http://www.rocela.com/rss/ Rocela News and Events en-gb Rocela Edinburgh, August 2010 - Rocela, one of the largest independent Oracle consultancies, has posted record half-year results. With revenues up 66 per cent to £23m on like for like trading, the company is growing faster than ever before.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/24/156/rocela_results_h1/ 2010-08-30T09:11:00+01:00Oracle Corporation's fourth quarter earnings announcement defied analyst estimates with an impressive execution across its entire portfolio.  Independent Oracle consultancy, Rocela, believes that Oracle's strong financial performance is impressive, despite evidence that many large enterprise clients are holding back on multi-year investments until Oracle's product roadmap is clarified.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/24/154/oracle_q4_results/ 2010-07-08T09:11:00+01:00Rocela, reinforcing its focus on Oracle HR Implementation and Managed Services, has recently appointed Nigel Watson as Head of Consulting for Rocela's Professional Services business unit.  Nigel will be responsible for managing Rocela's Professional Services consultants and will work to develop and expand the team to focus on growing Rocela's market share in Oracle Human Resource Management Solutions/Human Capital Management solutions (HRMS/HCM) including Consulting and Managed Services.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/24/148/nigel/ 2010-05-14T09:11:00+01:00Document management and imaging software author, Version One (www.versionone.co.uk), has acknowledged the valued contribution of its business partners in an awards ceremony at Version One's Annual Partner Sales Conference and Race Day held at Wolverhampton Racecourse.  Version One presented five awards to companies and individuals, including leading independent Oracle consultancy Rocela, who claimed the award for 'New Business Partner of the Year 2010'.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/24/145/version_one_award/ 2010-05-04T09:11:00+01:00Rocela, one of the largest independent Oracle consultancies working with national and global clients, today reported record sales levels with revenues of £20.5m for FY09, an increase of 34% on FY08. http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/24/143/rocela_results/ 2010-04-13T09:11:00+01:00Rocela responds to Oracle Q3 results: Growth in earnings indicates tech spend recovery, but gives concern to strategic vendor managers. In response to Oracle Corporation's Q3 earnings announcement, Rocela, one of the largest independent Oracle consultancies working with national and global clients, today suggested that strategic vendor managers in large organisations should be aware of the potential impact that Oracle's increased dominance in the market may have. http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/24/141/rocela_oracle_q3/ 2010-03-31T09:11:00+01:00In response to the completion of Oracle's buyout of Sun Microsystems, which has attracted some criticisms for its impact on market competitiveness, Rocela, one of the largest independent Oracle consultancies working with more than 50 Oracle global clients, today urged end users to view the merger as an opportunity and not a threat.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/24/134/oracle_sun_merger/ 2010-01-27T09:11:00+00:00Leading independent Oracle consultancy, Rocela and document management software author, Version One (www.versionone.co.uk) today announced a partnership to deliver integrated document management and imaging software to Rocela's Oracle Financials customers.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/24/133/version_one_release/ 2010-01-13T09:11:00+00:00Leading independent Oracle specialist, Rocela, has achieved ISO 9001 accreditation for its Oracle Managed Services.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article//131/iso_accreditation/ 2009-12-11T09:11:00+00:00Leading independent Oracle specialist, Rocela, has become the first Scotland-based company to be granted Oracle Certified Advantage Partner (CAP) status - the highest partner level awarded by Oracle.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article//132/cap_status/ 2009-12-11T09:11:00+00:00Rocela has been listed in the Deloitte Technology FAST50 for the fourth time in the last 5 years having achieved 36th place in this year's listing.  The Deloitte Technology FAST50 recognises and ranks UK companies with exceptional growth in turnover over the last five years.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article//123/deloitte_fast_50_2009/ 2009-10-26T09:11:00+00:00Rocela are delighted to announce the opening of their new London office situated at London Wall, in the city.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article//121/pr_london_office/ 2009-10-19T09:11:00+01:00Back in June 2009, Rocela announced its support for the Bluesky Challenge, as a way of raising money for a good cause and for those hardy types to have some fun.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article//122/bluesky/ 2009-10-19T09:11:00+01:00Heriot Watt University has signed a five-year partnership deal with Europe's leading Oracle-only independent consultancy, Rocela, to optimise and support its Oracle E-Business Suite platform.  This is one of the key elements to the University achieving its strategic objectives.