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	Oracle has been operating in India for more than 20 years, first through a distributorship and thereafter through its own subsidiary since 1993.
	Oracle is one of the largest multinational employers in India with more than 24,000 employees.
	India is Oracle’s fourth–largest market in Asia in terms of revenue, up from tenth a few years ago.
	India accounts for Oracle’s largest research and development investment outside the United States.
	India also hosts several of Oracle’s global divisions and services including global consulting, global support, Oracle On–demand, Internet sales and financial accounting and analysis.
	The entire Oracle product family – including Database, Fusion Middleware and Oracle Applications are available in India. Oracle Database 10g supports transactions and interfaces in all major Indian languages including Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Telugu and Tamil.
	Oracle is committed to the Indian market through its extensive network of more than 500 channel and alliance partners in India under the Oracle PartnerNetwork, including Infosys, Sonata, Tata Consultancy Services and Wipro.
	Oracle currently has 7000+ customers in technology and application business.
	India is home to more than 700,000 members of Oracle’s online and developer community (including 5,00,000 developers).
	Oracle owns majority stake in the Indian software company Oracle Financial Services Ltd. (erstwhile i–flex Solutions).

Oracle India Milestones

	1987	Oracle Corp. begins operations in India through a distributorship.
	1991	Oracle establishes a liaison office to better serve customers.
	1993	Oracle forms a wholly owned subsidiary focused on the sales and marketing of Oracle software in India.
	1994	Oracle opens the India Development Center (IDC) in Bangalore, becoming one of the first multinational software companies to set up a development center in India.
	1996	IDC successfully delivers the first version of Oracle’s Internet computing technology.
	1998	Oracle India establishes a second development center in Hyderabad dedicated to developing enterprise business applications.
	2002	Business Today– Hewitt survey recognized Oracle as one of the best employers in India.
	2003	Oracle and HP launch an “E–Governance Centre of Excellence” in Gurgaon to support E–Governance initiatives by central, state and local government bodies in India.
	2003	Oracle India launches Oracle Collaboration Suite, Oracle E–Business Suite Special Edition and Oracle Database Standard Edition One.
	2004	Oracle India grows to more than 6,000 employees. Recognized among the top 25 best employers in the Hewitt – CNBC Best Employers Award.
	2005	Oracle grows to 8,000 employees. Integrates PeopleSoft development centers at Hexaware and Covansys with Oracle India Development Centre at Bangalore; invests in i–flex.
	2005	India becomes largest ThinkQuest country in the world with 1100 registered schools and used by over 1,46,000 students from across India.
	2006	Extends sales network presence to high growth cities
	2006	Establishes development centre in NOIDA (near Delhi)
	2007	Oracle Education Foundation’s Think.com is available in Hindi
	2007	Oracle launches second phase of Hyderabad campus.
	2007	Tata Motors completes one of the largest deployments of Siebel CRM in the global auto industry with Siebel CRM.
	2007	Launches Oracle Asia Research & Development Center and Partner Solution Center at Gurgaon (near Delhi)
	2008	Oracle Supports India–Specific Features Of JD Edwards Application.
	2008	Launches Oracle VAD Remarketer Program, enabling distributors to resell Oracle technology products through its network of resellers, without requiring resellers to join Oracle PartnerNetwork.

Oracle India Private Limited
With Sales, Marketing, Consulting, Education and Support for local customers, Oracle India markets the complete range of Oracle products and services through its head office in Gurgaon, offices in Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai and New Delhi, and also through its partners in India under the Oracle PartnerNetwork. Oracle has also extended its presence to several high growth cities in India including Chandigarh, Pune, Ahmedabad and Coimbatore among others for which there are dedicated sales managers, business development managers and channel managers.

India Development Center
The largest research and development center for Oracle outside the US, the Oracle India Development Center (IDC) in Bangalore and Hyderabad carries out cutting edge development work across the entire Oracle product family for the global market. Leveraging the world–class software development skills base and consistent on time delivery of high quality product, the IDC leverages the 12 1/2 hour time difference between India and the US to operate a Follow the Sun model of software development whereby Oracle’s India Development Center takes over from the US development organization overnight – accomplishing two days of development in one.

OracleDirect
Delivering on the promise to help customers "See Your Business in Our Software," this highly–skilled direct sales organization uses web–based communication, applications and services to show customers first–hand how Oracle can increase the integration, reliability, security and cost–effectiveness of their information technology.

Global Consulting
This specialized team leverages their proximity to development and support to deliver rapid, cost effective, offshore, onshore and nearshore consulting services on the full range of Oracle products to customers worldwide.

Global Support Centre
One of four Global Support Centers servicing customers worldwide, the Global Support Center in India offers technical support for the entire range of Oracle products. Through 24 by 7 coverage, Oracle has the ability to provide critical support to customers and to deliver higher–quality, efficient technical support regardless of time zone. This team also delivers Oracle On–Demand to a part of Oracle’s global On–Demand customers.

Global Financial Information Center (GFIC)
Based out of Bangalore, the GFIC comprises two different groups. The first group called Financial Planning and Accounting (FP&A), provides internal financial planning and analysis services such as forecasting, budgeting and reporting for Oracle’s in–country operations across the world. The second group is the Shared Service Center providing transaction–processing services covering Revenue Accounting, Accounting and Customer Operations. GFIC plays a key role in streamlining Oracle’s financial and accounting operations around the world.