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The March 11 edition of InfotechLead includes the following article on Oracle's announcement of several major investments for its higher education solutions. The article highlights the new Oracle Student Cloud, which will meet the needs of customers who are transforming their institutions to support standard business processes and to free up IT resources for mission-critical activities. Additionally, the article discusses the planned new release of Oracle PeopleSoft Campus Solutions and new functionalities being delivered in Oracle Human Capital Management (HCM) Cloud and Oracle ERP Cloud. The article includes comments from Mark Armstrong, vice president, higher education product development, Oracle, who notes that Oracle is dedicated to providing its customers with flexible technology options, especially through these significant investments.

The March 11 edition of InfotechLead includes the following article on Oracle's announcement of several major investments for its higher education solutions. The article highlights the new Oracle Student Cloud, which will meet the needs of customers who are transforming their institutions to support standard business processes and to free up IT resources for mission-critical activities. Additionally, the article discusses the planned new release of Oracle PeopleSoft Campus Solutions and new functionalities being delivered in Oracle Human Capital Management (HCM) Cloud and Oracle ERP Cloud. The article includes comments from Mark Armstrong, vice president, higher education product development, Oracle, who notes that Oracle is dedicated to providing its customers with flexible technology options, especially through these significant investments.

Highlighting that CGI Group announced it will offer CGI's Computer Assisted Collection System for Government and Oracle Enterprise Taxation and Policy Management to government departments to reduce total cost of ownership. The article notes that Computer Assisted Collection System for Government and Oracle Enterprise Taxation and Policy Management deliver a modern tax infrastructure that supports government tax administration on a modern, service oriented architecture, reducing total cost of ownership. The article also includes comments from Andre Van Der Post, global director for tax solutions and strategy, Oracle Tax Global Business Unit noting that Oracle provides a robust tax accounting and policy automation solution and offers additional collections and compliance capabilities that provide significant value to customers.

There, an app designed for the stadium by start-up VenueNext, which leverages Oracle's point-of-sales technology for mobile ordering, will let fans order food, drink and merchandise from their seats. VenueNext's smartphone app handles everything from parking to in-seat food delivery and instant replays at Levi's. For the Super Bowl, it has added a celebrity cam, Super Bowl commercials and express pickup of merchandise.

The Nov. 28 edition of Computer Business Review includes the following article announcing Oracle's release of Tax Analytics 2.0 for public sector enterprises. The article notes that the Oracle solution offers public sector agencies enhanced visibility into tax and revenue management operations for taking informed decisions. The article includes comments from Oracle's Mark Johnson, noting that the solution will allow public sector agencies can better understand their tax and revenue operations and make decisions that lead to better taxpayer service, improved operational efficiency and increased collections and compliance.

The March 6 edition of Campus Technology includes the following article focusing on why the admissions department is a good place to start for schools moving to the cloud. The article includes comment by Michael Statmore, Chief Information Officer, Post University, who notes that the school has partnered with cloud-based CRM provider Oracle for its online student admissions, a move that's made it far easier for the staff to "unify process and methods." He notes that with the ability to map out tasks and objectives on a central hub, the university has freed up hundreds of hours per year.

As the East Coast prepared for Superstorm Sandy, the American Red Cross's new cloud platform allowed users in the storm's path to read customized preparedness warnings and shelter information, based on their location, as they checked the organization's homepage. And when Americans reached into their pockets after the storm, a scalable ecommerce platform allowed the organization to handle as many as 75,000 concurrent donations - the most ever. The American Red Cross is merging its 400-500 chapter websites, under a new cloud platform, from Oracle Corp. , that allows the organization to scale up its capacity when a disaster strikes and users are clamoring for preparedness information, Craig Oldham, vice president of digital engagement told CIO Journal. The platform, which the Red Cross began rolling out in August, was already implemented by half its chapters by the time the storm struck. The ability to scale up allowed the Red Cross to handle a peak of more than 500,000 page views per minute, during a NBC telethon to draw donations for the relief effort in early November...

Faced with falling demand for its UGG boots Deckers Outdoor Corp. is preparing to more than double its retail operation and shift away from a strategy that had been predominantly focused on wholesale. To prepare for the rapid expansion, Deckers is rolling out a new IT platform that will allow the company to handle more data associated with more retail stores and better manage inventory levels, Yul Vanek, the company's vice president of information technology, told CIO Journal.

"Retailers know that they need to be focused on pleasing the individual in order to be successful in what is called the "Era of the Individual - Era Of I," according to Oracle's recent survey of 300 C-level executives across a number of industries. And "I" includes employees as well as customers. But although executives across industries acknowledge the importance of the individual, just 13% of retailers gave themselves an "A" grade for these efforts (more than 50% gave themselves a "C" grade), as noted in the survey report, titled: The Era I Enterprise: Ready For Anything."