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article//107/hw_pr_release/ 2009-08-17T09:11:00+01:00Leading independent Oracle specialist Rocela has achieved record revenues for the first half of its current financial year – up 42% on like-for-like trading in 2008 to just under £14m for the 6 month period.  Amid the news of its outstanding performance, Rocela also announces that it has appointed ex-Axios Systems' VP for North America, Ross McIntosh as its Managing Director of Licence Optimisation.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article//106/rm_new_appt_pr/ 2009-07-27T09:11:00+01:00Rocela's Professional Service business unit has recently recruited another two Senior Oracle Consultants into their Managed Services team based in Edinburgh.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article//104/mark__eileen/ 2009-07-07T09:11:00+01:00Oracle has agreed new pricing for Public Sector customers, effective from 1st April 2009 for 12 months.  This replaces the previous agreement which was effective from 2006 until March 31st 2009.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article//103/oracle_ps_agreement/ 2009-07-07T09:11:00+01:00Oracle has announced a new price list for the UK with license and support prices raised by 20%.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article//101/oracle_price_increase/ 2009-06-24T12:00:00+01:00Rocela's Rob Bruce was one of the 3,500 people who took part in the 2009 Etape Caledonia challenge around 80 miles of hilly Perthshire in May.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article//98/robs_etape_2009_race/ 2009-06-17T09:11:00+01:00Oracle Professional Services consultancy Rocela, has been successful in winning a place on The British Library Oracle Business Suite Consultancy framework.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article//99/british_library_framework/ 2009-06-17T09:11:00+01:00As Oracle deepens its reach into enterprise IT budgets, what should we expect? We explore Oracle rationale and impact on clients. Although we had speculated on the potential for Oracle to go after Sun...  http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article//96/oracle_sun/ 2009-04-28T09:11:00+01:00Rocela, building on its success as an Oracle Managed Services provider has recently won a 12-month support contract with a large US financial corporation. The corporation wished to supplement their internal support capabilities by contracting with an organization that could provide in-depth skills of the Oracle E-Business Suite financials modules.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article//91/la01pr1702ps/ 2009-02-17T09:11:00+00:00Rocela Chief Executive, Martin Mutch was the keynote speaker at the recent Financial Services Connections Event at Aegon's premises in Edinburgh. Martin's presentation was co-hosted by Andrew Harcourt, SAM consultant from HBOS and was on the topic of 'Connections in a Challenging Market' - discussing supplier relationships within the current economic climate. Martin presented to an impressive audience of approximately 60 senior level Financial and IT professionals representing a significant number of financial institutes and Scottish technology suppliers and was a fantastic opportunity to showcase Rocela and our relationship with HBOS.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/25/4/rocela_chief_executive_keynote_speaker_at_connections_event_december/ 2008-12-01T09:11:00+00:00Scotland-based independent Oracle specialist Rocela has, for the 2nd year running and the 3rd time in total, won a position in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 listings for 2008. The Deloitte Technology Fast 50 listing recognises and ranks UK companies with exceptional growth in turnover for the last five years.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/25/5/rocela_wins_place_in_2008_deloitte_technology_fast_50_again/ 2008-10-01T09:11:00+01:00Leading independent Oracle specialist Rocela has achieved the Investors in People Standard using "New Choices", a fresh approach to working with Investors in People that emphasises an organisation's business priorities.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/25/17/rocela_achieves_investors_in_people/ 2008-10-01T09:11:00+01:00Leading independent Oracle specialist Rocela has appointed Linda Anderson to head up its marketing department.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/25/19/rocela_appoints_new_marketing_manager/ 2008-07-01T09:11:00+01:00Scotland-based independent Oracle specialist, Rocela, has achieved 6th position in the latest Real Business Hot 100 table – which ranks Britain's hottest entrepreneurs.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/25/18/rocela_6th_in_uk_hot_100/ 2008-04-01T09:11:00+01:00Leading independent Oracle specialist Rocela has appointed one of the UK's leading data-risk management experts to the role of Senior Principal Consultant in Services.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/25/20/top_uk_data_risk_management_expert_joins_rocela/ 2008-04-01T09:11:00+01:00Leading independent Oracle specialist Rocela has opened an office in the Czech Republic capital of Prague to target the Central and Eastern Europe marketplace.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/25/21/rocela_targets_central_and_eastern_europe_with_new_office_in_prague/ 2008-04-01T09:11:00+01:00Martin Mutch, Chief Executive of one of Scotland's most successful emerging companies, Rocela, has decided to get on his bike in order to go to work.