Cloud Fever Grips Oracle and Focuses on India

With a strong focus on emerging markets, Oracle is moving aggressively in India in terms of investments and positioning its products and solutions for customers here. “Cloud computing has moved beyond early adopter stage to mainstream in India,” says Sandeep Mathur, managing director, Oracle India (see interview). The setting up a datacentre here to cater to the regional demand for cloud computing is high on the agenda

Truth be told, Oracle was slow to embrace this trend. But the Redwood Shores, California-based firm subsequently introduced its own offerings in the rapidly growing area and also acquired several firms selling internet-based software as its corporate customers embraced younger cloud rivals including Salesforce.com, Amazon.com and Google. For complete story on Oracle strategy towards cloud computing read here