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If customers aren't confident the item is in stock or available for delivery by a certain date, a single click will take them to a competitor. How can any retailer win under these circumstances?

If customers aren't confident the item is in stock or available for delivery by a certain date, a single click will take them to a competitor. How can any retailer win under these circumstances?

The retailer chose Oracle Retail Xstore (formerly Oracle's MICROS Xstore), which allows for a wide range of customizations without code changes or help from the vendor. LIDS also rolled out Oracle Retail Order Broker (formerly Oracle's MICROS Locate), which allows stores to view each other's inventory in real time and also streamlines shipment. Indeed, Havlik states that e-commerce reaped almost instant rewards as a result of the Order Broker implementation. "As many as 800 stores became available online, and customers found that capability right away - the orders started piling in," Havlik says. "We literally doubled the amount of available UPCs for a customer to order."

Tough, but necessary - In selecting an e-commerce platform, e-retailers grit their way through what can be a long, hard, even scary, slog. Oracle Commerce customers Elaine Turner and Rock Creek included.

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The Oct. 28 edition of Government Technology include the following San Jose Mercury News syndicated article highlighting how some of Silicon Valley's legendary companies, including Oracle, are embracing cloud. The article quotes Larry Ellison, executive chairman and chief technology officer, Oracle, and Shawn Price, senior vice president, Oracle, who discuss Oracle's cloud transformation, noting that Oracle is deploying its cloud services in 19 data centers in 14 different countries for an increase in data center capacity.

The Oct. 28 edition of Governing include the following San Jose Mercury News syndicated article highlighting how some of Silicon Valley's legendary companies, including Oracle, are embracing cloud. The article quotes Larry Ellison, executive chairman and chief technology officer, Oracle, and Shawn Price, senior vice president, Oracle, who discuss Oracle's cloud transformation, noting that Oracle is deploying its cloud services in 19 data centers in 14 different countries for an increase in data center capacity.