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/25/23/office_move_prompts_rocela_boss_to_lead_by_example_and_cycle_to_work/ 2008-03-01T09:11:00+00:00Independent Oracle specialist Rocela is delighted to announce sponsorship of Edinburgh Grand Opera's forthcoming production of Faust at Edinburgh Festival Theatre.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/25/22/roc_opera_rocela_sponsors_edinburgh_grand_opera_in_faust/ 2008-02-01T09:11:00+00:00Scotland-based independent Oracle specialist, Rocela, has achieved 2nd position in the 2007 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 listings.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/26/30/rocela_wins_2nd_place_in_2007_deloitte_technology_fast_50/ 2007-11-01T09:11:00+00:00Scotland-based independent Oracle specialist, Rocela, has achieved 12th position in the latest Sunday Times Tech Track 100 – which ranks Britain's fastest growing private technology companies.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/26/29/sunday_times_tech_track_100___rocela_is_12th_fastest_growing_british_technology_company/ 2007-10-01T09:11:00+01:00Scotland-based independent Oracle specialist, Rocela, has been listed as the fastest growing venture-backed company in the UK in a newly issued report.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/26/28/rocela_is_fastest_growing_venture_backed_company_in_the_uk/ 2007-08-01T09:11:00+01:00RNLI to benefit from Rocela Sponsorship - The yacht sponsored by market-leading independent Oracle specialist Rocela has won through to qualify for this summer's gruelling Fastnet Race.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/26/26/rocela_yacht_qualifies_for_fastnet_race/ 2007-07-01T09:11:00+01:00Scotland-based independent Oracle specialist, Rocela, has been shortlisted in The Sunday Times Tech Track 100.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/26/27/rocela_nominated_in_tech_track_100/ 2007-07-01T09:11:00+01:00Rocela Chief Executive Martin Mutch is named Technology and Communications Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2007 Ernst & Young Scotland Entrepreneur of the Year awards. Martin will now compete in a national competition against other winners from across the UK in October 2007.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/26/25/rocela_chief_wins_prestigious_award_from_ernst__young/ 2007-06-01T09:11:00+01:00Bank of Scotland Corporate, part of the HBOS Group, has invested more than £1million in Edinburgh-based independent Oracle specialist, Rocela, through its Growth Equity team.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/26/24/bank_of_scotland_invests_in_rocela_growth/ 2007-02-01T09:11:00+00:00Edinburgh-based independent Oracle specialist, Rocela, has been listed in The Sunday Times Virgin Atlantic Fast Track 100.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/27/42/rocela_is_one_of_uks_100_fastest_growing_companies/ 2006-12-01T09:11:00+00:00Edinburgh-based independent Oracle specialist, Rocela, has acquired Livingston-based consulting company, Incisus, in a transfer of shares deal.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/27/41/rocela_acquires_incisus/ 2006-11-01T09:11:00+00:00Edinburgh-based independent Oracle specialist, Rocela, has appointed Glasgow-born and bred Sajin Rehan as Vice President of Rocela Asia Pte Ltd.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/27/40/rocela_appoints_vp_of_asia_pacific/ 2006-09-01T09:11:00+01:00ROCELA, the fast-growing software consultancy, will raise external funds to back an aggressive expansion drive in the Far East after opening its first overseas office.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/27/39/rocela_reveals_strategy_for_aggressive_overseas_growth/ 2006-08-01T09:11:00+01:00Edinburgh-based independent Oracle specialist, Rocela, announces that it has more than doubled its turnover from £8.1million to nearly £17million by close of its third quarter for 2005/06.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/27/38/ten_out_of_ten_for_rocela_as_it_doubles_turnover_by_third_quarter/ 2006-06-01T09:11:00+01:00Scotland on Sunday SCOTTISH IT consultancy Rocela is on course to double its revenues over the next three years after making it onto a shortlist of preferred suppliers for public sector contracts drawn up by Westminster.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/27/36/treasury_deal_boost/ 2006-04-24T09:11:00+01:00Scottish IT consultancy Rocela has appointed a sales and marketing expert to its board as the group gears up for expansion overseas.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/27/34/leading_it_business_executive_joins_rocela_board___scotland_on_sunday/ 2006-04-09T09:11:00+01:00Edinburgh-based independent Oracle specialist, Rocela, has been awarded a Framework Agreement by OGCbuying.solutions - an Executive Agency of the Office of Government Commerce in HM Treasury.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/27/37/rocela_wins_3_year_pre_qualification_for_public_sector_contracts/ 2006-04-01T09:11:00+01:00Kenilworth Town Junior Football Club is celebrating two major wins – its boys Under 9's winning the Fox Evans Shield and picking up a new kit sponsor for the next two years.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/27/33/two_big_reasons_for_kenilworth_juniors_to_celebrate/ 2006-03-01T09:11:00+00:00As a unique and independent Oracle specialist, Rocela, a member of FAST since 2003, will be jointly sponsoring a series of seminars dealing with Oracle specific license compliance issues and providing strategic advice to FAST's members.