Tata Consultancy Services Launches Center of Excellence for Oracle Exadata

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading IT services, consulting, and business solutions organization, announced today the official opening of its Center of Excellence for Oracle Exadata Database Machine. Located in Kolkata, India, TCS' new state-of-the-art facility is dedicated to showcasing the capabilities of Oracle Exadata Database Machine for customers across industries and geographies. TCS is a Diamond level member in Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) and has achieved multiple Specializations including an Advanced Specialization for Oracle Exadata Database Machine.

The Oracle Exadata Database Machine is the only database machine that provides extreme performance for both data warehousing and online transaction processing (OLTP) workloads, making it the ideal platform for consolidating onto private clouds. It is a complete package of servers, storage, networking, and software that is massively scalable, secure, and redundant.

"We are committed to helping our customers benefit from the latest technologies and leverage best practices so that they can bring innovative products to the market faster than their competitors," said Sridhar Bakshi, Global Head of Oracle Enterprise Solutions at TCS. "With our new Center of Excellence for Oracle Exadata Database Machine, we are unveiling a valuable resource for our customers who want to see first-hand the impact that Oracle Exadata can have on their business today and in the future."

TCS offers its customers end-to-end consulting services, from strategy formulation to maintenance and support. TCS helps clients leverage Oracle applications and technologies – including Oracle Fusion Applications, the Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle's PeopleSoft, Oracle's JD Edwards, Oracle's Siebel CRM, Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle Database – to optimize performance and succeed in the evolving business environment. TCS has over 15,000 Oracle consultants, of which more than 4,000 are OPN-Implementation Certified.

"TCS' new Center of Excellence for Oracle Exadata is a strong example of our commitment to delivering engineered systems that help our customers drive efficiencies, innovate and gain a competitive edge," said Michelle Montalvo, Vice President, Global System Integrator Alliances, Oracle. "We look forward to seeing our customers utilize this facility to impact their businesses."

About Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

Tata Consultancy Services is an IT services, consulting and business solutions organization that delivers real results to global business, ensuring a level of certainty no other firm can match. TCS offers a consulting-led, integrated portfolio of IT, BPO, infrastructure, engineering and assurance services. This is delivered through its unique Global Network Delivery Model™ (GNDM), recognized as the benchmark of excellence in software development. A part of the Tata group, India's largest industrial conglomerate, TCS has over 226,000 of the world's best-trained consultants in 42 countries. The company generated consolidated revenues of US $8.2 billion for year ended March 31, 2011 and is listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange in India. For more information, visit us at www.tcs.com.

About the Oracle PartnerNetwork

Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Specialized is the latest version of Oracle's partner program that provides partners with tools to better develop, sell and implement Oracle solutions. OPN Specialized offers resources to train and support specialized knowledge of Oracle's products and solutions and has evolved to recognize Oracle's growing product portfolio, partner base and business opportunity. Key to the latest enhancements to OPN is the ability for partners to differentiate through Specializations. Specializations are achieved through competency development, business results, expertise and proven success. To find out more visit: http://www.oracle.com/partners.

About Oracle

Oracle engineers hardware and software to work together in the cloud and in your data center. For more information about Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL), visit www.oracle.com.

Wipro Launches ‘FLoW’, A Technology Solution For The Retail Sector

Wipro Technologies, the Global Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing business of Wipro Limited has announced the launch of ‘FLoW’ an Oracle-based Pricing, Supply Chain And Finance Management Solution, for the retail sector. The solution will provide retail franchises and wholesalers greater data visibility needed for faster and more accurate trading transactions. The technology is a composite solution to the Oracle Retail Merchandising System (RMS), developed in line with result of customer feedback.

‘FLoW’ will enable users get a comprehensive view of their wholesale operations in sync with other functionalities of Oracle’s Retail Suite. This significantly increases visibility and operational efficiency, as users can now see and manage their Retail, Franchise and Wholesale operations on one integrated dashboard. The flexibility of the solution means that retail franchises and wholesalers have more control over pricing, fulfillment and billing. Additionally, the solution, which is fully aligned with Oracle Retail, leverages Oracle RMS functionalities such as item creation, transfers, and replenishment.

Mike Davies, Vice President, Wipro Retail – Europe, Latin America and Wipro’s Global Oracle Retail Practice said: “Historically, retail suites have offered broad functionality for the general retail environment, but not much has been done for the benefit of franchises and wholesalers. Customer feedback indicates the need for a comprehensive retail solution that allows them the best of both worlds and allows the user to oversee the entire process from beginning to end. Wipro is uniquely positioned to provide this level of flexibility because of our deep retail knowledge and experience in working with a wide variety of retail businesses, across the globe as well as our strong partnership with Oracle.”

Wipro's retail experience spans global customers across geographies and the company’s focus is to integrate legacy investments and future proof systems used to manage Operations, CRM (Customer Relationship Management), Shrinkage, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), Data Warehousing, Predictive Data Analytics and Price Optimization. Wipro's capabilities span Grocery, Fashion, as well as Health and Wellness Retailing. Wipro is a tier 1 Oracle Retail Partner and one of the most successful integrators of Oracle Retail solutions.

Project Partners Expands Management Team With Industry Veterans

Project Partners, LLC, the world's foremost experts in providing Oracle solutions for project-centric organizations, today announced the addition of two executives to their management team, further strengthening the company's project-centric expertise and their delivery of Oracle consulting services and products that extend the functionality of Oracle Applications.

Effective immediately, Steve Derivan joins Project Partners as vice president of Oracle Professional Services with executive responsibility for the strategic direction and profitability of the division focused on delivering Oracle Applications services. Mr. Derivan brings to Project Partners over 18 years of project-centric business experience, with 15 years of Oracle Applications experience, and proven success in delivering global projects and focusing lead generation activities. Mr. Derivan was most recently with IT Convergence, where he was the managing director of strategic consulting and successfully grew their east coast practice.

"Steve's broad Oracle experience will help Project Partners as we continue to expand our services across the full offering of Oracle Applications used by project-driven firms," said Randy Egger, president and founder of Project Partners, LLC. "He understands the unique needs of our project-centric clients, for both Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle Fusion Applications."

Also effective immediately, Patricia (Pat) Bowyer joins Project Partners as program director with responsibility for the launch and overall success of the company's mProjects mobile applications. Ms. Bowyer brings over 20 years of extensive Oracle Financials and Oracle Projects consulting expertise, having worked for Oracle as a managing consultant, applications instructor and key speaker, and for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a Project Manager for the Oracle E-Business Suite. Ms. Bowyer was most recently president of Projects Applications Resources Group, Inc. where she led and launched a variety of complex corporate and government implementation projects.

"The expansion of Project Partners' product line into the mProjects mobile applications space further strengthens our ability to meet our customer's needs," said Mr. Egger. "Pat Bowyer's renowned energy and expertise in the Enterprise Project Portfolio Management space will help Project Partners grow and innovate in this exciting arena, benefiting our company and our customers."

