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The January 10 edition of eCampus News includes the following press release announcing that Valdosta State University has seen a 10 to 15 percent improvement in student midterm and final grades since implementing Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. The release includes comment from Cole Clark, global vice president, education and research industries, Oracle, who notes that with Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition's out-of-box reports, Valdosta State University's faculty and staff have the information and tools they need to continuously monitor student performance and make quick decisions on how to support each student and improve the educational experience.

The January 11 edition of University Business include the following article announcing that Valdosta State University has seen a 10 to 15 percent improvement in student midterm and final grades since implementing Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. The article notes that Valdosta State has improved administrative productivity by more than 500 percent with the new business intelligence environment. The article also notes that faculty can now receive important, recurring reports via email, and easily communicate with each other across campus.

The January 10 edition eSchool News includes the following press release announcing that Valdosta State University has seen a 10 to 15 percent improvement in student midterm and final grades since implementing Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. The release includes comment from Cole Clark, global vice president, education and research industries, Oracle, who notes that with Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition's out-of-box reports, Valdosta State University's faculty and staff have the information and tools they need to continuously monitor student performance and make quick decisions on how to support each student and improve the educational experience.

The January 18 edition of Campus Technology includes the following article highlighting that Oracle released a new version of its PeopleSoft development and customization platform, PeopleTools.  The article notes that version 8.52 includes enhancements to the user interface and reporting tools, as well as iPad support for all versions of PeopleSoft.

The January 13 edition of Campus Technology includes the following article highlighting Oracle's release of the Oracle Database Firewall for MySQL Enterprise Edition.  The article notes that the upgrade includes new reporting capabilities for improved regulatory compliance.

The January 9 edition of CFOWorld includes the following article highlighting how organizations are handling self-service information technology. The article highlights Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS), which used Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Capital Management system to roll out self-service components to its various user constituencies. The article also notes that KCTCS uses PeopleSoft's Campus Solutions application to allow students to enroll in classes, pay their bills and make scheduling changes. The article includes comment by Paul Czarapata, chief technology officer, Kentucky Community and Technical College System, who notes that the PeopleSoft Campus Solutions module is relatively easy to administer.

The January 9 edition of CIO includes the following article highlighting how organizations are handling self-service information technology. The article highlights Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS), which used Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Capital Management system to roll out self-service components to its various user constituencies. The article also notes that KCTCS uses PeopleSoft's Campus Solutions application to allow students to enroll in classes, pay their bills and make scheduling changes. The article includes comment by Paul Czarapata, chief technology officer, Kentucky Community and Technical College System, who notes that the PeopleSoft Campus Solutions module is relatively easy to administer.

The January 9 edition of Computerworld includes the following article highlighting how organizations are handling self-service information technology. The article highlights Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS), which used Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Capital Management system to roll out self-service components to its various user constituencies. The article also notes that KCTCS uses PeopleSoft's Campus Solutions application to allow students to enroll in classes, pay their bills and make scheduling changes. The article includes comment by Paul Czarapata, chief technology officer, Kentucky Community and Technical College System, who notes that the PeopleSoft Campus Solutions module is relatively easy to administer.

The January 9 edition of InfoWorld includes the following article highlighting how organizations are handling self-service information technology. The article highlights Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS), which used Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Capital Management system to roll out self-service components to its various user constituencies. The article also notes that KCTCS uses PeopleSoft's Campus Solutions application to allow students to enroll in classes, pay their bills and make scheduling changes. The article includes comment by Paul Czarapata, chief technology officer, Kentucky Community and Technical College System, who notes that the PeopleSoft Campus Solutions module is relatively easy to administer.

The January 9 edition of IT World Canada includes the following article highlighting how organizations are handling self-service information technology. The article highlights Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS), which used Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Capital Management system to roll out self-service components to its various user constituencies. The article also notes that KCTCS uses PeopleSoft's Campus Solutions application to allow students to enroll in classes, pay their bills and make scheduling changes. The article includes comment by Paul Czarapata, chief technology officer, Kentucky Community and Technical College System, who notes that the PeopleSoft Campus Solutions module is relatively easy to administer.