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/27/3/license_compliance_seminars_for_fast/ 2006-02-01T09:11:00+00:00David Mitchell, a leading software industry analyst, has joined the board of Edinburgh-based independent Oracle specialist, Rocela.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/27/31/top_software_analyst_joins_rocela_board/ 2006-01-01T09:11:00+00:00'Rising Star' Award for Rocela (November 2005) Rocela today announced that it ranked Number 2 in the 2005 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Rising Star in its first year of eligibility, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Scotland. Rankings are based on average percentage revenue growth over five years, from 2000-2004.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/28/1/deloittes_fast_50_2005_winner/ 2005-11-01T09:11:00+00:00Rocela is supporting Kwik-Fit's world tyre-rolling world record attempt in aid of the Asian Tsunami appeal fund. The world-record attempt takes place at Chester Race Course where 238 people will attempt to roll a tyre over 100 metres. Kwik-Fit hopes to raise more than £30,000 on the day.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/28/44/rocela_support_kwik_fit_record_attempt/ 2005-09-01T09:11:00+01:00Edinburgh-based independent Oracle specialist Rocela is delighted to announce the appointment of Ian Smith as Senior Director responsible for the delivery of advisory services to Oracle clients in the commercial sector.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/28/45/new_appointment_mr_ian_smith/ 2005-09-01T09:11:00+01:00Rocela is pleased to announce it is sponsoring Nick Price, MD of Careercare, to walk around Paris to raise money for the Asian Tsunami appeal fund.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/28/47/careercare_say_merci_to_rocela_support/ 2005-09-01T09:11:00+01:00Edinburgh-based independent Oracle specialist Rocela is delighted to announce the appointment of Gary Woodcock as Senior Client Director responsible for advice and guidance to commercial accounts, particularly in the utilities, manufacturing and retail sectors.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/28/48/new_appointments_for_rocela/ 2005-07-01T09:11:00+01:00Edinburgh-based independent Oracle specialist Rocela has reported dramatic revenue growth of more than 400% on its fourth year earnings to September '05.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/29/43/end_of_year_release/ 2004-09-01T09:11:00+01:00Aberdeenshire Council look to ELA for current and future needshttp://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/29/80/aberdeenshire_council_look_to_ela_for_current_and_future_needs/ 2004-03-01T09:11:00+00:00Rocela, the Edinburgh-based independent Oracle specialist, has completed its first contract for Thames Valley Police to provide Oracle licence management consultancy services.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/30/81/self_policing_for_thames_valley_police/ 2003-11-01T09:11:00+00:00Edinburgh-based independent Oracle specialist Rocela has signed a deal with Sefton Borough Council to provide e-Business Suite and Oracle Database support.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/30/90/health_check_for_sefton_borough_council/ 2003-10-01T09:11:00+01:00Edinburgh-based independent Oracle specialist Rocela has reported 1000% revenue growth on its second year earnings to September '03.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/30/83/end_of_year_release_2003/ 2003-09-01T09:11:00+01:00Edinburgh-based independent Oracle specialist Rocela has won a major deal to provide advisory services to the global telco giant, Cable & Wireless.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/30/84/cable_and_wireless/ 2003-08-01T09:11:00+01:00Rocela, the Edinburgh-based independent Oracle specialist, has won a contract with Hutchison 3G against stiff competition to provide consultancy services and business intelligence expertise which will enable the telecoms giant's management and end-users to generate reports and analyses from its massive Oracle data-warehouse.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/30/85/hutchison_3g/ 2003-07-01T09:11:00+01:00Virgin Money has appointed Edinburgh-based independent Oracle specialist Rocela to provide specialist consultancy services and expertise to support its in-house team during the migration to Oracle Financials.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/30/86/virgin_money/ 2003-07-01T09:11:00+01:00Edinburgh-based independent Oracle specialist Rocela has become a partner member of the Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) – which is designed as a strategic move to support FAST in its stated aim of promoting the legal use of software.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/30/87/rocela_joins_fast/ 2003-04-01T09:11:00+01:00Edinburgh-based independent Oracle specialist Rocela has won a contract with Stagecoach Plc to provide consultancy and review the performance of their Oracle-based applications in their UK Bus data-centre.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/31/88/rocela_all_aboard_with_stagecoach/ 2002-08-01T09:11:00+01:00Rocela, the Edinburgh-based independent Oracle specialist, has signed a deal to provide consultancy to leading Scottish independent hotel chain, McDonald Hotels.http://www.rocela.com/news/press_releases/article/31/89/rocela_checks_in_with_mcdonald_hotels/ 2002-07-01T09:11:00+01:00