October 23, 2009 – San Francisco, CA (USA) – Oracle announced the recipients of the 2009 Innovation Awards during Oracle OpenWorld.

Accepting the award for BICG (from L to R): Brent Kardell, Amy Mayer, Mike Jelen

The Oracle Innovation Award recognizes organizations for innovative deployments of Oracle Application Grid, Oracle Business Intelligence, and Oracle Enterprise Performance Management.

"We were overwhelmed with the quality and quantity of customer nominations received detailing innovative and impactful deployments of Oracle Application Grid and Oracle BI and EPM software across the globe,” said Amit Zavery, vice president, Oracle Fusion Middleware. "In today’s economic environment, we’re seeing customers apply Oracle Fusion Middleware to reduce costs, create competitive advantages move quickly to address market opportunities, and improve financial and operational decision making. The recipients of the 2009 Oracle Innovation Award have truly set themselves apart.”

Business Intelligence Consulting Group (BICG) was the sole winner of the Oracle BI/EPM Implementation Partner of the Year Award.

"We are extremely honored to be recognized with this award,” said Amy Mayer, President of BI Consulting Group. “Our organization is proud of our strong work ethic and ability to provide quality and innovative solutions.”

The recipients of the 2009 Oracle Business Intelligence/Enterprise Performance Management Innovation Award are: AWE, BT, CAE, City of NY, Continental Airlines, Dubai Aluminum, EuroChem, Florida State University, General Dynamics, Ingersoll Rand, Marsh, Mercer, NetApp, Pearson, Pernod Ricard, and Singapore General Hospital.

The recipients of the 2009 Oracle Application Grid Innovation Award are: Agilent Technologies, Avis Budget Group Inc., Bank Zachodni WBK S.A., Barclays Global Investors, Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS), Credit Suisse, Express & Transportation Research Institute (Korea), General Electric, JCrew Group Inc., Royal Bank of Scotland, TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation, and VocaLink.

The award is co-sponsored by Oracle, the Australian Oracle User Group (AUSOUG), Independent Oracle User Group (IOUG), Oracle Application Users Group (OAUG), Oracle Development Tools User Group (ODTUG), Quest International Users Group (Quest), and United Kingdom Oracle User Group (UKOUG).

The Oracle press release announcing the 2009 Oracle Innovation Awards can be found at http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/036781


ABOUT BI CONSULTING GROUP

BI Consulting Group (BICG) is Oracle's premier consulting partner focused exclusively on Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) and Business Intelligence (BI). Service offerings include consulting services, support, and education. The experts at BI Consulting Group have successfully completed some of the most complex implementations of Oracle BI in the world. Along the way, BICG has been honored with Oracle's Above and Beyond Award for Business Intelligence and the Oracle Excellence Award for the creation of innovative and standards-based technology solutions. BICG has also been named the #1 consulting firm for customer satisfaction by VendorRate. www.biconsultinggroup.com

10/23/2009
Jeremiah Johnson