"I am delighted to welcome Pat and Steve to Project Partners," Mr. Egger said. "Project Partners has achieved leadership in Oracle Projects consultative services by hiring acknowledged experts in Oracle applications and technical services. The addition of Pat and Steve will further expand our strengths."

About Project Partners

Project Partners, LLC is a privately held firm headquartered in Half Moon Bay, California, and the world's foremost experts in providing Oracle solutions for project-driven organizations. Project Partners is a single point solution provider for all requirements across Oracle® E-Business Suite™, Oracle Primavera™ and Oracle Fusion™ applications for organizations operating in a project-centric environment. Project Partners' global team of professionals designed and delivered the Oracle E-Business Suite Projects Applications and at Project Partners have developed integrated products that extend the Oracle Projects™ and Oracle Primavera™ solutions. Project Partners is an Oracle Gold Partner, Oracle Certified Education provider, Primavera Reseller, and Microsoft Partner.

Hitachi Consulting UK Win Coveted Awards at UK Oracle User Group Partner of the Year Awards 2011

Hitachi Consulting UK has announced that it has won silver in the ‘Managed Services (Outsourcing and Operations) Partner of the Year’ category and bronze in the ‘Middleware Partner of the Year’ category at the UK Oracle User Group (UKOUG) Partner of the Year 2011 awards ceremony in London.

The UKOUG Partner Awards recognise Oracle alliance partners for the contribution made through delivering their services to users of Oracle software and reward efficient and engaged Oracle Partners in the UK.

UK Oracle User Group (UKOUG) is an independent, not for profit membership organisation created to support Oracle stakeholders. Established over 25 years ago, UKOUG now has over 8,000 members and leverages the collective strength of the combined Oracle community to influence the future design, functionality and technology that is key to all Oracle users.

Hitachi Consulting UK’s recognition follows the company’s commitment to provide best practice and highly innovative strategies and technology roadmaps for all Oracle software, in conjunction with superior Managed Services capabilities, from hosting to 24-hour support services.

John O’Brien, Executive Vice President for Hitachi Consulting UK, commented, “These awards are presented to companies that continue to lead the way when it comes to driving business value through the use of Oracle technology. Hitachi Consulting UK’s knowledge and experience allows us to help our clients to utilise Oracle software and support their business critical implementations and internal technology roadmaps.”

Brian McCabe, Senior Vice President for the Managed Services Practice, Hitachi Consulting UK, added, “This award is especially pleasing given that we were competing with a number of niche Oracle service providers. Hitachi Consulting’s breadth and depth of know-how coupled with our global parent backing, means we can compete with such boutique organisations whilst also offering our clients a one-stop-shop for all of their IT consultancy and managed services requirements. In a competitive and recessionary marketplace, our clients are continuing to tell us of the need to consolidate their suppliers and reduce their own supplier management overheads.”

Further information on the 2011/2012 UKOUG Partner Award winners can be found at:
http://www.ukoug.org/our-partners/ukoug-pya/

About Hitachi Consulting Corporation

Hitachi Consulting is the global business and IT consulting company of Hitachi Ltd. with operations throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The company is a recognized leader in delivering proven business and IT strategies and solutions to Global 2000 companies across many industries. With a balanced view of strategy, people, process and technology, we work with companies to understand their unique business needs, and to develop and implement practical business strategies and technology solutions. From business strategy development through application deployment and maintenance, our consultants are committed to helping clients quickly realize measurable business value and achieve sustainable return on investment (ROI). Hitachi Consulting's client base includes 25 percent of the Global 100 as well as many leading mid-market companies. We offer a client-focused, collaborative approach and transfer knowledge throughout each engagement. For more information, visit www.hitachiconsulting.com.

About Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 360,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2010 (ended March 31, 2011) consolidated revenues totalled 9,315 billion yen ($112.2 billion). Hitachi will focus more than ever on the Social Innovation Business, which includes information and telecommunication systems, power systems, environmental, industrial and transportation systems, and social and urban systems, as well as the sophisticated materials and key devices that support them. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at www.hitachi.com.

KPMG LLP Completes Acquisition of Optimum Solutions

KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Optimum Solutions, a leading provider of management consulting and implementation services for organizations utilizing Oracle Corp.'s enterprise software. The acquisition was initially announced on September 29, 2011.

"The addition of Optimum Solutions immediately helps KPMG address the growing, broad-based demand for ERP and HR transformation capabilities we're seeing in the market," said John B. Veihmeyer, KPMG LLP Chairman and CEO. "We're very pleased to welcome Optimum's great team to KPMG and look forward to their smooth transition into the firm."

The Optimum acquisition strengthens KPMG's Oracle consulting business, helping clients use technology to transform key operations such as human capital management (HCM), finance and accounting, business intelligence and supply chain management.

"Optimum's experienced professionals enhance KPMG's system implementation capabilities and further support our ability to help clients anticipate market dynamics, define growth strategies, manage talent across borders and optimize their operations," said Lynne Doughtie, KPMG LLP vice chair - Advisory.

"The Optimum team is proud to be joining KPMG and realizing the tremendous opportunities we see in helping clients execute their large-scale enterprise transformation initiatives," said John Houtary, Chief Executive Officer of Optimum.

Financial terms of the agreement will not be disclosed.

About KPMG LLP

KPMG LLP, the audit, tax and advisory firm, is the U.S. member firm of KPMG International Cooperative ("KPMG International.") KPMG International's member firms have 138,000 professionals, including more than 7,900 partners, in 150 countries.

About Optimum Solutions

Optimum Solutions is an Oracle Platinum Partner and leading implementer of Oracle® E-Business Suite, Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise and Oracle® Business Intelligence solutions. Combining superior product knowledge with a deep understanding of enterprise business processes and industry best practices, Optimum Solutions partners with clients to help support them in their strategic, tactical and transformation initiatives.

Oracle Implementation Partners Continue to Rapidly Adopt and Invest in Oracle Fusion Applications

To help ease the integration and alignment of sustainability reporting with financial reporting, Oracle today introduced the Sustainability Reporting Starter Kit for Oracle Hyperion Financial Management.

The prebuilt application enables a repeatable, accurate and auditable approach for consolidating the environmental, social and economic metrics necessary for corporate sustainability reporting. The application includes content from the Global Reporting Initiative's (GRI) Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. The content is verified by GRI, a network-based organization that produces a comprehensive sustainability reporting framework that is widely used around the world.

The starter kit is available free of charge to customers and partners to jumpstart sustainability reporting initiatives using Oracle Hyperion Financial Management.

Prebuilt Sustainability Reporting Application Speeds Time to Value While Replacing Manual, Error-Prone Spreadsheets and Email

Sustainability reporting is mandatory in many countries, and is performed by organizations globally on a voluntary basis. Over 2,000 organizations have registered their sustainability reports with GRI. By leveraging the powerful consolidation and reporting capabilities of Oracle Hyperion Financial Management, organizations can align their corporate sustainability reporting process with the financial reporting process as opposed to building a separate, ad-hoc process.

