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Attendees at the 2012 National Retail Federation convention in  New York who donate $20 to The Retail Orphan Initiative (RetailROI) will take home a Build-A-Bear Teddy Bear. In an initiative designed to raise funds for charities sponsored by RetailROI, Oracle is providing 2,000 Build-A-Bear Teddy Bears dressed in a custom RetailROI t-shirt at its booth on the exhibit floor (booth #1319).

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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

Seeking to personalize the customer experience across all its channels, American Apparel will deploy the Oracle ATG Web Commerce and Oracle ATG Web Commerce Customer Service applications. The solutions will be used across the Web, contact center, mobile devices, social media and in stores

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has published two smart grid specifications that aim to help drive the development and deployment of open, interoperable smart grid technologies internationally. The Renew Grid article features a quote from Bastian Fischer, Vice President, Industry Strategy, Oracle Utilities, who notes that industry's involvement in standards development is critical, as standards contribute to innovation.

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 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 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 latest version of Oracle Retail Point-of-Service uses a common and open interface that provides easier integration for multiple international payment partners, uses tokenization to further secure customer card data and supports greater international functionality and security

A growing list of retail solution providers are assisting in RetailROI's charitable efforts ...Noteably, Oracle Retail purchased 2,000 bears from Build-a-Bear and sold them for $20 donations on the show floor at the Javits. More than 800 bears were purchased during show hours, raising more than $16,000 in charitable donations. The remaining bears were donated to children's organizations around the country.

An article by Dan Ford, Vice President, Product Marketing, Oracle Communications which discusses the communications industry transformation from traditional media into the new, social-based, cloud-based mobile and interactive style

The Jan. 26 edition of Billing World includes this article highlighting that Oracle has updated its Communications Data Model. The article notes that Oracle Communications Data Model 11.2.5 is designed to enable service providers to analyze multiple data types - including revenue, customer, network fault and performance, provisioning and service activation data.

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.

"More and more people are demanding that prices online and in the store be similar," says David Dorf, senior director of technology strategy for Oracle Retail. "The fact that consumers expect more price parity means that there needs to be more collaboration from those silos of business... Gartner research vice president Kevin Sterneckert believes consistent pricing is imperative; he notes that 67 percent of consumers want the same price across channels. Still, he insists there remains a need to understand when and where conditions are right for channel-independent pricing.