Oracle Establishes
First Competency Center In China For
Independent Software Vendors
New Shenzhen Software Park facility
to spur development of
China's software industry
Hong Kong, October 13, 2004 - Oracle
China (registered as Beijing Oracle Software Systems Co., Ltd.), today
announced the opening of its first Competency Center in China for independent
software vendors (ISVs). The Center, located in the Shenzhen Software
Park, aims to attract and groom software development expertise and help
spur the overall growth of China's software industry.
The new Center will support local ISVs and provide
free porting, testing and migration services from third-party solutions
to Oracle Database and Oracle Application Server in a secure facility.
By doing so, the Center aims to help local ISVs further develop their
applications to meet the standards for global distribution. The Centers
services will be available free of charge to qualified ISVs.
An economic hub in Southern China, Shenzhen is
home to more than 400 software firms, and remains at the forefront of
China's rapidly expanding software industry. With the backing of the
Shenzhen Municipal Government, Shenzhen Software Park has been officially
designated by the Ministry of Science and Technology as a "National Torchlight
Project Software Industrial Base". The local Government has played a key
role in driving IT development in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone through
the Park. In 2003, the enterprise software output value of the Shenzhen
Software Park was over RMB20 billion, representing one-eighth of the national
software revenue.
"The establishment of the Shenzhen Software Park
Oracle Competency Center will not only bring the world's most advanced
software development skills, application technologies and solutions to
software enterprises in Shenzhen, it will also promote the development
of the IT industry in the Guangdong Province, and the South China region
as a whole," said Mr. Wang XueWei, director of the Shenzhen Science
and Technology Information Bureau.
China's software industry is one of the fastest
growing sectors of the economy. Key drivers in the industry include the
rapid rise of Linux spurred on by Government endorsement of open source
software. Software exports are already growing rapidly. In 2003, the total
export revenue of the Shenzhen Software Park's enterprises reached
US$500 million making up 25% of the nation's total software exports.
As a result, China's ISVs will need to quickly adapt to international
software standards. In parallel, the market for embedded software is also
expanding rapidly in part because of the large number of consumer electronics
device manufacturers in the country.
"By opening this facility, we aim to give China's
ISVs the tools and pool of expertise they need to enable successful migration
from legacy systems to Oracle-based solutions, especially in testing and
training ahead of actual implementation," said Arics Poon, managing
director of Oracle South China and Hong Kong. "Over 90% of our business
in China is done through local business partners, among which ISVs are
a major group. The establishment of the Shenzhen Software Park Oracle
Competency Center forms a key cornerstone of Oracle's Golden China
Initiative and further cements our policy of localization and strengthening
ties with local partners."
Mr. Zeng GuoZhong of Shenzhen Software Park said, "Through
the establishment of the Oracle Competency Center, we can help software
enterprises improve their technology development capabilities and gain
new competitive advantages in markets both at home and abroad."
The Shenzhen Software Park Oracle Competency Center
will be equipped with the most advanced development environments'
including Oracle Database, Oracle Application Server, as well as Oracle
JDeveloper and the Linux Operating System. When the Center is put into
use after construction is completed, it will offer the following services
to local software enterprises:
- A technical environment for software development
and testing, and related consultation, guidance and technical support;
- Technical training seminars for software enterprises
in accordance with Oracle's special training projects and plans for
its partners;
- Seminars and solution promotions for products from
Oracle and its partners.
Oracle China will also be responsible for the Center's
daily operation and management and will provide on-site technical support,
service consultations, software maintenance and coordination of hardware
maintenance for the daily operation of the Center through full-time staff.
About Shenzhen Software Park
Located in the Shenzhen Hi-tech Industrial Park, Shenzhen Software Park
has been officially designated by the Ministry of Science and Technology
as a "National Torchlight Project Software Industrial Base. At present,
there are more than 400 software enterprises and the number of software
professional exceeds 40,000. In 2003, the total sales revenue of the Park's
software enterprises was over RMB20 billion, the total export revenue
was US$500 million making up 25% of the nation's total software exports.
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