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Oracle (ORCL) has been recognized as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Transportation Management Systems for the 18th time, achieving the highest position for Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision. The company's Oracle Fusion Cloud Transportation Management, part of Oracle Cloud Supply Chain & Manufacturing (SCM), offers a comprehensive platform for managing transportation operations.

The solution features AI-powered capabilities including logistics network modeling, planning optimization, and order route prediction. Key benefits include: quick adaptation to supply chain disruptions through what-if scenario modeling, improved on-time deliveries, automated processes with logistics business intelligence, reduced carbon footprint through sustainable routing, and enhanced customer service through AI-powered predictions and digital assistants.

Oracle (ORCL) has achieved a significant recognition as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Talent Acquisition Suites, positioning furthest right for Completeness of Vision. The company also ranked highest for Extended AI Innovations Use Case in Gartner's Critical Capabilities report.

Oracle Recruiting and Oracle Recruiting Booster, part of Oracle Cloud Human Capital Management (HCM), leverage advanced AI capabilities to enhance the recruitment process through:

• AI-powered candidate experience with digital assistants and mobile-friendly applications
• Personalized career sites with tailored messaging
• Automated interview scheduling and generative AI content creation
• Integration with major job platforms like LinkedIn and Indeed
• Advanced analytics for workforce planning
• Internal mobility support with skills-based talent matching

Oracle and Google Cloud have announced significant expansions to their partnership, including an industry-first partner program and new capabilities for Oracle Database@Google Cloud. The partnership will enable Oracle and Google Cloud partners to offer Oracle Database@Google Cloud through the Google Cloud Marketplace.

Key developments include:

• Introduction of Oracle Base Database Service in preview
• Support for Oracle Exadata X11M
• Oracle Interconnect availability for U.S. Government Cloud customers
• Planned expansion to 11 new regions within 12 months
• Doubled datacenter capacity in London, Frankfurt, and Ashburn

The new partner program will be available within 12 months for members of both the Google Cloud Partner Advantage program and Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN). The partnership aims to meet growing customer demand for multicloud solutions while providing enhanced database management capabilities and regional availability.

Oracle (ORCL) has been recognized as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Source-to-Pay Suites for its Oracle Fusion Cloud Procurement solution. The recognition is based on Oracle's Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision.

The Oracle Fusion Cloud Procurement, part of Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications Suite, offers integrated source-to-settle capabilities with embedded AI features that:

• Streamline supplier collaboration through dynamic management tools and a self-service portal
• Enable strategic sourcing with advanced analytics and generative AI for supplier recommendations
• Accelerate contract lifecycle management with guided authoring and AI-powered term extraction
• Simplify purchasing with consumer-like experience and AI-assisted order creation

Oracle has been recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Configure, Price, Quote Solutions, Q1 2025 report for its Oracle Fusion Cloud Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ) solution. Among 13 evaluated vendors, Oracle received the highest score in Strategy categories.

The report highlights Oracle's AI-first innovation strategy and positions CPQ as the central engine for B2B buying and selling processes. The solution offers key features including:

• AI-powered guided selling and automated approval workflows
• Connected architecture for streamlined revenue lifecycle management
• Embedded AI for real-time insights and optimized deal structures

As part of Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications Suite, the CPQ solution helps organizations accelerate sales cycles, unify revenue processes, and enhance decision-making through AI-driven capabilities.

Oracle (ORCL) has unveiled significant enhancements to its Utilities Network Management System (NMS), focusing on advanced distributed energy resource (DER) management. The system, currently serving six of the top 10 U.S. utilities and over 61 million customers, introduces improved features for managing grid stress and optimizing performance.

Key updates include enhanced Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS) capabilities with new forecast and trend monitoring settings, a 7-day forecast algorithm, and expanded models for battery energy storage systems (BESS) and electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE). The Oracle Utilities Flex SCADA module received improvements in device monitoring and control, while new features in DER orchestration, outage management, and power restoration were added to optimize grid operations.

Archuleta County, Colorado's first responder agencies have implemented Oracle Public Safety Suite to modernize their emergency response systems. The cloud-based platform, launched in March 2024, connects police, sheriff, fire, and emergency medical services across 2,000 square miles of jurisdiction.

The new system replaces outdated infrastructure that previously inter-agency coordination. Key improvements include:

• Reduced booking process time from 45 to 15 minutes
• Real-time situational awareness and data sharing across agencies
• Enhanced mobile reporting capabilities for field officers
• Improved GIS coordination and mapping features
• Streamlined communication between five first response organizations

Built on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), the suite helps agencies meet CJIS Security Policy requirements while offering modern dispatch command center, communications, and records management solutions.

Oracle (ORCL) has been named a Leader in the 2025 IDC MarketScape for AI-driven Retail Assortment Planning Solutions. The recognition highlights Oracle's embedded AI services and retail-specific cloud platform that supports retailers from planning to fulfillment.

The Oracle Retail Suite, combining Oracle Retail Assortment Planning and Oracle AI Foundation, enables retailers to create customer-inspired assortments that enhance loyalty, sales, and ROI while optimizing inventory. The solution stands out for its integration with pricing, promotions, and markdowns across multiple seasonal perspectives.

According to IDC Vice President Ananda Chakravarty, Oracle's platform delivers active cost savings and improves key metrics including revenue, margins, profitability, turnover, and customer experience. The evaluation covered 10 vendors, assessing their retail-specific AI solutions for managing assortments, allocation, replenishment, and inventory management.

Lloyds Banking Group has expanded its collaboration with Oracle through a multi-year agreement to enhance its cloud transformation strategy. The UK financial services organization will migrate its Oracle databases to Oracle Database@Azure and implement Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer for on-premises operations.

This strategic move enables Lloyds to run Oracle databases on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) within Microsoft Azure data centers, supporting its business functions and banking services. The flexibility of OCI's distributed cloud allows Oracle database services to be deployed both inside Azure data centers and on-premises with consistent capabilities.

The collaboration aims to accelerate Lloyds' cloud transition, enabling faster delivery of new products and enhanced service performance. Oracle Database@Azure is currently available in 14 regions globally, with plans to expand to 18 more regions within the next 12 months.