The Sustainability Reporting Starter Kit for Oracle Hyperion Financial Management includes a prepackaged chart of accounts based on GRI's G3.1 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines, prebuilt task lists and Web data entry forms, prebuilt conversion rules and calculations, and reports customizable to meet company needs.

Organizations can integrate data directly from various financial, human resources (HR), facilities and other applications using Oracle Data Integrator or Oracle Hyperion Financial Data Quality Management, or users can enter data directly into the sustainability reporting application.

Based on energy and GHG conversion factors entered for each energy source, the prebuilt conversion calculation rules enable consumption data to be entered in any local measure for conversion to any other reporting measure (i.e. kilowatt hours converted to gigajoules). Taking advantage of the target setting and scenario capabilities of Oracle Hyperion Financial Management, organizations can enter corporate sustainability targets and measure actual results against them such as energy reduction, GHG emissions or HR goals.

The audit trail, process management and security features of Oracle Hyperion Financial Management also offer users the confidence and accuracy in reporting to internal management as well as external auditors.

Benefits of the starter kit span:

-- More efficient consolidation of corporate sustainability reporting
data (economic, environmental and social);
-- Enabling Oracle Hyperion Financial Management customers to take
advantage of existing IT investments and to apply the application
to a new set of reporting requirements;
-- Improving communication and relations with key stakeholders such
as customers, employees, partners and suppliers;
-- Improving brand image through increased sustainability reporting
transparency; and,
-- Regulatory compliance with sustainability reporting in countries
including Finland, France, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden.

"Sustainability Reporting is becoming increasingly important to finance executives as stakeholders demand better disclosures regarding environmental and social impacts of the organizations they do business with," said John O'Rourke, vice president of Product Marketing, Oracle Enterprise Performance Management. "The Sustainability Reporting Starter Kit for Hyperion Financial Management will enable them to align their sustainability reporting processes with their financial reporting processes while accelerating their sustainability reporting projects and providing them with a repeatable, accurate and auditable approach."

"This starter kit complements the transactional capabilities for sustainability accounting provided by Oracle Environmental Accounting and Reporting," said Jon Chorley, Chief Sustainability Officer, Oracle. "It brings to environmental accounting, the same consolidation and reporting capabilities as Oracle Hyperion Financial Management provides to financial reporting."

"Many organizations who perform GRI-based sustainability reporting are challenged by manual, spreadsheet-based approaches that are often error-prone," said Michel Schoolenaar, Senior Consultant Oracle EPM, Centre Consulting. "The Sustainability Reporting starter kit for Oracle Hyperion Financial Management will allow us to accelerate sustainability reporting efforts for our customers, integrate this more closely with financial reporting, and ensure accuracy for stakeholders."

"Sustainability reporting needs similar rigorous processes as financial reporting. This includes clear reporting guidelines and definitions, good control mechanisms, audit trails, and control over changes in reported data," said George Turk, Group Vice President of Reporting at Telenor Group. "By moving the sustainability reporting out of spreadsheets into Hyperion Financial Management, the content owners are able to spend their time performing analysis, rather than dealing with quality control issues invariably associated with manual reporting."

About the Global Reporting Initiative

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) drives sustainability reporting by all organizations. GRI produces a comprehensive Sustainability Reporting Framework that is widely used around the world, to enable greater organizational transparency. The Framework, including the Reporting Guidelines, sets out the Principles and Indicators organizations can use to report their economic, environmental, and social performance. GRI is committed to continuously improving and increasing the use of the Guidelines, which are freely available to the public.

About Oracle OpenWorld

Oracle OpenWorld San Francisco, the information technology event dedicated to helping businesses optimize existing systems and understand upcoming technology breakthroughs, draws more than 45,000 attendees from 117 countries. Oracle OpenWorld 2011 offers more than 2000 educational sessions, 400 product demos, exhibitions from 475 partners showcasing applications, middleware, database, server and storage systems, industries, management and infrastructure -- all engineered for innovation. Oracle OpenWorld 2011 is being held October 2-6 at The Moscone Center in San Francisco. For more information please visit www.oracle.com/openworld . Watch Oracle OpenWorld live on YouTube for keynotes, sessions and more at www.youtube.com/oracle.

About Oracle

Oracle is the world's most complete, open, and integrated business software and hardware systems company. For more information about Oracle, please visit our Web site at http://www.oracle.com.

KPMG Acquiring Optimum Solutions to Strengthen Fast Growing Oracle Consulting Business

KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm, today announced it has agreed to acquire Optimum Solutions, an Oracle Platinum Partner, strengthening KPMG's ability to help clients use technology to transform key operations such as human capital management (HCM), finance and accounting, business intelligence and supply chain management.

The transaction is expected to close later this fall. Financial terms will not be disclosed.

Founded in 1999 and based in San Francisco, Optimum provides management consulting and implementation services for organizations utilizing Oracle Corp.'s enterprise software.

As an industry-leading HCM Oracle solution provider, Optimum is strongly positioned to address clients' enterprise resource planning (ERP), human capital and business intelligence needs, helping them to more effectively and profitably manage their operations.

"Our clients are working harder than ever to transform their operations and effectively use technology to enable this change," said John B. Veihmeyer, Chairman and CEO of the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm. "Optimum's deep ERP expertise will enhance the ability of KPMG's existing Oracle implementation practice to help our clients address business needs through technology-enabled solutions, especially in the areas of HCM and business intelligence."

The combined offering will also help clients better leverage their human capital and empower their talent with the right information, at the right time, to improve performance and drive profitable growth. Optimum's focus on Oracle's latest Fusion HCM product suite - a key set of applications in Oracle's product strategy -- will add to KPMG's capabilities in this important area.

"Optimum's respected marketplace reputation and strong client base complement KPMG's fast- growing transformation capabilities, further enhancing our Oracle consulting services," Veihmeyer said.

John Houtary, Chief Executive Officer of Optimum, said, "Combining Optimum's enterprise business processes knowledge, industry-leading Oracle product expertise, and technology integration experience with the KPMG brand, global footprint and vast capabilities in people, process, technology and risk consulting, positions us extremely well to help our clients execute large-scale enterprise transformation initiatives. Joining the KPMG team takes Optimum to the next level in our ability to serve our clients."

Lynne M. Doughtie, recently announced KPMG LLP vice chair -- Advisory, added, "Optimum's highly experienced people and in-demand capabilities are directly aligned with KPMG's growth strategy. They're an ideal fit that will provide added value to clients from day one and will complement other KPMG investments in the business transformation space, including KPMG's recent acquisition of EquaTerra announced in February."

About KPMG LLP

KPMG LLP, the audit, tax and advisory firm, is the U.S. member firm of KPMG International Cooperative ("KPMG International.") KPMG International's member firms have 138,000 professionals, including more than 7,900 partners, in 150 countries.

About Optimum Solutions

Optimum Solutions is an Oracle Platinum Partner and leading implementer of Oracle® E-Business Suite, Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise and Oracle® Business Intelligence solutions. Combining superior product knowledge with a deep understanding of enterprise business processes and industry best practices, Optimum Solutions partners with clients to help support them in their strategic, tactical and transformation initiatives.

