APPLICATIONS

Oracle today announced significant customer wins signed during the fourth quarter of its fiscal year 2005, the results of which were announced today. Customers continue to choose Oracle software to integrate and automate business systems, help reduce total cost of ownership and create a single, global view of their business operations. Also, Oracle's focus on strong, strategic customer relationships continues to contribute to the company's growth. Oracle Applications, including the Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft Enterprise, JD Edwards Enterprise One and JD Edwards World, enable information-driven business processes that connect and automate an organization. Developed to deliver business insight, adaptive industry processes and a superior ownership experience, Oracle Applications enable efficient management of all core business functions, such as customer interactions, financial management, human resources and supply chain management. Customers that purchased Oracle Applications during Oracle's fourth quarter include: Ametek, BAE Systems Australia, Bank of Communications, Bank of India, Banque Misr, Bausch & Lomb Eyecare (India) Pvt. Ltd., CITIC Ka Wah Bank Limited, CRI Pumps (Pvt) Ltd., Daum Communication, DeAngelo Brothers Inc., DeepGreen Financial, Dot Hill Systems Corp., Eveready Industries India Limited, First Bank, Giorgio Armani SPA, Government of Karnataka-Bangalore Mahanagara Palike, Healthe Singapore Pte Ltd., Hochtief, Hologic, Inc., Huttig Building Products, Inc., India Pistons Ltd., Internet Security Systems Inc., KTH, Kumho Construction & Engineering Co., Ltd., LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc., Macrovision Corporation, Magellan Biosciences, Inc., Ministry of Water & Electricity (Saudi Arabia), National University of Singapore, New Age Electronics, Inc., Novelis Korea Ltd., Okuma America Corporation, The Pampered Chef, Pusan Newport, SP AusNet, Sui Southern Gas Company Ltd., Tabcorp Holdings Limited, Terex Corporation, Too Brands, Inc., United Online, US Air Force, VaxGen Inc., Wing Lung Bank and Worthington Industries Inc. Too Brands, Inc., a Columbus, Ohio Apparel Retailer, and spin off of The Limited, recently selected the Oracle E-Business Suite to help enable continued growth, control costs, access information, and begin the transformation process for several functional areas over the next several quarters. "Too Brands, Inc., selected Oracle's applications to help us streamline our infrastructure around a fully integrated set of products, with a strong initial focus on our financial and real estate processes," said John Moore, CIO and SVP of Logistics. "Oracle's retail presence, along with our comfort level with their ability to deliver, helped drive our decision to become an Oracle Applications customer." "In order to improve our market position, we devised a two-point strategy of measuring and analyzing our performance in a number of key areas while simultaneously boosting customer service interaction," said Mohamedd Kafafi, vice president Banque Misr. "In addition to increased performance analysis and management, the Oracle offering enables Banque Misr to see how our actions in the field -- across all 450 branches -- are aligned with the bank's management strategy. We're complementing this internal reporting tool with upgrades to customer-facing processes such as our call centre, marketing and credit card collections functions enables customers to receive a uniformly superior service experience." Oracle Database and Oracle Fusion Middleware Oracle's technology products include the world's leading database -- Oracle Database -- and Oracle Fusion Middleware, a family of products that includes Oracle Application Server 10g, related Application Server products and options, Oracle Collaboration Suite and Oracle Data Hubs. Oracle Collaboration Suite is the first enterprise-class collaboration product that leverages a relational database and application server to offer a secure, reliable and scalable way to simplify business communications and consolidate information. Organizations around the world that purchased Oracle Database and/or Oracle Collaboration Suite during the fourth quarter include: Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture (Poland), BT, Bank of Communications, Bank of India, Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation, CITIC Ka Wah Bank Limited, Central Bank of India, Central Board of Excise & Customs, City of Atlanta, CNAMTS -- Caisse Nationale