REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
 
* Customers across the globe are selecting Oracle® Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) and Business Intelligence (BI) software to manage and optimize financial and operational performance across the enterprise, Oracle announced today.
 
* Customers from a wide range of industries have chosen Oracle's EPM and BI software, including: airBaltic, Banca Transylvania, BMI Bank B.S.C, Bobst Group, BrightStar Corp., Civil Service Bureau, Cox Communications, Croatian Insurance, Danish Radio, DB Systel, Experian, Flender, Hublot, ISS Facility Services, Lottomatica, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities, Moscow City Government -- Department of City Building Policy, Network Rail, NFZ -- Polish National Health Fund, OTP Bank, Sale Co., Tognum, Travelex, USTRANSCOM, Verizon Communications, VocaLink and Vodafone.
 
* Oracle was also recently named to the Leaders Quadrants in Gartner's "Magic Quadrant for Corporate Performance Management Suites" (1) and "Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms" (2) respectively.
 
* Oracle's EPM system (http://tinyurl.com/953p42) helps organizations achieve management excellence by unifying the category-leading Hyperion performance management applications (http://tinyurl.com/9jftua), pre-built BI applications (http://tinyurl.com/6dtb5s) and a foundation of BI products and tools (http://tinyurl.com/gyfkt), into a complete and integrated system that helps create smart, agile and aligned organizations.
 
To be competitive today, it is imperative that companies have a clear, end-to-end view of their financial performance, and a system in place to help more accurately forecast future demand and predict the impact of strategic business decisions," said Dave Stritzinger, Chief Technology Officer, Brightstar Corp. "As a global leader in customized distribution and supply chain solutions for the wireless industry, we chose Oracle Enterprise Performance Management to help automate and streamline our financial reporting, planning and analysis processes and we expect the software will help us drive business efficiencies through improved predictability and transparency, and increased business alignment."
 
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(1) Gartner, "Magic Quadrant for Corporate Performance Management Suites (CPM)," by Neil Chandler, Nigel Rayner, John E. Van Decker, December 19, 2008
 
(2) Gartner, "Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms," by James Richardson, Kurt Schlegel, Rita L. Sallam, Bill Hostmann, January 16, 2009
 
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