having Oracle SOA Suite integrated
with our Oracle E-Business Suite applications enabled us to build a secure
composite application to automate leave request management for all 10,000
benefit-eligible employees of the university,” said Kate Hazen, West Virginia University’s executive director of Technology. “With this project, we
have put in place the necessary infrastructure to build new solutions across
the entire university, helping us to increase user satisfaction and reduce
costs over the long run. We’re happy to have partnered with EMS-IC on this
effort and look forward to working together on our next effort.” Providing a Flexible, Secure SOA Foundation
§
Comprehensive, pre-integrated SOA platform –
complete set of service and process infrastructure components for building,
deploying and managing SOAs §
Closed-loop governance – comprehensive,
end-to-end lifecycle governance of services §
Extreme performance and scalability – support
for in-memory transactions, real-time event processing and high volume data
transfer capabilities §
Integrated security – centralized policy
management and enterprise-grade security Oracle
is helping its applications customers streamline the integration by offering
out-of-the-box integrations for Oracle applications as part of its Oracle Application Integration
Architecture. Oracle
Fusion Middleware’s SOA components serve as the foundation for these
integrations. "With the most comprehensive portfolio of
pre-integrated SOA products, customers and partners are increasingly turning
to Oracle to service-orient their applications and infrastructures,” said
Amlan Debnath, Senior Vice President, Product Development, Oracle. “Through
their use of Oracle Fusion Middleware’s SOA components these organizations
are extending the value of their existing IT investments while adapting to a
service-oriented architecture.” For additional information please visit: Additional information about
Oracle SOA
EnterpriseOne 9.0 Customer Webcasts The 9.0 release of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne demonstrates
Oracle’s continued commitment to JD Edwards and Applications Unlimited. One
of Oracle’s fastest growing product lines, JD Edwards’ broad applications
footprint, flexible and scalable technology, and single transaction context
make EnterpriseOne a compelling value to global companies of every size. In 9.0, released to general availability at OpenWorld September 2008, customers gain enhancements to a broad set of horizontal applications, reduced TCO with improved manageability, and the new Swan interface. EnterpriseOne 9.0 also introduces a major new product module to provide commercial and government entities in the contracting industries: Project and Government Contract Accounting. Learn more about the 9.0 release here: http://my.oracle.com/jde-enterpriseone WEBCASTS . . . . . JD Edwards
EnterpriseOne and World customers are invited to attend the 10 webcasts on
the EnterpriseOne 9.0 release. Each webcast will provide a brief
overview of a specific JDE E1 product area, as well as the value of
enhancements introduced in 9.0. Click here for the schedule
Oracle Announces Siebel CRM 8.1.1 Oracle has announced the next version of Oracle’s Siebel
CRM 8.1.1, providing industry-specific solutions for Self Service and robust
customer loyalty management enabling cost savings through use of open
standards technology. As the second major release of Siebel CRM in the
last two years under the “Applications Unlimited” Program, Oracle has updated
Siebel Self-Service, including Siebel eSupport and Siebel eCommerce
applications, with Java-based J2EE applications built on Oracle Fusion
Middleware that extends Siebel’s CRM product to the Web channel enabling a
more compelling user experience and improved total cost of ownership. “I believe customers will be excited about Siebel
CRM 8.1.1 because it helps organizations tackle hard problems while reducing
the cost to serve and cultivate loyal customers,” said Anthony Lye, Senior
Vice President of CRM, Oracle. “Once again, we’ve redefined what CRM means by
extending how we support multichannel sales and service, while providing a
complete and powerful customer loyalty solution. By basing our latest Web
channel applications on Oracle Fusion Middleware, we’re enabling customers to
deploy Siebel CRM applications along side other applications more easily and
with improved total cost of ownership.” Siebel CRM 8.1.1 now provides industry-specific
customer self-service for communications and the public sector, as well as
enhanced use of multi-channel applications with Siebel Chat and deeper, more
comprehensive search capability. New features in Siebel Loyalty for version 8.1.1
support the entire customer loyalty program lifecycle by providing
membership enrollment and management, including loyalty points accrual and
redemption, member services, partner management and promotion management. New features in Siebel Marketing for version 8.1.1
provide a closed-loop solution that uniquely empowers all members of the
marketing organization with actionable insight by automating processes across
the marketing function, from strategy and planning to multi-channel response
and lead management execution. “Now more than ever, companies need to support
cost-effective CRM efforts while improving the customer experience,” said
Rebecca Wetteman, Vice President, Nucleus Research. “CRM solutions that drive greater visibility into
customer communication across the organization deliver both bottom-line cost
savings and top-line benefits in greater customer retention and
profitability.” Siebel Sales 8.1.1 offers an enhanced user
interface for a more intuitive, easier user experience. Sales forecasting
capabilities have been extended to give sales teams the flexibility to manage
and share forecasting in cross-functional teams and to perform ad hoc
adjustments that help improve sales quota attainment. Siebel CRM 8.1.1
includes new deal registration capability to provide improved visibility into
channel partner deals—ultimately enabling increased sales effectiveness of
the partner channel. For more information please visit: Siebel
CRM 8.1.1.
