Oracle shows growth spurt in Europe
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Oracle in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) reported 27% growth to $1.5 billion for the third quarter of its fiscal 2007.
The increasing demand spans its Oracle Database, Fusion Middleware and enterprise applications, with continued demand from manufacturing among other sectors.
“This quarter we have seen sustained growth across all products and services … and our double-digit growth outperformed the market,” says Sergio Giacoletto, executive vice president, Oracle.
“Increasingly we are seeing customers replacing inefficient and costly systems based on our competitors’ solutions with comprehensive, integrated Oracle applications and technology solutions.”
Looking at the enterprise applications, Oracle says growth has been across its E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft Enterprise, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and World, and the Siebel CRM suite.
The company gives several examples of recent wins – such as food and beverage ingredients producer Wild of Germany, which, with 16 manufacturing facilities around the world, which replaced its mySAP systems with a suite of Oracle applications covering process manufacturing, supply chain management, financials, CRM and HR.
Rudolf Wild says it was looking for improvements in: efficiency at plant floor level; quality management; effective control of inventory; optimised profit; optimised pricing and cost transparency; internal productivity and compliance; and automation of manufacturing.
Others with similar stories include Arjo Wiggins of France, Grupo 3A Recoletas of Spain, Alfred McAlpine Business Services, Austriamicrosystems, DilTur, Ficosota ( Syntez & Tessy), Nektar SA, Van Oord ACZ and CIECH.