"Retailers know that they need to be focused on pleasing the individual in order to be successful in what is called the "Era of the Individual - Era Of I," according to Oracle's recent survey of 300 C-level executives across a number of industries. And "I" includes employees as well as customers. But although executives across industries acknowledge the importance of the individual, just 13% of retailers gave themselves an "A" grade for these efforts (more than 50% gave themselves a "C" grade), as noted in the survey report, titled: The Era I Enterprise: Ready For Anything."

During the interview, Belk broke down how the $600 million, allocated for the 2011-2014 period, is being spent. "We are investing in IT in a very significant way - $210 million is going into new capabilities. It's a 27-month journey," Belk said, citing the installation of a new Oracle enterprise system, including demand forecasting, merchandising financial planning and size optimization. Another $270 million is allocated for new stores; expansions; remodels, from full-store renovations to department redos, and higher ad spending, with about 10 percent for branding, while still being promotional.

"Tablet visitors respond to promotions at a much higher rate" than visitors using other devices, and they account for "high revenue compared to the number of visits they make," said Gary Penn, director of interactive for Quiksilver, speaking at the Oracle Retail CrossTalk user conference. 

myToys.de, a leading German multichannel provider of goods for kids and young families, has selected Oracle® Retail Point-of-Service to provide a single platform for its growing store network. Berlin-based myToys.de offers over 100,000 products for maternity, childrenswear, toys, books, multimedia, school and other related segments through its German and European ecommerce and mail-order catalogue operations, and over the last five years has expanded its store network across Germany.

The March 2014 edition of Campus Technology includes the following article on how universities use constituent relationship management (CRM) tools to support more organized, timely, and personalized student recruitment and retention. The article highlights Valdosta State University's use of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition and Oracle Endeca as the user interface for data analysis. The story includes comments from an interview with Andy Clark, vice president for enrollment management, Valdosta State University, who notes that the system helps faculty and staff identify at-risk students. The article also includes comments from an interview with Brian Haugabrook, chief information officer, Valdosta State University, who notes that the university can push important resources to at-risk students through its web portal - and that the school is seeing a resulting spike in tutoring center use earlier rather than later.

The March 2014 edition of Campus Technology includes the following article on how universities use constituent relationship management (CRM) tools to support more organized, timely, and personalized student recruitment and retention. The article highlights Valdosta State University's use of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition and Oracle Endeca as the user interface for data analysis. The story includes comments from an interview with Andy Clark, vice president for enrollment management, Valdosta State University, who notes that the system helps faculty and staff identify at-risk students. The article also includes comments from an interview with Brian Haugabrook, chief information officer, Valdosta State University, who notes that the university can push important resources to at-risk students through its web portal - and that the school is seeing a resulting spike in tutoring center use earlier rather than later.

The March 10 edition of GovCon Executive includes the following article on Oracle's announcement of several investments for its higher education solutions. The article notes the planned release of the new Oracle Student Cloud that will be built with core structures and architecture for educational offerings management. Additionally, the article notes the new features that will be added to the Oracle Human Capital Management (HCM) Cloud and Oracle ERP Cloud products.

The March 10 edition of GovCon Executive includes the following article on Oracle's announcement of several investments for its higher education solutions. The article notes the planned release of the new Oracle Student Cloud that will be built with core structures and architecture for educational offerings management. Additionally, the article notes the new features that will be added to the Oracle Human Capital Management (HCM) Cloud and Oracle ERP Cloud products.

The March 25 edition of Top Tech News includes the following article on Oracle's announcement of several major investments for its higher education solutions. Of note, Top Tech News is a NewsEdge publication and this coverage originally appeared in ITWEB and was also syndicated in: CRM Daily and Newsfactor. The article notes the release of the new Oracle Student Cloud, which will allow institutions to support configurable standard business processes and free up IT resources for mission-critical activities in learning, teaching, and research. The story also highlights the new functions that Oracle will add to Oracle Human Capital Management (HCM) Cloud and Oracle ERP Cloud products, which will integrate with Oracle Student Cloud.

The March 25 edition of Top Tech News includes the following article on Oracle's announcement of several major investments for its higher education solutions. Of note, Top Tech News is a NewsEdge publication and this coverage originally appeared in ITWEB and was also syndicated in: CRM Daily and Newsfactor. The article notes the release of the new Oracle Student Cloud, which will allow institutions to support configurable standard business processes and free up IT resources for mission-critical activities in learning, teaching, and research. The story also highlights the new functions that Oracle will add to Oracle Human Capital Management (HCM) Cloud and Oracle ERP Cloud products, which will integrate with Oracle Student Cloud.

