Bangkok--5 Apr--PC & Associates Consulting
Customers in Asia Pacific endorse Oracle’s commitment to deliver better quality information at lower cost, through innovative, standards-based software
Oracle Asia Pacific , a division of Oracle Corporation — the world’s largest enterprise software company, today announced strong revenue growth and customer traction during the third quarter of its FY06. Businesses across Asia continue to select Oracle products and services over competitive offerings to integrate their business systems, reduce total cost of ownership, and gain business insight and competitiveness.
Oracle Asia Pacific reported total revenues of US$458 million for Q3FY06 (ended February 28, 2006), an 8% increase from Q3FY05. The Asia Pacific region accounted for about 13% of total Q3 revenues worldwide. In Q3FY06, Asia Pacific’s applications new license revenues grew 52%, compared with Q3FY05. Total new license revenues for Asia Pacific contributed 18% of worldwide Q3FY06 new license revenues. (All figures above are in USD and on GAAP basis.).
“We continue to see growing demand from customers in Asia Pacific for open, flexible and standards-based software, and this is extending Oracle’s marketshare and leadership in enterprise and mid-market applications and technology,” said Derek Williams, Executive Vice President, Oracle Asia Pacific. “Companies across key industries and markets are looking to Oracle to provide innovative solutions, and better quality information, with less complexity and at lower cost. Many organisations are adopting Oracle’s Fusion Architecture, technology and applications, as the foundation for a next-generation service-oriented architecture for their business. Greater business insight, agility, high availability and improved efficiencies are keys to driving our customers’ business growth and competitiveness.”
Oracle continues to increase its presence and add to its 25,000-strong customer base in Asia Pacific. In Q3FY06, Oracle announced plans to expand its footprint in the high-growth markets of India and China by establishing a presence in nine non-metro cities in India and 26 cities in China. Oracle is currently operating in six cities in India and four cities in China. This expansion will enable Oracle to address new market opportunities, promote growth in the local economies and accelerate development of the local software industry.
Oracle is growing its partner footprint across Asia Pacific to support its expanding business. In order to boost its 1,700-strong partner base, Oracle is actively recruiting partners to the Oracle PartnerNetwork to address new opportunities in key markets and to offer product and industry consulting, development and implementation expertise to customers and prospects.
Oracle continued to see increased customer momentum in Q3FY06 as organisations selected Oracle Database, Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle Applications.
Leading Asia Pacific organizations make Oracle Database and Fusion Middleware its infrastructure software of choice
Oracle Fusion Middleware is a comprehensive middleware product family comprised of the company's industry-leading service-oriented architecture (SOA) and middleware products including: Oracle Application Server 10g, related Oracle Application Server products and options such as Oracle Identity Management, Oracle Business Intelligence, Oracle BPEL Process Manager, Oracle Web Services Manager, Oracle Business Activity Monitoring, Oracle COREid Products, Oracle Portal and Oracle Integration, Oracle Data Hubs, Oracle Content Services 10g, Oracle Real Time Collaboration 10g and Oracle Unified Messaging.
This family of proven middleware products helps organizations achieve greater agility, make better-informed business decisions and more easily integrate data and processes across disparate IT systems - including technologies from Oracle and other vendors. Oracle Fusion Middleware also provides customers with comprehensive lifecycle support for service-oriented applications and delivers unparalleled interoperability with enterprises' existing IT infrastructure due to its unique hot-pluggable architecture.
The only database designed for grid computing, Oracle Database 10g delivers superior performance, scalability, availability, security and ease of management on a low-cost grid of industry standard storage and servers. Oracle Database 10g is designed to be effectively deployed on everything from small blade servers to the biggest SMP servers and clusters of all sizes. It features automated management capabilities for easy, cost-effective operation.
Customers that selected Oracle Database and/or Oracle Fusion Middleware during Q3FY06 include leading organizations across key industries: AU Optronics Corp. (Taiwan), British American Tobacco Korea (Korea), Canon+ (India), CJ Homeshopping (Korea), Comfort Delgro (Singapore), Department of Telecommunications+ (India), Dongkuk Steel Mill Co. Ltd. (Korea), EEC IT Co. Ltd (Korea), Godfrey Phillips+ (India), Grasim Cement+ (India), Hyundai Motor India Ltd., India Tobacco Company Ltd, Interpharma HK (Hong Kong), LG Electronics Inc. (Korea), LG Philips LCD Co. Ltd (Korea), POSCO (Korea), Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Korea), San Fang Chemical Industry Co., Ltd+ (Taiwan), Ssangyong Fire & Marine Insurance (Korea), SmarTone Mobile Communications Ltd+ (Hong Kong), Tai Fook Securities Group Limited+ (Hong Kong), Taiwan FamilyMart Co. (Taiwan), Yulchon Chemicals Co. Ltd (Korea).
(Note: + Indicates customer purchased Oracle Fusion Middleware & Oracle Database)
Oracle Applications win mindshare and marketshare across Asia Pacific
Oracle continues to win mindshare and marketshare across the enterprise applications software market in Asia Pacific. Q3 saw the completion of the Siebel acquisition in January 2006, which propelled Oracle into the number one position in customer relationship management (CRM) globally.
Oracle Applications, including the Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft Enterprise, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, JD Edwards World and Siebel applications, enable information-driven business processes that help drive an adaptive and responsive enterprise. Developed to deliver business insight, adaptive industry processes and a superior ownership experience, Oracle Applications enable efficient management of all core business functions, such as customer interactions, financial management, human resources and supply chain management.
