REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Oct. 24, 2007 -- Oracle today announced that Gartner, Inc. has positioned Oracle in the Leaders Quadrant in its Magic Quadrant for Higher Education Administrative Suites, 2007.(1) The report evaluates higher education administrative suite vendors on their vision and their ability to execute upon it.

For the higher education industry, Oracle offers a comprehensive application suite including student information, financial management, human resources, grants management and alumni development. These enterprise-strength applications, combined with Oracle's robust, secure infrastructure software, help education institutions meet and adapt to the ever-changing needs and demands of all constituents.

"Oracle's offerings in higher education have expanded significantly in recent years, and we believe the Gartner report validates our strategy to offer comprehensive, feature-rich higher education solutions that provide our customers with the tools they need to reach beyond the status quo and provide true innovation. We expect this momentum to continue into the future," said Oracle's Vice President, Higher Education, Jim McGlothlin. "In addition to best-of-breed applications, Oracle offers higher education institutions a full range of deployment and upgrade options, allowing our customers to adopt technology at a pace that suits their needs. Oracle provides institutions with a strong, experienced team dedicated to higher education, enhanced by the support of an active and innovative user group, the Higher Education User Group (HEUG), comprised of more than 16,000 individual members from more than 800 institutions."

Gartner notes that vendors in the Leaders Quadrant "have the highest combined measures of ability to execute and completeness of vision. They are performing well, are prepared for the future and have strong customer bases that have fully implemented their suites. Additionally, each of the vendors in this space has functionality beyond the minimum requirements for inclusion in this Magic Quadrant. These vendors' assets include strong channel partners, consistent financial performance, broad platform support, good customer support, the most-comprehensive and scalable products in the market, and the ability to deliver all the key higher education administrative suite capabilities. Strong vision reflects a solid product and go-to-market strategy for higher education, combined with a management vision for higher education."

The Magic Quadrant report evaluates vendors on ability to execute (including Product/Service, Overall Viability, Sales Execution/Pricing, Market Responsiveness and Track Record, Customer Experience, Operations and Marketing Execution) and completeness of vision (including Market Understanding, Marketing Strategy, Sales Strategy, Offering (Product) Strategy, Business Model, Vertical/Industry Strategy, Innovation and Geographic Strategy).

To view the complete Gartner Magic Quadrant report, compliments of Oracle, visit http://mediaproducts.gartner.com/reprints/oracle/151346.html.(2)

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(1) Gartner, Inc., "Magic Quadrant for Higher Education Administrative Suites, 2007," by Marti Harris, Michael Zastrocky, Jan-Martin Lowendahl, September 26, 2007.

(2) The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2007 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

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