Oracle Business Accelerators speed implementation
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Ten years ago, enterprise software was not only expensive but required so many resources to install and run it correctly that most growing businesses simply went with something inexpensive that could be installed in a hurry. The problem is that inexpensive software usually doesn’t leave much room for growth.
With Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle Business Accelerators, midsize companies can start benefiting from the same industrial-strength software that their largest competitors may already use.
Steve Kemper is the chief financial officer of the Active Network, a company that delivers integrated technology solutions, marketing services and online media properties that encourage and enable participation in activities and events.
Because the Active Network has acquired many companies in the ten years since it was founded and operates all over the world, from Canada to Australia to the U.K., its prior ERP system was no longer meeting its needs. It needed an ERP system that could handle sophisticated reporting across multiple entities and currencies. Kemper purchased Oracle E-Business Suite along with Oracle Business Accelerators to jump-start the process.
Steve Kemper, says that the Oracle Business Accelerators solution gave him probably 95 percent of what he needed – and his system integrator, C3 Business Solutions, helped fill the gap by implementing customizations to meet their specific requirements.
“It was a good choice,” Kemper says. He kicked off the implementation in May 2008 and went live on July 1, less than two months later.
C3 Business Solutions is one of the more than 175 Oracle partners that are specifically trained to implement Oracle Business Accelerators.