Oracle Announces Oracle E-Business Suite Special Edition North America

New package to be distributed by Oracle PartnerNetwork provides companies fast, affordable, low-risk access to Oracle E-Business Suite

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. (Sept. 27) -- Aiming to broaden distribution and help businesses in North America more quickly and easily benefit from its applications, Oracle Corp. today introduced Oracle E-Business Suite Special Edition North America, a packaged offering of Oracle E-Business Suite 11i business applications, accelerated implementation services, education and support that will be sold by select certified Oracle partners throughout North America.

Oracle E-Business Suite Special Edition North America is delivered with leading business practices that are preconfigured across Oracle Financials, Oracle Inventory, Oracle Discrete Manufacturing, Oracle Order Management, Oracle Purchasing, Oracle Tele-Sales, Oracle Tele-Service, Oracle Field Sales and Oracle Daily Business Intelligence applications. The preconfiguration allows customers to further personalize their solutions to meet their business needs and includes an option for Oracle On Demand services.

"The maturity and scalability of the Oracle E-Business Suite allows us to continually introduce innovative, affordable, low-risk offerings to help businesses of any size succeed with Oracle," said Charles Phillips, president of Oracle Corp. "Oracle E-Business Suite Special Edition is proven and recommended by our customers and partners around the world and we believe we can replicate that success in North America."

Local, trusted partners to help drive customer success
Oracle worked closely with a partner advisory board made up of certified partners -- including TUSC -- on go-to-market strategies for Oracle E-Business Suite Special Edition North America. Since partners will be the primary distribution channel for Oracle E-Business Suite Special Edition North America, their feedback and participation was vital for delivering an offering that will ensure customer success.

The rapid implementation service of Oracle E-Business Suite Special Edition now available to Certified Oracle Partners will speed the time to benefit for businesses running Oracle Applications. Accelerated implementation services are a key advantage of the package and will enable both cost and time savings in getting customers up and running with Oracle E- Business Suite Special Edition North America.

Pricing and availability
Oracle E-Business Suite Special Edition North America is available immediately and the offering includes the license for a minimum of 10 users and a maximum of 50 users. Pricing for the offering, with implementation, hosting, education and support services, will be set by partners and sold separately.

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About TUSC
TUSC, "The Oracle Experts," is an Oracle consulting firm certified by Oracle Corp. in both Oracle Technology and Oracle Applications. TUSC combines its industry-recognized and award-winning Oracle expertise with solid business knowledge to ensure success in Custom Web Development, Oracle's E-Business Suite, Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, Remote Database Administration, Database Services and Training & Mentoring.

For more information about TUSC, please call Bob Reczek, corporate communications manager, at 800/755-TUSC, or visit www.tusc.com.

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