Strong Customer Momentum And Industry
Recognition Mark
Oracle Asia Pacific’s Year In 2002
Companies and IT users in Asia
Pacific vote for Oracle9i Database, Oracle9i Application Server and Oracle
E-Business Suite as technologies of choice
HONG KONG, December 19, 2002 – Oracle
Asia Pacific, a division of Oracle Corporation – the world’s largest
enterprise software company, today announced that it continued to build
momentum in 2002 as businesses across the region choose Oracle software
and services to lower information technology (IT) costs and achieve new
levels of efficiency. Increasingly, businesses are upgrading to the Oracle
E-Business Suite 11i, Oracle9i Database and Oracle9i Application Server
to realize the benefits associated with a single data model that stores
information across a full range of integrated applications. Across Asia
Pacific, Oracle has also been recognised in 2002 for its technological
innovation and market leadership by leading industry, IT and business
publication readers, customers and associations.
Oracle E-Business Suite
The Oracle E-Business Suite enjoyed accelerated adoption in 2002 as nearly
25 percent of Oracle’s customers worldwide that have gone “live”
on the applications, are based in Asia Pacific. They include leading companies
such as China Banknote Printing & Minting Corporation (China), Shanghai
Hitachi (China), Dragonair (Hong Kong), Jebsen & Co. (Hong Kong), LG.Philips
LCD (Korea), Posco (Korea), Westpac Banking Corporation (Australia), Sellagence
(New Zealand), Tube Investment (India) and Win Semiconductors (Taiwan).
The Oracle E-Business Suite enables companies to efficiently manage business
processes, such as customer management, manufacturing, marketing, order
management and supply chain management, from one global system. Primary
reasons customers select the Oracle E-Business Suite include Oracle's
single architecture and open data model, which allow applications to be
deployed as individual modules, business flows or an entire integrated
suite.
Customers in Asia Pacific who purchased Oracle’s
applications during the most recent quarter FY03Q2 (ended 30 November
2002) included Smart Communications (Philippines), Indian Hotels Corporation
(India), Pan-United Corporation (Singapore) and Juken Technology (Singapore).
Oracle9i Database and Oracle9i Application Server
Customers in Asia Pacific who purchased Oracle9i Database and/or Oracle9i
Application Server during FY03Q2 included Tata Engineering (India), Big
C Supercenter Public Co (Thailand) and Ministry of Finance – Direktorat
Jenderal Pajak (Indonesia).
Uptake of the Oracle9i Application Server in Asia Pacific
was particularly strong in 2002, as the region’s Oracle9i Application
Server customer base more than doubled over the past 12 months. Leading
customers, including Citibank Singapore, Manulife (Hong Kong), KTF (Korea),
David Jones (Australia), Shanghai General Electronics (China), Yonsei
University (Korea), TransAsia Telecom (Taiwan), China Earthquake Bureau
Stratum Research Unit, Loyalty New Zealand and Bank of the Philippine
Islands, continue to benefit from Oracle’s capacity to help them develop
and deploy dynamic Web sites and transactional business applications based
on web services.
Oracle9i Database with Real Applications Clusters also
saw good take-up from customers such as Hutchison-Priceline (Hong Kong),
Gas Authority of India and Korean Investment Trust Management and Securities.
Oracle's information management software products include
the world's market leading database - Oracle9i Database - and Oracle9i
Application Server. Because e-business Web sites, transactional and decision
support applications require both a database and an application server,
Oracle9i Database and Oracle9i Application Server are an ideal choice
for companies that want the performance and cost saving benefits of a
complete and integrated infrastructure. Oracle9i Database and Oracle9i
Application Server enable companies around the world to run mission-critical
business applications with a highly reliable, available, scalable and
secure foundation. Analyst firm META Group recently recognized Oracle9i
Database as the leader in the relational database market, and a recent
eWeek review praised Oracle9i Application Server for its valuable caching,
data integration and data analysis tools.
Industry Recognition and Awards in 2002
In 2002, Oracle’s reputation as market leader in technology and innovation
in Asia Pacific was boosted by top honours and awards which it received,
based on findings and feedback from regional user surveys and industry
polls conducted by various industry, IT and business publications and
associations, such as Asia Computer Weekly, Computerworld and Taiwan’s
Institute for Information Industry (refer to Appendix 1). Given the extensive
reach of these independent organisations, the awards reflect the growing
recognition among users, influencers and decision-makers that Oracle software
and services cater to the demands of Asian businesses. They also represent
the satisfaction of Oracle’s Asia Pacific customers and partners who
rely on Oracle’s products for their businesses.
Derek Williams, executive vice president for Oracle
Asia Pacific, said, “We are proud to have achieved a good business
year in 2002 despite the tough economic climate. Both Oracle9i platform
and the Oracle E-Business Suite have enjoyed strong adoption by world-class
clients in Asia and the industry awards reinforce the recognition of the
quality and value proposition behind Oracle’s integrated enterprise
software products and services. We have also continued to gain ground
in the mid-market segment, which today makes up about 50 percent of our
customer base in Asia.”
These companies include Shunde Special Transformer Works
(China), Kinsus Interconnect Tech (Taiwan), Eastgate Technology (Singapore),
Hotai Motor Company (Taiwan), King Yuan Electronics (Taiwan), Seafresh
Industry Public Co (Thailand) and Sunny Queen (Australia).
“In addition to continued product enhancements and
innovation through new products such as Oracle Collaboration Suite and
Oracle Technology Outsourcing, Oracle’s business focus in Asia Pacific
for 2003 will be on meeting the diverse needs of our customers through
rapid implementations and complete software solutions that integrate global
best practices. Our commitment is to help companies, from small-and-medium-sized
businesses to large multinational corporations and also key industries
such as telecommunications, financial services, government, and manufacturing
and distribution, to make significant improvements in operational efficiencies
and overall competitiveness,” added Williams.
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