Fuelling Growth and Success in Europe
As Europe's manufacturing base migrates to cheaper parts of the world, innovation has become the region's primary driver of economic growth. More

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Oracle Launches Innovate Program in Romania, with President Basescu in Attendance
Oracle has launched its new Innovate Program in Bucharest, Romania, in the presence of the country’s President, His Excellency Mr Traian Basescu. The program is designed to identify and nurture young, promising technology entrepreneurs across Eastern Europe by providing them with access to business advice, venture capital funding and technical resources. More

Central and Eastern Europe Must Boost Home-Grown Innovation, says EIU
A major new Economist Intelligence Unit survey of 12 Central and Eastern European countries has revealed that the region is underperforming in terms of innovation – and risks compromising five years of economic growth as its status as a low-cost labor base begins to erode. More

Encouraging Innovation: Top Ten Recommendations
Oracle’s work in Central and Eastern Europe, combined with the findings of the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Report A Time for New Ideas: Innovation in Central-Eastern Europe, has prompted the creation of a list of recommendations to encourage and accelerate innovation as follows... More

Oracle UK Launches New Innovation Initiative with Keynote from Minister for Innovation, Ian Pearson
What happens when a technology supplier gets together with a diverse group of its customers to work on collaborative innovation projects? That’s what Oracle UK is aiming to find out with Open Alchemy, an initiative launched in July in the presence of Ian Pearson, Minister for Innovation with the UK government’s Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills. More