Hitachi Consulting UK Implements IT Improvement Programme for Mitsubishi UFJ Securities, Providing Greater Visibility, Reporting and Real Time Insight

Hitachi Consulting UK has announced that it has completed implementation of a Continual Improvement Programme for Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International plc. (MUSI). The upgraded IT systems, which included the Oracle E-Business Suite and Business Objects, are expected to enable MUSI to gain deeper, real time insight into its business reporting and management, and thereby help to dramatically reduce the IT lead time for delivering new requirements for the business.

As the usage of MUSI’s Oracle applications increased across the business over time, a backlog of required changes began to mount. The company’s internal IT team was busy with the day-to-day pressures of supporting the existing system and lacked the resources to complete enhancements and upgrades. MUSI also wanted to implement a number of new system enhancements. In particular, the company wanted to reduce the amount of time required for month end closure reporting, bring greater stability to the system, and implement additional software to improve real time, end user reporting capabilities.

“We wanted a safe pair of hands that could not only provide us with the technical knowhow, but also the commercial insight and understanding of our business requirements,” said David King, Chief Financial Officer for MUSI. “Hitachi Consulting is widely recognised in the UK market for the depth of its Oracle capabilities. They also have an appreciation of the broader marketplace and the challenges we face as a business.”

The Continual Improvement Programme implemented by Hitachi Consulting UK included upgrading the Oracle E-Business Suite from R12.0.4 to R12.0.6, improvements to a Financials Accounting Hub, along with a number of dedicated workstreams to address specific functional upgrades and system enhancements. Hitachi Consulting also provided integration of Business Objects with MUSI’s accounting data for enhanced ad hoc reporting and analytical capabilities on ERP transactions. The combination of process and technology has enabled MUSI to reduce the time spent making business rule changes each month from days to just hours.

“Hitachi Consulting has the breadth and resources of a large company with the innovation, and customer centric approach of a niche organisation,” added King. “They had specific functional knowledge with regards to Oracle. They were able to provide resources across the board – from industry experts who understood the investment banking world, through to technical consultants who understood the technology, reporting and architecture. We now have a faster, more stable system tailored to our specific needs, which gives us greater visibility, better reporting, and faster time to market. We’re delighted with the new improvements and the business advantages it is delivering for us.”

Former Oracle VP Chuck Linn Joins OpenView Labs

OpenView Venture Partners today announced that Chuck Linn, professional services expert, will join the firm as a Senior Advisor.

Chuck will join the firm as a member of OpenView Labs, the strategic and operational consulting group for its portfolio companies. This essential addition will help propel OpenView’s capability for building and supporting professional service initiatives. Chuck will primarily work as a consultant, coaching OpenView’s companies on best practices for professional services. He will also provide advice and support to the investment team when evaluating new companies.

“The OpenView Labs team is happy to welcome Chuck Linn as our Senior Advisor for the Labs team. Chuck’s experience and track record are impressive. I know that Chuck will provide immense value to our portfolio in the area of professional services,” said Brian Zimmerman, Managing Director of OpenView Labs.

Chuck is a results-oriented executive with over 30 years of combined experience spanning technology-enabled business solutions, change and organizational management including P&L management ($10 to $250+ Million), Sales management ($10 to $250+ Million bookings) and practice & initiative leadership. He currently is the President of C.J. Linn Enterprises, where he provides executive-level consulting and assistance to high technology and small businesses. He has acted as an interim COO and Professional Services Leaders for several expansion stage software companies. Prior to C.J. Linn Enterprises, Chuck was Vice President of Enterprise Services, Oracle Practice at Hewlett-Packard Company. Chuck has spent over 10 years of his career working as a Group Vice President for Oracle Corporation. While at Oracle, Chuck re-structured the business to focus on implementation of Oracle applications and re-crafted go to market/sales strategies around six sales channels to build strong License and partner relationships in addition to increasing margins from negative to the high 20s%.

“There are several key objectives of the professional services organizations within an expansion stage software companies - building strong customer references for the product; protecting the product and becoming a software enabler; striving to productize your solutions into the product; and building repeatable engagements. I am looking forward to continuing to work with OpenView portfolio companies and building best practices around services,” said Chuck Linn.

About OpenView Venture Partners

OpenView Venture Partners is an expansion stage venture capital fund with a focus on high-growth software, Internet, and technology-enabled companies. Through its staff of seasoned operating executives, who collectively bring several decades of technology and management experience to the firm, OpenView is able to help portfolio companies with quickly ramping up Product, Go-To-Market, and Organizational and Operational functions to best practice levels. The firm was founded in 2006 and has a total capital under management of approximately $240 million. OpenView Venture Partners is based in Boston and invests on a worldwide basis.

About OpenView Labs

OpenView Labs is the strategic and operational consulting arm of OpenView Venture Partners, a global Venture Capital fund that invests in expansion stage technology companies. The Labs was formed to assist the management of OpenView portfolio companies build great companies by gathering, creating, storing, and disseminating best practices across all functional areas. The dedicated full-time teams, Senior Advisors, and network at OpenView Labs spend the bulk of their time working on behalf of the OpenView Venture Partner's Portfolio companies. This work includes incubating methodologies, testing approaches, performing research projects, developing and implementing forums and workshops, gathering the best network and ideas for building great companies, and coaching the management of the portfolio companies.

Oracle Introduces Innovative Business Intelligence Solution for Tax and Revenue Authorities

Oracle has announced the availability of Oracle Tax Analytics, an innovative business intelligence solution that helps tax authorities better understand their operations and make more informed decisions that can lead to better taxpayer service, improved operational efficiency and increased collections and compliance.

Oracle and Wipro Technologies, the Global Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing business of Wipro Limited co-developed Oracle Tax Analytics to better meet the needs of tax and revenue authorities.

Now generally available, Oracle Tax Analytics consists of three separately licensable products that provide a modular approach to implementing tax business intelligence and meeting tax and revenue authorities' unique information needs.

These include:
-- Oracle Tax Accounting Analytics - Helps tax agencies view and
monitor the performance of key performance indicators (KPIs)
(i.e., total amount of tax or write-offs collected). The solution
also enables users to analyze tax, penalty and interest
assessments, as well as outstanding debt and credit allocations
for all assessments.
-- Oracle Tax Forms Analytics - Provides forms processing managers
with operational metrics and reports such as form volumes,
seasonal trends, exception reasons and time in error (measures
speed to work through form errors) that help identify processing
bottlenecks, improve productivity and enhance services to
taxpayers.
-- Oracle Tax Payments Analytics - Provides payment-processing
managers with operational metrics and reports on payments
distributed, currently suspended, corrected and cancelled, which
helps increase accuracy and speed of payment processing.
-- Oracle Tax Analytics provides packaged integration to Oracle
Enterprise Taxation and Policy Management 2.2 by leveraging Oracle
Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, Oracle Data Integrator and
Oracle Database features. This pre-integrated feature helps reduce
total cost of ownership and speeds implementation time.