Oracle Continues to Offer
Flexible Payment Options to Help Customers Acquire IT They Need During uncertain economic times, customers expect
their IT investment to play a significant role in realizing value from their
business operations. Through Oracle Financing, Oracle’s ability to offer
flexible payment options helps customers acquire the IT they need while
stretching their IT budget and turning large up-front cash outlays into
affordable payments over time. “Oracle continues to have broad credit approval
bandwidth, competitive rates, and a solid foundation for funding,” said Anil
Vora, VP, Oracle Financing. “Customers will appreciate the flexibility payment
plans afford them now more than ever. Large customers value our flexibility
and our ability to incorporate a total cost of ownership approach that aligns
business value with payments; and midsize customers appreciate the
availability of financing.” Customers can use Oracle
financing, leasing, and custom payment plans to acquire Oracle products and
services, solutions built on Oracle technology, and related products and
services, from Oracle or a distribution partner. Benefits to customers
include the ability to: §
Match payments to budget constraints §
Align payments to deployment and productivity
gains §
Significantly reduce upfront cash outlay §
Access capital through preservation of credit
lines §
Choose from multiple payment and lease options
for Oracle products and services §
Utilize total solution financing for the
entire IT operation (consulting, leasing, software, hardware, etc.) Oracle Financing has helped more than 10,000 Oracle customers in more than 50 countries acquire the IT they need over 20 years of global leadership in software financing.
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Oracle Receives the 2008 SSPA STAR
Award for Service Excellence in Mission Critical Support Oracle is pleased to announce it has received the
"2008 STAR Award for Service Excellence in WorleyParsons' success, playing a critical role in
our business." __________________ HCM Road Show: HR & IT
Collaborate for High-Impact Business Results The marriage of
Information Technology and Human Resources has empowered: business line
leaders, HR practitioners, top teams and boards of directors to make better
critical business decisions to meet strategic goals and achieve competitive
advantage. Just as Accounting became
Finance using new models and metrics to understand data, Information
Technology is enabling HR to become a strategic partner in business planning
with a new ability to manage and analyze data for strategic talent
management. Forced to do more with
less in tough economic times, IT and talent management are working together
to implement a bullet-proof strategy, align the people, re-engineer the
process, and implement the best technology solutions for their organization.
Collaboration is critical as 2009 initiatives get under way. Oracle has teamed up with the Human Capital
Institute (HCI) and valued partner CedarCrestone to host innovation seminars
around the country for customers and prospects. Titled "HR & IT
Collaborate for High-Impact Business Results," the seminars will teach
attendees how organizations are creating a bridge between HR professionals,
traditionally tasked with talent solutions, and IT leaders, typically charged
with making critical business data available across the enterprise. Remaining
cities on the tour include Philadelphia (November 13), Palo Alto (December
3), Phoenix (December 9), and Houston (December 11). To learn more click here!