The January 9 edition of Network World includes the following article highlighting how organizations are handling self-service information technology. The article highlights Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS), which used Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Capital Management system to roll out self-service components to its various user constituencies. The article also notes that KCTCS uses PeopleSoft's Campus Solutions application to allow students to enroll in classes, pay their bills and make scheduling changes. The article includes comment by Paul Czarapata, chief technology officer, Kentucky Community and Technical College System, who notes that the PeopleSoft Campus Solutions module is relatively easy to administer.

The January 9 edition of PCWorld includes the following article highlighting how organizations are handling self-service information technology. The article highlights Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS), which used Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Capital Management system to roll out self-service components to its various user constituencies. The article also notes that KCTCS uses PeopleSoft's Campus Solutions application to allow students to enroll in classes, pay their bills and make scheduling changes. The article includes comment by Paul Czarapata, chief technology officer, Kentucky Community and Technical College System, who notes that the PeopleSoft Campus Solutions module is relatively easy to administer.

The October 16 edition of The University Gazette includes an article highlighting the University of North Carolina's implementation of Oracle's PeopleSoft HR/Payroll system as part of the ConnectCarolina project. The article notes that the new system will go live in January 2014. The article also notes that new system is very robust but the advantages also present challenges in terms of requiring more experienced and highly trained users.

The City of Long Beach, one of the largest cities in California, has selected Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing and Oracle Utilities Mobile Workforce Management for its utility billing replacement project

The January 31 edition of University Business  includes the following article highlighting that the University of Puget Sound selected Oracle's PeopleSoft applications and Oracle Hyperion Public Sector Budgeting and Planning running on Oracle Database to facilitate information exchange and enhance strategic reporting capabilities.  The article notes that the new systems will overhaul the university's legacy student, financial and human resources systems.

The January 31 edition of eCampus News includes the following article highlighting that the University of Puget Sound selected Oracle's PeopleSoft applications and Oracle Hyperion Public Sector Budgeting and Planning running on Oracle Database to facilitate information exchange and enhance strategic reporting capabilities. The article notes that the new systems will overhaul the university's legacy student, financial and human resources systems.

The August 7 edition of Campus Technology includes the following article highlighting Montclair State University's adoption of Oracle's PeopleSoft Financial Management System (FMS).  PeopleSoft FMS will enable Montclair to make optimal financial decisions, develop effective short- and long-term strategies to support the university's growth and emerging needs, and to integrate and streamline financial processes across departments.  The university plans to complete the first phase of implementation by July 2015, and the full implementation by January 2016.

Kohl's has been increasingly focused on omnichannel retailing in the past year, beyond introducing initial buy online pickup in store functionality in May. Earlier this month, Kohl's announced a slew of special omnichannel holiday shopping features. Kohl's also was among the first retailers to offer an Apple Watch app in April. In January, the retailer unveiled its "Greatness Agenda," a broad effort to maximize omnichannel customer engagement that is based on an Oracle Retail platform.

In this January cover story, Stores looks at Disney's new international retail stores and how the retailer is using technology to create "the best 30 minutes of a child's day." Oracle Retail applications run key store operations.

"Enterprise retail systems are also firmly committed to weaving science into decision-making. Oracle debuted Oracle Retail Release 15 in January, updating the entire suite and featuring several new cloud services that embed science and analytics. "We've simplified the science of business intelligence, made it more contextual and put it into the application versus having the retailer invest in a whole new BI platform," says Mike Webster, senior vice president and general manager of Oracle Retail and Hospitality. "We've had demand forecasting for some time, but we can now provide data at an attribute level in order to pre-populate a forecast." "It's now possible to look at the financial plan or the assortment plan across the store, franchises, the wholesale business and online," Webster says. "The merchant now has a holistic view, and that's critical for decision-making.""