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The October 16 edition of eSchool News included the Oracle press release announcing new features for PeopleSoft Campus Solutions. The press release notes that Oracle unveiled new enhancements to include new program-based enrollment and assessment features. Of note, the new enrollment functionality enables institutions to improve student retention and timely degree completion. Additionally, the new assessment feature allows instructors to define and assess any type of learning activities and provide flexible structures for assigning and calculating marks and course grades.

The October 18 editions of eSchool News includes the Oracle press release announcing colleges and universities improving system performance and simplifying information technology (IT) maintenance with Oracle Exadata Database Machine. The press release notes that colleges and universities are driving consolidation, reducing operating expenses, and improving application performance to support peak registration periods. Additionally, the press release highlights University of Arkansas, Northern Illinois University, and Brigham Young University's improvements utilizing Oracle Exadata Database Machine.

The October 18 editions of eCampus News includes the Oracle press release announcing colleges and universities improving system performance and simplifying information technology (IT) maintenance with Oracle Exadata Database Machine. The press release notes that colleges and universities are driving consolidation, reducing operating expenses, and improving application performance to support peak registration periods. Additionally, the press release highlights University of Arkansas, Northern Illinois University, and Brigham Young University's improvements utilizing Oracle Exadata Database Machine.

The October 22 issue of Campus Technology include an article highlighting two recent Oracle announcements regarding Oracle Exadata Database Machine and new features released for Oracle's PeopleSoft Campus Solutions. The article notes that Northern Illinois University (NIU) implemented two Oracle Exadata Database Machines and includes comment from Steven Pace, associate director of the Division of Finance and Facilities at NIU. He notes that Oracle Exadata Database Machine improved the university's administrative system availability and reliability, and accelerated batch run times. The article also notes that University of Arkansas implemented two Oracle Exadata Database Machines to improve the performance of its PeopleSoft Campus Solutions and Oracle WebCenter Content. Additionally, Brigham Young University consolidated 50 database servers and storage systems with Oracle Exadata Database Machine to help improve performance of its Oracle campus systems. Finally, the article also includes information regarding the new features Oracle released for its PeopleSoft Campus Solutions suite. The article notes the new program-based enrollment functionality is designed to help students plan their path to degree completion, and the new assessment feature helps instructors to define and assess any type of learning activities.

The Latin American retailer expects the improved operations to help increase its gross margin dollars by as much as 7 percent while helping to reduce inventory by 1.5 to 3 percent and maintaining a lower cost of ownership for its IT systems

Behind the scenes, Oracle Commerce helps TOMS drive business performance with real-time inventory status and more complex fulfillment scenarios.

"Toms is rapidly evolving and growing their digital presence globally and the Oracle Commerce solution helps provide Toms with the ability to offer leading commerce capabilities on a global, flexible, scalable platform," said Belinda McConnell, principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP.

The October 25 edition of eCampus News includes the following article covering new technologies ed-tech companies unveiled at EDUCAUSE 2013. The article highlights Oracle's PeopleSoft Campus Solutions' new program-based enrollment features, which aim to help colleges and universities improve retention and degree completion by guiding students through the enrollment process and helping them select the best classes, in the right sequence.

The October 28 edition of University Business included a press release announcing PeopleSoft Campus Solutions' new features for program-based enrollment and assessment. The new enrollment functionality enables institutions to improve student retention and timely degree completion. Additionally, the new assessment feature allows instructors to define and assess any type of learning activity and provide flexible structures for assigning and calculating marks and course goals.