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With the addition of Oracle Retail Insights and Oracle Retail Science, Oracle is now a "one-stop cloud shop"; with 17 different software-as-a-service (SaaS) cloud offerings available for large and mid-size retailers, explained David Dorf, Senior Director of Solutions Management in an exclusive interview with Retail TouchPoints. ..."The SaaS offerings are much more affordable for mid-tier retailers, in part because they are paying for what they use," Dorf noted. "We are now able to avail cloud science to smaller retailers."

...The new tool, built for the Oracle Public Cloud, is part of Oracle's Customer Experience (CX) applications portfolio. "It's rare that a retailer just wants to discuss commerce by itself," Ian Davis, senior director of product management for Oracle Commerce, told Chain Store Age. "They want to discuss social media, marketing, customer service and sales." Oracle Commerce Cloud's SaaS infrastructure allows online businesses to launch responsive storefronts across desktop and mobile devices. Pre-integrated core commerce features include search / navigation, recommendations, promotions, reporting, payments, design templates and SEO. A unified experience management console enables catalog, content, design and merchandising management. Responsive design and HTML5 user interfaces let users build additional functionality or develop integrations that connect Commerce Cloud with other systems while also allowing consumption for third-party development efforts. "We use an API-first development approach," said Davis. "Exposing APIs makes the solution easy to use." Davis also commented on Commerce Cloud's capabilities to seamlessly fit into retailers' business-to-business efforts, as well as their business-to-consumer markets....

I am with Jon at the Oracle Industry Connect this week. Of course I have enjoyed connecting with those I know, but I must admit it is also enjoyable meeting people from other industries like life sciences, healthcare, financial services, insurance and education. Sometimes I forget that there are industries other than hospitality. I have enjoyed meeting these people from other industries, but it is amazing how they all want to really know what the hotel industry is all about. When your business is about where people eat, drink and sleep I guess it does sound a bit more intriguing than the banking industry. It has been an enjoyable two days and no matter how often we interact with others in the industry, nothing beats face to face. There was a great crowd from the hospitality space with a lot of the higher ups from the industry attending. It was nice seeing so many making time to come to this event. I thank Oracle for inviting me and after the events Hospitality Upgrade put on last week I am very thankful I just get to attend, not having to speak nonstop. Thank you, Jon, for making this week's Siegel Sez easier as I sit in my hotel room in Washington, D.C., at 5:30 in the morning trying to be creative after a night of eating and drinking at the Smithsonian Castle.

I am with Jon at the Oracle Industry Connect this week. Of course I have enjoyed connecting with those I know, but I must admit it is also enjoyable meeting people from other industries like life sciences, healthcare, financial services, insurance and education. Sometimes I forget that there are industries other than hospitality. I have enjoyed meeting these people from other industries, but it is amazing how they all want to really know what the hotel industry is all about. When your business is about where people eat, drink and sleep I guess it does sound a bit more intriguing than the banking industry. It has been an enjoyable two days and no matter how often we interact with others in the industry, nothing beats face to face. There was a great crowd from the hospitality space with a lot of the higher ups from the industry attending. It was nice seeing so many making time to come to this event. I thank Oracle for inviting me and after the events Hospitality Upgrade put on last week I am very thankful I just get to attend, not having to speak nonstop. Thank you, Jon, for making this week's Siegel Sez easier as I sit in my hotel room in Washington, D.C., at 5:30 in the morning trying to be creative after a night of eating and drinking at the Smithsonian Castle.

Oracle has opened a fully functional data centre in Canada in order to satisfy the demand for data sovereignty. To help customers achieve the benefits of cloud, the Canadian data centre will support Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud (Oracle HCM Cloud), Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning Cloud (Oracle ERP Cloud), and Oracle Customer Experience (CX) Cloud applications.

Oracle has opened a fully functional data centre in Canada in order to satisfy the demand for data sovereignty. To help customers achieve the benefits of cloud, the Canadian data centre will support Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud (Oracle HCM Cloud), Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning Cloud (Oracle ERP Cloud), and Oracle Customer Experience (CX) Cloud applications.

Oracle has opened a fully functional data centre in Canada in order to satisfy the demand for data sovereignty. To help customers achieve the benefits of cloud, the Canadian data centre will support Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud (Oracle HCM Cloud), Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning Cloud (Oracle ERP Cloud), and Oracle Customer Experience (CX) Cloud applications.

Highlighting Oracle's Java SE 7 on Mac OS X and the company's plans for Java SE (version 8). The article notes that Oracle plans to release Java SE 7 on Mac OS X for developers in the second quarter of 2012 and Java SE (version 8) during the summer of 2013.

Intrasphere a Drug Safety specialized consulting and solutions firm announced that it has launched SafetyXpress. SafetyXpress for Argus is Intrasphere's proprietary implementation accelerator framework for the rapid deployment of the Argus Safety suite.

The March 19 edition of ITWEB includes the following article on Oracle's announcement of several major investments for its higher education solutions. The article notes the planned 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 19 edition of ITWEB includes the following article on Oracle's announcement of several major investments for its higher education solutions. The article notes the planned 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.

Good Morning. Kohl's Corp. views the digital wallet as much more than a payments system. The retailer is betting that its loyalty program, which features a mobile, digital wallet inside the Kohl's app, will provide a key competitive advantage for this holiday season and beyond, and help make up for a bleak third quarter. A pilot program across 300 stores in 2013 and 2014 produced about 10 million enrollees in the loyalty program, CIO Janet Schalk told CIO Journal's Steven Norton. Since launching nationwide in early October, that number has doubled to 20 million. Most technology payments providers solely focus on payments, says Ratnakar Lavu, Kohl's EVP for digital technology. While he doesn't deny the importance of payments, he says "there's really no one who's doing something related to offers or rewards." Kohl's has redesigned its website and mobile apps, implemented Oracle Corp. systems to handle inventory and pricing, and is testing a new point-of-sale system. It also has rolled out "buy online, pick up in store" options at some stores, and is shipping products from about 800 locations. Eventually, Kohl's may look to integrate its loyalty program with its payments systems. The company has built systems that will take different kinds of payments and integrate with other mobile wallets in the marketplace.

