Category: Oracle

Feed: All Oracle Press Releases. As we move into the third decade of cloud computing, it’s important to remember that not all clouds are alike. Back in, say 2006, cloud computing services were a revelation to software developers. These rentable storage and compute services provided a handy virtual holding cell that developers could use for designing and prototyping new applications without breaking the bank, or requiring scarce cooperation from in-house resources. And that was all well and good for that time. Fast forward more than a decade and the status quo is a lot more complicated. As businesses of all ... Read More

Feed: All Oracle Press Releases. To help customers easily move Oracle Databases to the cloud and simplify management of hybrid cloud environments, Oracle announced significant enhancements to its enterprise management platform, Oracle Enterprise Manager. The new release adds functionality that automates database migration and provides a single dashboard that improves visibility, control, and management for hybrid IT environments.  Oracle Enterprise Manager’s migration capabilities provide unprecedented flexibility and ease of use to accelerate and simplify the transition to the cloud. Since most large organizations have to move multiple databases to the cloud over an extended period of time, it’s critical to ... Read More

Feed: All Oracle Press Releases. Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Australia’s newest multipurpose venue, has selected Oracle’s industry leading food and beverage technologies to deliver speedy service and payment options to sports fans and concertgoers when the venue opens in February 2020.  Queensland Country Bank Stadium will become home to the NRL’s North Queensland Cowboys in their next season, and fans have made it clear they don’t want to miss any of the action. An Oracle study of more than 2,000 global sports fans revealed that nearly all–94 percent–buy food and beverages while at sporting events, and 58 percent said they would ... Read More

Feed: All Oracle Press Releases. Popular Russian footwear chain, ZENDEN Group, deployed Oracle Retail to drive inventory productivity and elevate the customer experience with better inventory placement. Today, ZENDEN leads the Russian footwear market on profit per square meter, engaging about 3 million loyalty cardholders and having more than 74.4 million people visiting its stores. In the last five years, ZENDEN has sold 42 million pairs of shoes. With Oracle Retail, ZENDEN Group shifted from a manual planning process to adopt automated demand-driven assortment planning. The new process helps to ensure the right shoes are always in stock for its ... Read More

Feed: All Oracle Press Releases. An increasingly fierce retail market requires new approaches to engaging customers and satisfying their demands with efficiency and elegance. Retailers need the transparency and flexibility to shift with the needs of their customers and business—whether those interactions are happening online, in-store or in the spaces in-between, such as buying online and picking up in-store (BOPIS). Everything from inventory to experiences must live in harmony and that requires brands to innovate faster, have intelligence at the tips of their fingers, and use data science to put customers at the center of decision making. Yesterday’s cloud infrastructure ... Read More

Feed: All Oracle Press Releases. Home Choice, one of South Africa’s largest home shopping retailers and financing providers, has deployed Oracle Retail Cloud in just 12 weeks to deliver the products and offers that turn browsers into buyers. Shoppers look to Home Choice to discover name-brand furniture, electronics, and appliances at competitive prices. Offering a wide range of easy finance options, the retailer engages customers in finding and purchasing housewares via its website, catalog, and call centers. With Oracle Retail, the Home Choice team is shifting from legacy, manual processes to a best in class planning and optimization solution that ... Read More

Feed: Oracle Blogs | Oracle Blogs. The power of cloud applications is that they provide more value with every quarterly update, helping companies keep up with customer expectations that are evolving at a faster-than-ever pace. Organizations must continuously transform or risk being left behind. But it’s important to have a plan so you can take advantage of the innovation. Here at Oracle, we’re no different than our customers: We’re using Oracle Cloud to improve our customer and employee experiences, but we reimagined our application deployment methodology to get the most from the stream of new features. For example, since our implementation of Oracle ... Read More

Feed: All Oracle Press Releases. Oracle is helping retailers find their top future customers using data science. A new offering from Oracle Retail, Consumer Insights aids retailers in understanding the characteristics of their best customers then extends those traits to find similar potential customers among the petabytes of third-party consumer data in Oracle Data Cloud. This enables retailers to optimize customer acquisition campaigns with more relevant, targeted products and offers.  Gaining new customers is a top priority for retail marketers, with the cost growing every year. In the recent holiday season, a new survey showed that 77 percent of retailers ... Read More

Feed: All Oracle Press Releases. Blue Nile, a leading online diamond jeweler, has chosen Oracle Cloud Applications to support its commitment to providing customers with more choices, straightforward information, and legendary service. With Oracle, Blue Nile has been able to streamline financial operations and delight customers by providing an experience as personal as the diamond they’re purchasing. Founded in 1999 with the idea that the diamond and engagement ring business was ready for innovation, Blue Nile is now the #1 online diamond jeweler in the world for engagement and wedding rings, boasting an inventory of over 200,000 diamonds. To maintain its ... Read More

Feed: All Oracle Press Releases. The 2019 holiday season saw a rush of consumers taking advantage of new, more convenient options such as checking out via mobile tablets or buying-online and picking up in-store or curbside (BOPIS). But what happens when those items aren’t ready as promised? Sixty-three percent of consumers will walk away from a brand forever or at a minimum consider an alternative. Enhancements in the Oracle Retail platform allow store associates to stay informed and ready to help customers anywhere in the store and inventory is easily tracked and ready for distribution, so pick-up promises are met ... Read More