Oracle Middle East

More than 60,000 people are expected to register for the EMEA Applications Virtual Tradeshow.

Eighty Egyptian teachers trained by the Oracle Education Foundation to integrate technology and project learning into curricula

Oracle E-Business deployment will give Malia Group improved financial controls and centralized systems

In the space of the last month, I’ve attended meetings of user groups from two of the biggest players in the enterprise applications space – SAP and Oracle

Middle East Oracle Applications Users Group to begin operating in April

Dubai Airport Free Zone completes e-business project and CRM upgrade to improve service to customers

Systems integrators and ISVs are feeling the pressure to reinforce their added value as vendors impress the need for partners to go that extra mile in the market place

GITEX: President of world's largest software firm upbeat about future in the region.

Al Safeer Group set to drive business productivity with Oracle Retail applications.

New collaboration platform will plug into existing applications

Oracle Flexcube to provide full suite of core banking solutions, including Islamic finance, to DIB

Oracle launches iPhone applications to give mobile access to Business Intelligence reports

Second Life, governance and compliance were all on the agenda at the fourth regional FT Summit, as investment in IT grows alongside the banking sector and the wider economy.

Business intelligence software has emerged as a hot area of the region's applications market.

Egyptian teachers trained to expand the Oracle Academy program, and build IT skills among students

Oracle opens Global Support Service Centre in Cairo to cater to EMEA and North American customers

Blue City Company One will roll out Oracle E-Business Suite to help manage sales of its Al Madina A'Zarqa real estate project

The results are in - after much deliberation over many nominations of the highest calibre, itp.net presents it list of the ten most exceptional IT companies in the Middle East

ACN puts regional IT pros to the test with its first annual surprise test.

Retail firm Kamal Osman Jamjoom has sped up its global expansion plans fuelled by recent deployments of advanced network and security solutions.

Hellmann Logistics will replace its existing information technology system with products by Oracle.

Deal will help expand Oracle's Fusion middleware

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions are becoming highly intricate, making them an increasingly complex sale for software resellers and consultants. Channel Middle East asks some of the region’s leading ERP providers to detail their go-to-market strategies and outline the challenges facing the channel.

Salam International Investment signs Satyam for wide ranging Oracle deployment

With cyber-crime on the rise, we look at how governments can protect their e-services and market that protection.

Property developer turns to Oracle E-Business Suite to help implement international best practices and compliance

Saudi Arabian network service provider bolsters IT infrastructure as it prepares to expand its service offering.

Oracle has hailed its presence at GITEX Business Solutions a huge success.

Software giant's messaging system enables Dubai Police to streamline operations and handle tasks more efficiently.

Region's banks have realised customer information can be a vital revenue-spinning opportunity for them.

Claiming that their future challenge is irreparably harmed by the Swiss decision to re write the America's Cup rules, Larry Ellison's mighty, BMW-backed, Oracle Racing Team is threatening to put the Swiss on ten months notice and race the next America's Cup under the provision of the original Deed of Gift.

As manufacturing in the Middle East expands, the industry looks to IT vendors to provide integrated software that can give the cutting edge in a competitive market. Brid-Aine Conway reports.

How the latest point of sale technology can keep both customers and employees satisfied.

ACN presents the top tips for successful project management - how to pilot a new IT project from the drawing board to the desktop, and how to avoid the common pitfalls that cripple projects everywhere.

The retail and logistics industries continue to boom throughout the Middle East as the region’s economies continue to soar. The same could be said of its technologies, as Duncan MacRae finds out.

Oracle will win the applications battle with rival SAP by "moving up the value chain"; from traditional ERP software to more strategic offerings, its CEO Larry Ellison claims.

Lawrence Joseph Ellison was born on August 17, 1944, in Manhattan, US.

Oracle was founded 30 years ago this year, after Larry Ellison saw an article in an IBM research magazine describing a working prototype for a relational database.

The UAE's Al Shirawi Group has just started its Oracle ERP project. ACN spoke to its IT head to get an insight into the decision-making and planning processes around the deployment.

Oracle founder Larry Ellison has led a US$20bn spending spree over the last three years. He tells Peter Branton how he will make his money back.

Enterprise software vendor and IT services ally Satyam pair up to bolster BMMI's supply chain management and logistics proposition.

Hyperion distributor HSME has teamed up with a UK consulting group to target Middle East businesses.

