REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., July 17, 2006 -- With over four million CRM deployed seats and over 150 million registered self-service users, Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) today announced that its Siebel CRM applications have been positioned in the Leader Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Sales Force Automation, 1H06.(1)

The Gartner Magic Quadrant provides guidance for organizations that are seeking to purchase, replace or upgrade a sales force automation solution. Gartner's Magic Quadrant positions vendors in a particular market segment based on their completeness of vision and their ability to execute on that vision.(2) According to Gartner, Leaders demonstrate market strength; broad installed bases using sales opportunity, solution and operations management among several industry segments; and the ability to affect market trends in all the categories of criteria on which they are evaluated.(3)

Criteria for Placement in Quadrant

Gartner's Magic Quadrant positions vendors in a particular market segment based on their vision and ability to execute that vision. To be included in the 2006 SFA Magic Quadrant, a vendor must demonstrate that it:

-- Has customers that have deployed or are actively deploying opportunity management functionality in the past two years;

-- Is actively selling or marketing SFA applications to multiple industries and geographies;

-- Has proved that it can be deployed in sales organizations of more than 100 users;

-- Has established or will gain market visibility and name recognition for SFA in the next year; and

-- Has dedicated professional-service resources for SFA.

"Today's sales professionals are challenged with driving increased revenues while representing complex product portfolios and coordinating global sales teams, said Oracle Senior Vice President of CRM Products Ed Abbo. "Our continuously growing number of deployments across a broad set of industries continues to validate that our customers are realizing significant business value from their Siebel applications. Oracle has the right functionality, unmatched depth of experience and strong partnerships to help our customers be successful."

The full 2006 Gartner CRM Sales Force Automation Magic Quadrant report can be found at the following URL - http://mediaproducts.gartner.com/reprints/oracle/141438.html

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(1, 2, 3) Gartner Research "Magic Quadrant for CRM Sales Force Automation, 2006," by Rob DeSisto, July 11, 2006