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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Articles

4. More4Apps Software a Revelation for Travel Company by: Ben Pentelow, RCI Europe (UK) for More4Apps Ltd.

6. Accelerating Positive Business Outcomes with Data-Intensive Applications by: Informatica

8. How to Capitalize on Subledger Accounting in Oracle R12 with Excel-based Reporting by: Gregg van der Westhuizen, Solutions Specialist, Excel4apps

10. Oracle EBS Data Loading Using appLOAD at LifeWay Christian Resources by: Austin Davis, Vice President of Marketing, Chain-Sys

12. Post-merger Integration: Six Essential Steps that Add Value to Mergers and Acquisitions of Companies Using OracleE-Business Suite by: Helene Abrams, CEO, eprentise

14. Enabling Process Transformation by: Monica Mehta, Content Specialist, Sprocket Media

20. Why Belong to the OAUG? 96% of OAUG Members Would Recommend Membership

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More4Appshas been something of a revelation to

me and is now heavily relied on by our business

as we move forward with our migration from JD

Edwards to Oracle R12. We have a number of AP and

AR interfaces that I had written over the years, and

when initially faced with the move to Oracle, my first

thought was How are we going to get this data in?

For GL data we use Web ADI, but nothing like this

exists for AR, AP, Fixed Assets, Cash Management,

etc.

On hearing of the More4Apps tool from our parent

company in the US, we immediately purchased

perpetual licenses for nearly all of the wizards. To my

mind it has been the best investment ever!

It seems that every week I was asked to build a new

interface, which now can be replaced with AP Invoice

Wizard or AR Invoice Wizard. The ease in which they

can be implemented, coupled with the extraordinary

level of service and support from the More4Apps

team, is simply fantastic. This makes what once

seemed to be a daunting effort now a straightforward

exercise.

There have been a couple of instances where we

requested enhancements to the wizards, and these

have been delivered with astonishing speed. Working

in a world where product releases happen every

quarter at best, this is truly refreshing!

We recently also faced issues with custom load scripts

that had been written for us by our integration partner

to migrate our legacy AP Supplier data into Oracle.With deadlines fast approaching, we had to cease

development and use the More4Apps Supplier Wizard.

While this method was not quite as speedy as our

bespoke process for loading, it worked and worked

flawlessly.

I have recently made use of the More4Apps Upload

Wizard to enable us to load bank statement data into

Cash Management tables in order to enable automatic

reconciliation of our bank accounts. This meant

that we did not have to rely on an expensive (and

inflexible) solution developed by external consultants.

We saved a substantial amount of money, and I retain

control of the process and can adapt it as and when

required by our ever-changing business needs.

Throughout the project to move our entire European,Middle Eastern and African regions of the business

to Oracle R12, More4Apps software has been, hands

down, the most impressive and reliable piece of

software I have come across. It has helped to get the

project on track and firmly keep it there.

Process improvement is part of my role, and

increasingly More4Apps Wizards are the enabler of

these improvements. I look forward to continuing

what has, so far, been an extremely rewarding

relationship.

I can highly recommend More4Apps to anyone who

uses Oracle and wants to improve efficiency it is

simply unbeatable.

More4Apps Software a Revelationfor Travel CompanyAP Invoice Wizard, AR Invoice Wizard, Upload Wizard,Supplier Wizard

by: Ben Pentelow, RCI Europe (UK) for More4Apps Ltd.

Process improvement is part of my

role, and increasingly More4Apps

Wizards are the enabler of these

improvements. I look forward to

continuing what has, so far, been an

extremely rewarding relationship.


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ABOUT MORE4APPS

More4Apps is an award winning Software Company offering a broad range of Excel-based solutions enabling

Oracle E-Business Suite users to smoothly integrate information with superior speed and accuracy. They are

represented worldwide with clients in more than 20 countries. www.more4apps.com


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Accelerating Positive BusinessOutcomes with Data-IntensiveApplications

Leaders today are looking for ways to exploit

competitive advantages by using every aspect of

the data they collect. This means collecting and

keeping data for longer, using it broadly across the

organization to gain powerful insights. IT is challenged

with delivering to service level agreements while

simultaneously reducing costs across the supporting

infrastructure. Micah Deriso, senior director of

Informaticas Global Customer Experience group,

explains how Informatica Smart Partitioning can helpOracle customers solve this challenge.

Q:What business trends are driving IT managersto look for alternative methods to manage their IT

investments?

A:We are literally seeing an explosion of data thatis being driven by the Internet of Things. Businesses

realize that every piece of data that can be captured,

stored and aggregated can become a valuable

business asset and a competitive advantage. However,

collecting this data and providing timely access while

controlling costs can be challenging, and can even

derail projects that could be valuable to the business.

Q:What is the impact of high data growth in businessapplications?

A:Data growth in applications can negatively impactthe business in terms of reduced performance and

poor cost control. Degrading performance can result

in lost orders and customer dissatisfaction, creating

a downstream impact that affects revenues. As a

result, IT invests in continually upgrading hardware

and software while increasing the overall cost of

maintenance and support. Business users simply want

predictable and sustainable performance regardless of

the data growth challenge presented to IT.

Q:How does Informatica Smart Partitioning helpsupport these business trends?

A:Informatica Smart Partitioning helps Oraclecustomers manage large volumes of data in complex

applications by organizing the data at a business level.

Leveraging Oracles native partitioning capability,

Informatica Smart Partitioning is designed to abstract

the technical layer of the database into understandable

business terms such as Oracle E-Business Suite

General Ledger, North America Sales or Order

Management. This allows our Oracle clients to then:

Partition data across these business concepts asopposed to individual tables in the database.

Compress older data.

Optimize queries to only relevant data.

Safely tier storage across highly complex

applications.

Q:What are some examples of Oracle clients usingInformatica Smart Partitioning toward a successful

business outcome?

