Oracle Partners With HP to Provide Solutions for Mid-Size Companies

Enterprise software company Oracle has partnered with HP to deliver complete software, hardware and services solutions targeted at mid-size companies in India.

The offerings comprise combinations of Oracle Accelerate solutions on Oracle E-business suite and JD Edwards suite of products, and HP reference configurations designed for mid-size companies. The HP reference configurations for Oracle are guidelines for HP servers, storage and software that are based on joint HP and Oracle engineering expertise and practices, the companies said.

Ashok Pamidi, director for commercial accounts at HP India said: "HP reference configurations combined with Oracle Accelerate Solutions cater specifically to the unique needs of mid-size and growing businesses in India. Oracle's secure and feature-rich solutions together with HP's offerings designed specifically for mid-size business requirements will help customers reduce cost, mitigate risks and grow their businesses."

"Starting from $76,579 (INR 30 lakh), the end to end solutions offered by the two companies could support midsized company user counts of 25, 50, 100 or 200, can save customers valuable configuration time and provide guidance when deploying Oracle on HP hardware," Mr Pamidi added.

Both the companies announced plans to jointly deliver complete software, hardware and service solutions tailored to midsize companies in October 2007. In July 2006, the companies announced the development of reference configurations, which they claim can accelerate implementation by IT departments of Oracle Database 10g-based data warehouses on HP servers and storage.

Source: ComputerWire daily updates

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Munsys celebrates 10 years on Oracle

Munsys celebrates 10 years of running on Oracle spatial technologies. For a decade now, the Munsys solution for utilities and local government has been using a central database with pre-defined Oracle spatial data models. Oracle has consistently provided a high performance data repository for the integrated family of Munsys applications.

While Munsys uses Autodesk design products for spatial data creation and editing, Oracle spatial technology has been the backbone of the data management, reporting and integration capabilities. The ability to work on spatial data in AutoCAD while the data is available as first class database tables revolutionizes the way utilities and local governments can use and manage their asset information.

Spatial data typically stored in drawings and proprietary formats can now truly become part of the corporate dataset and easily be integrated with other enterprise systems at the database level. A pipe segment for example is a single database record that is available to tabular based applications for reporting and record keeping, such as maintenance history, but that same database record can also be used as a graphic entity in AutoCAD for design, mapping and editing.

“Our focus has always been on building applications and tools that streamline the data editing and maintenance processes rather than technology development. Building applications on Oracle has been extremely rewarding and enabled us to deliver high end functionality to our customers for 10 years now. We are excited by the positive impact the Oracle platform continues to deliver for our customers.” said Chris Tolken, Founder of Munsys.
The Munsys family of applications contains pre-defined spatial data models for the management of water, sewer, drainage, parcels, roads and electricity infrastructure. The software is a packaged off-the-shelf solution that is functional from day one and enables typical deployments to be done in 30 to 90 days. For utilities and local governments, who have tight budget restrictions, a cost effective solution such as Munsys that has a short deployment cycle and a high level of functionality is an essential part of good management of infrastructure assets.
For more information please contact info@munsys.com. To see Munsys in action, sign-up for a scheduled on-line presentation (webinar) at www.munsys.com/events.htm

Source: www.gisuser.com

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Oracle to acquire BEA Systems

NEW YORK - Oracle Corp., the world's third-biggest software maker, agreed to buy BEA Systems Inc. for $8.5 billion in cash after a three-month fight, capitulating to the board's demands for a higher price.
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BEA investors will get $19.38 a share, 24 percent more than Tuesday's close, Oracle said yesterday. BEA, the maker of software that lets programs share information, rejected an unsolicited bid of $17 in October, and asked for $21, which Oracle called "impossibly high."

The purchase, Oracle's largest in three years, marks a victory for billionaire investor Carl Icahn and a reversal from last month, when Oracle said a friendly deal couldn't be done with the current board. Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison is looking to BEA to help him maintain the pace of sales amid slowing growth in technology spending.

"It is a lot more than what they initially offered," Edward Lewis, a partner at Atlantic Equities LLP in London, said. "BEA managing to flush out a higher offer from Oracle is obviously proof that their strategy worked."

Icahn, 71, BEA's largest shareholder with about 13 percent, said yesterday he supports the bid. He had pressed the board to agree to a takeover and sued in Delaware demanding that shareholders get the right to vote on a sale.

Icahn could use a win as some of his investments perform poorly. He owns about 14.5 percent of Florida home builder WCI Communities Inc., which has fallen 89 percent in the past year.

Oracle, based in Redwood Shores, Calif., rose 61 cents, or 2.9 percent, to $21.92 on the Nasdaq Stock Market. BEA, based in San Jose, Calif., surged $2.88, or 18.5 percent, to $18.46. The Standard & Poor's 500 Information Technology index has dropped 11 percent this year on concern that companies are cutting technology budgets.

The new price is expensive, based on BEA's revenue from maintenance contracts over the past 12 months, according to Bear Stearns & Co.'s John Di Fucci, calculating the price at about 9.7 times maintenance revenue, compared with the 5 to 8 times sales Oracle typically pays.

Source: Bloomberg News

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