Full Fiscal Year 2008 US GAAP Revenues in Asia Pacific & Japan Increase by 26% over FY07 to US $3.2 Billion as More Customers Choose Oracle Solutions Over Competitor Offerings
Organizations of all sizes in Asia Pacific & Japan continue to choose Oracle’s standards-based software solutions to replace legacy, proprietary systems, so as to optimize performance, and lower costs.
Customers continue to adopt or expand implementations of Oracle Database, Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle Applications for their strategic company-wide IT systems, with growth in demand from key industries including financial services, government, education, healthcare, telecommunications, utilities, manufacturing, retail and distribution.
Oracle expanded its partner network to 3,100+ partners across the Asia Pacific & Japan region, signing up more than 430 new partners during FY08 to meet growing market demand for Oracle software and services.
Oracle's corporate citizenship efforts and its education programs have helped more than a million students worldwide, and 430,000 students in Asia Pacific & Japan, develop vital 21st century business and technology skills.
A Selection of Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2008 Customer Wins
Communications: China Telecom Group Shanghai Corporation (Shanghai Telecom); Chunghwa Telecom (Taiwan); Heilong Mobile (China); Optus Systems Pty Ltd (Australia); PACNET INTERNET (A) PTY LTD. (Australia); PT. Telekomunikasi Indonesia; PT. Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel) (Indonesia); Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (Singapore); Starhub (Singapore); Taiwan Mobile Co Ltd; Telenor Pakistan Pte Ltd (Pakistan); Telstra Corporation Limited (Australia); Vibo Telecom Inc. (Taiwan); Vodafone Australia Limited; Vodafone Network Pty Ltd (Australia).
Manufacturing and Retail: Aker Kvaerner Australia Pty Ltd; Allied Development Corp (Vietnam); Dylan Group (Singapore); Fuji Xerox Asia Pacific Pte Ltd (Singapore); GS Caltex Corporation (Korea); GT-PRAKARSA (Indonesia); Juken New Zealand Limited; Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Singapore); Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd (India); Ministop Korea Co., LTD (Korea); Nghi Son Cement Corporation (Vietnam); Offshore Works Sdn Bhd (Malaysia); Paperlinx Limited (Australia); Penfabric Sdn Bhd (Malaysia); Petro Vietnam Drilling & Well Services Corporation (Vietnam); PT. Enseval Putera Megatrading, Tbk (Indonesia); PT. Kalbe Farma Tbk (Indonesia); PT. Lion Super Indo (Indonesia); PT. Millenium Pharmacon International (Indonesia); PT. Surya Raya Ruberindo (Indonesia); QIOPTIQ Singapore Pte Ltd (Singapore); Reece Pty Ltd (Australia).
Financial Services: Accident Compensation Corporation (New Zealand); AGR Matthey (Australia); Asgard Wealth Solutions Ltd (Australia); ASKARI BANK LTD. (Pakistan); Citibank N.A (Singapore); Daiwa Securities (Hong Kong); Mizuho Information & Research (Japan); PT. Bussan Auto Finance (Indonesia); Wing Hang Bank, Limited (Hong Kong).
Government, Education, Health: Bureau of Labor Insurance (Taiwan); Department of Transport (Australia); Department of Veterans’ Affairs (Australia); Ministry of Information and Communication (Korea); Ministry of Health (New Zealand); Ministry of Social Development (New Zealand); Pakistan Telecommunication Authority; PT. Enseval Putera Megatrading, Tbk (Pakistan); The Hong Kong Institute of Education.
Travel & Transportation: GEMADEPT Corporation (Vietnam); Mai Linh Corporation (Vietnam); OOCL (Hong Kong); PT. Garuda Indonesia (Indonesia); PT. Pelayaran Nasional Indonesia (Indonesia).
Media and Entertainment: Intralot Australia; Mediacorp Press Ltd (Singapore); Resorts World at Sentosa Private Ltd.
Utilities: Electricity of Vietnam (Vietnam); Western Power Corporation (Australia); Huadian Power International Corporation Limited (China).
Supporting Quotes
"We selected Oracle Applications because they will enable us to keep pace with the dynamic and fast-changing online media industry. Oracle’s solution will support our global business plans by providing superior flexibility, scalability and ease of integration,” said Tae-Wook Kim, General Manager, Management Support Team, SK Communications (Korea). “Thanks to Oracle’s open architecture, we are able to seamlessly integrate the Oracle E-Business Suite with other third party systems that we are running in the company. This has resulted in improved management efficiency."
“We chose Oracle Content Management over other solutions from Microsoft, Adobe and EMC because of its advanced capabilities such as interoperability with different applications and also its ability to seal and protect any type of electronic document,” Mr. Santosh Singh – GM (IT), DS Group (India) said.
“Juken New Zealand purchased J.D. Edwards’ Equipment Cost Analysis module to allow management to review maintenance costs by equipment categories rather than just by general ledger code,” Juken New Zealand Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Officer Graham Maples said.
"High availability and consistent performance are very important to us, as is security and scalability," said Gerardo Mendoza, Assistant Manager MIS2, Software Development Group, Manufacturing Engineering Department for Sanyo Semiconductor Manufacturing Philippines. "As a manufacturing operation, we receive orders from across the region so we need our systems to be up and running around the clock. A missed or lost order affects our revenue and profitability. Oracle Real Applications Clusters met these requirements."
“Besides enabling us to integrate our IT environment with the Shanghai R&D Public Service Platform, the comprehensiveness of Oracle’s SOA software has helped us to improve on the performance and reliability aspects of our IT infrastructure," Li Yixue, director of Shanghai Center for Bioinformation Technology, said.
“Oracle brings world-class management methodologies to the fast growing Weider Group,” said Jin Yuqing, CEO of Weider Shanghai (China). “With the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne implementation, we expect to put in place lean management practices, improve management efficiency and customer service. This will help us expand our business and achieve our corporate goal of rapid growth.”
“We needed a better understanding and analysis of our customer preferences, as well as a 360 degree view of our relationships with them and Siebel CRM was the best available solution,” said Syed Tariq Husain, President, Emirates Global Islamic Bank Ltd. (Pakistan). “Now we possess a powerful CRM tool that enables us to truly achieve our mission - to provide quality and efficient Shariah compliant financial products and services, using state-of-the-art technology.”
“Oracle Enterprise Asset Management enabled us to better coordinate our demand for resources with our vendors’ ability to supply material. We have cut costs while ensuring inventory is always on hand to meet our needs,” said Xu Xiaoshan, Project Manager, Huadian Power International Corporation Limited (China). “ Oracle Enterprise Asset Management supports multi-dimensional financial management, ensuring us to meet our obligations well into the future. This is important as we have plans to expand our operations globally.”
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