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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.

AEGEAN Airlines has implemented Oracle Fusion Cloud Customer Experience (CX) to enhance its customer service and personalization capabilities. The Greek flag carrier, which transported over 16.3 million passengers to 162 destinations in 47 countries last year, is utilizing AI-powered cloud applications to centralize customer data and optimize its service delivery.

After more than a year of implementation, AEGEAN has successfully unified customer data and enhanced its marketing programs through Oracle Unity Customer Data Platform. The system enables the airline to create comprehensive customer profiles and deliver personalized experiences across multiple channels. Oracle Fusion Cloud Marketing is helping AEGEAN execute targeted multichannel marketing campaigns customized for specific customer personas.

The partnership aims to strengthen customer relationships, boost revenue, and increase loyalty through data-driven personalization and improved customer experience management.

Oracle has announced major expansions to its Oracle Database@Azure service, including the general availability of Oracle Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure. This new deployment option reduces minimum infrastructure costs by up to 95% while maintaining high performance and reliability.

The service will soon include Oracle Base Database Service, offering easier administration and pay-as-you-go pricing for running Oracle Database workloads on virtual machines. Regional availability has expanded to 14 regions with the addition of Microsoft Azure East U.S. 2, and 18 more regions are planned within the next 12 months.

Key features of the Exascale Infrastructure include:

• Elastic, pay-per-use resources with no extra IOPS charges
• AI Smart Scan capability running vector search operations up to 30X faster
• Intelligent storage cloud with RDMA capabilities
• Support for the next-generation Exadata X11M platform

Oracle has unveiled new features for its Oracle ME employee experience platform within Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, focusing on enhanced communication and event management capabilities. The update to Oracle Fusion Cloud Communicate aims to streamline internal communications and boost employee engagement.

Key features include:

• HR teams can now manage company-wide events, utilize flexible targeting tools, and access real-time analytics
• Managers gain enhanced capabilities to create team events, deliver personalized communications, and leverage data-driven analytics
• Employees can organize peer-to-peer events, access AI-powered event recommendations, and utilize a unified communications hub

The solution integrates with Oracle Cloud HCM, providing a complete platform that connects all HR processes and workforce data. The system leverages embedded AI to analyze data, generate content, and optimize business operations.