Hyderabad,Sept'05: The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy inaugurated Oracle India's campus at HITEC City, Hyderabad, recently in the presence of John Wookey, senior vice president, Applications Development, Oracle Corporation; Keith Budge, senior vice president, Geographies, Oracle Asia Pacific; Krishan Dhawan, managing director, Oracle India; Murali Subramanian, vice president, Applications Development, Oracle India and other senior Oracle officials.

The inauguration heralds the completion of the first phase of construction of the Hyderabad campus. The campus, construction of which commenced in December 2003, is being built in three phases on nine acres of land. It will have five lakh square feet of built up space.

"India is one of the two jewels for Oracle in the Asia-Pacific region and is a very important market for Oracle both in terms of business opportunity as well as the talent pool available for development of products," said Wookey. "The inauguration of the Hyderabad campus signifies the importance Oracle assigns to India. The campus, which will house the India Development Center, continues to carry out cutting edge development work across the entire Oracle product family for the global market."

Driving development and innovation of global applications
The Hyderabad campus is focused primarily on the research and development of Oracle applications software solutions. Operating as part of the global development organisation, the Hyderabad center houses developers who are responsible for building and expanding the capabilities of Oracle?s business applications software. This includes leading edge applications used by customers to manage core business processes and drive performance, such as financials, human capital management, manufacturing, supply chain, sales and marketing. The team also develops applications that meet the needs within specific industries such as financial services, healthcare, higher education and public sector.

State-of-the-art facilities to enhance development environment
Oracles Hyderabad campus is an eco-friendly, state-of-the-art development facility, designed by renowned architect C.R. Narayan Rao who has designed various technology parks in India and abroad with his firm, Emas Construction Company. The campus features a rainwater harvesting system, a sewage treatment plant for safeguarding the environment, and a modern fire protection system. Significant focus has also been placed on energy conservation, hence the installation of double-glazed glass to reduce heat emission and automated building management systems such as sensors in conference rooms which enable cooling levels to be adjusted according to the number of people in the room.

The Hyderabad campus also features multi-level car park, a spacious, modern cafeteria, fully equipped gymnasium, sports and recreational facilities such as a cricket net and a basketball court - for employees. Besides, the campus has 100 per cent power and UPS (uninterrupted power supply) standby for trouble-free round-the-clock performance. Renowned landscaper, Shekhar James has done the landscaping for the campus.

"Oracle's Hyderabad campus is among the newest development facilities in India," said Subramanian, who leads the applications development at India Development Center. "Our teams contribute to the most innovative development work taking place within Oracle and the industry. We expect that this new environment will play a role to energise our teams and boost local development skills and expertise to further the IT industry here in India and globally."

 

About Oracle India
Oracle India Private Ltd, a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation, the world's largest enterprise software company, has been operating in India for over 12 years. Oracle was one of the first international software companies to set up an India Development Center in 1994. Today, Oracle's two India Development Centers, at Bangalore and Hyderabad, work closely with Oracle's global software development team, headquartered at Redwood Shores, California, on the entire Oracle product family. India is also a hub for several of Oracle's global support, consulting and financial services operations. Through its offices in Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Gurgaon, and an extensive network of more than 200 channel and alliance partners under the Oracle PartnerNetwork, Oracle India markets the complete range of Oracle products and services across India. Oracle products are supported on 13 major Indian languages. Oracle India has more than 6,400 customers in the telecommunications, banking, insurance, manufacturing and utilities industries, across the government and private sector. Oracle India is a major partner for E-Governance initiatives of Central and State Government bodies in India. The Oracle-HP E-Governance Centre of Excellence is located at Oracle India?s head office in Gurgaon, near New Delhi..

Reachout's News Bureau
Sept' 2005