Six Oracle Asia Research and Development Centers and 13 Oracle Solution Centers Collaborate on Technology Innovations across Asia Pacific & Japan

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.

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