Wednesday December 10, 4:11 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Oracle Corp.
Third-Party Application Vendors to Leverage Oracle's New Web Deployed Application Suite to
Reach More Enterprise Users
Oracle(R) Cooperative Applications Initiative(SM) (CAI) Members Integrate Best-in-Class Vertical and Horizontal
Applications to Reduce Cost and Complexity of Corporate Computing
Developer/2000(TM) Server Allows Existing Applications to be Quickly and Easily Web Deployed, Preserves Development
Investments
INTERNET WORLD, NEW YORK, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- At Internet World today, Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL - news), the leading provider of
software that allows business to move to the Web, today announced that members of its Cooperative Applications Initiative(SM) (CAI) are integrating their
best-in-class products with Oracle(R) Applications Release 10.7 NCA, the first suite of 100 percent Web-deployed enterprise applications, also announced
today. This third-party product integration is expected to provide customers with a comprehensive set of Web-enabled software solutions that complement
Oracle's Java-based applications by addressing specific business requirements.
The nearly two hundred Oracle CAI members are leading providers of vertical and horizontal third-party software that have tightly integrated their products with
Oracle Applications. With the support of Oracle Applications Release 10.7 NCA, these vendors are working with Oracle to provide Web-enabled enterprise
applications that have all the benefits of graphical, client/server software without the cost and complexity of installing and maintaining client software on each user's
desktop.
''By integrating our manufacturing planning software with Oracle's Web-enabled applications, customers can access our Enterprise Manufacturing Data
Management solution from any desktop device with Java,'' said Dr. Anthony Cailwik, president of CAI member CIMx Corporation. CIMx provides Oracle
customers with enterprise-wide process planning, work instructions, tool management, quality characteristic accountability, and integrable PDM/ERP/MES
environments.
''Web-enabled application solutions allow customers with hundreds or thousands of users to reduce the traditionally high cost and complexity of implementing,
maintaining and upgrading enterprise applications,'' said Marc Hebert, vice president of Oracle's Design and Migration Services. ''Because CAI member product
integration is engineered according to Oracle standards, applications already integrated with Oracle Applications Release 10.7 work tightly with the new Oracle
Web-deployed Applications.''
Many CAI members are using the Oracle Developer/2000 Server, also announced today, to deploy their existing applications on the Web with no additional
development effort. Developer/2000 Server provides a single, prepackaged solution for deploying software applications on scalable application servers that can be
accessed from network computers, PCs or Java-based thin clients. The bundle includes the Oracle Web Application Server 3.0 deployment platform and a robust
Developer/2000(TM) Server cartridge for hosting any existing or new application created with Oracle's Developer/2000 development toolset.
''Using Oracle's Developer/2000 Server, we were able to move our entire client/server suite to Network Computing Architecture(TM) without changing a single
line of code,'' said Michael Ellis, president of CAI member Prism Computer Corporation. Prism provides customers with a solution for managing and maintaining
physical assets. Their FAMIS product suite integrates with Oracle Financials(R) to address the specific needs of organizations responsible for managing and
maintaining buildings, manufacturing plants and equipment.
''Deploying our applications via the Web allows total access and total visibility across the enterprise while enabling customers to shift the complexity of
administering software from the desktop to professionally managed networks,'' said Patrick Thean, president of CAI member Metasys Inc. With its flagship
product MetaFreight, Metasys provides Oracle customers with enterprise-wide shipment planning and execution, daily operations management, and analysis and
decision support.
About Cooperative Applications Initiative and Oracle Corporation
Oracle has created the Cooperative Applications Initiative (CAI) to assist partners and customers who want to integrate Oracle Applications with leading
third-party software vertical or horizontal applications. Once accepted into CAI, a member company works closely with Oracle's Design and Migration Services to
optimize and maintain product integration. Integrated suites are then tested and reviewed by Oracle for approval. This enables customers to choose from a
comprehensive set of best-in-class software packages that fit their specific business requirements.
For more information about CAI, including a list of CAI members and qualified CAI products, visit alliance.oracle.com or email
infocai@us.oracle.com.
Oracle Corporation is the world's leading supplier of software for information management, and the world's second largest software company. With annual
revenues of over $6 billion, the company offers its database, tools and application products, along with related consulting, education and support services, in more
than 140 countries around the world.
For more information about Oracle, call 650-506-7000. Oracle's World Wide Web address is (URL) oracle.com.
NOTE: Oracle is a registered trademark and the Cooperative Applications Initiative, Oracle Financials, Network Computing Architecture, and Developer/2000
are trademarks or registered trademarks of Oracle Corporation. All other products or company names mentioned are used for identification purposes only, and
may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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