PAETEC Selects Oracle

Oracle today announced that PAETEC - a leading communications service provider for medium-sized and large businesses and institutions - has selected Oracle’s industry-leading services-oriented architecture (SOA) applications. The agreement leverages Oracle’s end-to-end IT and communications applications solution portfolio and includes new licenses for the Oracle(r) E-Business Suite, Oracle Communications Service Fulfillment, Oracle Web Center Suite, Oracle SOA Suite, Oracle Identity Management, components of Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle Database.
“PAETEC is at the forefront of bringing new innovative services to market quickly and driving new levels of business automation,” said David Sharpley, Vice President of Product Marketing and Alliances, Oracle Communications. “PAETEC’s selection of Oracle over SAP clearly validates Oracle’s communications strategy and our compelling value proposition for next-generation service providers.”

“PAETEC continues to grow and needs an IT and operations support system (OSS) infrastructure that can flexibly and cost-effectively evolve to meet our next-generation service requirements,” said Bob Moore, Chief Information Officer, PAETEC. “We selected Oracle because of its proven solution set for the communications industry, market leadership and ability to efficiently enable our transformation to next-generation IP services.”

PAETEC will leverage Oracle’s SOA-based portfolio across its enterprise to rapidly and efficiently consolidate operations and systems following its recent merger with US LEC. The Oracle E-Business Suite will provide a single, consolidated view of the customer, enable the automation of complex service requests and deliver an enterprise platform for finance and human capital management. Likewise, PAETEC has extended licenses for the Oracle Communications Service Fulfillment portfolio’s inventory management and service activation applications to provide a consolidated and strategic platform for efficiently managing future growth and enabling the rapid launch of next-generation services.

As a cornerstone of its ongoing growth strategy, PAETEC will use components of Oracle Fusion Middleware to quickly integrate newly acquired systems and automate complex transactions across the business. PAETEC has also selected Oracle Database to quickly realize Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and enhance strategic decision-making through efficient and secure data sharing.