Partners Continue to Expand Oracle Accelerate with New Solutions Available to Midsize Organizations in Asia Pacific and India

Partners Use Oracle Business Accelerators to Create Industry-Specific Solutions

New Delhi, India – May 20, 2009

News Facts
· As the demand for affordable, quick-to-deploy software applications continues among midsize organizations, Oracle announced that partners in Asia Pacific and India are delivering new Oracle Accelerate solutions.
· Oracle Accelerate solutions provide industry-tailored solutions that are packaged, priced and delivered by partners and specifically designed to be easy to own for midsize companies.
· Oracleâ PartnerNetwork Certified and Certified Advantage Partners are creating pre-packaged bundles that pair Oracle Applications with partner knowledge of specific industries to deliver rapid, fixed cost implementations.
· With 268 solutions in market offered by 160 partners, Oracle Accelerate today spans 57 industry segments within 20 industries available in 34 countries.
· In India, the following partners have released Oracle Accelerate solutions for a myriad of industries:Blue Star Infotech(chemicals manufacturing), New Generation Consultants (general & industrial manufacturing), Systems Plus (products & components), Chain-sys India Pvt. Ltd. (general & industrial manufacturing), OSI Consulting (general & industrial), Filix Consulting (general & industrial), Accel Frontline (general & industrial), Systime (products & components), KPIT Cummins (general & industrial), Conacent Consulting (food & beverages and industrial), Sonata Software (durable goods).
· Many of these Oracle Accelerate solution providers use Oracle Business Accelerators for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and Oracle E-Business Suite to build solutions that reduce deployment time by up to 25 percent. This has helped Oracle customers lower total cost of ownership and speed up roll out of new services to the market.
· Oracle Business Accelerators are powerful, easy-to-use rapid implementation solutions for Oracle E-Business Suite and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne. Using intellectual property from both Oracle and its partners, Oracle Business Accelerators reduce implementation discovery, setup, and testing project phases. The result is predictable and expedited access to proven solutions that minimize the risk of new technology adoption.

Supporting Quotes
· “The fixed price and industry-defined scope of Oracle Accelerate solutions, powered by Oracle Business Accelerators, offer a great value and time-to-value for our customers,” said Kaushik Mitra, Director Sales – Applications Business South and East, Oracle India Private Limited “In some cases we have seen as much as 25 percent reduction in implementation time, which is a clear market differentiator for our partners serving midsize customers in the Asia Pacific region.”
· “Through the use of Oracle Business Accelerators, midsize businesses find New Generation Consultants more attractive because we can turn around solutions much faster and help customers realise their ROI faster as well. In fact, we have recently delivered a customer solution in just 32 days,” said Chandra Muthuswamy, Managing Director of New Generation Consultants.

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