Right now, Abt Associates' HR department has "a very complicated situation" with its software portfolio involving E-Business Suite "and a lot of bolt-ons," which has resulted in many inaccuracies and inefficiencies, she said.

"My dream is, we're going to start going to Fusion," Shekhtman said. "They just need to see that the functionality will meet their needs."

That notion echoes IT Convergence's plans for Fusion Applications. While it committed to E-Business Suite for the immediate future, the hope is to move entirely to Fusion Applications within two years, depending on whether the software becomes mature enough, Gonzalez said.

Right now, for example, Fusion Applications' financials component doesn't yet support taxes for key countries such as Brazil, he said. "That is huge," he said. "That's why you don't hear a lot about financials on Fusion. The product, for a global organization, would not fit."

Oracle has rolled out several new releases of the version-one suite since its initial rollout, delivering bug fixes as well as some 300 customer-requested enhancements, Leone said during his keynote. "We've put a huge foot forward to make sure early adopters are successful."