Listen to Key Presentations from
Oracle OpenWorld 2008
·
Best Practices for Oracle
Database—Information Management in the Enterprise ·
Keynotes by Charles Phillips
and Chuck Rozwat __________________ Oracle Fusion
Middleware Tour Focuses on Driving Business Efficiency and Expansion
The Oracle Fusion Middleware
Forum is coming to a city near you. This road show targets IT executives and
managers and explores the impact of IT planning and execution on corporate
strategy. The agenda includes executive keynotes and technical
sessions providing strategies
and patterns for maximizing operational efficiency and addressing business
expansion. Attendees will also hear customer case studies and get in-depth
information on the Oracle Fusion Middleware product strategy.
For more information and to see the tour schedule click here!__________________ Oracle
Launches New Best Practice Center for JD Edwards Users
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Oracle VM is server virtualization software
that fully supports both Oracle and non-Oracle applications, and is three times more efficient
than other server virtualization products. Backed by Oracle's world-class support
organization, customers now have a single point of enterprise-class support
for their entire virtualization environments, including the Linux operating
system, Oracle Database, Fusion Middleware, and Application software. These
and other Oracle products are certified with Oracle VM, which is available for free download. Also available for free download, Oracle VM Templates offer a
time-saving approach to deploying a fully configured software stack by
providing pre-installed and pre-configured images of enterprise software.
Oracle is the only software vendor that combines the benefits of server
clustering and server virtualization technologies to deliver integrated clustering,
virtualization, storage, and management for Grid Computing. Discover how Oracle On Demand is virtualizing
their infrastructure with Oracle VM. __________________ Oracle Buys Intellectual
Property Assets of Tacit Software Enhances Oracle Beehive with Expertise
Location Capabilities Oracle announced that it has acquired the intellectual
property assets of Tacit Software. Tacit Software’s unique automated
profiling technology is an expertise location solution that helps
organizations uncover new opportunities for collaboration. Oracle
plans to integrate Tacit Software into Oracle Beehive, a secure, integrated,
standards-based enterprise collaboration platform. The combined solution is
expected to enable enterprises to make effective and immediate use of the
knowledge present in
their people, messaging and content. Financial details of the transaction
were not disclosed. “The
addition of Tacit Software’s technology to Oracle Beehive underscores our
commitment to a strong, differentiated presence in the collaboration software
industry,” said Terry Olkin, Chief Architect and Vice President, Oracle
Collaboration Technologies. “This capability enables coordination and
collaboration to occur between the right people at the right time based on
the information present in the documents, conversations and messages within
the enterprise." For supporting Resources click here! ____________________________ Oracle
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for a complimentary 30-day trial of Oracle Beehive and experience first-hand
the only complete, open and integrated platform for enterprise collaboration.
Oracle Beehive provides a complete range of collaboration services including
conferencing, instant messaging, email, calendar, and team workspaces that
can be deployed either on premise or through Oracle On Demand. ____________________________ DON’T MISS OUT!
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Implementing or
Upgrading? Key Project Milestones Quickly Approaching?
Oracle offers a number of tools and resources
to help customers through key project milestones. Working together Oracle can
bring heightened visibility and support to your upgrade or implementation
projects. Contact your account representative to discuss go live support and
value add resources!
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Users groups provide a forum to discuss, share information
and learn more about Oracle's products and services. The following local groups
hold regular meetings, provide training sessions and invite Oracle
representatives to demonstrate new products.
Also visit the Global User Group Meeting Calendar.
REGIONAL USER GROUP MEETINGS
San Diego, CA
February 11-13, 2009
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CONFERENCES
Colorado Digital Government Summit
November
17, 2008
Denver,
Colorado
Don't miss this opportunity to see the latest in digital
government solutions, keep abreast of current policy issues and network with
key government executives, technologists and industry specialists.
