Six Oracle Asia Research and Development Centers and 13 Oracle Solution

Centers Collaborate on Technology Innovations across Asia Pacific & Japan

SINGAPORE, July 24 -- 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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