This document discusses strategies for maximizing the value of Oracle applications. It recommends integrating applications to simplify implementations and upgrades, extending applications to improve the user experience and analytics, securely and efficiently managing applications, and optimizing infrastructure to lower costs and improve performance. It provides examples of companies that have implemented these strategies, such as integrating various systems onto a common platform to reduce complexity (William Morrisons), and using business intelligence to provide real-time visibility across applications (Royal Caribbean). The document advocates adopting a co-existence strategy of adding new Oracle Fusion applications to existing systems or embracing the full Fusion suite.