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"Speakers at Oracle Industry Connect, being held March 25-March 26, in Boston, discussed how retailers can use advanced technology to enable growth and understand inventory levels across all channels (and share that knowledge with their customers)."

"Speakers at Oracle Industry Connect, being held March 25-March 26, in Boston, discussed how retailers can use advanced technology to enable growth and understand inventory levels across all channels (and share that knowledge with their customers)."

"Oracle Retail provides us with the technology to grow our brands and our business," said Michel Joncas, Vice President of Information Technology, Groupe Dynamite. "As we open more stores and add partners, having everyone on the same platform and with a single view of our inventory helps us optimize operations to give better service to our customers."

"Z Gallerie, a California-based purveyor of furniture and home décor was seeing an increase in traffic to its online site and response to marketing programs. To improve conversion and basket size, Z Gallerie deployed Oracle Commerce. In August 2013, Z Gallerie went live with Oracle Commerce resulting in more relevant content, improved navigation and better ease-of-use regardless of the device customers use to access the site. The full implementation was completed quickly and sales from on-site search have dramatically increased."

"Z Gallerie, a California-based purveyor of furniture and home décor was seeing an increase in traffic to its online site and response to marketing programs. To improve conversion and basket size, Z Gallerie deployed Oracle Commerce. In August 2013, Z Gallerie went live with Oracle Commerce resulting in more relevant content, improved navigation and better ease-of-use regardless of the device customers use to access the site. The full implementation was completed quickly and sales from on-site search have dramatically increased."

"Neiman Marcus, Zenni Optical and C. Wonder have recently deployed Oracle solutions to optimize merchandising planning, enhance the online shopping experience and gain insight into customer demand."

At the recent Oracle Industry Connect Conference held in Boston, a number of speakers from prominent retailers including Kohl's, Hot Topic, and C. Wonder extolled the virtues of "vanilla" implementations of enterprise systems. In this context, vanilla means implementing an enterprise platform with all or many of that vendor's applications, minimizing customization or use of one-off "best of breed" solutions.

Retail industry's formidable challenges is not so much not knowing what consumers want but what to do with it. Every retailer wants to become a robust destination for consumerization, likeability, following, innovation and revenue. At this event, Oracle tried to improvise on its hitherto hardline product-centric message into an end consumer-centric vision. And to an extent it worked. I for one am encouraged and would like to see what happens from here on. How does this message transformation and "customer first-solutions second" strategy turn into real execution?

The retail industry hasn't traditionally given technology top priority, but with consumers' expectation of "anything, anywhere, anytime I want it," tech expertise has become a competitive focus for the industry's big players. Oracle Industry Connect, a two-day conference held March 25 and 26 here, brought together roughly 240 retail executives to network and share system implementation case histories as they chase omnichannel selling. Today, more than half of shoppers - 58 percent - rank product availability as more important than price, according to an Oracle study of 4,500 consumers worldwide. Mark Webster, senior vice president and general manager of Oracle's retail practice, said Amazon sold 426 items a second on Cyber Monday. "If you don't think consumers are taking advantage of new access points [to shop], then you are misguided."

"Oracle Retail provides us with the technology to grow our brands and our business," said Michel Joncas, VP of IT at Groupe Dynamite. "As we open more stores and add partners, having everyone on the same platform and with a single view of our inventory helps us optimize operations to give better service to our customers."

"We're seeing a lot more engagement on our category pages. Prior to implementing Oracle Commerce, only 40 percent of our visitors would hit a product page. That number has increased significantly leading to more site conversions and increased sales," said Kerem Ozkay, eCommerce marketing analyst, Z Gallerie."

"A central theme of the Oracle Industry Connect conference, held in Boston March 25-26, was "Commerce Anywhere," or the new customer experience paradigm that requires enabling the consumer to purchase products how they want, when they want and to do so in a connected, nearly seamless fashion. IT also entails delivering targeted assortments, making inventory transparent and accessible to customers and employees in real-time, and integrating the systems supporting retail operations."

"Karen Katz , chief executive officer and president of Neiman Marcus Group, told a packed audience at the Oracle Industry Connect conference in Boston yesterday that the specialty retailer is putting a big focus - and a lot of money - into its technology infrastructure."

The March 21 edition of University World News includes the following article on the recent data security breaches reported by multiple higher education institutions. The article highlights Maricopa County Community College District, which hired Oracle to clean up its data security network for $2.25 million. The article further discusses the additional measures institutions are taking to ensure students are not threatened by the security breaches.

The March 21 edition of University World News includes the following article on the recent data security breaches reported by multiple higher education institutions. The article highlights Maricopa County Community College District, which hired Oracle to clean up its data security network for $2.25 million. The article further discusses the additional measures institutions are taking to ensure students are not threatened by the security breaches.

The March 25 edition of the Performance Architects' Blog includes the following article on Oracle's Higher Education User Group (HEUG) Alliance 2014 Conference. The article highlights discussion outcomes from the different sessions - like hot topics in budgeting PAG, Oracle's product roadmap, and Oracle's Business Intelligence (BI) roadmap. In addition to the community sessions and Oracle roadmap discussions, the article further discusses the presentation topics on unstructured and semi-structured data.

