ESS Makes Big Splash at Oracle’s OpenWorld

September 25th, 2008

I’m just returning from Oracle’s OpenWorld conference in San Francisco, which was a huge success for ESS on several fronts. During a conference filled with major Oracle announcements about its new hardware and software products, we garnered significant attention for our software solutions.

The big kahuna event was a joint presentation in which I joined Oracle’s Vice President Product Strategy, to provide details about the joint solution that ESS and Oracle will deliver to meet growing demand for operational sustainability information management systems. It was a big draw and generated some buzz in the media and the blogosphere. This was a big deal and I’ll talk more about it later.

I joined Oracle’s Vice President Supply Chain Execution and Product Lifecycle Management Strategy and Senior Vice President of Application Development to present a powerful presentation — the first at OpenWorld — announcing the partnership and presenting ESS as the “Eco-Hub” of the Oracle’s GRC solution. An Oracle press release and joint solution description were distributed in conjunction with the presentation.

ESS Vice President Ian Achterkirch was a featured presenter, along with panelists from Intuit, Intel and other companies, in a lively discussion on sustainability issues. Ian delivered a great presentation explaining ESS’ accomplishments in this arena.

Also, ESS and Alcoa were recipients of Oracle’s inaugural “Empower the Green Enterprise” which recognized companies for adopting green business practices, including effective use of Oracle advanced information technologies in order to protect the environment, reduce costs and risks and enhance operational efficiency.

Throughout the week we continued building the relationship at meetings and offsite events with senior Oracle executives.

Our success at OpenWorld confirms that there’s tremendous market interest in enterprise sustainability. We’re excited about partnering with Oracle to help more companies reach their sustainability goals.

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Entry Filed under: Sustainability, Corporate Governance, EHS/HSE Technology