Oracle Buys Eloqua

Redwood Shores, Calif. – December 20, 2012

Oracle today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Eloqua, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELOQ), a leading provider of cloud-based marketing automation and revenue performance management software for $23.50 per share or approximately $871 million, net of Eloqua’s cash. Eloqua’s modern marketing cloud delivers best-in-class capabilities to ensure every component of marketing works harder and more efficiently to drive revenue.

The combination of Oracle and Eloqua is expected to create a comprehensive Customer Experience Cloud offering to help companies transform the way they market, sell, support and serve their customers. The combined offering is expected to enable organizations to provide a highly personalized and unified experience across channels, create brand loyalty through social and online interactions, grow revenue by driving more qualified leads to sales teams, and provide superior service at every touchpoint.

The Board of Directors of Eloqua has unanimously approved the transaction. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2013, subject to Eloqua stockholder approval, certain regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.

“Modern marketing practices are driving revenue growth and is a critical area of investment for companies today,” said Thomas Kurian, Executive Vice President, Oracle Development. “Eloqua’s leading marketing automation cloud will become the centerpiece of the Oracle Marketing Cloud and is an important addition to the Oracle Customer Experience offering, which includes the Oracle Sales Cloud, Oracle Commerce Cloud, Oracle Service Cloud, Oracle Content Cloud and Oracle Social Cloud.”

“Exceptional customer experience starts with knowing your customer’s preferences and delivering a highly personalized buying experience,” said Joe Payne, Chairman and CEO, Eloqua. “Together with Oracle, we expect to accelerate the pace of the modern marketing revolution and help our customers transform the way they market, sell, support and serve their customers.”

 

 

 Reference: http://www.oracle.com/eloqua.

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ORACLE SUPPORTS CUSTOMIZATION?

Its a very std statement that we normally fear the customer that "Oracle doesnt support Customization"

I was happy to share the info which was recieved in a meet on Advanced Customer Services

Oracle E-Business Suite is the most comprehensive suite of integrated, global business applications that provides the most adaptable global business platform to help you extend the value of your applications and evolve your business to the next generation. To maximize the value of your Oracle E-Business Suite investment, Oracle Advanced Customer Services Configurations, Extensions, Modifications, Localizations and Integrations (CEMLI) Services can help identify, analyze and optimize customizations to mitigate risk, enhance system
performance and help to lower your total cost of ownership

FEATURES
• Identify, catalog, track and mange CEMLI deployment with CEMLI Catalog
• Mitigate downtime and performance degradation with CEMLI Performance Checks.
• Package CEMLIs for easier promotion with CEMLI Package.
• Identify the impact of Oracle E-Business Suite patches to your CEMLIs with CEMLI Patch Impact Analysis

BENEFITS
• Reduced risk of system downtime
• Minimized risk of performance degradation
• Lower total cost of ownership of change management
• Optimized system stability and manageability

Customizations in the Oracle E-Business Suite environment, known as Configurations, Extensions, Modifications, Localizations and Integrations (CEMLIs) can contribute to increased maintenance costs, performance issues and unplanned outages. CEMLI Services for Oracle E-Business Suite, offered by Oracle Advanced Customer Services, consists of web-based tools the help you manage your Oracle E-Business Suite custom code. You receive 24x7 access to online selfservices Web-based applications that allow you to:
• Catalog your custom code.
• Initiate performance checks on custom code.
• Package custom code into patches.
• Perform Patch Impact Analysis against your custom code

Oracle Acquisition and Co-Existence

DATABASE
• DataScaler (October 2010)
• e-Test (acquired from Empirix) (March 2008)
• Innobase (October 2005)
• Moniforce (December 2007)
• mValent (February 2009)
• Secerno (May 2010)
• Sleepycat (February 2006)
• TimesTen (June 2005)
• TripleHop (June 2005)

MIDDLEWARE
• AmberPoint (February 2010)
• BEA (January 2008)
• Bharosa (July 2007)
• Bridgestream (September 2007)
• Captovation (January 2008)
• ClearApp (September 2008)
• Context Media (July 2005)
• Datanomic (April 2011)
• FatWire (June 2011)
• HyperRoll (September 2009)
• GoldenGate (July 2009)
• Java (April 2009)
• Oblix (March 2005)
• OctetString (November 2005)
• Passlogix (October 2010)
• Sigma Dynamics (August 2006)
• Silver Creek Systems (January 2010)
• Stellent(November 2006)
• Sunopsis (October 2006)
• Tacit Software (November 2008)
• Tangosol (March 2007)
• Thor Technologies (November 2005)

APPLICATIONS
• AppForge (April 2007)
• Haley (October 2008)
• InQuira (July 2011)
• Interlace Systems (October 2007)
• LogicalApps (October 2007)
• Market2Lead (May 2010)
• Ndevr (February 2011)
• RightNow (October 2011)
• Taleo (February 2012)
• TempoSoft (December 2005)

Product Lines
• Agile (May 2007)
• ATG (November 2010)
• Endeca (October 2011)
• Hyperion (March 2007)
• PeopleSoft (January 2005)
• Primavera (October 2008)
• Siebel (January 2006)
• Telephony@Work (June 2006)

Implementation and Integration Tools
• Global Knowledge Software (GKS) (July 2008)

SERVER AND STORAGE SYSTEMS
• Ksplice (July 2011)
• Pillar Data Systems (June 2011)
• Sun (April 2009)
• Virtual Iron (May 2009)

INDUSTRY SOLUTIONS
Communications and Media
• Convergin (February 2010)
• eServGlobal's Universal Service Platform (USP)(May 2010)
• GoAhead (September 2011)
• HotSip (February 2006)
• MetaSolv Software (October 2006)
• Net4Call (April 2006)
• Netsure Telecom Limited (September 2007)
• Portal Software (April 2006)
• Sophoi (October 2009)

Engineering and Construction
• Primavera (October 2008)

Financial Services
• i-flex (August 2005)

Health Sciences
• ClearTrial (March 2012)
• Phase Forward (April 2010)
• Relsys (March 2009)

Industrial Manufacturing
• Agile (May 2007)
• Conformia Software (June 2009)
• Demantra (June 2006)
• G-Log (September 2005)

Insurance
• AdminServer (May 2008)
• Skywire Software (June 2008)

Retail
• 360Commerce (January 2006)
• Advanced Visual Technology (AVT) (October 2008)
• ProfitLogic (July 2005)
• Retek (April 2005)

Utilities
• LODESTAR (April 2007)
• SPL WorldGroup (November 2006)

Oracle EBS Upgrade Best Practice

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There are many reasons to consider upgrading the current Oracle E-Business Suite version.

For example:

 Upgrading may provide access to new functionality and software applications that can help keep your organization well positioned to meet your business objectives through leveraging the latest technology

 In an increasingly rigorous regulatory compliance environment, upgrading may facilitate compliance at a lower cost through retiring customizations and deploying standard processes across your organization

 Upgrading allows you to leverage the latest performance and usability enhancements, enabling you to increase the efficiency of your applications utilization and your business

 You may need to upgrade to remain eligible for the highest levels of product support

 You may need to upgrade to remain eligible for tax and regulatory updates for your applications