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Oracle Corp. today announced significant customer wins signed during the first 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 E-Business Suite The Oracle E-Business Suite is a complete set of business applications that enables efficient management of all core business functions, such as customer interactions, financial management, human resources and supply chain management. Oracle's open architecture allows customers to deploy applications as individual modules, business flows or an entire integrated suite. "Oracle technology has enabled us to streamline business processes and provide integration to our financial system, saving both time and money for Southern LINC. This includes integrating our point-of-sale data with Oracle Financials and giving us the tools to better manage inventory levels," said Craig Elder, CFO of Southern LINC. Customers that purchased the Oracle E-Business Suite during Oracle's first quarter include: Aramark, City of Miami, Florida, Ministry of Finance of Abu Dhabi, Norwegian Post, Polish Agency for Restructuring and Modernising of Agriculture, Randstad, Servicio Andaluz de la Salud of Spain, Stanford Financial Group, Technip of France, Textron Financial Corporation and Wellcare. Oracle Database, Oracle Application Server and Oracle Collaboration Suite Oracle's technology products include the world's leading database -- Oracle Database -- Oracle Application Server and Oracle Collaboration Suite. 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. "Arkansas State University (ASU) selected Oracle after looking at several available database, clustering, application, and reporting technologies to support its enterprise computing needs," said Mark A. Hoeting, CIO of Arkansas State University. "ASU selected Oracle as its strategic partner for these technologies based on how the scalability of its core technologies, its best practices throughout the industry, and its progressive vision of the future align with the strategic teaching, learning, and research goals of Arkansas State University." Organizations around the world that purchased Oracle Database and/or Oracle Collaboration Suite during the first quarter include: Cerner Corporation, City of Miami, Florida, Fidelity National Finance, Invacare, MTS Mobile Telesystems of Russia, NCCW Netherlands, Northern Health Region of Norway, Norwegian Post, Orange, Siemens, U.S. Naval Criminal Investigation Service (NCIS), U.S. Department of Treasury, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. 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. "After reviewing several solutions, we went with Oracle Application Server because of its deep functionality and breadth of applications. Oracle's Application Platform Suite provided the most cost effective solution without sacrificing functionality," said Angiras Koorapaty, CFO of Webhire. "Starting with Oracle's Business Intelligence and Identity Management, we plan to take advantage of the value offered by the entire suite of applications." Demonstrating its continued strength in the application server market, Oracle now counts more than 20,000 OracleApplication Server customers, including organizations that selected Oracle during Q1: Accredo Health, American Century Services Corporation, Anadolu Gaz, Aon Corporation, Arkansas State University, AVANS HOGESCHOOL, BAWAG P.S.K. Gruppe, Belpromstrojbank, CheonNam University, City of Miami, Florida, Convergys Corporation, EGNATIA BANK, Fennia Mutual Insurance, Glaverbel Group, Gras Savoye, Grossmont Union High School District, Infinium Labs, Institute of Info Tech Assessment, International Enterprise Singapore, Kassenzahnarztliche Vereinigung Hessen, KCC Motors Co., Ltd, Kyungsung University, Lexmark International Limited, Maharastra State Electricity Board, McDATA, Ministry of Communication and Information of Egypt, Ministry of Industry of Egypt, MTS Mobile Telesystems, Nanyang Polytechnic, National Treasure Management Agency, NCCW BV, Northwestern University, NSW BusinessLink, Open Polytechnic, OOCL, Robbins Bros., Siemens, Thomson Scientific and Healthcare, U.S. Department of Treasury Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, UK Hydrographic Office, Universita' Degli Studi Di Roma "La Sapienza," Webhire, Wisconsin Technical College System and Yarra Valley Water, Melbourne. "We are very pleased with Oracle's Technology stack. Specifically, Oracle Application Server has opened many new doors for us, such as Java Bean and Single Sign On, and has given us opportunity to centralize our system," says Behroz Bahrami, Development Team Lead of Lexmark International Limited. "Now, it is very easy to implement new applications and apply new changes to our existing systems."