"As state, local and federal governments continue to deal with tight resources, the need to optimize tax collection processes and improve taxpayer service is imperative. Oracle Tax Analytics provides tax-specific data analytics and KPIs in taxpayer accounting, revenue accounting and other core taxation processes. The application helps government agencies improve revenue collection and tax compliance enforcement. Wipro is a leading player in the business analytics and Oracle applications space, and has strong credentials in the public sector globally. We have worked with Oracle to leverage both of our strengths in helping governments worldwide to improve governance, meet public sector specific challenges and improve citizen services," said Uma Mahesh, vertical head, Government Sector and Education Services Division, Wipro Technologies.

"When facing a challenging economy, tax authorities discover that having effective business intelligence is more critical than ever. Oracle and Wipro have worked together on the development of Oracle Tax Analytics -- a complete solution that helps tax authorities make more informed decisions that lead to better taxpayer service," said Andre van der Post, global director, Tax Solutions and Strategy, Oracle Tax Global Business Unit.

Hitachi Consulting UK Names Sarah Edwards as Vice President of Oracle Practice

Hitachi Consulting UK today announced the promotion of Sarah Edwards to Vice President of the Oracle Practice for the company’s UK-based operations. With more than 15 years Oracle experience, having previously managed Edenbrook’s Oracle practice, Sarah will be responsible for spearheading Hitachi Consulting UK’s dedicated Oracle business unit and further build on the increased market momentum gained over the last few months.

Sarah will be instrumental in leveraging the Sierra Atlantic acquisition agreement announced in January 2011, which will bring expanded capabilities to Hitachi Consulting’s Oracle business, including stronger alignment with US capabilities and a greater global offshore footprint in India and China.

Phil Parr, President and Chief Executive Officer, Hitachi Consulting, commented, “As a strategic partner and a cornerstone of our business, we are committed to further enhancing our Oracle credentials and visibility across all vertical markets and lines of business. We have seen great traction with Oracle recently with significant new customer wins. Sarah’s long standing personal contribution to the industry makes her the ideal choice for leading the UK’s Oracle business and building out the dedicated team of individuals who demonstrate a strong team spirit”.

“I am delighted to be leading the Oracle Practice and appreciate the recognition and support by Hitachi Consulting UK,” said Sarah Edwards, VP Oracle Practice, Hitachi Consulting UK. “The company’s Oracle business unit is of paramount importance to us as a business, and I’m eager to build on the current momentum and establish further strategic business endeavours that see us grow the bottom line and align more closely with Oracle.”

About Hitachi Consulting Corporation

As Hitachi, Ltd.'s (NYSE: HIT) global consulting company, with operations in the United States, Europe and Asia, Hitachi Consulting is a recognised leader in delivering proven business and IT strategies and solutions to Global 2000 companies across many industries. With a balanced view of strategy, people, process and technology, we work with companies to understand their unique business needs, and to develop and implement practical business strategies and technology solutions. From business strategy development through application deployment, our consultants are committed to helping clients quickly realise measurable business value and achieve sustainable ROI.

Hitachi Consulting's client base includes 25 percent of the Global 100 as well as many leading mid-market companies. We offer a client-focused, collaborative approach and transfer knowledge throughout each engagement. For more information visit www.hitachiconsulting.com
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About Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 360,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2009 (ended March 31, 2010) consolidated revenues totaled 8,968 billion yen ($96.4 billion). Hitachi will focus more than ever on the Social Innovation Business, which includes information and telecommunication systems, power systems, environmental, industrial and transportation systems, and social and urban systems, as well as the sophisticated materials and key devices that support them. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com.
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Leading Oracle Consulting and Managed Service Provider, CedarCrestone and Golden Gate Capital Portfolio Company, Sierra Systems to Partner

CedarCrestone, a leading Oracle consulting and managed services provider, recently announced the closing of its sale to Golden Gate Capital, a global private equity firm based in San Francisco. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

With more than 600 consultants, CedarCrestone has a 30 year history of delivering client success. Headquartered in Alpharetta, Ga., CedarCrestone was formed in 2005 when Cedar Enterprise Solutions (founded in 1981) and Crestone International (founded in 1995) merged to create the leading North American service organization focused exclusively around Oracle PeopleSoft applications. Subsequently, CedarCrestone invested in capabilities around Oracle’s E-Business Suite and Fusion Technologies as well as in the growth of an off-shore delivery model. Today, CedarCrestone is one of the largest independent pure-play consultancies and managed services providers dedicated to the challenging needs of Oracle enterprise application customers.

“We have enjoyed our relationship with our private equity partner, Alchemy, for the past six years, and have grown with their help. We are now very excited about the opportunity to continue to grow and expand our services platform under the Golden Gate Capital umbrella,” said Cal Yonker, CEO of CedarCrestone. “We are extremely proud of our employees and of the quality of the organization we have built. In addition, we are very appreciative of our customers who have entrusted us with their confidence and support throughout the years. This transaction is an important milestone for CedarCrestone, and we look forward to enhancing our service capabilities and serving our customers even better.”

Cal Yonker and Brian Fees will remain CEO and CFO, respectively, of CedarCrestone.

Simultaneous to the close of this transaction, Yonker will lead a strategic partnership between CedarCrestone and Sierra Systems, another Golden Gate Capital portfolio company. Yonker will take responsibility to accelerate market, industry and solution synergies between the two companies.

“CedarCrestone is a market leader in the Oracle consulting ecosystem. We have known Cal and the CedarCrestone team since 2007, and we are thrilled to have the opportunity to partner with them,” said Jake Mizrahi, Managing Director of Golden Gate Capital. “I’m also excited about the synergies between Sierra Systems and CedarCrestone. The combined market coverage, industry depth and breadth of capabilities will allow us to compete on a much larger stage.”

TM Capital Corp. served as the exclusive financial advisor to CedarCrestone on the transaction. Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, L.C. served as legal counsel to CedarCrestone. Kirkland & Ellis LLC served as legal counsel to Golden Gate Capital.

About CedarCrestone

CedarCrestone delivers industry-focused client success by providing consulting, technical and managed services for the deployment, management and optimization of enterprise applications and technology. For more information, visit www.cedarcrestone.com.

About Sierra

Sierra Systems is an IT and management consulting services company with more than 1,000 employees in 13 markets across North America and a development center in Romania. Sierra’s primary goal is improving client’s performance by marrying advanced technology with industry knowledge and development expertise. For more information, visit www.sierrasystems.com.

About Golden Gate Capital

Golden Gate Capital, headquartered in San Francisco, is a global private equity investment firm with approximately $8 billion of capital under management. Investors include leading educational endowments, non-profit foundations, and selected financial institutions, entrepreneurs and managers. The firm’s charter is to invest in change-intensive and growth-oriented situations where there is a demonstrable opportunity to significantly enhance a company’s value. The principals of Golden Gate Capital have completed approximately 140 such transactions aggregating to more than $19 billion in enterprise value across all major sectors of the economy. Golden Gate Capital’s philosophy of building value over the long term affords its portfolio management teams the flexibility to pursue value creation opportunities without regard for artificial timing constraints such as pre-set hold periods. For more information, visit www.goldengatecap.com.

