Partner Press Release
Oracle To Deliver Industry’s First RosettaNet Based Enterprise Application Server

Oracle9i Application Server Expected To Reduce Integration Costs Within the High Technology Manufacturing Industry

For Release February 26, 2003

Redwood Shores, CA --

( http://www.oracle.com/tellmemore/?1637918 ) Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL), the world’s largest enterprise software company, today announced the validation of Oracle9i Application Server as the industry’s only software infrastructure platform for implementing RosettaNet-based processes.   RosettaNet comprises the business-to-business (B2B) compatibility standards that many high technology companies are adopting and are now mandating for use by their suppliers and trading partners. With the upcoming release of Oracle9 i Application Server or the currently available pre-built RosettaNet solution for Oracle® E-Business Suite, high technology manufacturing and other supply chain-based companies will be able to reduce the costs, resources and implementation time associated with online collaboration with business partners.

Customers have successfully used Oracle’s pre-built, RosettaNet solution to implement RosettaNet standards in less than six days – a process that can typically take several months with disparate infrastructure products.

“Industry leaders in the semiconductor and electronics industries are well on their way to adopting RosettaNet as the fundamental solution for inter-enterprise communication across the high technology supply chain," said Jonathan Oomrigar, vice president, high tech business solutions, Oracle Industries. “Oracle has responded to the increased pressures this has put on trading partners, by delivering proven RosettaNet solutions such as Oracle9 i AS Integration and Supply Chain Trading Connector for RosettaNet.”

The built-in integration technology of Oracle9i Application Server – Oracle9 iAS Integration – RosettaNet is certified and will ship with Oracle’s next release of its application server.   Oracle9 iAS Integration comprehensively addresses RosettaNet’s compatibility needs for trading partner management, document transformation, secure communication and process interaction requirements, while providing a single Web-based tool for managing EAI, B2B, Web services, Business Process Management and Business Activity Monitoring.   As a result, Oracle9 iAS Integration will help eliminate the need for expensive, proprietary programming skills by providing one tool to define, create, and connect business processes, monitor the integration process, and enable online analysis and reporting for integration activities.

Oracle applications customers can currently choose a pre-built, RosettaNet-based solution, which includes Oracle9iAS Integration and the Supply Chain Trading Connector for RosettaNet.   Designed for users of Oracle E-Business Suite, the connector helps ensure that complete business documents are delivered or consumed at the correct time, the exchange is tracked and exceptions and notifications are captured and dealt with appropriately.

Oracle Leads RosettaNet Interoperability Program

Oracle spearheaded the RosettaNet Interoperability program to make it easy for companies to build online collaborations with business partners using RosettaNet standards.   With more than 10 leading integration vendors participating in the interoperability testing, companies can select the integration platform of choice from these participating vendors and link their supply chains while ensuring RosettaNet compatibility.   Oracle, in conjunction with the RosettaNet user community, defined the criteria for vendor interoperability testing.

“RosettaNet established the RosettaNet Interoperability Program, led by Oracle, to help drive adoption of standardized business processes for the sharing of electronic information between trading partners at every level,” said Jennifer Hamilton, CEO of RosettaNet.   “The successful completion of the RosettaNet Software Interoperability Trials by software vendors such as Oracle, is a key step in RosettaNet’s goal of providing a standard for business-to-business integration across the supply chain.”

"The RosettaNet Interoperability Trials are a significant step in establishing the high-tech electronics industry's first and only e-business standard for automating business-to-business communication,”said Thomas Kurian, senior vice president, Oracle Application Server Development. “Oracle is proud to have taken a leadership role in the RosettaNet Interoperability Program and will continue to work with RosettaNet and its members to ensure the rapid adoption of RosettaNet gateways throughout the supply chain."

Availability

Oracle9i Application Server Integration, offered in Oracle9i Application Server Release 2 Version 9.0.4, is scheduled to be available in the first half of 2003.

About Oracle9 i Application Server

Oracle solves the IT challenge of integrating fragmented middleware products to run an e-business by providing one product that can replace more than 12 separate point products from other vendors.   Oracle9 i Application Server features full J2EE 1.3 support, built-in enterprise portal software, high-speed caching, business intelligence, rapid application development, application and business integration, Web services and more, all in one package.   Oracle’s extensive investment in application server research and development has enabled the company to deliver a lightweight J2EE engine and extended caching capabilities that allow companies to save on infrastructure costs by scaling with software instead of hardware.

About RosettaNet

RosettaNet is an independent, non-profit consortium dedicated to the collaborative development and rapid deployment of open internet-based business standards that align processes within the global high technology trading network.  More than 450 companies, representing over US$ 1 trillion in annual information technology, electronic components and semiconductor manufacturing revenues, currently participate in RosettaNet’s standards development, strategy and implementation activities. Information on RosettaNet’s worldwide activities in Americas, Europe and Asia, including a complete list of Partner companies is available at rosettanet.org.

About Oracle

Oracle is the world’s largest enterprise software company.   For more information about Oracle, visit our Web site at www.oracle.com.