The conference also served as an industry coming-out party for several companies. First, Oracle's acquisition of the MICROS Systems solutions for hospitality and retail, which will Oracle Retail's functionality to include applications for brand compliance management, loss prevention, order management, order brokering, and workforce management, helping customers realize a more extensive - and more profitable - "commerce anywhere" business model.

"Transformation is critical to compete in an omnichannel market," said Mike Hazel, CIO at Academy Sports + Outdoors. "Academy Sports + Outdoors is expanding rapidly, and with that growth comes the need for a system that is scalable and can grow with us. Oracle Retail provides us with a foundation for growth and an integration strategy."

"Transformation is critical to compete in an omnichannel market," said Mike Hazel, CIO at Academy Sports + Outdoors. "Academy Sports + Outdoors is expanding rapidly, and with that growth comes the need for a system that is scalable and can grow with us. Oracle Retail provides us with a foundation for growth and an integration strategy."

As Kevin Thompson, director of application development for Lids Sports Group, told retail attendees of the recent Oracle Industry Connect conference, the retailer has implemented the Micros Locate inventory visibility solution to enable full inventory access at stores. "It's a customer service issue," said Thompson. "We don't want to disappoint customers." Lids uses Locate for order brokering, providing visibility of inventory to other stores and DCs both from the store as well as to customers using one of Lids' e-commerce sites. Store associates are equipped with tablets allowing them "endless aisle" inventory access, and out-of-stock items can be ordered for home shipment at the POS, either from a DC or a nearby store.

Mast Mobile launched today with an MVNO service that enables customers to use two numbers -- one for work and another for personal use -- on a single phone. The New York-based company uses Sprint's network and allows customers to port an existing number and get a new one, or launch service with two new numbers.

Mast Mobile launched today with an MVNO service that enables customers to use two numbers -- one for work and another for personal use -- on a single phone. The New York-based company uses Sprint's network and allows customers to port an existing number and get a new one, or launch service with two new numbers.

"The last thing you want to do is miss part of the action because you're waiting in line to get something to eat," says Oracle's senior VP of hospitality, Mike Webster. "So our cloud infrastructure is a key component of how we deliver concessions." Oracle's onus during an event like this, Webster says, is "efficiently and conveniently delivering concessions during the event." How does Oracle use the cloud to help make sure there are no problems? For one thing, if you order an item from your seat and the nearest stand is low or out of it, Oracle's system alerts the app to source the item from a different stand. Think of it like the Internet of Things -- all the devices, from your phone to the systems at each food stand -- are talking to each other. Oracle's system is in just over half of the NFL stadiums in America, and most of the hotels around the stadium also use Oracle's platform for their reservations.

"The last thing you want to do is miss part of the action because you're waiting in line to get something to eat," says Oracle's senior VP of hospitality, Mike Webster. "So our cloud infrastructure is a key component of how we deliver concessions." Oracle's onus during an event like this, Webster says, is "efficiently and conveniently delivering concessions during the event." How does Oracle use the cloud to help make sure there are no problems? For one thing, if you order an item from your seat and the nearest stand is low or out of it, Oracle's system alerts the app to source the item from a different stand. Think of it like the Internet of Things -- all the devices, from your phone to the systems at each food stand -- are talking to each other. Oracle's system is in just over half of the NFL stadiums in America, and most of the hotels around the stadium also use Oracle's platform for their reservations.

Fashion icon Perry Ellis is using a new retail point of service and inventory management tools to provide secure payment transaction and improved customer interaction at the register. BTM Global deployed the solutions, Oracle Retail Point-of-Service v14 and Oracle Retail Store Inventory Management v14, for the lifestyle apparel company's U.S. location in less than nine months. The new system also provides for new mobile payment option such as Apple Pay, according to an announcement.

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The study demonstrates that consumers are demanding that this 'good for me' experience be delivered across multiple touch points, which offers considerable opportunities for retailers to differentiate from Amazon's online offering by developing strategies to better understand preferences, deliver more targeted personalization techniques and provide commerce anywhere.

Article about the results of Oracle's recent study, "Water for All?," which surveyed 244 senior water utility executives from 10 countries. The article notes that the report, conducted with the Economist Intelligence Unit, found 39 percent of water executives say demand is "highly likely" to outstrip water supply by 2030 if countries don't begin to invest in water infrastructure and address wasteful consumer behavior. The study reports that 93 percent of the water executives say they are increasing investments to meet demands.

Article highlighting the results of Oracle and the Economist Intelligence Unit newly released report "Water for All," which found that if the estimates for population growth in the following years prove accurate, water utilities will have to make significant investments to ensure that water supplies can meet increasing demands. The article notes that a Wessex Water executive suggests water conservation should become as desirable as stopping smoking. The article concludes that water utilities could save a lot of money if consumers worldwide agreed to monitor water consumption rates more carefully.

"After the successful launch of Sainsbury's Brand Match in September, contributing to the retailer's total revenue uplift of 7.6% for this half year, Sainsbury's Brand Match has been nominated for the Oracle Retail Technology Initiative of the Year Award 2012."

myToys.de, a 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. Oracle Retail Point-of-Service replaces a legacy, custom-built solution.