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Oracle Recognized as a Leader in CRM eCommerce Platform Market

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. 17-MAY-2005 Oracle was recently cited as a leader in Commerce Platforms for B2B Sites and a strong performer in Commerce Platforms for B2C Sites by Forrester Research, a leading independent research firm. Oracle was one of only two companies that received leader status for Commerce Platforms for B2B sites in the 2005 Forrester Wave: Commerce Platforms, Q2 2005.
Working from its independent labs and using vendor research, Forrester developed 200 criteria to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of top commerce platform vendors. Using the Forrester Wave methodology, vendors were evaluated based on three overarching categories, including current offering, strategy and market presence.

Bank Of America Investment "Over the past 10 years, commerce platforms have evolved into much more than just a shopping cart to manage transactions," reported Tamara Mendelsohn, analyst at Forrester. "Oracle provides a strong eCommerce solution through a combination of its Oracle(r) iStore product and Oracle E-Business Suite."1

September 21st, 2005 United Press International Aplus.Net's VP of Marketing, Chris Boring, comments on Oracle's recent acquisition of Siebel Systems, "With this latest acquisition, Oracle is now in a position to set its sights on SAP, which now finds itself with a minority market share of 6.7 percent in the CRM space. While the two are locked in battle over this space, opportunities may open up for the open source and Web services players to garner market share."

Investment Opportunity "This recognition from Forrester is yet another proof point to the evolution and success of the Oracle CRM solution," said Barbry Mcgann, vice president of CRM applications strategy at Oracle. "For both B2C and B2B sales, companies around the globe are valuing the rich set of capabilities that the Oracle solution can deliver for their organization. We continue to see tremendous momentum with Oracle iStore and the rest of the CRM suite as companies turn to the product to personalize and streamline their eCommerce platforms."

"The tablet PC is a platform that has yet to realize its full potential in the corporate market, and as a result, we see significant growth potential for this mobile platform, " said Max Tsypliaev, CEO of Acronis. "Acronis recognizes the considerable advancements made by Motion Computing to bring this technology to the fore and we are proud to partner with such a market leader."

Banc Of America Investment Oracle's CRM eCommerce set of solutions have helped hundreds of companies drive increased Internet sales with low order-to-fulfillment costs, a personalized customer experience and rich set of analytics for continous improvement. Companies such as Specialized Bicycles and ViewSonic are realizing significant benefits from Oracle e-commerce and other CRM applications. To read more about iStore customer momentum - http://www.oracle.com/corporate/press/2005_jan/istore_momentumfinal.txt

“ class forex platform, and is a leader in this space from both a retail and institutional perspective. That was validated by the recent investment made by Francisco Partners, ” said Miller. “My job is to help take that to the next level, and apply a more systematic approach to marketing efforts so that we always provide the best customer experience through continually improving our highly automated platform. coming new product launches, and I think there is a great story to tell.”

Banking Investment The full Forrester B2B E-commerce report can be found at http://www.oracle.com/corporate/analystportal/insider/Forrester%20Wave_Commerce%20Platforms_May%202005.pdf

IDC's report, " Preliminary Results for the Top 5 Vendors Show a Solid Boost (March 2005, 32969), " estimates that Oracle(r) Database grew 14.5 percent year over year and increased its market share lead to 41.3 percent. Overall, the worldwide market for relational database management systems grew by 11.6 percent in 2004. In 2003, Oracle Database posted 8.6 percent growth year over year and was the market share leader with 39.8 percent.

Investment Solution Strategic 1 "The Forrester Wave(Commerce Platforms, Q2 2005," Tamara Mendelsohn, April 29, 2005.

Roan has spent 20 years experience in operational roles in marketing, sales, finance and operations. She most recently worked for Entellium, a provider of hosted CRM software, where as chief marketing officer she raised the company%š profile to a market leader competing against Salesforce.com and Microsoft. Roan also developed their new brand, Rave CRM) introduced earlier this year, in which she created the concept of Gamer Influenced Design, differentiating Entellium as the first business software company to hire video game designers to dramatically improve the user experience.

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