Six Oracle Asia Research and Development Centers and 13 Oracle Solution Centers Collaborate on Technology Innovations across Asia Pacific & Japan
SINGAPORE, July 24 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Oracle announced today that it has formed a single research and development (R&D) network by linking its 19 development and solution centers in Asia Pacific and Japan to build, test, and showcase leading-edge technology innovations across the region.
To date, Oracle has six Oracle Asia Research and Development Centers (OARDC) in Beijing (China), Gurgaon (India), Seoul (Korea), Shenzhen (China), Singapore, and Tokyo (Japan), and 13 solution centers placed strategically across the Asia Pacific region. These centers focus on developing cutting-edge solutions for the local markets in addition to contributing to global product development.
"This new collaboration will significantly enhance our Asia Pacific innovation development process and ultimately benefit our customers and partners in this region," said Kevin Walsh, chief technology officer, Oracle Asia Pacific & Japan. "With all sides of the globe participating and contributing to technology solutions, our customers will gain access to some of the most cutting-edge IT projects in the world. Customers and partners will also be able to collaborate with Oracle's vast R&D network to apply new thinking in the way software can be used to stimulate global growth and innovation in any industry or country."
The OARDCs engage in research, requirements analysis, prototyping and architecture design with the ultimate aim of solving a specific problem through the delivery of a product. Products can be new features or enhancements on existing products or entirely new products, which are sold either globally or regionally. The OARDCs focus on four main areas: product development, solution development, strategic projects, and partner enablement:
-- Product Development - feature developments on new and existing
products, requirements analysis, deliverables (software and
documentation), product testing and product lifecycle management.
-- Solution Development - emerging technology product research, existing
product feature enhancement and new product development activities,
bringing local or industry-specific solutions to market.
-- Strategic Projects - direct customer engagement to support complex or
challenging implementations of existing products, or to define new
solutions/products and showcase the initial deployments. The scope of
these efforts is usually at a national or municipal level.
-- Partner Enablement - joint projects with strategic hardware and
software partners to bring new solutions to market.
Oracle's solution centers operate as Centers of Expertise, Centers of Excellence, Competency Centers, or Partner Solution Centers and are strategically placed across the region to both represent local requirements and showcase innovative solutions from the OARDCs to the markets they are based in. The focus of the solutions centers vary in terms of industry and market focus, with many dedicated to country-specific projects of national importance.
Oracle engineers use remote collaboration technology and methodologies to enable joint software development between the centers. Customers are invited to visit the nearest development or solution center to see demonstrations of the newest innovations across the regional R&D network.
The Asia Pacific & Japan R&D network is also linked into the global Oracle Development Centers worldwide. Oracle recently reported an investment of US$ 2.2 billion on global research and development during its full fiscal year 2007, a 17% increase from the previous year in fiscal 2006.
10 Years of Global Innovation in Asia Pacific & Japan
Oracle has steadily built its R&D capabilities in the region over the last 10 years, starting with its inaugural offshore global development center in Bangalore in 1994 -- also notable for being only the second offshore development center in India at that time.
Oracle now has two global development centers in India -- Bangalore and Hyderabad -- that focus on developing Oracle products for the global market and together constitute the company's largest development base outside the United States. The OARDC India at Gurgaon, in contrast, will focus on developing innovations to address specific customer requirements in India. The centre will also work with Oracle's Gurgaon-based Partner Solution Centre, working with strategic partners on joint innovations to the India marketplace.
The opening of the OARDCs in Beijing and Shenzhen in 2002 and 2003, respectively, marked the beginning of the company's commitment to developing local solutions in Asia Pacific.
"Our centers in China began as a way to help address local solution gaps in the China market. Since then, our development expertise has risen tremendously and the China centers are involved in both local and global development projects. China in many ways serves as the hub of our R&D network in the Asia Pacific region," Walsh said.
Solutions currently under development at the OARDCs include:
-- Embedded Technology - Research into embedded technologies and
industries will develop innovative products, including
telecommunications, home appliances, and mobile devices. Products
within the Oracle's embedded research include the Oracle TimesTen in-
memory database, Berkeley DB, Oracle Database Lite, and Oracle 10g
RAC.
-- Ubiquitous Computing - RFID research will develop a framework that
can manage and control massive numbers and types of Sensor Edge
Servers and attached devices. The framework can gather device data,
generate strategic business data, and dispatch data to different
applications via protocols like HTTP and Web Services.
-- Social Networking - Collaboration platform development will increase
communication efficiency and security among enterprise users. This
technology provides a secure, state-of-the-art blogging platform for
Enterprise users to exchange their thoughts and information through
an open environment. The platform brings benefits to enterprises that
want to increase the efficiency of knowledge management,
communication and productivity within different organizations as well
as with customers.
-- Spatial Imaging - The Oracle Spatial Framework (OSF) manages
complicated structures of map data and security access of various
applications users. This system provides a fully equipped environment
for GIS/LBS applications to run on.
-- Virtualization - Research into virtualization aims to develop a
platform to leverage the benefits of a virtual machine both on VMware
and Xen.
Solution Centers Bring Innovations to Market
Oracle's 13 solution centers focus on special markets or industries ranging from e-Government to Financial Services. They include:
-- Oracle-HP E-Governance Center of Excellence in India: In July 2003,
Oracle and HP established the Oracle-HP e-Governance Center of
Excellence in Gurgaon, which works closely with state and central
government bodies to understand the requirements of e-Governance in
India, and tailor technology solutions to enhance citizen services.
This Linux-based center helps governments identify appropriate
strategies, methodologies and solutions required for deployment of
e-governance at a low, total cost of ownership.
