Deutsche Post Simplifies Business Integration Using Oracle® Application Server 10g

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Deutsche Post Simplifies Business Integration Using Oracle® Application Server 10g

Oracle’s Integration Capabilities and Open Standards Support Play Pivotal Role in Deutsche Post’s International Growth Strategy

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., 29-APR-2005 08:39 AM Oracle today announced that Deutsche Post World Net, one of the largest high-performing logistics providers in the world, will use Oracle(r) Application Server 10g as the foundation for its standards-based technology infrastructure. Deustche Post required a flexible infrastructure to help reduce the time and cost of integrating the company's many business systems, subsidiaries and applications, resulting from its aggressive merger and acquisition growth strategy.
Due to the large scope and complexity of the project, Deutsche Post will build an advanced Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) using Oracle Application Server 10g for its strategic information technology integration platform, the Service Backbone (SBB). Relying on ESB capabilities, the SBB platform will enable individual department and business units throughout the world to develop integration projects with local controls and autonomy that can also connect with the company's larger, global integration fabric or grid. For example, a division in Germany can define and implement pricing while a separate division in the U.S. can control the procurement process.

Key to this project is Deutsche Post's modular enterprise application architecture for integration, which consists of services that act as a layer of abstraction between business functionality and technology. Oracle, one of the most important application platform suite providers to support the proposed Java Business Integration (JBI, JSR 208) standard, will play a critical role in the project.

"Working with a strong partner like Oracle will help us support our international growth strategy. We intend to become the leading company in mail, parcel, express and logistics worldwide. To have a service-oriented platform into which we can very easily plug both newly developed and existing IT systems, combined with those resulting from mergers and acquisitions, is a very attractive value proposition," said Michael Herr, senior director of IT, Head of Service Orientated Platform Group, Deutsche Post. "Our use of Oracle technology supports our strategic decision to take a 'best-of-breed' approach to technology deployment and helps ensure that the applications and systems we select to best operate our business will work together."

"Oracle plays a key role in developing and adhering to industry standards that enable organizations to more easily implement flexible and scalable architectures," said Amlan Debnath, vice president, Server Technology, Oracle. "Our collaboration with Deutsche Post to deliver a next-generation ESB underscores our commitment to open standards and provides Oracle the opportunity to leverage Oracle Application Server in every project throughout Deutsche Post that connects to the Service Backbone."

About Deutsche Post World Net

We move the world. Deutsche Post World Net is one of the largest high-performing logistics providers in the world. With its brands Deutsche Post, DHL and Postbank, the Group offers its customers a global mail, express and logistics service as well as a wide range of financial services. The company is thus excellently positioned on the way to becoming the global number one in the express and logistics sector. Approximately 380,000 employees generated world-wide revenues above ? 40 billion in 2003. Deutsche Post World Net is listed on the Frankfurt stock exchange and is a member of the DAX 30 index.

About Oracle Application Server 10g

Oracle Application Server 10g is an integrated, standards-based application platform suite that enables organizations of all sizes to be more responsive to changing business requirements. Oracle Application Server 10g features full support for J2EE and grid computing, built-in enterprise portal software, high-speed caching, business intelligence, rapid application development, application and business integration, wireless capabilities, Web services and more, all in one package. Because Oracle Application Server 10g is optimized for enterprise grid computing, it enables customers to realize better availability of their IT systems and lower hardware and administration costs.

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