Wipro and Oracle Launch OZONE

Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro, and Oracle have announced the launch of the innovative solutions lab - OZONE, at Wipro's Electronic City facility in Bangalore.

Services provided at OZONE will help joint Wipro and Oracle customers to define their IT roadmaps. The new lab will provide customers with the opportunity to test the adoption of Oracle Application Integration Architecture (AIA), Oracle Fusion Middleware, and Oracle's industry applications.

The lab can demonstrate end-to-end industry-specific processes and solutions, which leverage Oracle's portfolio of existing as well as newer Oracle software, and showcase innovative joint solutions developed by Wipro. This facility will also be used to co-develop solutions across specific industry processes in human capital management, customer relationship management and supply chain management.

The solutions being currently developed in the lab include process integration packs (PIPs) built on the Oracle Application Integration Architecture for the Communications Industry which are being co-developed and jointly marketed by Oracle and Wipro.

"The Oracle solution lab underscores our joint commitment to delivering competitive business value to service providers worldwide, by helping them transform their businesses, launch next-generation services and offer superior customer experience" said Judson Althoff, GVP (worldwide alliances and channels) of Oracle.

Source: www.cxotoday.com

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Oracle Rolls Out VAD Remarketer Program

The VAD Remarketer Program makes it easy for resellers to start selling Oracle products. Oracle has launched its VAD Remarketer Program with its distributor, Tech Pacific (India) Limited in India. The Oracle VAD Remarketer Program enables Tech Pacific to resell Oracle technology products through its resellers throughout India, without requiring the resellers to join the Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN).

The VAD Remarketer Program makes it easy for resellers to start selling Oracle products and extend the Oracle portfolio to their customers without having to make up-front financial investments to build an Oracle practice. Resellers can leverage Tech Pacific for support, training and other reseller services.

Oracle 1-CLICK ORDERING streamlines channel order-processing time. Products in the Oracle 1-CLICK ORDERING Programs category include Oracle Database Personal Edition, Oracle Database Standard Edition, Oracle Database Standard Edition One, Oracle Application Server Standard Edition, Oracle Application Server Standard Edition One, Oracle Business Intelligence Standard Edition One, Oracle Weblogic Server Standard Edition, Oracle Universal Content Management Standard Edition, Oracle Document Capture and Oracle Internet Developer Suite.

According to Sanjay Achawal, director, enterprise business group, Tech Pacific (India) Limited, "The key feature of the Oracle VAD Remarketer Program is that it eliminates start-up costs and makes Oracle products easily accessible. We are confident that our partners would be excited, as they would see great opportunity to engage in this business. This would help them offer a variety of Oracle-based solutions to customers which was not feasible earlier."

"With the launch of this programme, we are making it easier and more profitable for resellers to make available Oracle technology products to mid-size businesses," said Sukhdeep Singh, senior director, distribution and commercial channels sales, Oracle Asia Pacific. "Channel partners are a vital extension of our sales ecosystem. In Asia Pacific, approximately 80 per cent of our business is managed by our partner community."

Roadshows and product knowledge sessions are planned in Chennai, Bengaluru, Delhi and Mumbai to create awareness amongst Tech Pacific India's reseller base.

Source: www.efytimes.com

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Oracle names young exec to head RP unit

Business software maker Oracle Corp. has picked a young-looking Filipino executive, Ryan Guadalquiver, as the new managing director for its Philippine subsidiary.

Guadalquiver was formally introduced in his new role last week when he represented the company in the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Education.

His age cannot be ascertained, however, as the company did not give any profile on the official and refused to entertain questions from the media regarding the appointment.

Not much is known about Guadalquiver, who did not rise from the ranks but is now tasked to lead one the biggest software subsidiaries in the country. Apart from various business software offerings, Oracle still commands a lion’s share of the database market in the local market.

Guadalquiver is the second Filipino country manager of Oracle Philippines after Bernard Yu, who stayed at the helm of the company for almost a decade. After Yu stepped down, two foreign-born executives Yashi Kant and Francis Ong served successive terms as country manager.

Prior to his new post, Quadalquiver was the Oracle’s country director for technology. A colleague, Mina Lim, temporarily served as officer-in-charge of the company before he formally took over last week.

Guadalquiver is also said to have worked for mobile operator Globe Telecom before jumping over to Oracle about two years ago. Employees at Globe could not confirm this, however.

Guadalquiver will be reporting to Oracle Asean managing director Natasak Rodjanapiches, who is also in charge of Oracle Thailand.

Author: Melvin G. Calimag @ www.mb.com.ph

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