-- Partner Solution Center in Shenzhen, China: Established in 2004 as the
Shenzhen Software Park Oracle Competency Center (SSPOCC), the Shenzhen
Partner Solution Center provides ISVs with free porting, testing and
migration services -- conducted in a secure environment -- to migrate
confidently from other third-party vendor solutions to Oracle
technology solutions, including Oracle Database and Oracle Fusion
Middleware. This center has helped more than 100 ISVs across 16 cities
in China either migrate to Oracle from the competition or adopt Oracle
Database or Oracle Fusion Middleware for the first time.
-- E-government Cooperation with Beijing University E-government
Institute in Beijing, China: In January 2005, Oracle and Beijing
University (commonly known as Peking University) launched a joint e-
Government COE in Beijing to create content and methodologies that
are practical and meaningful to the development of e-government in
China. Oracle continues to work with this prestigious institution to
demonstrate Oracle's thought and technology leadership in the rapidly
expanding e-government space. Through the joint effort of Oracle
China and the university's E-government Institute, e-government
solutions and best practices have been successfully introduced to a
number of central and local government agencies in China.
-- Financial Services Industry Center of Expertise in Chengdu, China: In
January 2005, Oracle and the Southwestern University of Finance&
Economics (SWUFE) launched a COE for the Financial Services Industry
to carry out research projects, develop solutions for China's
financial sector, with a focus on China's Western regions.
-- Partner Solution Center in Singapore: In February 2005, Oracle
launched the Linux Enterprise Application Porting (LEAP) Center to
help Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) migrate to Linux platforms.
This center's role has been expanded to include services to help
ISV's exploit Oracle's extensive open source portfolio including
Oracle Berkeley DB, PHP, Ruby On Rails and Xen Virtualization
technology. This COE provides a host of services, including an
enterprise Linux and Open Source software development test-bed,
Enterprise Linux migration services, and an architecture validation
and tuning lab. To date, the LEAP COE has successfully migrated 68
ISVs across the ASEAN region
-- Enterprise-G Center of Expertise in Singapore: In May 2005, Oracle
and the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore launched the
Enterprise-G COE to help organizations explore the benefits of
enterprise grid technology in achieving cost reduction, productivity
gains and revenue growth. This COE has piloted multiple grid projects
and has developed and deployed a grid project for the Singapore Land
Authority.
-- Philippines e-Governance Center of Expertise: In May 2005, Oracle and
the Government of the Philippines launched the Philippines
e-Governance COE to support initiatives around the use of information
technology to improve quality of life for citizens. This COE provides
the infrastructure for government organizations to prototype various
projects of national importance.
-- Sri Lanka e-Government Center of Expertise: In June 2005, Oracle
launched the Sri Lanka e-Government COE in partnership with
government and private-sector partners, including the President's
Office, ICT Agency, Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration
(SLIDA), Millennium IT, and PC House. This COE focuses on technology
innovation in support of the e-Sri Lanka initiative, which explores
ways ICT can foster social integration, peace, growth and poverty
reduction. To date, this COE has built more than six prototypes and
pilots under the e-Sri Lanka initiative.
-- Malaysia e-Governance Center of Expertise: In August 2005, Oracle
launched this e-Governance COE to support the initiatives of the
Government of Malaysia in adopting information technology in
governance and society. Projects developed at this COE include the
use of RFID and sensor-based technology for e-government, on-demand
grid computing for bioinformatics researchers, and a Quality
Assurance Framework for e-Governance.
-- Neusoft-Oracle Center of Expertise in China: Working closely with
Neusoft, one of China's leading System Ingegration and Services
firms, Oracle has completed Oracle Lite integration with automobile
navigation system, NEUSA for Oracle (Neusoft Solution Architecture)
integration with Oracle 10g RAC. Work is currently underway to
explore explore innovative uses of Oracle and Neusoft technology in
Chinese Domestic markets as well as embedding in other Neusoft
products intended for international markets such as Japan.
-- Oracle Carrier Grade Framework (CGF) Competency Center based in
Shenzhen, China: By developing the Carrier Grade Framework, the OARDC
drives the adoption of standards-based technology in communications
networks worldwide, enabling Communications Service Providers (CSPs)
and Network Equipment Manufacturers (NEMs) to more effectively meet
customer demands and speed time to market for innovative services. The
CGF is a standards-based data management architecture that combines
Oracle(R) Database 10g, Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle TimesTen
In-Memory Database, on AdvancedTCA (ATCA)-compliant Intel(r) servers.
ATCA is an industry standard that provides a scalable, reliable
platform architecture for carrier-grade (99.999% availability)
communications applications.
-- DELL|Oracle Competency Centre in Islamabad, Pakistan: In June 2006,
DELL and Oracle launched the DELL|Oracle Competency Centre in
Islamabad to provide a platform for showcasing multiple IT solutions
for Pakistani companies in diverse industries, including financial
services, telecommunication, government and manufacturing. The
centre's ultimate objective is to provide research, simulation and
concept-proofing needs to the growing business community in Pakistan.
-- Oracle Retail Center of Expertise in Bangalore, India: In November
2006, Oracle established the Oracle Retail Center of Excellence in
order to deliver business value to leading retailers seeking to
improve profitability. Located in Bangalore with nearly 200 retail
experts, the Oracle Retail Center of Excellence is a platform for the
world's largest, most successful retail organizations to exchange
ideas, develop concepts and showcase scalable, best-of-breed retail
solutions. This center has global expertise in retail disciplines
including merchandising, planning, optimization, analytics, store
operations, supply chain and enterprise application integration.
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Contacts:
Chi Hea Cho
Oracle Asia Pacific
Tel: +65-6436-1242
Email: chi.hea.cho@oracle.com
