Oracle snaps up document capture firm

Oracle has added to its enterprise content management (ECM) portfolio with the acquisition of document capture company Captovation.

The software is expected to become a core component of Oracle Enterprise Content Management.

The database giant claimed that its newly bolstered ECM portfolio will help customers reduce overall transactional content management costs and simplify regulatory compliance.

"Oracle is committed to expanding its leadership in ECM by creating the most complete content management platform through organic growth and acquisitions," said Thomas Kurian, senior vice president of Oracle Server Technologies.

"By adding document capture Oracle will be the only vendor that can provide a fully integrated solution for automating back-office operations."

Financial details of the transaction, which is expected to close by February 2008, were not disclosed.

Author: Guy Dixon @ vnunet.com

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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.

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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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