Software giant Oracle has formed a global business unit to focus on applications for the financial services industry, it announced last week.

Oracle has continued its acquisition spree, capturing utilities specialist Lodestar for an undisclosed amount.

Bahrain Maritime and Mercantile International (BMMI) will revamp its logistics operations following the purchase of a new technology system from Oracle.

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) is implementing Oracle's E-Business Suite Human Resource Management System (HRMS) to provide it with a single view of all staff data.

A successful disaster recovery plan will ensure there are adequate back-up systems to prevent data loss.

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) is implementing Oracle's E-Business Suite Human Resource Management System (HRMS) to provide it with a single view of all staff data.

Bahrain Maritime and Mercantile International (BMMI) will use Oracle’s E-Business Suite software to boost efficiency.

Downtime is not an option for IT departments, with more and more mission-critical internal business processes relying on IT. Duncan MacRae discovers it is in the CIO's best interests to prepare for the worst.

Oracle and SAP have exchanged verbal blows over Oracle's proposed US$3.3 billion acquisition of Hyperion - a leader in the field of business performance management (BPM).

The fierce rivalry between Oracle and its European adversary SAP took a somewhat unexpected twist last week when Oracle filed a lawsuit against the German firm alleging it stole proprietary software. IT Weekly examines the situation and its implications.

Jordanian mobile operator Fastlink has embarked on the fourth stage of its Oracle implementation.

Oracle is upping the pressure on competitor SAP, CEO Larry Ellison claimed, after the company reported strong sales figures in its third quarter.

Oracle has launched Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Release 3, the latest release of its enterprise solution.

Oracle’s announcement that it is to buy Hyperion, and its admission that its motivation is mainly to attack rival SAP, has caused uproar in the industry. IT Weekly assesses the impact Oracle’s actions could have on the enterprise software market.

Any time one company buys another for a multi-billion dollar fee, it is a big news story, but you almost need to add the caveat now ‘except when it is Oracle’.

Middle East retailer Kamal Osman Jamjoom (KOJ) has picked Enabler Wipro to implement an Oracle solution that will underpin the group's ambitious expansion plans. The project will involve the implementation of several Oracle retail and e-business suite modules.

Oracle customers will be able to choose when they upgrade to Fusion applications, the firm said, following its release of new versions of all its product lines.

Business Intelligence revenue will grow 10% in EMEA during the coming year, according to Gartner.

SMB companies are a fundamental part of the Middle East landscape and for the software channel that represents a prime target base. Even renowned enterprise software providers such as CA, Oracle and SAP are assembling dedicated channels to seduce SMB customers that need a wealth of office solutions to efficiently run their operations. Channel Middle East examines this highly competitive battleground and asks what it takes to crack the Middle East SMB software market.

A Saudi University believes its new online portal will be the ideal information gateway for all its users.

We have talked before about the need to invest more in training in IT skills here in the region: for end-users, governments and technology firms alike.

A regional skills shortage is forcing Oracle to spend more money on training in the Middle East, senior executives claim.

In a market frequently tempted by price and the opportunity to make a short-term gain, instilling loyalty in partners can prove to be a monumental challenge. One solution is to provide a compelling channel programme that inspires continued partner loyalty and helps resellers maintain healthy and sustainable operations. Rebate and incentive programmes now form a major part of vendor go-to-market models, but how do you ensure the scheme is effective?

Team to provide ISVs with resources for Flexframe for Oracle platform

IT training outfit New Horizons has picked up a regional award from software powerhouse Oracle.

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There are many technology companies in the Middle East which deserve recognition, but sadly we could only select 100 when compiling our annual ranking. Here’s the inside story on how we did it.

Vendors claim the dark ages of ERP implementations plagued by problems are well and truely in the past. With the current generation of software products being deployed organisations can focus much more on developing new functionalities

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Vendor will sell support, clone of Red Hat Linux

Vendor will sell support, clone of Red Hat Linux

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Giant pledges co-existence not coercion

Giant to carry on buying smaller firms such as Sunopsis

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Launch Box initiative gives price breaks to venture firms, incubators and dot.com companies on Oracle Web software licenses.

Skill and experience matchmaker will give Middle East Oracle partners better access to the customer accounts they can win.

Oracle is making its bid for middleware dominance, with the noisy arrival of its Internet Application Server 8i.