The EMEA region reported revenues of $7.9bn in US GAAP basis for the fiscal year 2009 (ended 31 May 2009). Fourth quarter GAAP revenues for the EMEA region were $2.4bn.

Within the Europe, Middle East and Africa Region, organizations continue to adopt or expand implementations of Oracle Database, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Enterprise Performance Management and Oracle Business Intelligence, and Oracle Applications for their strategic company-wide business systems.

Lo'c le Guisquet, Executive Vice President Oracle EMEA, said:

"Throughout the last quarter and fiscal year 2009 we have expanded our base of world class customers while also providing increased value to our existing customers. Companies large and small, in both commercial and public sectors, and across a wide span of industries depend on Oracle to help support their business over a wide range of strategies: from short-term efficiency improvements, through business flexibility, to long term market growth. With more customers leveraging Oracle's entire product stack - applications, middleware and database - we are seeing them deliver tighter integration with greater flexibility, and lower ownership costs in their businesses."

Vodafone UK has selected Oracle as a strategic enterprise software partner. "Vodafone aims to stay one step ahead of the competition through a strategy that is focused on customer value enhancement and pursuing growth opportunities through the provision of market-leading mobile data, fixed broadband and enterprise solutions, as well as through the delivery of greater efficiencies across the business. By choosing Oracle as a strategic enterprise software partner to consolidate and standardise its IT infrastructure, Vodafone will further improve the efficiency of the business and increase its agility to respond to ever-changing market conditions and the needs of its customers," said the company's spokesperson.

Grupo Pelayo Spain, a mutual assurer with a portfolio of over one million policyholders, has selected Oracle applications to manage its human resources. It maintains distribution agreements with several shopping centers, with major savings banks and over 2,371 mediators that help to provide coverage through more than 350 offices throughout Spain with a total of 1,700 employees nationwide. Maria Manuela Rodriguez Gimenez de Austria y de Aragon, Training and Development Director, said, "We aim to increase efficiency in the management or our human resources. It is also essential to achieve a closer relationship to the employee and better information for decision-making. That's why we chose Oracle applications as they meet all the necessary functionalities, adapted to local requirements and regulations and assures us the strength and support of a company with experience, reputation and strength in the market."

Bord Gais Energy, Ireland, has implemented Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing to optimize customer service and reduce operating costs. "After a comprehensive and thorough supplier evaluation, Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing stood out as the only solution capable of meeting our ambitious business needs. Not only did Oracle Utilities present a functionally robust and highly flexible integrated solution, but the team also impressed us with its ability to listen and understanding of our business processes and objectives. Throughout the project, Oracle Utilities worked with us tirelessly to help us achieve our objectives," added Tony Bridgeman, Business Transformation Manager at Bord Gais Energy.

EuroChem is the largest manufacturer of mineral fertilisers in Russia with an annual revenue of more than $4.5bn. EuroChem has implemented Oracle E-Business Suite to automate the systems of seven manufacturing plants and almost all the business processes of the agrochemical holding. This implementation has enabled the management to reduce the time for decision-making and to achieve a more substantiated, accurate and efficient enterprise resource management. The system covers all areas of EuroChem business activities including finance management, logistics and sales management, supply chains, process manufacturing, project management, HR personnel management and enterprise asset management. "We have achieved a major improvement in the quality of business and the company itself by deploying Oracle E-Business Suite. The Oracle system is critical for the realization of all our strategic plans," stated Vladimir Chibisov, OJSC EuroChem Director for Business Development.

VB Leasing Polska, part of VB-Leasing International Holding GmbH, has successfully gone live with the first phase of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Plus project. The system was implemented by the company's internal IT department. "The Oracle Business Intelligence solution radically changes all our analytics and reporting processes.