In the area of people management in Asia Pacific, Oracle widened its lead in the Human Capital Management market with a significant number of new deals, including: Amway (China), China Netcom Group Company Limited (China), First Commercial Bank (China), Universiti Islam Antarabangsa (Malaysia), Shenzhen Development Bank (China), Shanxi Communications Company (China), and PT Federal International Finance (Indonesia).
Organisations in high-growth industries select Oracle Applications and Technology
A growing number of organisations across key high-growth industries in Asia Pacific — including Financial Services; Communications, Media & Utilities; Government, Education & Healthcare; Manufacturing, Retail & Distribution — are choosing Oracle Applications and Technology to integrate and automate their business systems, increase business insight, efficiencies and performance, and lower costs. Oracle’s expanded portfolio of applications and technology solutions provide companies in Asia Pacific with the widest choice of fully-integrated industry solutions with deep industry functionality that are built on open standards. Oracle is uniquely able to develop and integrate its Applications, Middleware and Database components, to build more effective suites of software that meet the diverse needs of customers in different industries.
Organisations in Asia Pacific that adopted or expanded implementations of Oracle Applications and Technology in Q3FY06 include:
Communications, Utilities, Media & Entertainment: Bharti Tele-Ventures* (India), China Netcom* (China), China Telecom (China), Department of Telecommunications (India), Total Access Communication* (Thailand), Guangdong Foshan Power (China), Guangdong Power (China), Huaneng International Power* (China), MinJiang Power* (China), SK Telecom* (Korea), SmarTone Mobile Communications Ltd (Hong Kong), Smart Communications Inc* (Philippines)
Government, Education & Healthcare: Bangkok Hospital* (Thailand), Department of Budget and Management (Philippines), Department of Income Tax (India), Korea Air Force HQ (Korea), Universiti Islam Antarabangsa* (Malaysia),
Banking, Securities & Insurance: BCB (Malaysia), Bohai Bank (China), China Development Bank* (China), First Bank* (China), Fubon Bank* (Hong Kong), KGI Securities* (China), Kookmin Bank (Korea), Kotak Mahindra* (India), MBF (Australia), Maybank (Malaysia), PT Federal International Finance* (Indonesia), PT. Orix Indonesia Finance (Indonesia), People's Bank of China (China), Shanghai Futures Exchange (China), Shenzhen Development Bank (China), SinoLife* (China), Ssangyong Fire & Marine Insurance* (Korea), Takaful Nasional (Malaysia), Tai Fook Securities Group Limited (Hong Kong)
Manufacturing, High Technology, Consumer Goods, & Automotive: Amway* (China), AU Optronics Corp. (Taiwan), Beijing Pharmaceutical (China), British American Tobacco Korea (Korea), Canon (India), CJ Homeshopping (Korea), ChangAn Automobile Group* (China), Darma Henwa (Indonesia), Dongfeng Motor Group* (China), Dongkuk Steel Mill Co. Ltd. (Korea), Dynacraft Industries* (Malaysia), EEC IT Co. Ltd (Korea), Godfrey Phillips (India), Grasim Cement (India), Hyundai Motor India Ltd (India), India Tobacco Company Ltd (India), Interpharma HK (Hong Kong), KKB Engineering* (Malaysia), LG Electronics Inc. (Korea), LG Philips LCD Co. Ltd (Korea), Magnecomp* (Thailand), PT HM Sampoerna Tbk* (Indonesia), Panasonic Asia Pacific* (Singapore & Thailand), POSCO (Korea), Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Korea), San Fang Chemical Industry* (Taiwan), Taiwan FamilyMart Co. (Taiwan), Yulchon Chemicals Co. Ltd (Korea), Zhangjiagang POSCO Stainless Steel (China)
Logistics, Travel & Transportation: Comfort Delgro (Singapore), Humpuss Intermoda Transportasi (Indonesia), MTR Corporation Limited* (Hong Kong), Port of Tanjung Pelepas* (Malaysia) Retail & Services: Lifeken* (India), Tata Consultancy Services* (India)
(Note: *Indicates customer purchased Oracle Applications; customer may also have purchased Oracle Database & Oracle Fusion Middleware)
Small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Asia Pacific choose Oracle
Q3FY06 also saw strong adoption of Oracle’s applications and technology amongst small and mid-sized enterprises as Oracle focused on delivering better value, comprehensive functionality, faster implementations and lower costs to smaller companies across the region.
Key wins in Q3FY06 included: Chin Fong Machine* (Taiwan), First Guarantee
Assurance Corporation* (Philippines), Fuji Electric* (Philippines), Golden Harvest Food* (Pakistan), Hebei Industry University (China), JS Unitrade Merchandise Inc* (Philippines), Mitsumi (Philippines), Qingdao Information Center (China), Rentech Computers* (Philippines), Sanyo (Philippines), Stepan Philippines Inc* (Philippines), Tangshan Workers' Hospital (China) and Tianjin City Planning Bureau (China).
The SME segment - defined as companies that have less than US$500 million in annual revenues - contributes more than 50% of Oracle’s Asia Pacific revenues today. Oracle offers the most comprehensive technology and applications software portfolio today to address the needs of small and mid-market businesses. Oracle’s 1,700-strong partner network extends its market reach and offers a full suite of implementation services in Asia Pacific to drive uptake in the mid-market.
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