Oracle intros EPM suite

Oracle has unveiled Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) 11.1.2, a suite of applications integrated with its Fusion middleware platform to help large enterprise customers improve their strategic, financial and operational management processes, reports Datamation.

Incorporating business intelligence (BI) and EPM functionality from its prior multibillion-dollar acquisitions of Hyperion and Siebel Systems, Oracle ERP 11.1.2 promises much deeper integration with Microsoft Excel and Outlook to speed along the daunting task of consolidating financial reports and delivering accurate financial reports to regulatory agencies.

"There's been a lot of integration between BI and EPM over the last few years," says Hari Sankar, vice-president of Oracle's EPM product management team. "With this release, Oracle delivers the most comprehensive offering in financial close and financial reporting processes for public companies."

Madison Technologies' Moxa 'MXview' industrial network management software (iNMS) package for industrial Ethernet automation networks is a powerful Web-based network management tool with advanced functions, states PaceToday.

Supporting up to 500 network devices across distributed subnets, MXview can scan an entire network to create a visual map of the network to help network administrators discover, monitor and troubleshoot complex traffic and network events, according to Madison.

Using either the live-view topology map realised by Link Layer Discovery Protocol or historical event database, MXview users can check network status and health.

A firm specialising in carbon solutions has offered advice to IT departments that are looking to green their operations, according to Rackspace Hosting.

Greenstone Carbon Management, a firm based in London, has drawn up a three-point plan for tech departments and managers to address environmental issues in their sector.

"The rise of green ICT represents a unique opportunity for forward thinking companies to deliver great value back to their clients in both cost savings and carbon reduction, while increasing their own profitability," said Greenstone chief operating officer, Ram Ramachander.