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Oracle Database on Sun SPARC Enterprise Server based on the Quad-Core SPARC64 VII Processor Delivers Record-Breaking Result

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., July 23, 2008 -- Continuing to demonstrate the superior performance and scalability leadership of Oracle® Database, Oracle today announced a world record result on the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark running the SAP ERP application Release 6.0.(1)

On a system configuration comprised of Sun(TM) SPARC® Enterprise M9000 server equipped with quad-core SPARC64(TM) VII 2.52 GHz 64 processors, 256 cores, 512 threads, and Sun StorageTek(TM) 6140 arrays, Oracle Database running on the Solaris(TM) 10 Operating System (OS), achieved 39,100 SAP SD Benchmark users.    » read more »

Q4 Applications New License Revenues Up 36%, Q4 Technology New License Revenues Up 23%

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., 25 JUNE 2008 -- Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) today announced that fiscal 2008 Q4 GAAP earnings per share were up 27% to $0.39, compared to the same quarter last year. Fourth quarter GAAP revenues were up 24% to $7.2 billion, while quarterly GAAP net income was up 27% to $2.0 billion. Total GAAP software revenues were up 26% to $6.0 billion. GAAP new software license revenues were up 27% with database and middleware new license revenues up 23% and applications new license revenues up 36%. GAAP software license updates and product support revenues were up 25% to $2.8 billion. GAAP service revenues were up 18% to $1.3 billion.    » read more »

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., 03-APR-2008 -- Oracle(r) today announced that independent software vendors (ISVs) Adaptik, DataLab, Patsoft Limited, SPS Commerce and SYNECTICS Ltd., among others, have migrated their applications to Oracle(r) Database. By migrating their business solutions to Oracle Database, ISVs enable their customers to benefit from the unique grid computing, high performance and security features of Oracle Database.    » read more »

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., 03-APR-2008 -- Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) today announced the pricing of its sale of $1.25 billion of 4.95% Notes due 2013 (the "2013 Notes"), $2.50 billion of 5.75% Notes due 2018 (the "2018 Notes") and $1.25 billion of 6.50% Notes due 2038 (the "2038 Notes"). The offering is expected to close on April 9, 2008.

The 2013 Notes will bear interest at the rate of 4.95% per year, the 2018 Notes will bear interest at the rate of 5.75% per year and the 2038 Notes will bear interest at the rate of 6.50% per year. Interest will be payable semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 for each of the 2013 Notes, the 2018 Notes and the 2038 Notes.    » read more »

Next-Generation Segregation of Duties Policy Engine Delivers Real-Time Access Control Across the Enterprise

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., 02-APR-2008 -- Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) today announced the immediate availability of Oracle(r) Application Access Controls Governor Release 8, a key component of the Oracle Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) applications suite and the latest release of Oracle's comprehensive application access control solution that enables compliance, audit and security officers to automatically enforce authorization policies across Oracle and non-Oracle systems.

* The latest release of Oracle Application Access Controls Governor provides:    » read more »

Enterprises Turn to Latest Release of Oracle(r) Database to Enhance Quality of Service, Manage Change in the Data Center, and Support Rapid Growth of User Demand and Data Volume

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., 02-APR-2008 -- Oracle today announced that Melbourne Health, Mobiltel, the Northern California Power Agency, and RTL, among others, are in production with Oracle(r) Database 11g to power core transaction processing, decision support and content management applications.    » read more »

Alignment with Oracle brand reflects synergies of scale, resources, expertise and efficiency
MUMBAI, 03-APR-2008 -- The Board of Directors of i-flex solutions Ltd. (Reuters: IFLX.BO & IFLX.NS) at its meeting held today in Mumbai, approved a proposal to change the name of i-flex solutions Ltd. to Oracle Financial Services Limited, subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals.

The proposed new name reflects the company's close strategic and operational alignment with its parent, Oracle Corporation, which owns 81 percent of the company. Oracle is the #1 enterprise software provider and counts 10 of the top 10 banks, insurance companies and securities firms among its more than 8,500 financial services customers across 145 countries.    » read more »

New PHP Driver Brings Enterprise-Class Scalability, High Availability to Web 2.0 Applications

Strengthens Oracle’s Governance, Risk and Compliance Suite with Real-time Policy Enforcement

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.,09-OCT-2007 -- Oracle announced today that it has agreed to acquire LogicalApps, a leading provider of automated Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) controls management solutions. The acquisition will strengthen Oracle's GRC application suite by integrating real-time policy enforcement for critical business processes.    » read more »

Release Delivers Enhanced Enterprise-Wide Records Management, Retention Management of Non-Records and Hot-Pluggable Integration with Third-Party Content

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., 08-OCT-2007 -- Oracle today announced general availability of Oracle® Universal Records Management 10g Release 3, a component of Oracle Fusion Middleware. The release includes new features for mitigating the cost and risk associated with legal discovery and new adapters for out-of-the-box integration with Oracle and third-party applications.    » read more »

Leading Saudi Arabian Service Provider Utilizes End-to-End Functionality to Deliver Mobile WiMAX Network Services

WiMAX WORLD, CHICAGO, 26-SEP-2007 -- Oracle® today announced that Bayanat, a leading WiMAX network service provider in Saudi Arabia, has implemented Oracle(r) Communications Billing and Revenue Management and Oracle's Siebel CRM solution to effectively launch next-generation services within the region.    » read more »

Latest Release of Oracle SQL Developer Migration Workbench Simplifies Migration from Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL Databases to Oracle Database 11g

Hosted and Managed Services Provider Cites Superior Performance and High Availability of Oracle Database 10g Standard Edition as Critical Success Elements

Istanbul, Turkey 29-AUG-2007 06:21 AM Oracle's Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Migration Center in Istanbul, which opened on 29 August 2006, has proven a great success in its first full year of operation and facilitated the migration of 215 ISVs to an Oracle technology platform.    » read more »

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