Smart partitioning helps organizations deliver predictable performance to the businesswhile supporting cost containment initiatives for high-growth applications.

Micah Deriso, Senior Director, Informaticas

Global Customer Experience group


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A:A large manufacturer is using Informatica SmartPartitioning to deploy across dozens of Oracle

Applications around the world. Their main businessdriver was to accelerate the performance of the

applications to drive efficiencies in manufacturing

facilities, order processes and financial reporting.

Their secondary concern was the cost of the

overall infrastructure required to support over

150TB of application data spread out in over 30

countries while being able to aggregate that data for

financial reporting and analysis. Using Informatica

Smart Partitioning as the standard best practice

for Oracle data management, they are on track to

deliver over US$23 million in cost savings related to

hardware and storage. The average performance

gain in the system was between 40 to 50 percent,

allowing for faster end-of-period closes and betteroperational visibility.

Another successful client in the telecommunications

industry was able to use Informatica Smart

Partitioning to take control of a high growth salesapplication that increased their sales effectiveness

and delivered visibility to the activities of thousands of

sales people across the company. This mission-critical

application was experiencing performance problems

and impacting the ability of the front-line sales team

members to deliver service to their clients. They

had reached a point where field managers in certain

markets were reverting to other methods outside of

the application, which caused management to lose the

visibility into the operations that it had planned when

the application was first deployed.

After exploring hardware alternatives as well as

performing manual tuning exercises, the IT team was

out of options. With Informatica Smart Partitioning,

the IT team was able to deploy the software on their

Oracle E-Business Suite environment and bring system

resource utilization from 100 percent to a sustainable

and predictable 25 percent, creating performance

improvement of over 90 percent on critical processes.

The system has now been adopted by all markets,

which has restored the business visibility and increased

the sales effectiveness of critical front-line employees.

ABOUT INFORMATICA

To learn more about how Informatica Smart Partitioning can drive performance improvements in your

Oracle applications, visit Informatica at www.informatica.com/solutions/oracle.

Business users simply want

predictable and sustainable

performance regardless of the data

growth challenge presented to IT.


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How to Capitalize on SubledgerAccounting in Oracle R12 withExcel-based Reportingby: Gregg van der Westhuizen, Solutions Specialist, Excel4apps

For corporate finance teams, Oracle E-Business Suite(EBS) R12 provides a powerful tool in the form of

subledger accounting (SLA). The SLA architecture,

which sits between the EBS subledger applications

(such as Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable,

Inventory, etc.) and the general ledger (GL), offers a

user configurable, centralized accounting engine. It

supports a summarized GL while also maintaining

a detailed repository of accounting entries within

the SLA. Here, Excel4apps discusses some of SLAs

benefits and how to capitalize on them with Excel-

based reporting in GL Wand.

What were Oracles accounting changesfrom version 11i to R12?

In 11i, the accounting rules were maintained in each

modules setup. It was often difficult to customize these

rules to meet complex accounting requirements, and

the limited customization that was possible required

intervention from IT. The accounting engine was highly

inconsistent from one module to the next. SLA entries

were posted directly to the GL, and it was impossible tomaintain a summarized GL without forfeiting the detail,

resulting in limited reconciliation ability.

With the release of R12, Oracle introduced the SLA

architecture. SLA provides an intermediate step

between the subledger applications and the GL.

This is achieved by a central model that allows

for the configuration of many aspects of journal

entries, providing consistency across the subledger

applications. The transactions are entered in the

subledger application, but the accounting treatment

is derived in the SLA, eliminating the direct interfacefrom the subledger application to the GL. A centralized

engine creates detailed journal entries in the SLA

repository, which are then interfaced to the GL.

What are the limitations of standardOracle reports with SLA?

Having a user configurable, rules-based accounting

engine removes all limitations on what information

the user can specify to be transferred to the SLA,

meaning that you need a powerful, but flexible,reporting tool to capitalize on the detailed accounting

repository. The detailed accounting data generated in

the SLA repository is very useful for financial reporting

and reconciliations, yet the standard SLA reports are

very rigid and can only accommodate user needs after

complex customization. The reports output a static

text format, making it impossible to drill back to the

source of the transaction

How do users benefit from using an Excel-

based reporting tool with SLA?GL Wand, an Excel-based financial reporting tool,

gives finance users easy access to the incredibly rich

detail provided by SLA without the help of IT. Its Excel

interface delivers flexibility for end users to create

sophisticated reports with the exact information

needed from SLA or GL data and the ability to refresh

these reports in real time. GL Wand allows you to

drill from the balance in a report down to the detailed

balances, journals and subledger information.

ABOUT EXCEL4APPS

Excel4apps is a best-in-class provider of Excel-based

reporting and budget-loading software for Oracle.

The company serves over 16,000 users in 62

countries. Learn more at www.excel4apps.com.


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Oracle EBS Mass Data LoadingUsing appLOAD at LifeWayChristian Resourcesby: Austin Davis, Vice President of Marketing, Chain-Sys

LifeWay Christian Resources is a religious nonprofit

organization and is an entity of the Southern Baptist

Convention. LifeWay produces Bibles, church

literature, books, music, audio and video recordings,

church supplies and Internet services. The ministry

operates 154 LifeWay Christian Stores across the

country. LifeWays home office is in Nashville,

Tennessee, where about 1250 employees work.

LifeWay has successfully implemented Oracle

E-Business Suite (EBS) Financials, Projects, APC,

Inventory, Purchasing, Order Management and

Advanced Pricing modules for its global operations.

LifeWay is on version 11.5.10.2 and their production

database size is 1200 GB.

Data Loading Activities Performed by LifeWay:

Item creation and update.

Item categories, item catalogs and item cross

reference creation and update.

PLM: Advanced Products Catalog creation.

Bills of material creation and update.

New customer creation and update.

AR invoice, credit memos and debit memo

creation.

AR cash receipt application with or without the

invoice numbers.

Project budget creation.