Navigant Consulting Implements Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise 9.1 to Integrate Financial and HR Information

Navigant Consulting, an independent consulting firm specializing in companies undergoing substantial regulatory or business-model change, has gone live on Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise 9.1 to support its fast-growing global business.

With 2,500 employees across its global offices, Navigant needed a single industry-specific technology platform that could integrate financial and HR information to increase operational efficiencies and support its continued growth.

After an extensive competitive review, Navigant selected and implemented the latest version of Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise because its flexible, Web-based environment combined powerful, user-friendly HR and financial applications with the specific functionality needed for its project-based organization.

Navigant originally selected PeopleSoft 9.0 in November 2008, but decided to move forward with the newer version, PeopleSoft 9.1, once it became available in September 2009. The first phase of implementation included PeopleSoft Financial Management, PeopleSoft Human Capital Management, and PeopleSoft Applications Portal. Navigant went live on these three applications in August 2010.

With a single, aggregated view of HR and financial information and a new easy-to-use interface with Web 2.0 functionality, Navigant is also aiming to simplify and streamline processes, and achieve better visibility to key business information, while also encouraging further adoption by both business and power users.

To support its vision of delivering real-time business information to customers, in future phases of its IT transformation, Navigant plans to build on its PeopleSoft 9.1 implementation to include PeopleSoft Enterprise Service Automation, as well as integration of Oracle's Hyperion and Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition for enterprise performance management and comprehensive business intelligence.

"Our business is based on the seamless execution and expertise of our highly-trained consultants and we're always seeking ways to improve processes so they can focus on providing excellent client service," said Changappa Kodendera, CIO, Navigant Consulting. "Our phased implementation of Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise 9.1 will provide us with a solid technology foundation that we can rely on to support our global consulting business, with a scalable platform that facilitates further improvement."

About Oracle Applications

Over 65,000 customers worldwide rely on Oracle's complete, open and integrated enterprise applications to achieve superior results. Oracle provides a secure path for customers to benefit from the latest technology advances that improve the customer software experience and drive better business performance. Oracle Applications Unlimited is Oracle's commitment to customer choice through continuous investment and innovation in current applications offerings. Oracle's next-generation Fusion Applications build upon that commitment, and are designed to work with and evolve Oracle's Applications Unlimited offerings. Oracle's lifetime support policy helps ensure customers will continue to have a choice in upgrade paths, based on their enterprise needs. For more information on the latest Oracle Applications releases go to www.oracle.com/applications

About Oracle

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world's most complete, open, and integrated business software and hardware systems company. For more information about Oracle, visit http://www.oracle.com.

CSC Announces Cloud Foundation Services for Oracle

CSC today announced the ability for its customers to transform their business applications to a cloud-based computing infrastructure using Oracle hardware and software products. CSC Foundation Services for Oracle work together to assist clients in leveraging Oracle's integrated stack from applications-to-disk; including storage, servers, virtualization software, databases, middleware, application and management software.

"Oracle provides the industry's most complete, open, integrated and secure enterprise grade infrastructure and platform products for customers and partners to build, deploy, and manage public and private clouds," said Andy Bailey, senior vice president, Worldwide System Integrator Alliances, Oracle. "CSC's Foundation Services, built on Oracle's platform, provide customers with accelerated development and deployment of SaaS and cloud based business applications with increased agility and reduced IT costs."

CSC's Foundation Services for Oracle are designed to guide clients on their journey to the cloud -- from selecting and transforming applications to establishing their own private cloud environment -- in a way that ensures their business goals are achieved. These services leverage CSC's Business First Approach, which evaluates enterprise business processes and identifies the ideal workloads that will generate the greatest ROI from cloud services. A key feature of this offering is the development of a demonstrable reference architecture that provisions Oracle applications, middleware and infrastructure through virtual instances in minutes. This reference architecture and the accompanying services have been successfully used to guide customers in establishing their own private cloud environments.

"Enterprise workloads based on Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) require integration with the underlying middleware and infrastructure such as that provided by Oracle," said Sreedhar Kajeepeta, vice president, CSC Global Technology Consulting. "CSC has developed a global practice and service offerings to enable our clients' rapid adoption of cloud computing while extracting optimal value from the Oracle Platform Products."

CSC Foundation Services for Oracle include:

Plan & Design Services -- Services to support decision-making around the application of cloud services in the customer's business. These range from defining business process requirements to optimize business value to designing cloud architecture that ensures information security and compliance. Implementation and Integration Services -- Services to help turn cloud strategy into a reality. These services cover launching chosen cloud technologies, configuring them to meet client-specific business needs, and setting them up for integrated management and reporting, even across multiple clouds. CSC enables private cloud solutions on the client's premise or on CSC premises. Deliver and Manage Services -- CSC manages private, public or hybrid cloud infrastructures and helps the client select and implement the right cloud to meet business requirements. This includes defining and refining all the details of standard service offerings, shared or dedicated services, prescriptive architectures, service level agreements, security requirements and any customized solutions.

"Foundation Services for Oracle is one example of CSC applying its experience and capabilities to application transformation and modernization," said Siki Giunta, vice president, Cloud Computing and Software Services, CSC. "For every customer, no matter where they are on their cloud journey, CSC provides multi-platform application transformation to migrate ideal workloads to the cloud."

For more information about CSC's cloud services, please visit www.csc.com/cloud. For insights, resources and community interaction on cloud topics, visit www.trustedcloudservices.com.

About Oracle PartnerNetwork

Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Specialized is the latest version of Oracle's partner program that provides partners with tools to better develop, sell and implement Oracle solutions. OPN Specialized offers resources to train and support specialized knowledge of Oracle products and solutions and has evolved to recognize Oracle's growing product portfolio, partner base and business opportunity. Key to the latest enhancements to OPN is the ability for partners to differentiate through Specializations. Specializations are achieved through competency development, business results, expertise and proven success. To find out more visit http://www.oracle.com/partners.

About CSC

CSC is a global leader in providing technology-enabled solutions and services through three primary lines of business. These include Business Solutions and Services, the Managed Services Sector and the North American Public Sector. CSC's advanced capabilities include system design and integration, information technology and business process outsourcing, applications software development, Web and application hosting, mission support and management consulting. Headquartered in Falls Church, Va., CSC has approximately 95,000 employees and reported revenue of $16.2 billion for the 12 months ended July 2, 2010. For more information, visit the Company's website at www.csc.com.

Panorama Consulting Group Issues New ERP Report Titled Clash of the Titans: SAP vs. Oracle

Panorama Consulting Group, an independent ERP consulting firm, today released a new ERP report titled Clash of the Titans: SAP vs. Oracle. The new research compares the two largest ERP vendors, SAP and Oracle, and provides a review of functionality and a detailed listing of their competing products and technologies.

The intent of this report is to provide an independent and balanced comparison of the ERP market’s two leading software providers. Panorama is in no way affiliated with SAP, Oracle, or any other software vendor or reseller.