David Dorf, senior director of technology strategy for Oracle Retail, says the phrase "big data" first began to gain "buzz" status around five years ago. "It has come to represent the exponential growth of data and the complexity of analyzing it," he says. He starts with what has become the generic definition for big data - volume, variety and velocity. "Retailers have always dealt with big data in the sense that they handle thousands of [products], hundreds of stores and a steady stream of transactions," he says. "What's new is the variety of data. Some of it is highly formatted transactional data, but increasingly it's coming from sources such as a Twitter stream where there is natural language that's hard to understand using systems. The other thing that has changed is the velocity. Data is coming at us at a much faster pace."

David Dorf, senior director of technology strategy for Oracle Retail, says the phrase "big data" first began to gain "buzz" status around five years ago. "It has come to represent the exponential growth of data and the complexity of analyzing it," he says. He starts with what has become the generic definition for big data - volume, variety and velocity. "Retailers have always dealt with big data in the sense that they handle thousands of [products], hundreds of stores and a steady stream of transactions," he says. "What's new is the variety of data. Some of it is highly formatted transactional data, but increasingly it's coming from sources such as a Twitter stream where there is natural language that's hard to understand using systems. The other thing that has changed is the velocity. Data is coming at us at a much faster pace."

The September 2015 edition of NACUBO Business Officer Magazine includes the following article highlighting how mobile apps are helping improve the campus experience. The article quotes Cary Brown, director of development, Oracle Higher Education, who discusses how Oracle Campus Mobile enables higher education institutions to brand mobile apps. The article also includes a quote from Mark Armstrong, vice president for higher education product development, Oracle, who discusses the importance of mobility for students.

The September 2015 edition of NACUBO Business Officer Magazine includes the following article highlighting how mobile apps are helping improve the campus experience. The article quotes Cary Brown, director of development, Oracle Higher Education, who discusses how Oracle Campus Mobile enables higher education institutions to brand mobile apps. The article also includes a quote from Mark Armstrong, vice president for higher education product development, Oracle, who discusses the importance of mobility for students.

Tools for leveraging at-the-table mobility to gain efficiency in the hospitality sector have been available for many years, according to Tim Pincelli, global segment leader, restaurants for Oracle Hospitality; however, today's solutions offer what he calls "a new recipe in portability, design, and functionality." "With modern solutions," Pincelli explains, "service staff is empowered to deliver an improved guest experience with a multipurpose table-side and mobile solution that combines a size-friendly tablet with ample screen real estate, full-shift battery life, and full functionality - as if the staff member was at a fixed workstation."

Oracle (www.oracle.com) introduced the MICROS Workstation 6, using Microsoft Windows Embedded 8.1 and the latest Intel Atom processor. It works in concert with mobile, cloud and social media to deliver consistent, integrated content across multiple sources, and can offer guest recommendations, special promotion rollouts and more. The Workstation 6 incorporates the design elements of a mobile POS in an ergonomic, all-in-one design with a 15.6-inch-wide HD touchscreen, and a spill and impact resistant enclose. Additionally, it can be mounted on a stand that allows staff to adjust the screen angle or swivel it for guest to view. The integrated, three-track magnetic card reader allows for 3DES or AES encryption upon swiping, and includes six USB ports for attaching printers, scanners, cash drawers and more.

The November/December issue of Oracle Magazine included an article about how organizations use Oracle Exadata Database Machine for increased efficiency, private cloud solutions, consolidation, and database as a service (DBaaS). The article highlights the University of Minnesota's DBaaS implementation to create its database hotel, which it developed to provide faster, more flexible, and more efficient service to all university departments. The university has two Oracle Exadata Database Machines and Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) for high availability. It also uses the Data Guard feature for disaster recovery capabilities. The university can now return registration results within seconds, even during peak registration periods, and through centralized IT, it enables departments to manage their own databases.

Hot Applications For SaaS In Retail Dorf agrees that the agility of data access and analysis afforded by the cloud is fueling its adoption. Leveraging SaaS-based analytics tools, he says, allows retail tech shops to move away from mundane IT tasks and refocus their efforts on real retail work. "SaaS lightens the load on IT by removing the burdens associated with backups, audits, upgrades, and security management. Business insight afforded by SaaS-based analytics tools affords retailers a really good understanding of the data they already have," says Dorf. "As we add more analytics capabilities via the cloud, we can grant that access more quickly via automatic upgrades, which dramatically reduces the retailer's time to value." Because these tools are offered in a pay-only- for-what-you-use style fashioned after the utilities model, retailers can strategically and incrementally build on their data analytics initiatives at their own pace. "Retailers have been sitting on a lot of Big Data for a long time. SaaS-based analytics applies 'Big Science' to that Big Data, allowing merchants to finally extract value from it," says Dorf.