Oracle Applications Deliver Greater Visibility and Streamline Administrative Processes REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The International Labour Office (ILO), with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland has implemented the Oracle(R) E-Business Suite to better enable it to deliver greater transparency and administrative coherence across its worldwide network of offices, Oracle today announced. The ILO, a specialized UN agency, decided to implement the software as part of an office-wide business initiative called the Integrated Resource Information System (IRIS). (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020718/ORCLLOGO ) The IRIS Project went live at headquarters in April of 2005 with 1500 users. IRIS was designed in line with the specific requirements of the UN Common System, which sets the standard for a number of practices including employee entitlements and compensation, travel rules and calculations and performance management. The implementation included Oracle Financial Management, Oracle Payroll, Oracle Advanced Benefits, Oracle iProcurement, Oracle Purchasing, Oracle Projects, Oracle Labor Distribution, Oracle iExpenses and Oracle Human Resources Management System. Oracle collaborated with the ILO to develop an UN-centric travel application, international payroll and a tool for loading UN salary and benefit scales -- all fully integrated with the Oracle E-Business Suite. Other Oracle tools and technologies were used to deliver additional customized functionalities such as the Strategic Management (SM) application. The SM application promotes real-time collaboration throughout the ILO. It is designed to assist management in planning, managing, monitoring and reporting against output-based activities that have been defined within a strategic framework. One of the immediate benefits of implementing the Oracle E-Business Suite at the ILO is that the software is fully compliant with the International Public Sector Accounting Standard (IPSAS). IPSAS was recently adopted by the United Nations and the implementation of IPSAS across all of its agencies is being overseen by the UN Task Force on Accounting Standards. The April 2006 IRIS Newsletter, which marked the first anniversary of IRIS "'go-live," included the following statement from Mr. Juan Somavia, Director- General of the ILO: "Our decision to implement IRIS has given the ILO a state-of-the-art integrated system that is bearing fruit. We are seeing improved information quality and availability, clearer methodologies and tools for financial control, reduction of data replication, empowerment of staff and the provision for enhanced skills development within the ILO. In addition, we now have a system that can accommodate the future growth of the ILO. This maximizes the system's life and also reduces future support risks. Looking ahead, I see IRIS as key to improving and facilitating our daily work while achieving long-term efficiencies within the ILO." Sonny Singh, Senior Vice President Oracle Industry Business Unit said: "We are delighted to have been chosen for such an important change within such a prestigious global organization. We have provided new functionality in the standard solution to meet the ILO's specific requirements, which include complex employee benefits and the ability to manage changes in employee status and assignments retroactively. Strong financial controls and donor fund management are standard features of the Oracle E-Business Suite that will find resonance with many other public-sector organizations." About the International Labour Office The International Labour Office was established in 1919 under the Treaty of Versailles, as an autonomous institution associated with the League of Nations. In 1946, the ILO established a relationship with the newly founded United Nations, and became the first specialized agency associated with the UN. The International Labour Organization is the tripartite body that brings together governments, employers and workers of its 179 member States in common action to improve social protection and conditions of life and work. The International Labour Office is the permanent secretariat of the Organization. For more information about the ILO, visit its website at http://www.ilo.org/ About Oracle Oracle (NasdaqGS: ORCL) is the world's largest enterprise software company. For more information about Oracle, visit our website at http://www.oracle.com/ Trademarks Oracle, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft and Siebel are registered trademarks of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020718/ORCLLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Oracle CONTACT: Jessica Epple, +1-650-506-8741 or , or Katie Barron, +1-703-364-2488 or , both of Oracle Web site: http://www.oracle.com/

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