The March 25 edition of the Performance Architects' Blog includes the following article on Oracle's Higher Education User Group (HEUG) Alliance 2014 Conference. The article highlights discussion outcomes from the different sessions - like hot topics in budgeting PAG, Oracle's product roadmap, and Oracle's Business Intelligence (BI) roadmap. In addition to the community sessions and Oracle roadmap discussions, the article further discusses the presentation topics on unstructured and semi-structured data.

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.

The March 27 edition of Delta Initiative includes the following article on Oracle's announcement of the new cloud-based student information system, Oracle Student Cloud. The article includes comments from a blog post by Cole Clark, global vice president for education and research, Oracle, who notes that Oracle Student Cloud will have the student, and the student's success, at the foundation of the development effort. Additionally, the new system will leverage all of Oracle's assets in its portfolio, like IP, development talent, and implementation experience.

The March 27 edition of Delta Initiative includes the following article on Oracle's announcement of the new cloud-based student information system, Oracle Student Cloud. The article includes comments from a blog post by Cole Clark, global vice president for education and research, Oracle, who notes that Oracle Student Cloud will have the student, and the student's success, at the foundation of the development effort. Additionally, the new system will leverage all of Oracle's assets in its portfolio, like IP, development talent, and implementation experience.

Arcadia Group has revealed an investment in Oracle Retail systems to ensure it can maintain a consistent customer offering and experience across all of its brands as a key part of its global expansion strategy. The Group will use its new retail applications to support enhanced inventory management in order to deliver the right products to the right market segments, targeted to the needs and tastes of different global consumers.

Arcadia Group has revealed an investment in Oracle Retail systems to ensure it can maintain a consistent customer offering and experience across all of its brands as a key part of its global expansion strategy. The Group will use its new retail applications to support enhanced inventory management in order to deliver the right products to the right market segments, targeted to the needs and tastes of different global consumers.

"Our brands are committed to delivering an interactive, exciting and efficient shopping experience to all our customers around the world, no matter which channel they choose to use to visit us, from flagship stores to mobile devices," Sir Philip Green, owner of Arcadia Group said. "Global expansion is a key strategic focus for Arcadia, and to do this successfully, we need to make sure the best merchandise assortment is available in each store and channel. We expect Oracle to help us enhance our merchandising strategies to help ensure that we deliver the best possible customer promise every time.

"Our brands are committed to delivering an interactive, exciting and efficient shopping experience to all our customers around the world, no matter which channel they choose to use to visit us, from flagship stores to mobile devices," Sir Philip Green, owner of Arcadia Group said. "Global expansion is a key strategic focus for Arcadia, and to do this successfully, we need to make sure the best merchandise assortment is available in each store and channel. We expect Oracle to help us enhance our merchandising strategies to help ensure that we deliver the best possible customer promise every time.

""Customers love to shop Neiman Marcus from anywhere in the world, in stores and via e-commerce, or with our call center representatives, and we will continue to improve our ability to get the right items to them conveniently and with a full service model. Taking advantage of better analytics, information and processes enables us to serve customers better while improving margins in support of our offline to online global initiative," Karen Katz, the CEO of Neiman Marcus Group, states in a news release from Oracle."

""Customers love to shop Neiman Marcus from anywhere in the world, in stores and via e-commerce, or with our call center representatives, and we will continue to improve our ability to get the right items to them conveniently and with a full service model. Taking advantage of better analytics, information and processes enables us to serve customers better while improving margins in support of our offline to online global initiative," Karen Katz, the CEO of Neiman Marcus Group, states in a news release from Oracle."

The April 1 edition of ExecutiveBiz includes the following article on University of Virginia's adoption of Oracle's Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management tools. The article includes comment from Melody Bianchetto, associate vice president for finance, University of Virginia, who notes that the university will work to extract data with Oracle's tools to make better decisions and launch initiatives. The article further discusses the university's use of Oracle's products to help transition away from a spreadsheet-based system.

The April 1 edition of ExecutiveBiz includes the following article on University of Virginia's adoption of Oracle's Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management tools. The article includes comment from Melody Bianchetto, associate vice president for finance, University of Virginia, who notes that the university will work to extract data with Oracle's tools to make better decisions and launch initiatives. The article further discusses the university's use of Oracle's products to help transition away from a spreadsheet-based system.

The April 3 edition of eCampus News includes the following press release announcing University of Virginia's selection of Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management as the technology platform to support its financial transformation. The press release announced the university's decision to move away from a spreadsheet-based system to provide enhanced information to support its leadership. Additionally, the Oracle solution will allow for greater transparency into the root cause of costs at a more granular level.

The April 3 edition of eCampus News includes the following press release announcing University of Virginia's selection of Oracle Hyperion Profitability and Cost Management as the technology platform to support its financial transformation. The press release announced the university's decision to move away from a spreadsheet-based system to provide enhanced information to support its leadership. Additionally, the Oracle solution will allow for greater transparency into the root cause of costs at a more granular level.