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The April 8 edition of University Business included the following article highlighting that Parchment, the leader in eTranscript exchange, announced Gold Partner status with Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN). The article notes that this will allow Parchment to better serve its PeopleSoft client institutions and set the stage for greater alignment of the company's suite of solutions with Oracle in the future. Parchment's eTranscript solution has over 40 postsecondary institutions using PeopleSoft, including Cornell University, University of Colorado, Kansas State University, North Carolina State University, and University of Pittsburgh.

The March 21 edition of University Business includes the following news brief highlighting that California State University (CSU) is currently standardizing its 23-campus system and the Chancellor's Office on Oracle's PeopleSoft Applications.  The news brief links to the full press release.

The February 1 edition of University Business includes the following article highlighting applications for higher education.  The article discusses George Fox University's jump to the mobile space.  The article includes comment by Greg Smith, chief technology officer, George Fox University, who notes that the university developed a web-based mobile portal to host its applications.

The July 26 edition of University Business includes the following article highlighting Parchment's second quarter activity metrics. Of note, the press release highlights its recent milestones, which include being awarded Oracle Gold Partner status. The press release notes that the Oracle-Parchment partnership is key to providing advanced automation and integration to PeopleSoft postsecondary clients.

The August 1 edition of University Business includes the following article highlighting how Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is changing its student orientation protocol from a manual system to a more technologically-friendly advising and registration experience. The article notes that the University uses Oracle's PeopleSoft Campus Solutions to speed up the process of student check-in and to provide more accurate and up-to-date orientation forms on tablet computers.

Highlighting that the United States Marine Corps has deployed a global combat support system using an integrated suite of Oracle solutions. The article notes that to support its supply and maintenance system, the United States Marine Corps has implemented the Oracle E-Business Suite, including Oracle Financial Management, Oracle Purchasing, Oracle Mobile Field Service and Oracle Supply Chain Planning. The article also includes comments from Mark Johnson, senior vice president, Oracle Public Sector noting that Oracle looks forward to continuing to work with the US Marine Corps to improve the readiness of our nation's forces.

Hghlighting that ENSTAR Natural Gas has selected Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing and Oracle Utilities Business Intelligence to enhance billing capabilities and customer service and better understand customer needs. The release notes that ENSTAR Natural Gas also plans to integrate its existing Oracle Utilities Mobile Workforce Management application with Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing to improve communication between customer service representatives, dispatchers and technicians. The release also includes comments from Bill Vellante, group vice president and general manager, Oracle Utilities noting that Oracle Utilities will help harness a complete view of customer data, streamline billing processes and enable more responsive customer service.

Sinopharm Pharmacy has standardized its operations using Oracle® Retail Merchandising and Oracle E-Business Suite Financials 12.1 to support long-term growth and core merchandising and financial strategies.

The November 7 issue of Campus Technology includes an article highlighting the announcement that University of Minnesota implemented Oracle Exadata Database to improve the efficiently of its database administration and reduce cost. The article notes that hosting critical business applications under a single Oracle Exadata architecture has made it easier for the university to deliver database-wide updates and manage the system. The article includes comment from Patton Fast, senior director and enterprise architecture, University of Minnesota, who notes that the Exadata platform has been an enabler to reduce total cost of ownership related to supporting Oracle databases because they were able to drive the adoption of best practices and dramatically reduce the amount of infrastructure required.

The November 15 edition of Campus Technology includes the following second installment of a two-part series highlighting big data and examines how pioneering schools are mining big data in hopes of improving student learning and performance.  The article highlights multiple schools, including Oracle customer Arizona State University (ASU) which considers itself to be at the forefront of student data analytics.  The article notes that ASU was among the first universities in the country to build a data warehouse and maintains big data and Hadoop working groups.  The article includes comment by John Rome, deputy chief information officer (CIO) and business intelligence (BI) strategist, ASU, who notes that when ASU looks at outsourcing, they consider core versus context.  He also notes that ASU has already outsourced its email as well as the hosting of its ERP and LMS systems. He also notes that the university knows there are big opportunities in big data, and ASU fully intends to exploit them.

The company will also implement Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle, E-Business Suite and Oracle Database as part of its strategy to better serve customers and streamline operations across all its brands

The March 20 edition of Campus Technology includes the following article highlighting that Embry-Riddle implemented Oracle's PeopleSoft Campus Solutions to improve its student self-service capabilities and streamline its business processes.  The article notes that the new student administration software suite will replace the university's legacy system which was cumbersome to use, requiring up to 25 steps and three separate logins to complete class registration.

Oracle is focusing squarely on retail agility with the latest additions to its comprehensive set of retail cloud solutions. ..."Retailers can react to the market a lot faster," said David Dorf, senior director of product strategy at Oracle Retail, during a phone briefing with Chain Store Age. "Retailers do not have to focus on mundane IT tasks, but the retail business itself. They can also obtain access to more features and functions faster, with automatic upgrades in the cloud."

As technology and consumer expectations reshape the traditional shopping experience, IT departments must rapidly introduce new business capabilities while maintaining existing systems. Oracle Retail Cloud Services help retailers to ensure uptime and efficiency of key operations, while providing consistent, immediately available upgrades-enabling internal IT groups to focus on differentiating the customer experience and driving growth.

Tony Stephenson, IT Operations Manager, Morrisons, said, "As we are in a very competitive market we need a robust IT system we can rely on and can adapt to changing conditions...We have now extended the automation to Oracle E-Business Suite for our back-e

Highlighting that Cobb Electric Membership Corp. has selected Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management and Oracle Smart Grid Gateway to support its smart grid initiatives. The article notes that Cobb Electric Membership Corp. plans to use Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management to verify, store, process and format smart meter data, providing every department, application and business process with the metering information it needs.

Highlighting that Cobb Electric Membership Corp. has selected Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management and Oracle Smart Grid Gateway to support its smart grid initiatives. The article also notes that Cobb Electric Membership Corp. plans to use the Oracle solutions to verify, store, process and format smart meter data, providing every department, application and business process with the metering information it needs.

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.

Oracle customer Nuklearna Elektrarna Krsko (NEK)discusses the reasons why it decided to implement Oracle Enterprise Asset Management and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1 at its power plant. Additionally, the article details the benefits delivered by t