PRESS RELEASE

65 Percent of Oracle E-business Suite Customers Achieve a Positive ROI within 3.1 Years

Apr 27, 2004

Nucleus cites improved financial management, increased productivity, and reduced IT costs as factors

Nucleus Research, a global provider of Return on Investment (ROI)-focused research and advisory services, today announced the results of an independent study of Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL), an enterprise software vendor. The study, published today and titled, "The Real ROI from Oracle E-Business Suite Applications," concluded that sixty-five percent of Oracle’s customers interviewed had achieved a positive ROI from their deployments, after an average deployment time of 3.1 years. The report is available at NucleusResearch.com.