Projects with tasks and key member creation and

update.

Price list creation and update.

Sales order processing.

The Struggle with DataLoader

Manual mass data loading/maintenance within Oracle

EBS can be tedious and very time consuming. LifeWay

utilized DataLoader for performing data loading as

an alternative to manual methods. The DataLoader

tool took a lot of time and still could not provide a

fool-proof and robust solution. Amy Goolsby recalls

that for about 1500 items loading, it required constant

monitoring and took two weeks with eight computersin the conference room. This time does not include

the data loader spread sheet preparation time. A

database specialist tended over about 25 desktops in

a conference room each month for two or three days,

each loading parts of Excel data through the EBS front

end, simulating keystrokes.

LifeWay Chooses appLOAD

LifeWay evaluated and selected appLOAD

productivity tool from Chain-Sys Corporation for its

data loading activities in Oracle EBS. appLOAD is anew-generation data conversion tool for Oracle EBS 11i/

R12. The tool significantly reduces project timelines and

cuts costs. It is extremely useful during implementation

or reimplementation and for routine production data

maintenance. It is very

easy to use, does not

need programming

and supports all

open interfaces and

APIs. appLOAD is a

reliable and scalableback-end web-based

application that is

not front-end driven

and not Excel-macros

driven. Business users

can confidently use

this tool and convert

data without technical

assistance.


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Productivity Gains Using appLOAD

Within a week of installing appLOAD, the business

users started using the tool very effectively for their

data loads. Amy Goolsby remarks, What I like about

appLOAD is how fast it is. appLOAD executes the dataloading processes in the background with no baby

sitting needed. I can do the same task in four hours

that used to take two weeks.

David Jamieson of LifeWay says, The projected

return on investment provided through use of the

appLOAD application easily justified the cost of the

product. We have identified uses that impact all

business areas within E-Business Suite. Chain-Sys

has been extremely responsive in identifying the

most efficient uses of the tools and responding to our

questions as we have begun to use the tool.

appLOAD Benefits

Time and cost savings.

Highly stable, reliable and scalable.

Fast in processing the data loads.

All processes are executed on the application

server as a Java process (thread).

No need to watch Desktop/Laptop screens when

processing takes place.

Intuitive and highly user friendly.

The Right Tool

The appLOAD tools are a right choice for the IT

environments of today and the technology changes

that are coming up. Rooted in

Enterprise Java/J2EE standards, it

takes advantage of the enterprise

quality scalability and reliability

of the platform and is amenable

to traditional deployments within

the enterprise as well as to the

Software as a Service model.

appLOAD is currently available

in the cloud in Managed SaaS and

Subscription SaaS for EBS Data

Conversion needs.

ABOUT CHAINSYS

Chain-Sys is an Oracle Platinum Partner and has been highly

successful in EBS implementations. The appLOAD Productivity

tools accelerate technical implementation and data conversion,

ease production data maintenance, migrate data to R12, interface

EBS with external applications and provide huge cost savings.

appBI is an out of the box BI solution for EBS with pre-built

data warehouse and dashboards. appAUGMENTER allows

personalization of OAF pages without any programming.

Customers include Lifeway, Teknion, Comcast, Boart-Longyear,

BILT, Canon, Patel Logistics, Greatbatch, Expedia and

Ingersoll-Rand. Contact: www.chain-sys.com.

[email protected].


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Post-merger Integration: Six Essential Stepsthat Add Value to Mergers and Acquisitions forCompanies Using OracleE-Business Suiteby: Helene Abrams, CEO, eprentise, www.eprentise.com

Few things generate excitement like the announcement

of a merger and acquisition. Almost without exception,the promise is to increase stakeholder value; however,

this is not always the result. With an estimated 70

percent of deals failing to deliver, how can you really

maximize M&A deals?

A focus on the consolidation of core processes and

data reduces the time, effort, and costs associated with

the merger; leverages both organizations synergies;

and increases the likelihood of success. Furthermore,

companies using OracleE-Business Suite (EBS) can

increase value by following these six post-mergerintegration steps:

1. Align calendars and charts of accounts.

In order to quickly produce financial reports for the

integrated company, you should align your chart of

accounts (COA) and calendar to the acquiring company

within the first 60-90 days. Plan to adopt a single global

COA and calendar for the entire business. Rather than

creating multiple fix spreadsheets to bridge the gaps,

use eprentise software to quickly streamline integration

of the companies.

2. Investigate statutory and regulatory requirements in

all countries in which the combined entity will operate.

Establish or revise tax structures and regulatory

compliance features for each country where the

company operates, and submit necessary regulatory

filings and/or reports to the Securities and Exchange

Commission. Select a reporting structure that

accommodates both GAAP and IFRS rules.

3. Revalue assets and date placed in service.

GAAP rules require that all assets have a date placed inservice as of the date of the acquisition, the value (i.e.,

fair market value usually net value) of the original

asset cost and the depreciated value. In EBS, this is

accomplished by revaluing the assets in new asset

books.

4. Align versions of EBS.

Aligning operations with inconsistencies requires a

huge manual effort for reconciliation, translation and

maintenance. Patch or upgrade EBS versions so all are

at the same level. Adopt a company-wide patch programto install, test and implement to ensure consistency.

5. Consolidate instances.

Consolidation drives collective agreement on how

the business should run, what data assets need to

be shared and how business processes should be

standardized enterprise-wide.

6. Reorganize within a single instance to align sets

of books (ledgers), legal entities, operating units,

and inventory organizations to standardize business

processes.

Without alignment of business processes, each company

is unable to capitalize on its strengths, leading to lost

value and risk of failure. In the past, companies seeking

to align core EBS configurations would either create

cumbersome workarounds (resulting in inaccurate

reporting data), or undergo a costly and time-consuming

reimplementation. eprentise can remodel existing EBS

instances to streamline operations and reduce silos for

both the acquiring and acquired companies without

losing history, without a reimplementation, and withoutbuilding bridges to reconcile gaps.

