REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Organizations continue to chose Oracle(R) Applications over SAP based on Oracle's standard-based approach and industry-specific applications.
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"Our most recent financial results indicate that Oracle is taking market share from SAP," said Oracle President Charles Phillips. "Oracle Applications grew 80 percent in Q1, which is ten times SAP's 8 percent new license sales growth rate in their most recently completed quarter. Oracle's organic applications revenue growth was up 47 percent year-over-year. We believe our application strategy is working and any way you measure it, Oracle's momentum against SAP continues to accelerate."
As Oracle broadens its industry applications footprint and outlines a roadmap for its standards-based applications suite, companies of all sizes are selecting Oracle over SAP. Recent Oracle wins over SAP include: Bare Escentuals, Ashok Leyland Limited, Barrick Gold Corporation, Cafeteria Toks, Central Plastics, Christus Muguerza, Consorcio Periodistico de Chile S.A., El Calvario, Encana Corporation, Flowserve, Gilead Sciences, Golden Concord (Group) Co. Ltd, Instituto Hondureno de Seguridad Social, InterStep, Lotte Card, MG Parts, Piraeus Pharmaceutical Co-operative Group, RAVAK, TETAS, Tennessee Valley Authority, The Mega Life and Health Insurance Company and Wireless Information Network Ltd.
"We continue to see our industry applications be a competitive differentiator, and believe that our current focus on small-to-medium businesses will drive additional companies to select Oracle over SAP," continued Phillips.
Central Plastics Company
Central Plastics Company has been in business for over 50 years and is a recognized world leader in the development, manufacturing and supply of reliable and innovative system joining products. A leader in the highly diversified international piping industry, Central Plastics started to experience rapid business growth and found it had outgrown its outdated IT systems. The company considered both Oracle and SAP but opted to invest in the Oracle E-Business Suite.
"Our decision was based upon the breadth of functionality that Oracle offered but also because Oracle beat SAP by a landslide in terms of cost," said Central Plastics Company CIO Wade Lewis. "With Oracle, our IT maintenance costs have gone down, our efficiency levels have significantly increased and we are on track to reach our goal of having 50 percent of all sales orders processed electronically through Oracle iStore and Oracle eCommerce Gateway. Our investment in Oracle was the right choice for improving our business operations and better servicing our customers."
MG Parts
Based in Mexico, MG Parts sells heavy machinery spare parts, components and replacements and is committed to high quality service and competitive prices. The company decided to invest in Oracle instead of SAP because Oracle's suite of applications could scale to support MG Parts' growth plans today and into the future.
"We realized that compared to SAP, Oracle was a smarter business and IT decision," said MG Parts General Director Claudio Macias. "We found Oracle to be more cost-effective, flexible and scalable which were all important considerations for us. Once the Oracle implementation is complete, we will be able to increase efficiencies in our business processes and response times, which will enable us to accelerate our growth and equip us to better service our customers."
Piraeus Pharmaceutical Co-operative Group
The Piraeus Pharmaceutical Co-operative Group (PEI.FA.SYN), one of the largest and fastest-growing commercial pharmaceutical companies in Greece, has chosen the Oracle E-Business Suite for its enterprise resource planning (ERP) needs. Intersys, a Certified Partner in the Oracle PartnerNetwork, will implement the ERP system.
"We chose Oracle over rival offerings from SAP and Microsoft, mainly because it is the most comprehensive solution and can integrate with our existing technological infrastructure," said Panagiotis Karatzas Chairman of PEI.FA.SYN's Board. "The fact that Oracle has already been successfully implemented in similar pharmaceutical companies abroad was another significant factor in our decision."
Customers looking for more information on Oracle Applications are encouraged to attend one of the 1000 events that are being held around the world as part of Oracle Applications World Tour. These events are designed to communicate the Oracle Application strategy, product roadmaps and Applications Unlimited, long-term plans to provide continued enhancements to current Oracle Applications beyond the delivery of Oracle Fusion Applications in 2008. Please visit the World Tour website for more information, at http://www.oracle.com/worldtour
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