Assurance Maladie des Travailleurs Salaries, Daum Communication, Fiji Islands Revenue & Customs Authority, First Bank, Giorgio Armani SPA, Government of Karnataka-Bangalore Mahanagara Palike, Guo Min Life Insurance, Hana Bank, Helsinki District Hospital, Hochtief, HSBC Holdings Plc., Indian Army, Industrial Bank of Korea, Industrial Development Bank of India Limited, KTH, Ministry of Defence (UK), National University of Singapore, New Zealand Department of Corrections, NextAction, Okuma America Corporation, Priceline.com, Quantum, Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney General (Australia), SP AusNet, Stockholm County Council, Sunshine Agriculture Mutual Insurance Co., Ltd., TIAA-CREF, Tabcorp Holdings Limited, Terex Corporation, Too Brands, Inc. and Wing Lung Bank. "Oracle Database's 64bit support has enabled us to increase our performance for datawarehouse applications by as much as 1000 percent on existing hardware, and it's reliability has helped Priceline.com become a leader in availability in our sector," said Ron Rose CIO, Priceline.com. Oracle Application Server, an integrated, standards-based software platform, allows organizations of all sizes to be more responsive to changing business requirements, enables organizations to develop and manage applications in Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) and grid computing environments. Oracle's middleware platform attracts customers seeking a single product for the development, deployment, management and integration of Java, Web services and service-oriented applications. Demonstrating its continued strength in the application server market, Oracle now counts more than 25,000 Oracle Application Server customers, including organizations that selected Oracle during its fourth quarter: Alumco Inc., C-Bass LLC, CITIC Ka Wah Bank Limited, CNAMTS -- Caisse Nationale Assurance Maladie des Travailleurs Salaries, Central Board of Excise & Customs, Champps Entertainment Inc, Charter Steel, City of Atlanta, Colonial Pipeline Company, Computer Sciences Corporation, Covenant Health, Devon Energy Corporation, FT Interactive Data, Family Dollar Stores, Inc., First Bank, Fisher Rosemount Systems Inc, Giant Eagle, Giorgio Armani SPA, Government of Karnataka-Bangalore Mahanagara Palike, Helsinki District Hospital, Hochtief, KTF, Kansas State University, Los Angeles County, MTA Long Island Railroad, Marui CO., Ltd, Ministry of Defence (UK), NTT West, National University of Singapore, New World PCS Ltd., PNC Financial Services, Phoenix Technologies, Powell Industries, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Australia), SP AusNet, Sapient Corporation, Secretaria da Fazenda do Rio Grande do Sul., Shanda (China), Spice Telecom, State Compenstation Insurance Fund, Sterilite, Stockholm County Council, TIAA-CREF, TSA Corporate Services Inc., Tabcorp Holdings Limited, Target Software Inc, Terex Corporation, Topflight Corp, Tupperware Corporation, University of Arkansas, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Universita' Degli Studi Di Bologna, University of Minnesota, USSTRATCOM, Vagabond Inns and Workcover Queensland. "Qualcomm has been an early adapter of Oracle technology. Over the last 18 months we have deployed Oracle RAC as well as the Oracle Fusion Middleware platform. As a result, we opted to extend use to an Enterprise License. The trigger for this decision included several projects that leverage Oracle BPEL Process Manager and our continuing work creating a unified identity management environment across the QUALCOMM IT Infrastructure, including the Oracle E-Business Suite, Agile, Documentum and custom applications," said Norm Fjeldheim, CIO Qualcomm. "The Enterprise License will provide us with the opportunity to fully exploit Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle RAC in the future." "Utilizing a service-oriented architecture, Xpress Enterprise Services (XES) solution delivers operational efficiencies by allowing financial institutions to leverage their services and business processes across the enterprise," said Frank Sanchez, president, Leveraged Product Development for Fidelity Information Services. "Oracle BPEL Process Manager delivers the capability and future that we needed for XES and our core banking solutions. Combining BPEL with the industry standard IFX provides a very leverageable and efficient solution to the financial services market. We chose Oracle as a strong partner to help us lead our customers with a technology solution and strategy."