Oracle Applications Included in Leading Independent Research Firm Analysis of Project-Based Software Solutions

Oracle today announced that Forrester Research, a leading independent research firm, has included the Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle’s PeopleSoft Enterprise and Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne applications in its most recent project-based software solutions market analysis. Across 22 sub-industries and compared to 14 competitors, Forrester’s evaluation showed that Oracle was the only vendor with a “High” rated product in every one of the 22 sub-industries examined.
According to the report, “out of the box, Oracle provides: visibility across the project life cycle; a centralized skills competency model; talent management solutions; and collaborative billing solutions.”i “Designed out of the box for key project-centric industries in multiple geographies (multicurrency/multilanguage), Oracle’s PeopleSoft Enterprise Service Automation (ESA) solution provides a single, unified view of all project-related activities.”ii Additionally, with Oracle’s JD Edwards, “Professional Service providers can automate their entire service and project life cycle from bidding to award, inception and staffing to execution, and post-delivery performance measurement.”iii

“Oracle Applications enable Professional Services firms to drive top-line revenue growth via targeted client acquisition and service governance, align talent management capabilities with strategic service offerings, and reduce SG&A expenses through integrated front & back office solutions,” said Oracle Vice President of Service Industries, David Anderson. “We’re pleased with the exceptional ratings that Oracle, PeopleSoft and JD Edwards applications received in this report.”

Forrester interviewed 32 customers and 15 vendor companies representing 17 solutions for the report, “Introducing Project-Based Solutions.”