Oracle fully supports 'Digital India' initiative: Thomas Kurian

28-10-2015 Wed 10:51 | National | IANS

San Francisco, Oct 28: Giving a fillip to Oracle CEO Mark Hurd's commitment to expand its base amid a positive mood in India, top Oracle executive Thomas Kurian announced that the leading cloud services provider fully supports the latest digital initiatives launched by the Indian government. "Oracle is committed towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious 'Digital India' initiative. In the days to come, the world will see Oracle investing in more Indian cities to open new product development centres," Thomas Kurian, Oracle's president of product development, told IANS. The announcement came at a time when Oracle's closest rivals Microsoft and Amazon have firmed up their plans to set up data centres in India. Kurian, who grew up in Bengaluru and has been with the company since 1996 in various product development positions, said that India is one place that has every product line from Oracle -- be it dataware, middleware, analytics or business suites. Oracle has already hired 2,300 engineers in product development in India this year. The company has 12 development centres in India, including facilities in many emerging cities like Vijayawada, Thiruvananthapuram, Noida and Ahmedabad.

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