Faced with static or shrinking budgets, IT organizations need to lower costs throughout the data center, including costs of servers, storage, downtime, and human resources. But, their business users demand a high quality of service – consistently fast response times, 24x7 availability, and comprehensive security. This customer reference booklet contains a sampling of real business results that organizations around the world, in a variety of industries, have achieved by upgrading and standardizing on Oracle Database 11g. We hope you find these success stories helpful in learning how Oracle can help you achieve your business and IT objectives.