December
2-3, 2008
Redwood
Shores, California
The only national conference devoted
exclusively to Oracle-based Business Intelligence, Warehousing and Analytics,
BIWA Summit 2008 provides Oracle professionals an unprecedented opportunity to
share with and learn from other professionals.
The BIWA Summit 2008 conference committee is building on the
enormous success of BIWA summit 2007, which had over 300 participants from
across the world. We will meet at Oracle’s worldwide headquarters in their
Conference Center.
The BIWA Summit 2008 will completely
fill the Center, with dozens of technical talks and multiple hands-on
sessions where you can work with the latest software and learn firsthand from
Oracle's product managers and executives.
Oracle CIO Executive
Summit
December 3-5, 2008
Beverly Hills, CA
Keith Block, Executive Vice
President, Oracle, will host the upcoming Oracle CIO Executive Summit,
Wednesday, December 3 – Friday, December 5, 2008 at the world-famous Beverly
Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills California. This year's CIO Summit
offers CIOs the opportunity to meet, network with, and learn from some of the
most-recognized thought leaders in the world. This unique gathering offers
Oracle's top customers an unmatched environment for exploring new ways to
develop and capitalize on innovations that can transform businesses and promote
growth over the next 12 to 24 months. The summit never fails to provoke
meaningful discussion and deliver insight into the most pressing information
and technology challenges that these CIO's face day in and day out.
March
22-25, 2009
Anaheim,
California
Alliance 2009 represents the
largest meeting of Higher Education, Public Sector and Federal users of Oracle
Applications in the world. This is the one annual event where you can
collaborate with 4500+ other working users, discuss the applications we use,
our unique implementations, our successes and the pitfalls we’ve overcome. With
over 500 user driven sessions, you’re sure to find 3 full days of content to
help your institution or organization succeed!
May 3-7,
2009
Anaheim,
California
COLLABORATE 09, presented by the IOUG, OAUG and Quest, is designed to help users of the full family of Oracle business applications and database technologies gain greater value from their Oracle investments Quest's special events and educational content are focused on PeopleSoft, JD Edwards and other Oracle applications, such as Hyperion, Agile, Oracle Utilities, in use within the Quest community. COLLABORATE 09 is created by and for users! The conference offers an expert blend of customer-to-customer interaction and insights from customer experts, technology visionaries and Oracle strategists. Expand your network of contacts by interacting with fellow users, service/solution providers, consultants, developers and representatives from Oracle Corporation at COLLABORATE 09.
ADVISOR
WEBCASTS
View the current Support Services Web Seminar Schedule
Oracle E-Business
Title: Release
12 Close Process & Reconciliation
November
19
Time:
9:00 AM & 7:00 PM (MDT)
Title: Release
12 Payments
December
10
Time:
9:00 AM & 7:00 PM (MDT)
Oracle Server Tech
No Server Tech sessions scheduled at this time.
Oracle Fusion Middleware
Title: Oracle
Forms 10g – Forms Look and Feel Project
December
3
Time:
TDB
Oracle Utilities Apps
Title: Oracle
Rdb Proactive Debuggin Options
January
20, 2009
Time:
7:00 AM (MDT)
Title: PeopleSoft Enterprise 1099
Update for 2008 – Get Your Copy B’s Out On Time!