A merger is an exciting and disruptive event in

the life of a company. It presents opportunities to

leverage synergies, offer new products and services,

and increase shareholder value. With the right post-

merger integration planning, companies can establish a

foundation for success.

ABOUT eprentise

eprentise serves the OracleE-Business Suite

(EBS) community with transformation software

that improves business agility, supports changing

requirements and eliminates the need for a

reimplementation. With eprentise software,

companies are able to receive access to complete,

consistent and correct data. www.eprentise.com


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APPLICATIONS


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Enabling Process TransformationFlexera Software shortens its monthly financial close process by40 percent with the help of Oracle and CSS.

by: Monica Mehta, Content Specialist, Sprocket Media

Flexera Software is the leading provider of strategic

solutions for application usage management. The

company helps application producers and enterprises

strategically manage application usage to achieve

continuous compliance, optimized usage and

maximized value. In April of 2008, Flexera Software

was spun off as an independent company from its

previous owner.

Executives soon realized that they needed an ERP

environment that would support the organizations

business needs for financials and human resources.

With the help of Oracle Platinum Partner CSS, a leaderin providing consulting services for the deployment

of Oracle enterprise solutions for midsize and large

companies, Flexera Software implemented a number

of Oracle Applications that would meet its complex

business requirements and support the growing

new business.

Updating a Legacy EnvironmentWhen Flexera Software became an independent entity,

the company inherited a legacy Oracle environment

that included older releases of Oracle E-Business

Suite (EBS), including Oracle Human Resources

Management System. At the time, this approach was

expedient and cost-efficient. Over the years, however,

the company encountered data that was inaccurate

and in some cases irrelevant to its business. The old

system, which had been customized for the previous

owner, included a number of misconfigurations and

nonfunctional parts, resulting in a lot of manual work

in order to process certain transactions.

In 2011, Flexera Software made the decision to

implement Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12,

including Oracle Human Resources management

System. These implementations would help to handle

its complicated reporting processes related to product

and solution area performance and to comply with

complex, country-specific regulations in its offices

in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan,

Hong Kong and Australia. To enhance budgetingand forecasting capabilities, executives also decided

to implement Oracle Hyperion Planning and Oracle

Business Intelligence Analytics Applications.

Aligning Business and IT

After evaluating a number of consulting services

companies, Flexera Software selected CSS because of

the consulting firms proactive strategy of aligning the

companys IT goals with its business goals.

CSS really understood our business better than theother firms did, says Joe Frieda, chief information

officer at Flexera Software. They understood that

this was the first step of many in terms of building a

foundation for future initiatives and enhancements, as

well as additional capabilities down the road. They also

understood how we should re-implement the Oracle

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The newly implemented Oracle Applications

have enabled Flexera Software to dispense with

numerous manual processes and replace them with

automated tasks, which saves time and resources.

Old customizations were replaced with standardized

processes and predesigned workflows, which

benefitted Flexera Software from a business process

perspective. Finance users are now able to perform

processes independently of IT, freeing the IT staff for

more strategic projects.

Optimizing the Reporting Process

The process transformation and automation enabled

Flexera Software to shorten its monthly close cycle

by about 40 percent. Were a very dynamic business

with a lot of things going on, says Freda. Our ability

to get accurate financial information as quickly as

possible to report to management, to report to our

investors, etc., is critical. Shortening our monthly close

is vital to getting that information out expediently.

Freda says Flexera Software benefitted from CSS

strong knowledge of Oracle Applications and its

proactive approach to the implementation. CSS

spent time in the initial stages talking to us about our

needs. They were the only company that understood

we needed to build out a roadmap for the future thatviewed our IT investment in relation to our business

goals, says Freda. In terms of my experience

with these sorts of projects over the years, they did

a good job with the overall project management,

ensuring that we stayed on track. With a project of this

magnitude, there are many risks of it going askew.

They did a really nice job of mitigating the risks.

ABOUT CSS

Oracle Platinum Partner specializing in system integration, implementation and managed

services for the Oracle community. Serving mid and large-sized organizations and solely

focused on Oracle solutions since 1997 inception. Seven Oracle Specializations and

certified in the Oracle Business Accelerator program. http://www.cssus.com/

Our ability to get accurate

financial information as

quickly as possible to report

to management, to report to

our investors, etc., is critical.

Shortening our monthly close is

vital to getting that information

out expediently.


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PRODUCT FAMILIES

E-Business Suite

API Wizard

AT&T

Centroid

Chain-Sys Corporation

ConfigSnapshot - Rookery Software Limited

CM Mitchell Consulting

Core Services Corporation

CSS International, Inc.

EiS Technologies

eprentise

Excel4apps

Global Software, Inc.

Informatica

InsightSoftware.com

More4Apps Ltd.

Noetix Corp.

Magnitude Software

O2Works, LLC

OneNeck IT Services

Q Software Global Limited

ReadSoft

Rimini Street, Inc

Rolta Americas

SmartDog Services, LLC

SoftArt Solutions Inc.

Thomson Reuters

Tier1, Inc.

Vertex Inc.

Wolters Kluwer

Zebra Technologies

Fusion Applications



Inspirage

Vertex Inc.

Fusion Middleware

Rolta Americas


Hyperion

Thirdware Solution Inc.

Tier1, Inc.

Zebra Technologies

JD Edwards


Rimini Street, Inc.


OBIEE


Magnitude Software

Noetix Corp.

O2Works, LLC


Oracle Retail Zebra Technologies

Primavera

Collabro Legare

PeopleSoft Enterprise

AT&T

EiS Technologies

Informatica

Rimini Street, Inc.

Siebel CRM

Informatica

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For a complete list of products and dditionalinformation about each company, please visit theCompany Listings section beginning on page 22.


