ORCL: Oracle Europe, Middle East & Africa Announces Key Customer Wins for Second Quarter, Fiscal Year 2007

Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ GS: ORCL) reported notable key customer wins within the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region during the second quarter of fiscal year 2007. Customers are endorsing Oracle's strategy to offer a broad portfolio of innovative, open-standards software, to enable them to make better decisions, to become more competitive, and to lower costs and increase performance. During the period, Oracle reported a 35 percent increase in as reported applications revenues in the region over the same period last year.
"We see sustained demand across our product offerings including those from acquisitions, and are winning new customers against our competitors," said Sergio Giacoletto, Executive Vice President, Oracle Europe, Middle East and Africa. "Our technology products and our applications, both horizontal and industry-specific solutions such as retail, healthcare and manufacturing, are forming the strategic business-critical foundation for our customers' success and future growth."

Customer wins this quarter include large enterprise customers such as banks and telecommunications companies who are deploying Oracle® Database 10g, Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle SOA Suite as their strategic global architectural platform; public services where transparency and cost-efficiency are priorities; and smaller businesses who need affordable applications such as Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne that will grow with their businesses. Customer solutions range from real-time high volume transaction processing using Oracle Times Ten In-Memory Database, Schengen information systems, RFID logistics checking systems, disaster recovery systems, compliance, fraud prevention, complex asset management, and the delivery of shared services. Standardisation, consolidation and centralisation of disparate systems remain key trends.

Customers endorse Oracle products and services
As a driving force in one of the world's most dynamic telecommunications markets, Etisalat, the UAE's leading telecommunications provider, is maximizing human capital - one of the company's most critical assets. To achieve this, Etisalat has deployed the Oracle's Human Resources Management System (HRMS) to complement the company's existing Oracle Financials, Supply Chain, Logistics and Contracts modules of the Oracle E-Business Suite software. "Our people are the backbone of Etisalat's strength, and they constitute a strategic investment in the long-term growth of the company," commented Abdul Azuiz Al Sawaleh, Chief Human Resources Officer, "Enabling us to implement world-class Shared Services Systems, linked with compensation schemes, training, analytics and other human resource-linked activities, the Oracle HRMS solution integrated with Oracle E-Business Suite will deliver speedy returns to our HR team as well as senior management."

In the UK, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is live on the first stage of their Shared Services roll-out. "DEFRA is a sophisticated and experienced user of the Oracle E-Business Suite," said Roger Atkinson, Chief Operating Officer, DEFRA Shared Services Organisation. "Our latest purchase allows us to build on our establishment of our in-house Shared Services provider and to start delivering the benefits of standards-based, world class business applications to organisations both within the DEFRA family and potentially in the broader base of the UK Government."

The National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) has selected Oracle Database 10g and Oracle Fusion Middleware to streamline operations and maximise efficiency. "In order to operate with maximum efficiency, a financial institution at the size and focus of NBK needs to have the best business processes in place," said Dr. Fadi Chehayeb, CIO at NBK. "During the selection process, it became increasingly obvious that Oracle E-Business Suite, with its comprehensive range of modules specifically adapted for the banking industry, was difficult to match."

Industry Awards and Recognition in EMEA during the first half of Fiscal Year 2007
Oracle's products, services and excellence as an IT company received positive endorsement during the second half of fiscal 2006 in a number of honours, and awards, for example:

Best Business Software Company - First Place (Middle East Arab Technology Award) - Oracle Corporation Middle East
Company of the Year (Scottish Business in The Community) - Oracle Scotland
Database Product of the Year 2006 (Databazovy svet ) - Oracle Database 10g R2 Enterprise Edition
Top 10 best places to work in 2006 (Great Place to Work® Institute Danmark in cooperation with business weekly Berlingskes Nyhedsmagasin) - Oracle Denmark


Key Industry Sectors Selecting Oracle Offerings during the Second Quarter Fiscal 2007
Many organisations in EMEA adopted or expanded implementations of Oracle Database, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Grid technologies and Oracle Applications, including Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft Enterprise, Siebel CRM, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and JD Edwards World in the second quarter of fiscal 2007 across a wide range of industries. Customers include:

Public Services
CIRB (Belgium); Mechanical and Electrical Department - Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (Egypt); Ministry of Communication and Information Technology - Land Registration (Egypt); Ministry of Finance (Greece); Central Data Processing and Registration Office (Hungary); National Development Agency (Hungary); National Communications Authority (Hungary); City of The Hague (Netherlands); Ministry of Finance (Poland); Correios de Portugal - state postal service (Portugal); Ministry of European Integration (Romania); Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia); Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Saudi Arabia); Turkish Navy (Turkey); Ministry of Family Youth and Sport of Ukraine; Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (UK)

Financial Services
Drei Banken EDV GmbH (Austria); ecetra Internet Services AG (Austria); Raiffeisen International Bank Holding (Austria); Erste Bank der österreichischen Sparkassen AG (Austria); Cetrel (Belgium); Hrvatska poštanska banka d.d. Zagreb (Croatia); Central Bank Of Egypt - CBE (Egypt); Banque Misr (Egypt); GaVi GmbH (Germany); Bank of Attica (Greece); BPU (Italy); Banca Intesa (Italy); Capitalia (Italy); National Bank of Kuwait; Bank Aljazira (Saudi Arabia); Jadwa Investment (Saudi Arabia), Pelayo (Spain); La Caixa (Spain); National Bank of Fujairah (United Arab Emirates)

Telecommunications
Telecom Egypt; Deutsche Telekom (Germany); Kabel Deutschland (Germany); Lannet (Greece); OTE Hellenic Telecommunications (Greece); ON Telecomms S.A. (Greece); KPN (Netherlands); TP SA (Poland); Dialog (Poland); VimpelCom (Russia); Mobile Telesystems (Russia); Turkcell (Turkey); Ukraine Mobile Communications (Ukraine); Etisalat UAE (United Arab Emirates); Ericsson/Etisalat Misr (United Arab Emirates)
Manufacturing, Transportation, Automotive & Logistics
NMBS (Belgium); Vaisala Oyj High Tech (Finland); CMA CGM (France); Lafarge (France); Schenker (Germany); Softlab (Germany): Mazzucchelli 1849 SPA (Italy); Rolfo SPA (Italy); Daimler Chrysler Customer Assistance Centre NV (Netherlands); Grontmij (Netherlands); Abdul Latif Jameel (Saudi)

Retail
Prenatal (Netherlands); Ruch SA (Poland); Consum (Spain); Teknosa (Turkey)

Other Industries
Education and Professional Services: Vedior (France); Professionecasa SPA (Italy); Gabetti Property Solutions SPA (Italy); Fundeon (Netherlands); Haagse Hogeschool (Netherlands), UTI Grup (Romania); Utilities: CEZ Bulgaria (Bulgaria); Hrvatska elektroprivreda d.d.(Croatia); Energa SA (Poland) Healthcare & Pharmaceutical: Boehringer Ingelheim (Germany); Adhesie (Netherlands); Consumer Products: Bakoma (Poland) Media and Entertainment: De Persgroep NV (Belgium); TVP National Television (Poland); Hospitality, Food & Drink: AC Hoteles (Spain); Nueva Rumasa (Spain)