REDWOOD SHORES, CA, Nov. 5, 2009 (Marketwire) --

REDWOOD SHORES, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/05/09 -- Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL)

News Facts

• Gartner's "Magic Quadrant for User Provisioning" positions Oracle in the Leaders quadrant.(1)
• The Gartner Magic Quadrant positions vendors within a particular segment based on completeness of vision and their ability to execute on that vision.
• According to Gartner, "Leaders are high-momentum vendors (based on sales, world presence and mind share growth) with evident track records in user provisioning across most, if not all, market segments. Business investments position them well for the future. Leaders demonstrate balanced progress and effort in execution and vision categories."

About Oracle Identity Management

• Oracle® Identity Management is a comprehensive, scalable and integrated suite of identity management (IdM) solutions that allows enterprises to manage the complete lifecycle of user identities across all enterprise resources both within and beyond the firewall. Integration with Oracle Fusion Middleware, including single sign-on and access management for all Oracle Fusion Middleware products, helps organizations streamline compliance and controls enforcement, reduce management and operational costs and ensure enterprise-wide security.

Supporting Quote

• "With roles, rules and policies continually evolving within the enterprise, organizations need strong user provisioning solutions to streamline security, achieve increasing levels of automation and efficiency and ensure sustainable compliances," said Amit Jasuja, vice president, Oracle Identity Management. "We are pleased to be recognized as a leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for User Provisioning, and remain committed to delivering the most secure, comprehensive and scalable solutions to customers."

Supporting Resources

• Magic Quadrant for User Provisioning
• Oracle Fusion Middleware
• Oracle Identity Management
• Oracle Identity Management 11g Webcast
• Oracle Announces Oracle® Enterprise Single Sign-On Anywhere

About the Magic Quadrant
The Gartner Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2009 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.

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

Trademarks
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(1) Gartner, Inc., "Magic Quadrant for User Provisioning," by Earl Perkins, Perry Carpenter, September 30, 2009.