Oracle Recognized as a Leader in Order Management Hubs by Independent Research Firm

By ORACLE
Tuesday, September 28, 2010


Oracle E-Business Suite Receives Highest Marks for Overall Product Vision

Redwood Shores, Calif. – September 28, 2010

News Facts

Oracle has been named a Leader in Forrester Research Inc.’s, recent report, “The Forrester Wave™: Order Management Hubs (OMH), Q3 2010. (www.oracle.com/us/corporate/analystreports/corporate/forrester-order-mgmt-hub-170813.pdf) ”
Forrester evaluated eight vendors against 112 criteria, categorized into three main groups: Current Offering, Strategy and Market Presence.
According to Forrester, the Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 (www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/036047.htm?origref=www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/ebusiness/index.htm) received “top honors in this edition of the Forrester Wave evaluation of order management hubs.”
Additionally, the Oracle E-Business Suite earned the highest marks for overall product vision and the top score in the product strategy and among the top scores for presentation framework categories.
“The Forrester Wave™: Order Management Hubs (OMH), Q3 2010” states that: “Oracle delivers a rich go-to-market strategy for Oracle E-Business Suite with a significant majority of customer references providing a positive feedback on the overall solution.”
Oracle's Siebel CRM (www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/siebel/index.html) was also listed among the Leaders in Forrester’s assessment, achieving top scores in the data and infrastructure and among the top scores for presentation categories.
Forrester notes in the report that: “Rich support for inbound order channels, opportunity to order capture, and data and infrastructure capabilities returned Oracle Siebel to the Leaders’ band.”

Supporting Quotes

“It is becoming increasing difficult to efficiently and effectively manage the delivery of sales orders in a way that meets customer, partner and supplier expectations,” said Jennifer Sherman, Oracle senior director, product strategy. “We believe that Forrester’s positioning of Oracle as the market leader reflects our commitment to helping customers manage this complex process and our continued success in supporting both end-to-end ordering processes and order hub infrastructures.”

Supporting Resources

    The Forrester Wave™: Order Management Hubs (OMH), Q3 2010 (www.oracle.com/us/corporate/analystreports/corporate/forrester-order-mgmt-hub-170813.pdf)

    Oracle Applications (www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/index.html)

    Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 (www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/036047.htm?origref=www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/ebusiness/index.htm)

    Oracle Siebel (www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/siebel/index.html)

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