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To: MeDroogies who wrote (11435)	8/12/1999 2:30:00 PM
From: Bipin Prasad	Respond to of 19080

HARLEY-DAVIDSON INC. SELECTS ORACLE(R) E-BUSINESS SOLUTION To Rev Up Internet Procurement Leading Motorcycle Manufacturer Will Use Oracle Internet Procurement To Streamline All Production and Non-Production Procurement REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Aug. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL), the number one choice for e-business, today announced that Harley-Davidson Inc. (NYSE: HDI) has selected Oracle(R) Internet Procurement, a premier Oracle e-business solution, to streamline and support its procurement function across all domestic manufacturing sites for its original equipment manufacturing, maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO), parts and accessories and general merchandise divisions. Oracle Internet Procurement was chosen after a detailed selection process led by a user-driven team over other competitive solutions. Harley-Davidson Inc., the leading producer of heavyweight motorcycles based in Milwaukee, WI, is consolidating all U.S. manufacturing production and non-production related procurement across its eight domestic sites into a single automated procurement system, in order to streamline processes, reduce costs, and consolidate demand across the enterprise. The need for process commonality arose as a result of the prior establishment of essentially separate procurement systems at each of its domestic manufacturing sites. This led to disparate systems, fragmentation of procurement data, and manual process integration across sites. "Our focus is on forming deep and long-lasting relationships with our strategic suppliers," said David Cotteleer, manager of planning & control, Materials Management Group for Harley-Davidson Inc. "We are striving for optimal seventy-thirty ratio for buyer time spent on strategic versus administrative functions. Internet-enabled e-business applications are critical in increasing the process efficiencies that allow our buyers to concentrate on these important relationship attributes." Oracle Internet Procurement will be rolled out at Harley-Davidson Inc. in a phased approach that, when complete, will allow 5,000 domestic employees to perform web requisitioning through a streamlined process from a standard desktop browser to a single, consolidated system. More than 180 procurement professionals will access the complete internet procurement system, managing nearly a billion dollars of materials and services purchases. "We are pleased to have Harley-Davidson, a true American success story, join the family of Oracle Internet Procurement users," said Ron Wohl, senior vice president, Oracle Applications Development. "This competitive win is further validation that Oracle is the leader in providing Internet enabled applications that help companies transition to e-business." Oracle Corporation is the world's leading supplier of software for information management, and the world's second largest independent software company. With annual revenues of more than $8.8 billion, the company offers its database, tools and application products, along with related consulting, education, and support services, in more than 145 countries around the world. For more information about Oracle, please call 650-506-7000. Oracle's World Wide Web address is (URL) oracle.com.

To: MeDroogies who wrote (11435)	8/12/1999 3:20:00 PM
From: Bipin Prasad	Respond to of 19080

Thursday August 12, 12:46 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release Prominent Portfolio Manager Kevin Landis To Talk Technology On Today's Informed Investors Radio SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 12, 1999--Kevin Landis, portfolio manager of the Technology Value Fund (Nasdaq: TVFQX - news) and founder of Firsthand Funds (www.firsthandfunds.com), is a special guest on the Aug. 12 edition of Informed Investors Radio. Investors can listen to the show for free by clicking through the radio link at www.informedinvestors.com. The show is carried live on the Internet from 2-3 p.m. Eastern time (11 a.m.-noon PDT) over broadcast.com via the Realplayer on your PC. Internet listeners can email questions to cohost Tim Quast at tim@informedinvestors.com. Landis has carved out a sterling reputation among Silicon Valley are investors for his ''first hand'' approach to picking stocks. In his view, people who have experience in the technology fields are in the best position to catch significant trends as they are begininning. Landis relies on this knowledge to aid him in selecting stocks to own. The Technology Value Fund recently celebrated its five-year anniversary and was named the top performer among all mutual funds with an annualized total return of 50.62% for the five-year period ending June 30, 1999, according to the Morningstar Principia Pro(TM) database. The Technology Value Fund invests primarily in companies in the electronic technology and medical technology fields. Among the top holdings in the Tech Value Fund are: Applied Micro Circuits (Nasdaq:AMCC - news), PMC-Sierra (Nasdaq:PMCS - news), Immunex (Nasdaq:IMNX - news), Triquint Semiconductor (Nasdaq:TQNT - news), AT&T (Nyse:T - news) Newbridge Networks (Nyse:NN - news), Galileo Tech (Nasdaq:GALT - news), Cabletron Systems (Nyse:CS - news), Oak Industries (Nyse:OAK - news) and Ciena (Nasdaq:CIEN - news). Landis also runs the Technology Leaders Fund (Nasdaq:TLFQX - news) which with top holdings such as Cisco (Nasdaq:CSCO - news), KLA-Tencor (Nasdaq:KLAC - news), Oracle (Nasdaq:ORCL - news) and Applied Materials (Nasdaq:AMAT - news). In addition to its weekly radio show, Informed Investors is the leading producer of industry-specific investment conferences for the retail investment community. Details are at www.informedinvestors.com.