Oracle Policy Automation Services

CherryRoad offers a broad spectrum of consulting services focused on designing, architecting and deploying automated decision systems utilizing Oracle’s Policy Automation (OPA) products. We offer services to assist you in the evaluation, purchase and implementation of business rules management systems. Our services and solutions offer you complete turn-key solution offerings to enable rapid time to value and provide you with accurate decision making capabilities.

Services Include:

Business Case Justification, Product Education and Guidance – We can assist you with project rationalization/business case analysis, best-practice guidance, product training, establishment of Policy Automation Office, business impact assessments, technical architecture and assurance, SOA modernization and rules migration to or from OPA

Business Discover and Analysis Workshops – Our project approach is to conduct workshops and prototyping sessions to rapidly drive out business requirements. This phase allows us to drive out the foundation for conceptual rule authoring, rule quality, identify integrations and overall project objectives.

Pre-packaged Configuration – As part of our services, CherryRoad offers our clients pre-built rule sets (in areas such as tax and regulatory compliance) that allow you to quickly visualize the business impact and use as a starting point for your own OPA deployment.

OPA Jump Start Program – To get your OPA journey started, CherryRoad offers clients a program to speed up procurement, conduct infrastructure design, perform software installation and configuration and high-level requirements assessment targeted to maximize your ROI and build a solid foundation for extended use and deployment. We also offer hosted development instances to immediately get your project up and running with the solution.

OPA Best-Practices Assessment – Another solution that is targeted for clients who desire specific counsel to maximize the current use and benefits of the OPA solution is our Best Practices Assessment offering. This comprehensive assessment offers our clients advice on how best to utilize the OPA solution in your architecture and in all of your organizational processes.

CherryRoad’s product expertise with Oracle solutions and deep experience with implementing them have enabled us to offer our clients unparalleled value that impacts the bottom line. Our consulting services are scalable and flexible to meet whatever business needs you have.

News from CherryRoad

June 15, 2011The New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA) Awards Oracle PeopleSoft Financials 9.1 Ugrade to CherryRoad Technologies Inc.

Morris Plains, NJ (June 2011) CherryRoad Technologies Inc., an Oracle Platinum Partner, has been selected through a competitive RFP, as the implementation partner of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA) for their upcoming Oracle PeopleSoft Financial Systems (FMS) upgrade from version 8.8 to 9.1. The initiative will also include a Best Practice process review across the FMS.

CherryRoad is a long-term implementation partner of the NJTA. Previous project engagements have included a platform migration of the Authority’s PeopleSoft Financials application suite from the existing HP/Oracle 10g environment to a new IBM/Oracle 11g environment, an extension of the capabilities of the Authority’s PeopleSoft Treasury module as well as the previous implementation of Oracle PeopleSoft Human Capital Management and Financial Management Systems. Concurrent with the original implementation, NJTA combined the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway operations.

About the New Jersey Turnpike Authority
The New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA) administers the state’s two busiest toll roads, the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway. The 148-mile Turnpike runs north-south from New York City to Delaware and is an essential link in the transportation network of the Northeast U.S. The Turnpike has 28 interchanges and 366 toll lanes. The Garden State Parkway is the most heavily traveled toll road in the U.S. It ranks consistently as one of the safest roadways in the nation, and has received national recognition for its beautifully landscaped and well-maintained roadside environment. The 173-mile Parkway runs through 50 municipalities in ten counties, and its 234 toll lanes include 115 E-ZPass lanes.

About Oracle PartnerNetwork
Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Specialized is the latest version of Oracle's partner program that provides partners with tools to better develop, sell, and implement Oracle solutions. OPN Specialized offers resources to train and support specialized knowledge of Oracle products and solutions and has evolved to recognize Oracle’s growing product portfolio, partner base, and business opportunity. Key to the latest enhancements to OPN is the ability for partners to differentiate through certified Specializations. Specializations are achieved through competency development, business results, expertise, and proven success. To learn more, visit www.oracle.com/partners.

About CherryRoad Technologies Inc.
CherryRoad Technologies Inc. provides comprehensive systems integration and consulting services that maximize enterprise performance for the public and commercial sectors. With headquarters in Morris Plains, N.J. and offices across the U.S., CherryRoad has earned a solid reputation for combining technology, organizational, functional, and vertical market expertise into practical solutions that deliver results – on time and on budget. For more information, visit www.cherryroad.com.