Clash of the Titans: SAP vs. Oracle Highlights:

• The ERP report provides comparison data on SAP and Oracle by reviewing each vendor by market share, user satisfaction, implementation duration, payback period, project cost, and benefits realization.
• The ERP report further investigates the two ERP vendors by providing a review of Oracle e-Business Suite and SAP Business Suite, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and PeopleSoft Enterprise, SAP Business All-in-One, and SAP Business One, as well as an on-demand software as a service (SaaS) model comparison of SAP ByDesign and Oracle On-Demand.
• The ERP report provides an analysis of SAP and Oracle’s technology infrastructure and future roadmap.
• The ERP report provides average functional scores for each ERP vendor based on Panorama’s client ratings of each vendor. These results are average numbers from clients that included both SAP and Oracle on their short-lists.
• The report provides an overall assessment of each ERP vendor’s functional strengths.

“SAP and Oracle are the industry’s leading ERP vendors for good reasons,” says Eric Kimberling. “However, as with any comparison of ERP Software solutions, each has its strengths, weaknesses, and trade-offs depending on a company’s unique business requirements. Potential ERP solutions should be objectively compared against these individual organizational needs as part of an effective ERP software selection process.”

To offer further analysis of the study results, Kimberling will present the free webinar on Thursday, September 16, at 10:00 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time. Register for this webcast at: http://panorama-consulting.com/resource-center/erp-webinars/.

The full report is available for download at: http://panorama-consulting.com/resource-center/clash-of-the-titans-sap-vs-oracle/.

Panorama Consulting Group

Founded in 2005, Panorama Consulting Group is a niche consulting firm specializing in the enterprise resource planning (ERP) market for mid-sized companies across the globe. Independent of affiliation, Panorama helps firms evaluate and select ERP software, manages the implementation of the software, and facilitates all related organizational change management to assure that each of its clients realize the full business benefits of their ERP implementation. More information can be found on the company’s web site: http://www.Panorama-Consulting.com.

Avio Consulting Introduces Oracle BPM Accelerators

Avio Consulting, a leading BPM consulting firm, today announced the release of a new service offering for Oracle BPM customers called Oracle BPM Accelerators. Avio’s Oracle BPM Accelerators are designed to increase the value of an Oracle BPM investment (formerly BEA’s AquaLogic BPM) by helping Oracle customers access proven best practices, improve time-to-market and speed user adoption of their Oracle BPM investment.

Avio Oracle BPM Accelerators have been designed by Avio and provide a comprehensive set of frameworks and solutions to streamline Oracle BPM implementations and provide process improvement, rapid ROI and significant cost savings throughout the Oracle BPM project lifecycle.

“Avio consultants have over 150 years implementing BPM technologies. In many cases our consultants have been working with Oracle’s BPM technology prior to the acquisition of Fuego by BEA and then later by Oracle. We know this technology inside and out. These Oracle BPM Accelerators have been specifically designed from the ground up to leverage our in-depth knowledge and experience with Oracle BPM,” said Brandon Dean, Executive Vice President of Avio Consulting. “They are designed to help a customer implement their Oracle BPM initiatives quickly in order to deliver fast and effective return on investment.”

Avio Oracle BPM Accelerators include:

• Simple Automated Management for Environments (SAME): SAME allows organizations to quickly and consistently create and manage environments for Oracle BPM Enterprise deployments. SAME automates tasks such as environment creation, engine administration, and project deployment across project teams and environments.
• Extended Logging Framework (ELF): ELF enables organizations to enforce logging best practices and log message consistency across Oracle BPM deployments
• Automated Testing Framework (ATF): ATF allows organizations to conduct automated test cases by running end-to-end tests of all processes and associated components for a project. ATF allows testing of both human and system activities for comprehensive testing coverage.
• Global Exception Management (GEM): GEM provides a platform for handling enterprise-level exceptions for Oracle BPM projects and applications. GEM delivers a proactive alerting system to ensure key process activities are executing within acceptable boundaries. In addition, GEM provides pre-built Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) dashboards to provide a visible layer for exception monitoring.
• Avio BPM Knowledge Base: The knowledge base provides access to Avio’s extensive and constantly expanding collection of industry research, articles, methodologies, project examples and industry best practices.

“BPM is more than technology. It’s an approach to ongoing business process improvement that is particularly well-suited to situations involving frequent process change that is driven by business stakeholders,” said Michele Cantara, research vice president, Gartner. “Gartner calls this the BPM Sweet Spot. While many consulting and SI vendors are adept at using BPM technologies for process integration, far fewer have an extensive track record in delivering agile, continuous process improvement projects using BPM disciplines along with BPM technologies.”

Benefits of leveraging Avio’s Oracle BPM Accelerators:

• Avio Accelerators offer immediate access to best practices that empower Oracle BPM customers to increase their work quality and operate at maximum capacity throughout the implementation
• Avio Accelerators help reduce project risk by enabling organization to immediately access proven and tested best practices to ensure projects are delivered on time and on budget
• Avio Consulting customers that leverage Oracle BPM Accelerators benefit from implementing their projects in 15% less time and decrease maintenance and support costs by up to 20%.

For more information about Avio’s Oracle BPM Accelerators please visit: www.avioconsulting.com or contact info (at) avioconsulting (dot) com.

About Avio Consulting

Avio Consulting is an innovative technology professional services firm focused on enabling enterprise agility and business process transformation through the adoption of emerging technologies such as Business Process Management (BPM) and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Avio Consulting bridges the gap between business and IT by using proven methodologies combined with industry expertise and best practices to solve complex business processes. Avio Consulting helps companies evaluate and select BPM and SOA software, manage the implementation of the software, and facilitate all related organizational changes to assure that each of its clients realize the full business benefits of their implementation. Avio Customers include: American Express, Best Buy, Citigroup, Procter and Gamble, United Healthcare, Watson Pharmaceuticals, Intercall. Avio Consulting is headquartered in Plano, Texas. For more information please visit www.avioconsulting.com.

Bluewolf Executives to Present at Oracle OpenWorld Conference

Bluewolf, a leading agile business consulting firm, today announced that its executives will be presenting at the upcoming Oracle OpenWorld, the world's largest event for Oracle technologists, business users and partners. Bluewolf is teaming with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to exhibit their joint services for Oracle technology. Oracle OpenWorld will take place September 19-23 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

Bluewolf will present "From Blueprint to Migration and Beyond: The Life Cycle of Moving to the Cloud," which will detail Bluewolf's new Blueprint service, the firm's process for analyzing and mapping a successful Oracle migration to the AWS infrastructure-as-a-service platform. Bluewolf's will also share its successes with managed services in the Cloud, including the company's new proprietary Cloud monitoring tool CloudView.

A second presentation, "More than ROI: The Business Value of Moving Your Oracle Instance to the Cloud," will examine how AWS is changing the ways companies think about IT infrastructure. The talk will detail the right questions a CIO needs to consider when turning to infrastructure-as-a-service, and will examine Oracle licensing implications for AWS.