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Consulting

Centroid


EiS Technologies

Hosting Services

Core Services


Implementation


EiS Technologies

O2Works, LLC

SmartDog Services LLC


Managed Services

AT&T

Centroid

OneNeck IT Services



Tier1, Inc.

Other

Rimini Street, Inc.

Software ConfigSnapshot - Rookery Software Limited

Eprentise


InsightSoftware.com

Magnitude Software

More4Apps

Noetix Corp.


ReadSoft

Thomson Reuters

Wolters Kluwer

Systems Integration




Collabro Legare


SERVICES

The Buyers Guide Serviceslistings provide a snapshot of eachcompanys service offerings.

For a complete list of services and additionalinformation about each company, please visit theCompany Listings section beginning on page 22.


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Application Information LifecycleManagement

BizTech


Informatica

Business Intelligence/Analytics

BizTech

Excel4apps


Magnitude Software

Noetix Corp.

Rolta Americas

Cloud Computing

BizTech

Tier1, Inc.

Customer Experience

InsightSoftware.com

OneNeck IT Services

Enterprise Performance Management

eprentise

Excel4apps

Rolta Americas


Financials Management

eprentise

Excel4apps

InsightSoftware.com

ReadSoft

Thomson Reuters

Wolters Kluwer

Governance, Risk & Compliance



Thomson Reuters

Vertex Inc.

Master Data Management


More4Apps

Product Lifecycle Management

Inspirage

Project Portfolio Management

Collabro Legare

Supply Chain Management


Inspirage

O2Works, LLC

Value Chain Planning

Inspirage

The Buyers Guide Solution Arealistings provide a snapshot of eachcompanys areas of expertise.

For a complete list of solutions and additionalinformation about each company, please visit theCompany Listings section beginning on page 22.

SOLUTION AREAS


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MPL5, O2Works has the knowledge and expertise to be your trusted consulting

partner. From installs and upgrades, conversions and rollouts, to end-user training

on Release 12.2, our consultants have the technical proficiency and hands-on

industry experience needed to make the E-Business Suite work for your business.

From MPL5 to Release 12.2

O2Works Consultants havebeen there every

step of the way.

Call, email, or visit our Knowledge Works center where you can download white papers, presentations and more.

[email protected] www.o2works.com


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COMPANYLISTINGS

AT&TSales Contact: Sales

2500 Riva Road

Annapolis, MD 21401

Phone: 800-809-3003

Website: www.att.com/oracleservices

AT&Ts Hosting & Application Services combines the power of AT&Ts global network, hosting capabilities, and

proven application services expertise. As a Platinum Level Partner in the Oracle Partner Network, AT&T delivers

implementation and support services for the complete Oracle application lifecycle.

Business Technology Services (BizTech)Sales Contact: Margot McDonnell

1150 First Ave.

King of Prussia, PA 19406

Phone: 610-592-0600

Toll Free Phone: 1-877-BizTechWebsite: www.biztech.com

BizTech is an award-winning Oracle consulting and technology services firm helping organizations maximize the value

of their Oracle investments through the entire applications and technology lifecycle. BizTech delivers the flexibility and

performance customers need from Oracles traditional and cloud-based solutions.

API WizardSales Contact: Richard Volpitta

1127 High Ridge Road, #238

Stamford, CT 06905

Phone: 800-691-8714

Toll Free Phone: 800-691-8714

Website: www.api-wizard.com

API Wizard combines the best of Oracle and Excel to streamline data entry, data updating and reporting in every

Oracle EBS module. Saves time, benefits the IT team and Oracle business users. Speeds day-to-day work

and periodic projects.


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COMPANYLISTINGSCentroidSales Contact: Jim Brull

1050 Wilshire Drive, Suite 170

Troy, MI 48084

Phone: 877-868-1753

Toll Free Phone: 877-868-1753Website: www.centroid.com

Centroid is a national provider of Oracle consulting and hosted managed services providing expertise from Applications to

Technology to Hardware. Centroids Apps to Iron expertise delivers fully-integrated Oracle solutions from EBS, BI, Database,

Middleware, to Servers and Storage. We are committed to helping clients realize measureable business value and achieve

sustainable ROI.

Collabro LegareSales Contact: Allan Sutherland

Enterprise Centre, Exploration Drive

Aberdeen, UK AB23 8GX

Phone: +44 (0)1224 853420

Toll Free Phone: +44 (0)1224 853420Website: www.collabro-legare.com

Many companies struggle to automate the process of getting data into Primavera P6. Legare is a simple, inexpensive

tool that automatically moves data from Oracle, SAP, Maximo, and contractor systems into Primavera using technology

connectors for XER, Oracle, Access, Excel, and Microsoft Project.

Chain-Sys CorporationSales Contact: Austin Davis

325 S. Clinton Street, Ste. 205

Grand Ledge, MI 48837

Phone: 517-627-1173 Option 1

Toll Free Phone: 855-app-LOAD Option 1

Website: www.chain-sys.com

appLOAD Suite Oracle EBS mass data loading, data maintenance, interfacing and

migrating. Scalable server based hub-n-spokes model and not driven by frontend

excel-macros. EBS Implementations, Upgrades and Support. Reduced timeline for

data migration/conversion. appBI Business Intelligence and appAUGMENTER

Personalizations.


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ConfigSnapshot - Rookery Software LimitedSales Contact: Martin Jenkinson

Rookery House, Hankerton

Wiltshire SN16 9JZ

Phone: 646-652-6855

Website: www.configsnapshot.net

ConfigSnapshot is the most comprehensive and flexible configuration management software for the E-Business Suite;

reducing time, cost and risk at all stages of the application lifecycle.

Document Analyse Compare Plan Migrate Track Comply

Highlights include: Automatic setup documentation and comparison, setup planning and migration, change tracking and

audit, customisation and patch impact analysis, security, access control and segregation of duties reporting.

Contact us for a demonstration and free trial to understand how ConfigSnapshot can transform your approach to

application management.

