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Oracle Corporation Wins Midsize Enterprise Innovation Award

Senior IT Executive Attendees at Leading Business Event Select Oracle as the Best Midmarket Solution

SAN MATEO, Calif. - April 27, 2005 - Oracle Corporation (Nasdaq: SEBL), the leading provider of customer-facing solutions, today announced it has received the award for Best Midmarket Solution - Software by attendees at this year's Midsize Enterprise Summit. Produced by Vision Events®, a Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT and ITB) company, Midsize Enterprise Summit is solely focused on the requirements of midsized businesses, and attracts CIOs and senior IT executives from midsized companies across a wide range of industries.

"We are delighted that senior executives attending this year's Midsize Enterprise Summit have recognized Oracle Corporation for delivering the best Midmarket applications," said Bruce Cleveland, Senior Vice President and General Manager, OnDemand and SMB. "Based on a proven technology platform developed over nearly 11 years, Oracle's hosted and on premise offerings provide powerful capabilities that enable companies of all sizes to rapidly and affordably achieve sales, marketing and service success."

Oracle Corporation offers world-class solutions for mid-sized organizations, including both hosted and on-premise offerings that embed best practices garnered from Oracle's experience working with the world's leading companies. For growing organizations seeking a complete, fast to deploy CRM offering, Siebel CRM On Demand provides a hosted solution that requires no upfront investments in hardware or software and no additional maintenance, upgrade or support costs. Siebel CRM On Demand delivers unique capabilities such as powerful real-time and historical analytics, pre-built call center capabilities and pre-built industry-specific solutions. For mid-sized organizations that prefer to maintain control of their hardware and applications onsite, Oracle CRM Professional Edition delivers a leading software solution that provides extended CRM functionality with powerful customization and integration tools.

For more information on Oracle Corporation' solutions for mid-sized organizations, please visit www.siebel.com/smb.

About Siebel CRM On Demand

Siebel CRM On Demand is a hosted CRM offering delivered over the Web and accessible from an Internet browser at a fixed price per user per month. Customers can deploy Siebel CRM On Demand quickly, easily, and affordably without any up-front IT investments. Hosted by IBM, Siebel CRM On Demand delivers complete sales, marketing, and service functionality; built-in customer analytics; virtual call center technology; embedded best practices; and world-class hosting services and support. Siebel CRM On Demand is now available for purchase. For more information, visit www.crmondemand.com.

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Stacey Burbach
Oracle Corporation
Tel: (480) 377-3725
Email: stacey.burbach@siebel.com

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