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Overall, Manhattan Associates establishes itself as the lead in ground transportation solutions. The vendor edges out the competition with a solid foundation in both planning and procurement, and unmatched carrier and fleet management offerings.

SAP remains a pretty tough competitor for Oracle -- not so much based on the functionality of their transportation solution, but more because of the total cost of ownership. 'You can get it integrated with your enterprise resource planning system' is the typical SAP argument.

There's a lot of real-time or as-it-happens data that we can get and incorporate into supply chain management. As a consumer electronics manufacturer, for instance, if I can get information about what products are selling at Circuit City or Best Buy and take that into account when doing the demand forecast, then that will create much more accurate, much more up-to-date forecasts than just relying primarily on historical information.

G-Log gives Oracle really good transportation functionality. But just as importantly, it gives them a customer base in the third-party logistics provider space. Many of them are looking to invest in transportation solutions.