CM Mitchell Consulting CorporationSales Contact: Carol Mitchell

1510 W. Canal Court, Ste. 2500

Littleton, CO 80120

Phone: 303-526-2796 x101

Website: www.cm-mitchell.com

CM Mitchell Consulting (CMMC) is an Information Management solutions company

helping clients electronically manage their unstructured paper and content. CMMC

is a provider of Enterprise Content Management solutions, and specializes in

document management, imaging, file repository and custom Accounts Payable (AP)

automation. CMMC is a certified reseller and business partner with Kofax, IBM and

Oracle. As an infrastructure alternative, our solutions can be implemented on an

enterprise-class hybrid platform in a secure cloud environment or on-premise with

optional administrative services.

Core Services CorporationSales Contact: Joseph Ung

130 Belmont Drive

Somerset, NJ 08873

[email protected]

Phone: 877-267-3797

Website: www.coreservices.com

Profitable every year since its founding in 1990, Core Services Corporation, an Oracle Platinum Partner and OAUG Three Star

Partner, delivers expert Oracle Applications implementation, development, and support to clients worldwide via its Hosting,

Cloud, and Consulting services. Additionally, Core Services is authorized to sell and service the Oracle Applications.


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COMPANYLISTINGSCSS InternationalSales Contact: James Landry

115 River Landing Drive

Charleston, SC 29492

Phone: 904-571-8552

Toll Free: 800-814-7705Website: www.cssus.com

CSS is an Oracle Platinum Partner specializing in system integration, business process improvement, implementation and

managed services for the Oracle community. Serving mid and large-sized organizations and solely focused on Oracle since

inception in 1997. CSS is Oracle Specialized across 7 areas and certified in the Oracle Business Accelerator program. A

3-time Oracle Partner of the Year and 2-time runner up in the last 6 years. Read about our work on the pages of PROFIT,

Insight and Q&A magazines.

eprentiseSales Contact: Ingrid Houghton

6052 Turkey Lake Road, Suite 202

Orlando, FL 32819

Phone: 407-591-4950

Toll Free Phone: 4075914950Website: www.eprentise.com

eprentise accelerates ERP simplification efforts with transformation software that makes Oracle E-Business Suite more

agile. While providing access to complete, consistent and correct data, eprentise supports changing requirements, helps

lower the total cost of ownership of EBS, and enables companies to avoid a reimplementation. With eprentise software,

businesses can make necessary modifications to any underlying EBS configuration, including changing charts of accounts,

calendars and currencies, merging or splitting operating units or sets of books, consolidating multiple instances, and more.

www.eprentise.com.

EiS TechnologiesSales Contact: Tom Ericson

3067 Peachtree Industrial Blvd.

Duluth, GA 30097

Phone: 214-801-6500


Website: www.eistech.com

EiS Technologies, an Oracle Platinum, Education and a Validated Partner, is

dedicated to empowering customers with enterprise-wide solutions for insightful

decision-making. Founded in 2001, EiS leverages cutting-edge technology to provide

products and services focused on providing clarity: data access and integration,

discovery, formal reporting, analysis and visualization with ready to use out-of-the

box solutions (including pre-built-content) for Oracle E-Business Suite, TALEO,

PeopleSoft, and OBI. Learn more about EiS Technologies at http://www.eistech.com.


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COMPANYLISTINGS

Excel4appsSales Contact: Scott Stollwerk

8514 Six Forks Road, Suite 102

Raleigh, NC 27615

Phone: 919-238-4040

Toll Free Phone: 1-800-991-4607Website: www.excel4apps.com

Excel4apps is a best-in-class provider of Excel-based reporting and budget-loading

software for SAP and Oracle. Designed for financial professionals, its award-winning

GL Wand, Reports Wand and Budget Wand products easily and securely deliver real-

time ERP data using Microsoft Excel to save reporting time and effort. Excel4apps

serves over 15,000 SAP and Oracle users worldwide, with offices in the United States,

United Kingdom, Australia, United Arab Emirates and South Africa. To schedule a

demonstration or a free trial, visit www.excel4apps.com.

InformaticaSales Contact: Julie Lockner

2100 Seaport Blvd.

Redwood City, CA 94063

Phone: 650-385-5000

Toll Free Phone: 650-385-5000Website: www.informatica.com

Informatica Corporation (Nasdaq:INFA) is the worlds number one independent

provider of data integration software. Organizations around the world rely on

Informatica to drive top business imperatives in the data-centric world. Over 5,000

enterprises depend on Informatica to fully leverage their information assets in Oracle

Applications from devices to mobile to social to big data residing on-premises, in the

Cloud and across social networks. Informatica delivers solutions to keep your Oracle

data clean, safe and connected.

Global Software, Inc.Sales Contact: Tonya Cannady

3201 Beechleaf Court, Suite 170

Raleigh, NC 27604

Phone: 919-872-7800

Website: www.globalsoftwareinc.com

Global Software, Inc. is the No.1 provider of MicrosoftExcel-based reporting

solutions for Oracle, JD Edwardsand PeopleSoftERP platforms. Globals tools

enable spreadsheet users to gain live access to Oracle EBS data within Excel for

secure financial and operational reporting, budgeting and automated report delivery.

The Reporting Solutions Suite is comprised of the flagship Spreadsheet Server,

Distribution Manager, Enterprise Budgeting and Spreadsheet Writeback. Globals

tools are used in 50+ countries, support over 5,000 customers and 500,000+ users.


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COMPANYLISTINGSInsightSoftware.comSales Contact: Patrick Aubry

5613 DTC Parkway, Suite 570

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Phone: 303-552-0572

Toll Free Phone: 720-279-0089Website: InsightSoftware.com

InsightSoftware.com develops award-winning software that provides E-Business Suite, JD Edwards,and PeopleSoft

customers a powerfully simple, fast way to understand, manage, and plan their business. End-user solutions for reporting,

planning, and business performance management work directly with the ERP in real-time

InspirageSales Contact: Jon Corbett

40 Lake Bellevue, Suite 100

Bellevue, WA 98005

Phone: 855-517-4250


Website: www.inspirage.com

Inspirage is a high expertise global consulting firm that helps clients realize breakthrough improvements across the value

chain in areas from Innovation through Execution.

