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Frost & Sullivan validates Oracle Communications’ Strategy and Vision’
April 2008 by Marc Jacob
Oracle announced that Stratecast, a division of Frost & Sullivan focused on communications industry strategy, highlighted Oracle’s strengths in operations support systems (OSS) and business support systems (BSS) in its recent report titled, "Communications Global Company-Level Assessment: Oracle.
Part of its OSS/BSS Global Competitive Strategies series, which provides strategic assessments of OSS/BSS solution vendors, the report notes that Oracle has a clear vision and understands its customers’ needs for a complete, end-to-end OSS/BSS and enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform.
Stratecast’s report states that Oracle understands that communications service providers (CSPs) need accelerated time-to-market for new services and cost-sustainability. It notes that the "secret sauce" of the company’s product suite is in integration and infrastructure that connect applications and deliver a common view of a CSP’s customers and services.
Further, the report highlights Oracle’s history in the communications industry including the development of its OSS/BSS platform through recent acquisitions - Siebel Systems, Portal Software, MetaSolv Software and Netsure - noting that not only has Oracle grown with its acquisitions, but it is also quickly integrating its new products into an end-to-end solution offering.
In addition, the report notes that Oracle’s strategy to integrate its ERP solution into the Oracle Communications suite provides several advantages, including a reduced-risk value proposition due to the pre-integration of its applications.
Looking to the future, Stratecast’s report notes that it expects Oracle to continue to develop its end-to-end platform to meet customers’ growing and changing needs.
Supporting Quotes
· "Stratecast’s global assessment is a testament to Oracle’s leadership in the communications industry and a clear validation of our commitment to delivering value to our customers. We continue to enhance our communications product suite and provide out-of-the-box integrations between our industry leading applications - helping service providers reduce their cost of technology ownership through more rapid implementations. This unique combination - coupled with our database and Service Delivery Platform capabilities - will allow global communications service providers to quickly develop and deploy next-generation services, improve operational efficiently and deliver a personalized communications experience to their customers," said David Sharpley, Vice President, Marketing and Channels, Oracle Communications.
· "Oracle Communications is clear about its direction and goal - to deliver a competitive, OSS/BSS platform. We expect Oracle to continue its work toward the achievement of this vision by employing carrier-grade, standards-based technologies along with ongoing delivery of pre-built integration ’plug-ins’ and industry-specific business processes," said Susan McNeice, Global Program Manager, OSS/BSS Competitive Strategies, Stratecast.
