To: LAWRENCE C. who wrote (13769 ) 4/26/2000 8:42:00 AM From: Bipin Prasad Respond to of 19080
This is amazing! 5days!!!Oracle Rocks Enterprise Applications Market With 5-Day Financials Implementations 04/26 05:22 Reduces Implementation Time by up to 90% Over Previously Available Rapid Implementation Offerings PHILADELPHIA, April 26 /PRNewswire/ -- (http://www.oracle.com/tellmemore/?192373) Understanding that companies in the age of the Internet need to move with record speed, Oracle Corp., the largest provider of software for e-business, today announced Oracle© FastForward(SM) OnLine FinancialsRPM. This solution helps meet customers' needs for rapid time to market giving them a full-functionality financial management system in just 5 days. Oracle FastForward OnLine FinancialsRPM enables growing companies to quickly take advantage of Oracle's enterprise-strength financial applications without sacrificing the necessary flexibility and functionality needed for future growth. A fully integrated offering of applications, consulting, education and support, Oracle FastForward OnLine FinancialsRPM is available immediately in most countries with a base price in the United States of $140,000 for 10 named users. Utah-based In-Line Diagnostics, a medical innovator that provides diagnostic products for hemodialysis patients, needed to quickly implement a financials solution without taking on additional risk. "Oracle FastForward OnLine FinancialsRPM has allowed us to successfully implement a tier one financial application suite to help us manage our business in ways unimaginable just weeks ago, said Steve Connell, IT director, In-Line Diagnostics. "The functionality and capabilities provided by Oracle Financials will provide us with the information resources we need to drive our growth in the months and years to come." FastForward OnLine FinancialsRPM delivers rapid and predictable implementations by leveraging pre-configured applications on standardized hardware platforms. The implementation approach of FastForward OnLine FinancialsRPM provides a leading Internet-based solution with substantially less complexity and risk than traditional, large-scale implementations. FastForward OnLine FinancialsRPM, which is offered either hosted at the customer site or on Oracle Business OnLine, manages the entire financial management process and includes key Oracle software modules such as Oracle General Ledger, Oracle Payables, Oracle Assets, Oracle Receivables, Oracle Cash Management, Oracle Purchasing, Oracle Application Desktop Integrator, Oracle Tutor for Financials, Tutor for Purchasing, Oracle Forms Server and Oracle Reports Server. "By implementing Oracle FastForward OnLine FinancialsRPM, Oracle can help growing companies quickly and easily leverage the benefits of an Internet-based strategic financial management system and start their path to becoming an e-business," said Sandy Sanderson, executive vice president, Oracle Corp. "Growing companies can implement a fully-functional, enterprise-strength financial management system in just 5 days. As the only major applications vendor with a large consulting organization, Oracle can leverage our experience in implementing thousands of customers to deliver a powerful solution for a wide range of enterprises both large and small." FastForward Online FinancialsRPM FastForward OnLine FinancialsRPM includes implementation services delivered by Oracle Consulting and a tailored education offering of three days of onsite training. The package also provides one year of OracleSILVER(SM) support, which includes 24x7 global telephone support and regular account management reporting. About Oracle Oracle Corporation provides the software that powers the Internet. For more information about Oracle, please all Oracle Public Relations at 650-506-4176. Trademarks Oracle is a registered trademark and FastForward and Oracle SILVER are trademarks or registered trademarks of Oracle Corporation. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.