Keeping Projects on Track in 2010

INFORMATION INDEPTH NEWSLETTERS Executive Strategy Weekly Edition January 20, 2010

SPECIAL REPORT Project Management The Oracle Primavera Enterprise PPM Virtual Summit on January 20 promises to be an action-packed day featuring a keynote from Joel Koppelman, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Oracle Primavera Global Business Unit, live sessions, and live chats with Primavera experts. Get registered now, plus find out more insight about how to manage your projects to success in 2010. More... NEWS Oracle Makes Green Upgrade to Transportation Solution, Shippers Want Efficiency Designed to help shippers and logistic service providers lower transportation costs, improve efficiencies and reduce their environmental impact, Oracle Transportation Management 6.1 solution offers expanded capabilities in five areas: sourcing, planning, execution, financial settlement and visibility across all modes of transportation. More... Blog: Data Breeches Get Expensive in UK From Oracle IRM's Martin Abrahams, "The BBC reports that the British Secretary of State for Justice has approved a new rule to empower the Information Commissioner's Office to impose fines up to L500,000 for data breaches." More... White Paper: Smart Metering for Water Utilities (PDF) How can smart grid help manage water shortages and environmental concerns? More... TWEET OF THE WEEK From @OracleRetail Oracle Retail's David Dorf talks about mobile opportunities for retailers at NRF 2010 (Video). Follow Profit Online on Twitter. WEBCAST How Can Oracle CRM Increase Your Sales Productivity? Steve Diamond, senior director of product marketing, explains how to get more out of your sales force in this short video, a part of BNET's "At the Whiteboard" series. More... OPINION A Case for Synergy "Oracle needs to continue to listen, to continue to focus on its customers, and to continue to assist the groups in finding those worldwide synergies," says Stan Jakubik, president of Oracle's Higher Education User Group." Uniting around common challenges: it’s the best result for all." More... THOUGHT LEADERSHIP Five Ideas: Transparency “Transparency is a very efficient way to manage a business, but it requires trust and the leader to be confident that people will understand that the goal is to improve over time. You can’t be perfect from the beginning—you can only start where you are and measure progress from there.”— Jeff Epstein, Oracle executive vice president and CFO. Read more big ideas about Transparency on Profit Online.

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