November 13
11:00 a.m. (MDT)
Title: PeopleSoft Enterprise
Campus Solutions 2009-2010 Financial Aid US Regulatory (Regs) 1
December 9
Title: MetaLink3 Portal
Architecture
December 11
Title: JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.0: New Reasons To
Upgrade and Invest
November 18
Title: Introducing JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Project and
Government Contract Accounting
November 20
Title: New Value and Functionality in JD Edwards
EnterpriseOne Tools Release 8.98
December 2
Title: 2008 U.S. W2/1099 Processing Overview
December 2
Title: JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.0 Financial
Management and Procurement Modules
December
3
Title: Best Practices: Platform
Pack Install on System i
December 3
Title: JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.0 Configurator and
Kit Processing
December
4
Title: Canadian Payroll Year-End
Processing Overview
December 4
Title: Avoiding A Common Issue with the UBE Scheduler
December
4
Title: JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.0 Real Estate
Management
December
11
Title: MetaLink3 Portal Architecture
December
11
Title: JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.0 Grower, Grower
Pricing & Payments, Blend Management
December 16
Title: JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Human Capital
Management 9.0
December 17
Title: Using Oracle BI Publisher to Create JD Edwards
EnterpriseOne Reports
December 18
Title: JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Integration to Oracle
CRM On Demand
January 8, 2009
Title: Preparing for
Year-End Processing and W2 Reporting Season
December 4
Title: 1099 Process Refresher for 2008, Changes and
Address Book Setup
December 9
Title: 1099 Process
Refresher for 2008, AP Method/Write Media
December 10
Title: Preparing for
Year-End Processing and W2 Reporting Season
December 10
Title: 1099 Process
Refresher for 2008, GL/Method/Write Media
December 11
Title: Preparing for
Canadian T4 & Releve Reporting: Year-End Processes
December 16
Title: A91
Enhancements to the Inventory Management System
January 15, 2009
Title: Using the Job
Status Inquiry Screen
January 20, 2009
Title: Service and Warranty
Management
March 12, 2009
No
Siebel sessions scheduled at this time.
No Hyperion sessions scheduled at this time.
ORACLE
EVENTS
Visit the Oracle Events Calendar here!
Nov 17 Oracle at the Colorado Digital Government Summit
Denver
Nov 17 NetworkWorld Idm Security Forum
Denver
Nov 18
Maximize your investment in Tuxedo
for Increased Business Agility (Oracle Internet Seminar)
Nov 18
Oracle and Cedar Crestone present
PeopleSoft 9 Performance Management for Public Sector
Nov 18 Oracle Fusion Middleware
Forum
Irvine
Nov 18
Oracle
Business Intelligence Symposium with The Economist
Nov 19 Better
Together Oracle Internet Seminar Series. Session #3 -- Better Together with
Middleware
Nov 19 "Leap Forward" with
Oracle Identity Management for E-Business Suite
Nov 19 Oracle Fusion Middleware
Toronto
Nov 19 Oracle Enterprise 2.0
Technology Day
Edmonton
Nov 20 Top 2 Enhancements to Supercharge your Oracle WebLogic
Portal Today Internet Seminar
Nov 20 Oracle and Cedar Crestone present PeopleSoft 9 Learning
Management for Public Sector
Internet Seminar
Nov 20 Free Oracle Webcast: Take your
business planning process to the next level with online analytics
Internet Seminar
Dec 2 Web Seminar on Oracle Application Monitoring and Testing
Internet Seminar
Dec 3 Oracle iGovernment
Internet Seminar Internet Seminar
Dec 3 "Leap Forward" with Oracle Identity Management
for PeopleSoft
Internet Seminar
Dec 3 Oracle CIO Executive
Summit 2008
Beverly Hills
Dec 3 Portail et gestion du contenu :
Oracle à l’ère du Web 2.0
Montréal
Dec 3 Oracle at IT & HR
Fulfilling the Prophecies
San Francisco
Dec 4 Oracle at Green to
Green: Building Sustainable Strategies to Drive Revenue
Greenwood Village
Internet Seminar
Dec 9 Oracle and
Cedar Crestone present Incorporating Fusion Middleware with "A Taste of
SOA"
Internet Seminar
Dec 9 Oracle Internet
Seminar: Reduce Your Applications Implementation and Upgrade Costs with SOA
Internet Seminar
Dec 9 SOA with ERP
and CRM Upgrades
Internet Seminar
Dec 17 "Leap
Forward" with Oracle Identity Management for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
Internet Seminar
Dec 18 Oracle Live Webcast
on Enterprise Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
Internet Seminar
Jan 7 "Leap
Forward" with Oracle Identity Management for Siebel Enterprise
Applications
Internet Seminar
Jan 15 Oracle CRM On Demand
Demo Event in Montreal
Montréal
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