"We are honored that Bluewolf has been invited to take part in this annual Oracle OpenWorld gathering to interact with some of the top innovators from every industry around the world," said Corinne Sklar, Vice President of Marketing for Bluewolf. "We will showcase our innovative Cloud Computing solutions. OpenWorld attendees will get a first-hand look at Bluewolf and AWS' newest developments that are bringing Cloud-enabled agility, efficiency, and security to our clients around the world."
Additionally, keynote sessions at Oracle OpenWorld will be by some of the biggest names in technology, including Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle and Michael Dell, CEO of Dell, Inc.

About Bluewolf

Bluewolf is a global pack of experts committed to partnering with clients to achieve agile business transformation. Only Bluewolf can bring 10 years of best practices to every project and guarantee its success. Bluewolf is distinctly positioned between classic management consultants and breakthrough technical designers. Its world-class portfolio proves the company's ability to match its agile methodology with unparalleled vision. From demand generation to close, from channel effectiveness to customer care, to IT staffing and remote managed services, the company helps clients attain efficient, responsible business performance gaining the label of tomorrow's business standard. Learn more about Bluewolf's Cloud Transformation Solutions for AWS at www.bluewolf.com/CloudDB.

ISA Consulting Achieves Status as Oracle Platinum Partner

ISA Consulting, the award-winning Blue Bell, PA-based technology consulting firm, has been named an Oracle Platinum Partner. Previously named a Certified Advantage Partner (CAP), ISA is being recognized for its superior product knowledge, technical expertise and commitment to Oracle Hyperion solutions. Further, ISA Consulting continues to be one of the top revenue-influencing partners for Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) in North America.

Beyond its dedication to consultant education and certification, ISA Consulting has proven EPM implementation success across various industries. Notably, ISA has demonstrated its expertise in the healthcare industry by implementing Hyperion solutions in complex health systems and for Blue Cross/Blue Shield providers. The company has also made a clear commitment to its Oracle EPM alliance with its recent hire of Oracle-alumni, Jonathan Wildes, who will help clients to successfully deploy Oracle Hyperion solutions.

“Oracle is a highly-respected partner and ISA is proud to achieve Platinum Partner status,” said Lou Polisano, CEO of ISA Consulting. “To be recognized for our exceptional technical skills, flawless execution and incomparable customer service highlights the professional standards by which we guide our business relationships.”

For more information regarding ISA Consulting or implementing Oracle technology, please visit www.isaconsulting.com.

About ISA Consulting

ISA Consulting is the premier provider of management and technology consulting services in the East, with expertise in the Performance Management, Business Intelligence and Data Integration spaces. ISA responds to the individualized needs of every customer by providing in-depth business knowledge, significant technical expertise and valuable lessons learned from years of working with other industry leading organizations. With a strong corporate culture centered on excellence and integrity, ISA serves customers globally with offices in Atlanta, Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington, DC.

About Oracle

The world's leading supplier of software for information management, and the second largest independent software company, Oracle technology is found in nearly every industry, and in the data centers of 98 of the Fortune 100 companies. Oracle continues to focus upon debuting new, functional products that reflect the company's goal: connecting all levels of enterprise technology to help customers access the knowledge they need to respond to market conditions with speed and agility.

DARC Corporation Achieves Oracle PartnerNetwork Specialization With Oracle E-Business Suite Supply Chain Management

DARC Corporation today announced that it has become "Specialized" with Oracle E-Business Suite Supply Chain Management through the Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN). By becoming Specialized in Oracle E-Business Suite Supply Chain Management, Oracle has recognized DARC for its commitment to establishing in-depth expertise and excellence in delivering implementation, upgrade, integration and training for the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 and for uniquely addressing customer challenges in the areas of Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management.

DARC is an Oracle Systems Integrator providing world-class business process consulting services including process optimization, implementations, upgrades, business intelligence, integration, organizational change management and managed services. DARC is pleased to take this significant step towards fulfilling the requirements of the OPN Platinum Level membership.

"We recognize the real value of being an Oracle PartnerNetwork Platinum Partner, and we appreciate the value of OPN Specialization which distinguishes DARC in the marketplace. Being Specialized provides clarity to Oracle's customers in identifying those who have earned the accreditation through competency, expertise and proven customer success. Customers will have greater assurance when selecting a firm who is Specialized within a particular field of expertise." - Brian Connolly, President and CEO, DARC Corporation

"Oracle congratulates DARC in reaching another significant milestone in our long-standing relationship by becoming one of the first OPN members in North America to achieve an Oracle E-Business Suite Supply Chain Management Specialization. By becoming Specialized, partners are able to offer in-depth expertise in their field and differentiate themselves in the market." - Ted Bereswill, Senior Vice President, Sales, Oracle.

About Oracle PartnerNetwork

Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Specialized is the latest version of Oracle's partner program that provides partners with tools to better develop, sell and implement Oracle solutions. OPN Specialized offers resources to train and support specialized knowledge of Oracle products and solutions and has evolved to recognize Oracle's growing product portfolio, partner base and business opportunities. Key to the latest enhancements to OPN is the ability for partners to differentiate through Specializations. Specializations are achieved through competency development, business results, expertise and proven success. To find out more visit http://www.oracle.com/partners.

About DARC

DARC is a highly accomplished consulting firm with the experience and industry expertise to guide executives through business process optimization that will allow them to achieve increased productivity. Our teams of industry professionals have the insight to identify areas of improvement and propose and implement solutions that increase efficiencies, lower costs and increase competitiveness.

As a Platinum Level member of the Oracle PartnerNetwork, our mission is to provide world-class business process consulting services enabled by Oracle solutions to our clients at the greatest possible value.

Perficient Named Information Agenda Partner of the Year at IBM’s IOD 2009

Perficient, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRFT), a leading information technology consulting firm serving Global 2000 and other large enterprise customers throughout North America, today announced it is the sole recipient of IBM’s 2009 Information Agenda Partner of the Year award. The honor was announced during the opening general session at IBM’s Information on Demand 2009 conference at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.

“We’re thrilled to be recognized by IBM and the Information Management brand for our contributions to helping the world’s leading enterprises implement an information-led transformation,” said John Jenkins, vice president of Perficient’s IBM practice. “We see meaningful opportunity around the IM portfolio and will continue to invest in helping our customers understand the power inherent in Information Management solutions.”

About Perficient

Perficient is a leading information technology consulting firm serving Global 2000 and enterprise customers throughout North America. Perficient’s professionals serve clients from a network of 19 offices in North America and three offshore locations, in Eastern Europe, India and China. Perficient helps clients use Internet-based technologies to improve productivity and competitiveness, strengthen relationships with customers, suppliers and partners and reduce information technology costs. Perficient, traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market(SM), is a member of the Russell 2000® index and the S&P SmallCap 600 index. Perficient is an award-winning "Premier Level" IBM business partner, a TeamTIBCO partner, a Microsoft National Systems Integrator and Gold Certified Partner, a Documentum Select Services Team Partner, and an Oracle Certified Partner. For more information, please visit www.perficient.com.