IBM Delivers Small and Medium Businesses a Complete Oracle(R) ERP Solution Based on System i

allowing them to focus on businesses innovation and compete on a larger scale.

Additionally, recent performance testing of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne on the IBM System i portfolio with POWER 5+ processors demonstrated strong price/performance for companies with up to 1,200 users, making clear that SMB customers of varying sizes can continue to expect powerful performance from their JD Edwards, IBM System i solutions as business needs grow.

Today's news builds on Oracle's announcement in April of its plans to provide continued enhancements to Oracle's JD Edwards World and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne applications running on System i. The continued development of JD Edwards products on System i, combined with Oracle's Lifetime Support Policy (http://www.oracle.com/support/premier/lifetime-support-policy.html), signals Oracle's plans to protect the investments of JD Edwards customers.

Pricing and Availability

The IBM System i 520 Solution Edition for Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne applications will be available from IBM and IBM Business Partners on August 11, with hardware configurations starting at $21,921.

The JD Edwards software has been available on IBM System i and its predecessors for almost 30 years. Today, over 5,000 customers run JD Edwards applications on System i.

For more information on IBM System i, visit http://www.ibm.com/systemi.

About JD Edwards EnterpriseOne

Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne is a complete suite of modular, pre-integrated industry-specific business applications designed for rapid deployment and ease of administration. It is ideally suited for organizations that manufacture, construct, distribute, service, or manage products or physical assets.

About Oracle

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world's largest enterprise software company. For more information about Oracle, visit our Web site at http://www.oracle.com.

About IBM

For more information about IBM, visit www.ibm.com.

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Oracle, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, and Siebel are registered trademarks of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates.

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Contact: Joanna Brewer IBM Media Relations (415) 545-2270 jmbrewer@us.ibm.com

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