Oracle to ramp up Indian ops

Circuit EC / Mumbai

Oracle Corporation has decided to increase its focus on India by stepping up its software development activities, broadening its partner base, and looking at acquisitions.

Oracle president Charles E Phillips Jr, said, “Oracle would like to look at the Indian market from a deployment perspective and we are developing our partner base for this purpose.”

According to Phillips, “India accounts for Oracle’s largest research and development (R&D) investment outside of the United States. It has become its fifth largest market in Asia in terms of revenue. It is also the centre for several of Oracle’s global support, consulting and financial services operations.”

Oracle is also stepping up its efforts on the sales and marketing front. Oracle has 150 channels and alliance partners under the Oracle Partner Network, including i-flex Solutions, Infosys, Satyam among others. Some Indian organisations running Oracle software are ICICI, HDFC Bank, BSNL and Bharti. A clear indication of the company’s sharpened focus is reflected in its growing employee base of over 6,000 in India. The company is recruiting at least 250 employees every month.

Phillips did not rule out the possibility of acquisitions. He indicated that there were ‘interesting’ companies both in India and China. Talking about Oracle Information Architecture, he said that the architecture enables customers to move from fragmented, high cost architectures and improve the quality of the data. The architecture, he explained advocates consolidation and reduction of complexity in enterprise information infrastructure.

— The Financial Express