CONTACTS:
Elaine Verrone, Marketing Manager
973-541-4227
everrone@cherryroad.com

May 17, 2011The State of Vermont Selects CherryRoad to Implement Oracle® PeopleSoft

Morris Plains, NJ (May 12, 2011) Through a highly competitive RFP process, CherryRoad Technologies Inc., an Oracle Platinum Partner, was recently selected as the implementation partner for the State of Vermont’s Oracle PeopleSoft Stage 1 ERP expansion project. CherryRoad has worked with the State since 2002. This will be the third engagement in which the two organizations have partnered together. This latest initiative will include upgrading the State’s PeopleSoft Human Capital Management (HCM) from version 8.8 to version 9.1 including the implementation of new functionality, as well as implementing Time & Labor, Absence Management, and Expenses. There will also be a concentrated focus on Organizational Readiness and Change Management to accept and communicate these changes to the State employee population.

About the State of Vermont
The State of Vermont’s employee population consists of approximately 9,000 permanent and temporary positions in six separate agencies and 60 departments. The Agency of Administration is a cohesive array of departments that combine central management of state government. The Oracle PeopleSoft applications are the responsibility of departments within the Agency of Administration, specifically the Departments of Finance and Management (FIN), Human Resources (DHR), and Information and Innovation (DII). Representatives from each of these departments form the Change Control Board which requests, reviews, evaluates, approves or denies, prioritizes, monitors planning for and implementation of changes to the Oracle PeopleSoft applications to assure unplanned changes do not take place and planned changes are well managed and produce expected results.

About Oracle PartnerNetwork
Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Specialized is the latest version of Oracle's partner program that provides partners with tools to better develop, sell, and implement Oracle solutions. OPN Specialized offers resources to train and support specialized knowledge of Oracle products and solutions and has evolved to recognize Oracle’s growing product portfolio, partner base, and business opportunity. Key to the latest enhancements to OPN is the ability for partners to differentiate through certified Specializations. Specializations are achieved through competency development, business results, expertise, and proven success. To learn more, visit www.oracle.com/partners.

About CherryRoad Technologies Inc.
CherryRoad Technologies Inc. provides comprehensive systems integration and consulting services that maximize enterprise performance for the public and commercial sectors. With headquarters in Morris Plains, N.J. and offices across the U.S., CherryRoad has earned a solid reputation for combining technology, organizational, functional, and vertical market expertise into practical solutions that deliver results – on time and on budget. For more information, visit www.cherryroad.com.

CONTACTS:
Elaine Verrone, Marketing Manager
973-541-4227
everrone@cherryroad.com

October 1, 2010CherryRoad Acquires U.S.-Based Oracle Peoplesoft ERP Business of MAXIMUS, Inc.

Morris Plains, NJ (Oct. 1, 2010) -- CherryRoad Technologies Inc., a leading integrator of enterprise software and an Oracle PartnerNetwork Platinum Partner, today announced that it has acquired the U.S.-based Oracle PeopleSoft ERP business of MAXIMUS, Inc. (NYSE:MMS), a leading provider of government services worldwide. The transaction includes the current contracts, intellectual properties and assets of the business. Terms of the deal, which closed September 30, were not disclosed.

CherryRoad, an award-winning expert in Oracle ERP solutions for more than two decades, has made several acquisitions over the past few years as part of its strategic growth plan. The acquisition of the MAXIMUS ERP business – a leading ERP solutions integrator in the U.S. state government sector – significantly expands CherryRoad’s public sector market share, the number of Oracle PeopleSoft applications it supports, and its state-specific tools and methodologies. It also expands the company’s managed services offerings to include remote functional and technical support, 24x7 help desk, and hosting capabilities.

About MAXIMUS, Inc.
MAXIMUS is a leading provider of government services worldwide and is devoted to providing health and human services program management and consulting services to its clients. The Company has more than 6,500 employees located in more than 220 offices in the United States, Canada, Australia, the
United Kingdom, and Israel. Additionally, MAXIMUS is included in the Russell 2000 Index and the S&P SmallCap 600 Index.

About Oracle PartnerNetwork
Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Specialized is the latest version of Oracle's partner program that provides partners with tools to better develop, sell, and implement Oracle solutions. OPN Specialized offers resources to train and support specialized knowledge of Oracle products and solutions and has evolved to recognize Oracle’s growing product portfolio, partner base, and business opportunity. Key to the latest enhancements to OPN is the ability for partners to differentiate through certified Specializations. Specializations are achieved through competency development, business results, expertise, and proven success. To find out more, please visit www.oracle.com/partners.

About CherryRoad Technologies Inc.
CherryRoad Technologies Inc. provides comprehensive systems integration and consulting services that maximize enterprise performance for the public and commercial sectors. With headquarters in Morris Plains, N.J. and offices across the U.S., CherryRoad has earned a solid reputation for combining technology, organizational, functional, and vertical market expertise into practical solutions that deliver results – on time and on budget. For more information, visit www.cherryroad.com .

Contact:
Elaine Verrone
973-541-4227
everrone@cherryroad.com