Lenley Hensarling
Vice President & General Manager, Oracle Applications
“This document is for informational purposes only and may not be incorporated into a contract or
agreement.”
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Applications Unlimited
Oracle’s plan to continue providing ongoing
enhancements to current Oracle applications
(E Business suite, PeopleSoft Enterprise, JD
Edwards EnterpriseOne, JD Edwards World,
Siebel) beyond the delivery of Oracle Fusion
Applications
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Applications Unlimited
Preserving Our Customers’ Investment
More Choice
Continued Product
Releases
More Visibility
Customer-Driven
Product Roadmaps
More Value
Dedicated Development
Teams
More Time
No Forced Upgrades;
Oracle Lifetime Support
Tailored For Your Industry, Processes, and Geography
When You Want It — Based On Your Business Needs
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Continued Product Releases
Best of Both Worlds
FUSION
Latest Release
Next Release
Version 8.9
Version 9
Unlimited
Version 8.12
Version 9.0
Unlimited
Version
A7.3 & A8.1
Version A9
Unlimited
Version 11i.10
Version 12
Unlimited
Version 7.8
Version 8
Unlimited
Unlimited
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Customer-Driven
Product Roadmaps
• 400+ User Groups
– Product Development Committee
– For more info, visit www.iouc.org
• Customer Advisory Boards
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Product Strategy Councils
Industry Strategy Councils
Fusion Strategy Council
Services Strategy Council
Partner Councils
• Executive Roadshows
• Customer Focus Groups and Surveys
– End User and LOB
• One on One meetings
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Dedicated Development Teams
• Separate but coordinated development teams
across E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft
Enterprise, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and
World, Siebel, and Retek
• Over 8000 of the world’s best application
developers, focused across Oracle’s entire
applications portfolio
• Separate business units for each product line
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No Forced Upgrades;
Oracle Lifetime Support
Simple, Predictable, Flexible
Premier
Support
Extended
Support
Sustaining
Support
Unlimited
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Years of Support
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Oracle Applications Strategy
Getting Results For Our Customers
• PROTECT Your Existing Investment
• EXTEND the Value of Your Applications
• EVOLVE You to the Next-Generation
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Communicating With Customers and Partners
Announcing: Oracle Applications World Tour
New Global Event Series
• Ongoing communications on current business value of applications
• Progress reports on Oracle Applications Unlimited
• User Groups play an important part!
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Bottom Line
Continued Product Releases
= More Choice
 Customer-Driven Product Roadmaps
= More Visibility
 Dedicated Development Teams
= More Value
 No Forced Upgrades
= More Time
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Top customer questions
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Question # 1
Question: Will Fusion Applications
timeline be impacted with the
announcement of Applications
Unlmited ?
Answer: Applications Unlimited will not
impact the scheduled 2008 delivery of
Fusion Applications.
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Question # 2
Question: Will customers have to wait
for Fusion Applications to get new
functionality?
Answer: Existing and upcoming product
releases have next generation
capabilities
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Question # 3
Question: Will customers will have to
move to E-Business Suite to get to
Fusion Applications?
Answer: No forced upgrades, Life
time support policy
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Summary of Customer benefits
• Applications Unlimited strategy- key driving factor is
protection of your investments
• Scale of our applications business allows us to invest
in existing product lines and next generation
application
• Applications Unlimited does not impact the timeline
around Fusion
• Applications Unlimited gives you a choice- stay where
you are for as long as you want or move to the next
generation applications when it’s ready
• Everybody can get there-in time based on business
needs
• No forced migrations
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For More information on Applications
Unlimited, visit
http://www.oracle.com/us/products/
applications/035482.htm
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Q&A
QUESTIONS
ANSWERS
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