Oracle Asia Pacific Reports Significant Customer Momentum in Q1FY07

 

Recently, Oracle had announced significant customer traction across its database, middleware and applications businesses in the Asia Pacific region during the first quarter of its fiscal year 2007.

 

“In Q1FY07, we delivered significant revenue growth across virtually all product lines and geographies,” said Oracle President Charles Phillips. “Customers are clearly comfortable with our strategy and direction. We are growing faster than the competition and winning market share.”

 

Oracle continues rapid expansion into high-growth cities of China and India

Oracle expanded into 15 more growth cities in China and India during Q1FY07, bringing its total footprint to 45 growth cities within those two countries. 

 

“The growth cities in China and India are experiencing some of the highest economic growth rates in Asia Pacific,” said Brian Mitchell, Senior Vice President, Oracle Asia Pacific. “Demand from these cities are coming from emerging players in the local industries seeking to adopt information technology to better compete in the domestic and global marketplace.”

 

Applications new license revenues for Oracle Asia Pacific & Japan grew 126% year-on-year in Q1FY07. Oracle continues to win market share across the enterprise applications software market in Asia Pacific with significant traction in high-growth industries including banking and public sectors. Customers are responding positively to Oracle’s strategy to provide the most comprehensive portfolio of open standards based end-to-end industry applications.

 

Oracle Applications new wins in Q1FY07 for Asia Pacific, excluding Japan, include: Amtex Private Limited (Pakistan), Ashok Leyland Limited (India), Baidu Inc. (China), ChungHwa Telecom (Taiwan), Cuel Ltd. (Thailand), PT. Federal International Finance (Indonesia), Sama Pharm Co., Ltd. (Korea), Transgrid (Australia).

 

Momentum builds for Oracle Fusion Middleware in Asia Pacific

Oracle’s global middleware new license revenues grew 56% year-on-year in Q1FY07. Built for the heterogeneous enterprise, Oracle Fusion Middleware extends the company's leadership position in service-oriented architecture (SOA), and consists of modular component software that runs on a range of popular platforms. Interoperability and a modular approach enables organizations to extend the value of existing middleware technologies and business applications from other software vendors such as IBM, Microsoft, and SAP.

 

Oracle Fusion Middleware new wins in Q1FY07 for Asia Pacific, excluding Japan, include: AUO Corp. (Taiwan), Guangdong Mobile (China), Incheon Airport (Korea), KT Freetel (Korea), Northern CoalFields Limited (India), PT. Aneka Tambang Tbk. (Indonesia), Shanghai Lotus Supermarket (China), Shanghai Yangpu Central Community (China), Toll Holdings (Australia).

Momentum in key industries

 

Many organizations in Asia Pacific across a wide range of industries adopted or expanded implementations of Oracle Database, Oracle Fusion Middleware, and Oracle Applications, including the Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft Enterprise, Siebel CRM, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and JD Edwards World. In the first quarter of fiscal 2007, new customer wins in Asia Pacific included:

Financial Services: Cathay United Bank (Hong Kong), China Construction Bank (China), China Investment Bank (China), China Trust Financial Holding Co. Ltd. (China), Fubon Financial (Taiwan), Grand Cathay Securities Corporation (Hong Kong), Guangxi RCCB (China), Hana Bank (Korea), Industrial Bank of Korea (Korea), Korea Exchange Bank (Korea), Nomura International (Hong Kong) Limited, Shenzhen City Union Bank (China), Woori Financial Information System (Korea).

 

Public Sector: Jiangxi Electric Power Co. (China), National Database and Registration Authority (Pakistan), Shanghai Maritime University (China), Southeast University (China), Yunnan Dachaoshan Hydropower Co. (China).

 

Communications, Media, Utilities: Advanced Info Service Plc. (Thailand), Daqing Petro Communications Co. Ltd. (China), Fujian Telecom (China), Golden Concord Holdings Ltd. (China), Heilongjiang Mobile (China), Liaoning Mobile (China), PT. Excelcomindo Pratama (Indonesia), Shandong Netcom (China), True Corporation Public Company Limited (Thailand), True Move Company Limited (Thailand), Vietnam Telecom Services Company (Vietnam), Virgin Mobile Shanghai (China), Warid Telecom Pvt Ltd. (Bangladesh).

 

Manufacturing, Retail, Distribution: Cummins India Limited (India), Daxon Technology Inc. (Taiwan), Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Ltd. (China), Gujurat Ambuja Cements Ltd. (India), Hyundai Heavy Industries (Korea), Nicholas Piramal India Ltd. (India), PT. Semen Padang (Indonesia), Puravankara Group (India), West Australian Newspapers Limited (Australia).