Oracle Press Release

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Oracle(R) E-Business Suite Provides Access to Dun
& Bradstreet's Global Business Information
New Integrated Functionality Reduces Transaction Cost and Improves
Access to Critical Business Intelligence 

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Dec. 13, 2000 -
Oracle Corp., the largest provider of software for e-business, today 
announced the integration of Dun & Bradstreet's intelligent business 
information with the Oracle E-Business Suite. The offering will enable
companies to quickly access customer information from Dun & Bradstreet's 
database of more than 60 million businesses worldwide to reduce 
transaction costs, remove redundancies and build profitable, quality 
business relationships with customers and business partners. 

The Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) database is the world's largest and most
comprehensive global business information repository. Traditionally,
companies have accessed D&B information resources through the D&B
Web site, www.dnb.com. By embedding D&B information with Oracle
Receivables, data is obtained and maintained directly in the application
database, without the need to install additional software or hire integration
consultants. Oracle customers will now be able to view business, risk and
corporate family data from D&B to enhance their credit and risk
management decisions without ever leaving the Oracle E-Business Suite. 

"Business success today hinges on the ability to effectively centralize and
utilize available resources," said Steve Miranda, vice president, Oracle
Application Development. "Oracle continues to work with leading partners
like Dun & Bradstreet to provide critical business growth and management
tools through a single, powerful solution, the Oracle E-business Suite." 

Through the seamless integration of Dun & Bradstreet¿s intelligent
business information with the Oracle E-Business Suite, customers can gain
or obtain immediate access to key business intelligence about their trading
partners. With this information, customers can perform more efficient
business-to-business transactions with less effort required for transaction
processing and substantially reduce transaction costs. 

"D&B for Oracle Applications provides organizations using Oracle¿s
enterprise business applications greater sophistication in
business-to-business transactions, whether with suppliers, customers, or
business partners," said Dr. Katherine Jones, research director, Aberdeen
Group. "Entering the huge Dun & Bradstreet repository directly through
the Oracle E-Business Suite provides immediate access to data critical in
risk management, enabling customers to make more informed business
decisions faster." 

The combined offering of Dun & Bradstreet and the Oracle E-Business
Suite consists of two components: an online component and a batch load
component, both of which are seamlessly integrated in Oracle¿s E-business
suite. Organizations may purchase D&B data online one customer at a time,
and purchase data in batches for many customers through D&B¿s Data
Rationalization Service. 

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