We bring industry-specific experience and proven solutions to help our clients solve problems and build an effective supply

chain. Inspirage is an Oracle Platinum Partner specializing in Oracle Edge applications, including Value Chain Planning,

Value Chain Execution, and Product Lifecycle Management.

Magnitude Software (formerly Noetix)Sales Contact: Sally Hicks

5010 148th Ave. NE

Redmond, WA 98052

Phone: 425-372-2699

Toll Free Phone: 866-466-3849Websites: www.noetix.com or www.magnitudesoftware.com

Magnitude Softwares brands are leaders in enterprise information management with award-winning solutions in business

intelligence, data warehousing and master data management. For more than two decades, Noetix has enabled customers

to simplify access to application data in support of enterprise-wide reporting and analytics. Kalido enables companies to

manage data as a shared enterprise asset with speed, agility and flexibility.


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O2Works, LLCSales Contact: Mark Clark

703 N. Mckinney Avenue, Suite 302

Dallas, TX 75202

Phone: 972-466-2260

Website: www.o2works.com

O2Works focuses exclusively on putting Oracles E-Business Suite to work for your organization on time and within your

budget. Comprised of some of the first consultants from Oracle to work on the initial version of the Applications in the late

1980s, our consultants have been implementing, integrating, upgrading, supporting, and extending Oracles E-Business

Suite, from some of the very first releases, through Release 12.2.

Noetix Corp. (see Magnitude Software)Sales Contact: Sally Hicks

5010 148th Ave. NE

Redmond, WA 98052

Phone: 425-372-2699

Toll Free Phone: 866-4NOETIX

Website: www.noetix.com

Noetix provides instant operational reporting and a packaged data warehouse for Oracle E-Business Suite. Our patented

metadata-driven software and lean architecture deliver the lowest cost BI solution to acquire, implement, and maintain.

Noetix uses innovative technology to quickly eliminate the costly manual mapping efforts required to set up an enterprise

reporting environment. Easy search and navigation capability allows users to create ad hoc reports and answer their own

questions without help from IT.

More4AppsSales Contact: Sarah Conzemius

4695 MacArthur Court, 11th Floor

Newport Beach, CA 92660

Phone: 310-430-0245

Toll Free Phone: 310-430-0245Website: www.more4apps.com

More4apps provides Excel-based products that helps users validate and upload data into Oracle E-Business Suite more

quickly and accurately from Excel. Data loading Wizards are available for Financials, Project Accounting, Manufacturing,

Supply Chain , Fixed Assets, HR and more!


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COMPANYLISTINGSOneNeck IT ServicesSales Contact: Brian Lamberger

5301 N. Pima Rd., Suite 100

Scottsdale, AZ 85250

Phone: 480-315-3000

Toll Free Phone: 855-One-NeckWebsite: www.oneneck.com

OneNeck IT Services, a TDS company, is a leading provider of hosted application management, managed hosting, cloud

services, infrastructure and colocation services. Our offerings include application, database and network management, data

center management, DR, DaaS, managed backup/storage and 24/7 support.

ReadSoftSales Contact: Ashley Stotts

3838 N. Causeway Blvd, Lakeway III, 24th Floor

Metairie, LA 70002

Phone: 919-439-2139

Toll Free Phone: 888-ReadSof(t)Website: www.readsoft.com

Over 12,000 companies worldwide trust ReadSoft to automate their financial document processes. ReadSofts Oracle

certified accounts payable solution optimizes procure-to-pay while maximizing companies investments in Oracle E-Business

Suite and has made ReadSoft the technology leader in document process automation.

Q Software Global LimitedSales Contact: Steve Spencer

4600 S. Syracuse Street, 9th Floor

Denver, CO 80237-2719

Phone: 866-764-5819 x704

Website: www.qsoftware.com

Make risk management and compliance manageable! Say goodbye to time

consuming, onerous manual processes. We specialize in Advanced Control solutions

for Oracle E-Business Suite. Designed to reduce the cost and hassle of managing

compliance, CS*Application Controls are embedded into Oracle E-Business Suite,

require no additional hardware and are affordable for organizations of all sizes. We

offer solutions to streamline and automate: Segregation of Duties and Accountability

through Auditing.


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COMPANYLISTINGS

SmartDog ServicesSales Contact: Darren Gomez

70004 Bee Caves Rd., Bldg. 3, Suite 100

Austin, TX 78746

Phone: 512-721-0134

Toll Free Phone: 800-309-1213Website: www.smartdogservices.com

SmartDog Services is the leading provider of Oracle EBS and Core Technology services, and recognized as The Oracle

Customers Best Friend. An Oracle Platinum Partner, four-time TOLA Partner of the Year, and Oracle Titan Award Winner;

our consultants are US-based, full-time employees and average over ten years of Oracle experience. SmartDog believes

Oracle software has tremendous capability and can transform business and lives of their employees. Our mission is to help

our customers recognize the full potential of their investment.

Rolta AmericasSales Contact: Lynne Preston

5865 North Point Parkway

Alpharetta, GA 30022

Phone: 978-468-0079


Website: www.Rolta.com

Rolta is a leading provider of Consulting, Managed Services and Technology for many vertical segments, including

Manufacturing, Financial Services, Utilities and Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Retail. Our domain expertise and deep Oracle

applications experience provides a rich understanding of industry drivers and supporting business processes to help

organizations achieve their business goals. An Oracle Platinum Partner with more than 1,000 Oracle resources worldwide,

Rolta has been recognized by Oracle 16 times in the last decade for outstanding achievement in serving the needs of our

clients.

