Independent Analyst Firm Ranks Oracle as Number 1 in Application Deployment Software Market in Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) and India

· Oracle announced that leading IT market research and advisory firm IDC has ranked Oracle1 as the Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) market share leader with 30.5 percent market share in the application deployment software market based on total software revenue for 2007.2

· According to the report, Oracle was the fastest-growing application deployment software vendor among the top five vendors in Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) in 2007, posting 38.1 percent revenue growth from 2006 to 2007.

· Oracle grew faster than the market as a whole.

· According to IDC, the application deployment software market grew 23.7 percent in 2007 in Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) to approximately $665.5 million.

· In India, Oracle is the market share leader with 35.3 percent market share in the application deployment software market based on total software revenue for 2007, growing faster than the market and gaining more than nine points of revenue share.

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· “The business combination of Oracle and BEA will help CRIS by providing ease from a Global support perspective and simplifying the communication and problem resolution”, said Karn Kumar, Chief Systems Manager, CRIS (Indian Railways).

· “We have strong relationships with Oracle and BEA, and the synergies between the companies’ products and architectures make the integration a winning proposition for our customers. With a clear view into Oracle’s middleware strategy, we can deliver near-term value and continuity to our clients, while shifting the conversation from the enabling technologies to the business value they deliver”, said Mr. Sriram Papani, Senior Vice President and Head of Oracle Practice, Satyam.

· “Adopting SOA is a way to improve business performance. The combined Oracle and BEA middleware product direction provides greater opportunity to execute an effective SOA strategy and deployment that can help lower costs, increase agility and mitigate risks. HP will continue to build on its consulting capability in line with the Oracle & BEA roadmap to help our joint customers in Asia Pacific accelerate SOA adoption and drive increased business value”, said Mr. Uday Kumaraswami, Vice President, Consulting and Integration, HP Services, APAC and Japan.

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Podcasts, Webcasts, Datasheets and Product Brochures

· BEA Welcome and Middleware Strategy Briefing – APAC Edition – ENGLISH

http://www.oracle.com/pls/ebn/live_viewer.main?p_direct=yes&p_shows_id=6663239

· Please visit www.oracle.com/goto/july1 for datasheets, product brochures and a complete list of podcasts, including: What’s Happening to My Product; WebCenter and Portal Convergence; WebCenter Services – E2.0 for Existing Portals; SOA Suite Combination; SOA Governance Strategy; Tuxedo Strategy; Overall App Server Strategy

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· Information and updates on the BEA integration

www.oracle.com/goto/july1

· Oracle Mix: BEA Product Info, Downloads, Discussion Forums on July 1

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1. Oracle and BEA Systems combined

IDC Asia/Pacific Semiannual Application Deployment Software Tracker, 2H07, May 2008