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Oracle Corporation Senior Executive Slated as Keynote Speaker at NCOAUG Free Oracle Training Day

Oracle Corporation's Executive Vice President of North America, Keith Block, will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming North Central Oracle Applications User Group Free Summer Training Day on August 13 in Chicago.

Chicago, IL July 8, 2004 -- Oracle Corporation's Executive Vice President of North America, Keith Block, will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming North Central Oracle Applications User Group (NCOAUG) Summer Training Day on August 13. Mr. Block is responsible for Oracle's North America Sales and North America Consulting. Mr. Block will address conference attendees on Friday, August 13 from 11:00 am to 11:40 am, followed by a short Q&A session. The NCOAUG Summer 2004 Training Day is free and will be held on Friday, August 13, 2004 at Harper College, in Palatine, IL from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.

"We are extremely excited that Keith has agreed to deliver the keynote at our special 10th anniversary NCOAUG event," said Dave Herrington, NCOAUG Event Director and DARC Corporation Chairman & CEO. "The North Central Oracle Applications users have been very loyal Oracle customers over all these years, so I believe Keith's participation in the event will be very much appreciated by all. This conference is shaping up to be the best one we've ever held."

"Oracle is about innovation and leadership," said Keith Block. "Our product portfolio is unparalleled and our ability to deliver incredible benefits to our customers has never been stronger. No one offers a more comprehensive product and services footprint. We sell world-class technology, we deliver world-class consulting, and we will take ownership of the services necessary to sustain it. We are an enterprise, second to none in the industry."

Mr. Block's responsibilities at Oracle encompass sales and consulting for a very diverse group of customers spanning the Fortune 1000, through small and medium sized enterprises. In addition, he is responsible for Government, Education, and Healthcare Consulting and Oracle Direct. Mr. Block is personally engaged in several strategic client relationships and he leads a team of nearly 6,000. His organizations are focused on selling and delivering both Oracle technology and the Oracle® E-Business Suite. Mr. Block has been integral to the development and delivery of Oracle's Managed Services initiative. His responsibilities include the development and implementation of industry best practices, the strategy and implementation of Oracle's North America partnering program and an aggressive indirect channel program. He is responsible for leading Oracle Consulting's Global Service Line initiative.

NCOAUG is a free, one-day event offering a full agenda of the latest information on Oracle Applications, including in-depth training and information tracks designed to bring users up to date on application functionality, enhancements and implementation techniques. In addition, the NCOAUG 2004 Training Day will feature module overviews, industry specific breakout sessions, and demonstrations at the Oracle Campground, vendor exhibits and presentations.

NCOAUG Summer 2004 Training Day will include multiple tracks presented each hour. Topics will range from new directions of Oracle, DBA and tuning issues, to new toolsets and user interfaces, installations and upgrades, special customizations, and functional issues. In addition, there will be presentations on a variety of applications products. These presentations will cover a wide range of topics. For example, presentations will cover Financials, Manufacturing and Projects, CRM, Web Apps and E-Commerce.

Summer Training Day 2004 will begin at 8:00 am and run until approximately 5:00 pm on August 13. Registration is required for this event; to register, visit www.ncoaug.org . Training Day 2004 will be held at Harper College, which is located at 1200 W. Algonquin Road, Palatine, IL, a suburb of Chicago.

About NCOAUG
NCOAUG was established in 1994 as the North Central geographic region of the Oracle Applications User Group. Currently NCOAUG has over 2,300 registered members from around North America and maintains free membership. The mission of NCOAUG is to inform and educate their members on current and future Oracle Applications, while offering a forum of peers for sharing experience and knowledge in the enterprise technology realm.