Rimini Street Inc.Sales Contact: Client Services

3993 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 780

Las Vegas, NV 89169

Phone: 888-870-9692

Toll Free Phone: 702-839-9671Website: www.riministreet.com

Rimini Street is the leading independent provider of enterprise software support services for Oracle and SAP applications.

We replace vendor annual support with more responsive, personalized, award-winning service at guaranteed savings of

50 percent, and savings of up to 90 percent in total support costs over a decade. We service clients around the world who

require best-in-class, stable, highly functional enterprise software and demand superior value for their annual maintenance

fees.


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COMPANYLISTINGSSoftArt Solutions Inc.Sales Contact: Sales

5 Independence Way, Suite 120

Princeton, NJ 08540

Phone: 609-303-3003

Toll Free Phone: 866-477-4435Website: www.softart-inc.com

SoftArt Solutions helps Oracle user communities to assess, implement, manage and/or upgrade their Oracle systems more

affordably and efficiently. Whether you need health check of the Oracle environment, implementation of EBS, database 11g

upgrade, migration to EBS R12, or Post Production support, we simply make it easier for you to use your Oracle systems. Let

our team of experts manage them for you today. SoftArt = Trust + Excellence + Experience. Affordably!

Thirdware Solution Inc.Sales Contact: Chuck Johnson

47548 Halyard Drive

Plymouth, MI 48170

Phone: 517-304-5529

Toll Free Phone: 888-278-8775Website: www.thirdware.com

Thirdware is a global leading provider of implementations, upgrades and 24x7 managed services for Hyperion and OBIEE

since 2001 with offices in USA, India and United Kingdom. Companies worldwide leverage Thirdwares flexibility, efficiency,

and personal service of a mid-sized firm.

Thomson ReutersSales Contact: Inside Sales

2395 Midway Road

Carrollton, TX 75006

Phone: 888-885-0206


Website: http://onesourceindirecttax.com

Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE brand of solutions is the worlds most powerful

corporate tax & accounting platform, enabling you to work smarter, faster.

We offer solutions for managing sales and use tax, VAT, GST, tax provisioning,

and transfer pricing. Our ONESOURCE Indirect Tax solution integrates with

Oracle financial applications to provide automated tax reporting, inventory

movement, and empowers tax and IT departments to better manage compliance

and risk. ONESOURCE Indirect Tax is an Oracle Validated Integration to Oracle

E-Business Suite.


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Vertex Inc.Sales Contact: Dave Homiak

1061 Old Cassatt Rd.

Berwyn, PA 19312

Phone: 610-651-5361

Toll Free Phone: 800-355-3500Website: www.vertexinc.com

Vertex provides a comprehensive suite of software and services backed by more than

30 years experience. Our innovative solutions help companies worldwide streamline

tax management in every major line of business tax including income tax, transaction

tax, and payroll tax.

Wolters KluwerSales Contact: John Thomas

2700 Lake Cook Road

Riverwoods, IL 60015

Phone: 800-915-5674


Website: www.salestax.com

Wolters Kluwer, CCH is the leading provider of tax information and software

solutions. Reduce time spent on sales tax compliance with CCHs Oracle Validated

sales and use tax solutions, which offer sophisticated calculation logic, tax rate and

taxability content, and jurisdiction boundary information.

Tier1, Inc.Sales Contact: David Busch

2403 Sidney Street, Suite 225

Pittsburgh, PA 15203

Phone: 412-381-9201

Website: www.tier1.com

Tier1 is dedicated to providing best-in-class 24x7 managed services, implementations, upgrades, and development for

Oracles E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, Hyperion, BI, Database, and Identity Management products. Additionally, the Private

Oracle Cloud by Tier1 offers the most optimized, cloud-based private environment for running Oracle applications and

databases. We deliver the entire infrastructure and the managed services that you need via the Oracle Virtual Compute

Appliance (OVCA). Over 350 clients can attest to Tier1s expertise and commitment to customer-focused success.


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COMPANYLISTINGSZebra TechnologiesSales Contact: Dean Jackson

333 Corporate Woods Parkway

Vernon Hills, IL 60061

Phone: 847-793-5795

Toll Free Phone: 866-830-9494Website: www.zebra.com

Zebra Technologies provides the broadest range of innovative technology solutions for identifying, tracking, managing, and

optimizing the deployment of critical assets for improved business efficiency. Zebra offers innovative, reliable printing and

location solutions.

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Be sure to ask your software vendors with integration to Oracle

applications if they have Oracle Validated Integration.

With Oracle Validated Integration, Oracle applications customers can be confdent that a

partners integration has been tested and validated by Oracle as functionally and technically

sound, that the partner solution is integrated with Oracle applications in a reliable, standards-

based way, and that the integration operates and performs as documented.

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Excel Front End to Real-TimeE-Business Suite Data

reports and detailed dashboards within Microsoft Excelusing adirect link to live Oracle11i/R12 data.

Save 2-4 days per user per month due to productivitiy

gains of using an Excel-based reporting process with:

New! Zero client install and zero implementation

Complement existing IT strategy by utilizing existinghardware, know-how and software (Oracle + Microsoft) Fast, real-time data refreshes Experience our fanatical support with a free trial Upgrading to R12? GL Wand is a client-server alternative

to Web ADI Replacing Discoverer? See how Reports Wand eliminates

exporting to Excel

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Rescue Your Month End andSave Time with GL Wand

I would recommendeverybody to go get

quick to downloadyou get it in your usershands immediately andthey start having value

from day one.Kellie Huddleston

IT Applications Director,

Powell Industries

Listen to Kellys Story at:go.excel4apps.com/kelly

Check out our article in this Buyers Guide, How to Capitalize on Subledger Accounting inOracle R12 with Excel-based Reportingby Gregg van der Westhuizen, Solutions Specialist, Excel4apps


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