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Newsletter July 2008

1 July 2008 - Following Oracle's acquisition of BEA Systems in April for US$8.5 billion - Oracle unveils BEA's Role in Product Strategy for Next-generation Middleware. The addition of BEA products to Oracle Fusion Middleware advances Oracle's middleware strategy and further strengthens key areas of the Oracle Fusion Middleware family.

"The message is clear" said Hugh Griffiths, co-founder and director of Griffiths Waite "SOA plays a crucial role in Oracle's application and technology strategy. The combination of Oracle and BEA platforms is second to none and is fantastic news for our customers. Oracle's SOA and middleware strategy is very strong and will continue to dominate the market."

ORACLE AND BEA - A WORLD-CLASS COMBINATION

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Oracle has acquired BEA Systems, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise application infrastructure solutions. The addition of BEA is expected to accelerate innovation by bringing together two companies with a common vision of a modern service-oriented architecture (SOA) infrastructure and to further increase the value that Oracle delivers to its customers and partners.

Together, Oracle and BEA provide a complementary best-in-class middleware portfolio that spans Java Application Servers, transaction processing monitors, SOA and business process management, user interaction and Web 2.0, identity management, business intelligence, enterprise content management and vertical-specific technologies.

Oracle President Charles Philips states that "Oracle is number one in middleware - and the addition of BEA products to the Oracle Fusion Middleware Suite will accelerate innovation in our product offerings, and help our customers strategically implement middleware to more easily build, deploy, and manage applications in a secure environment."

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WHAT CUSTOMERS ARE SAYING

	HABITAT "Habitat sees the fusion of Oracle and BEA as a great step in the future development of SOA, due to it representing the integration of innovation, solidity and maturity of multiple products that are the best of their kind." Sergio Solari Angelo Operations and IT Director, Habitat

	LOGITECH "We are successfully using Oracle SOA Suite today and have selected Oracle BPA Suite and Oracle WebCenter. We consider Oracle's product offering in the SOA Suite as highly competitive and are pleased that our investment in BPEL Process Manager, Oracle BPA Suite and Oracle WebCenter aligns with Oracle's product roadmap going forward. Technologies from BEA such as AquaLogic Service Bus and AquaLogic Enterprise Repository have the potential of adding value to Oracle's middleware offering." Mark Tonnesen Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Logitech

	INGERSOLL RAND "Ingersoll Rand uses multiple pieces of Oracle Fusion Middleware, including Oracle Identity Management Suite and Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. By combining the best of the Oracle SOA Suite and the BEA middleware software, Oracle will take its already very competitive Oracle Fusion Middleware to the next level, and deliver a truly world class integration platform." Barry Libenson Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited

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