Oracle sees strong demand for Exadata products

Oracle Exadata database machines are designed for data warehousing and transactional processing applications. It includes servers,storage,networking,and software.

We are bullish on the Indian market as a driver of growth for Exadata services,Oracle India Vice President Technology Business Sheshagiri Anegondi told reporters here.

It said it is already seeing strong demand for its Exadata database machines in India.

8220;Exadata started selling in India about a year-and-a-half back and we are witnessing solid traction for the product from across sectors like telecom,FSI,government and manufacturing,8221; he added.

On the business strategy for India,he said Oracle will target companies with large database and is aiming to increase customer adoption in the country,leveraging their leadership in relational database management systems market.

Last year,Oracle had sold more than 1,000 Oracle Exadata database machines globally and this year it expects to sell more than 2,000 systems in the fiscal year 2012 Oracle fiscal year is from June to May.

Anegondi declined to comment on India specific numbers.

Oracle claims that using the Exadata solution,customers can reduce IT costs through consolidation,store up to 10 times more data,improve performance of all applications and database by 10 times.

Its customers in India include Mahindra Satyam,Religare,Reliance Commercial Finance,MTS,Bank of Baroda and Stock Holding Corporation.

8220;Exadata has emerged as our fastest ramping product in Oracle8217;s business with a growing community of users and a strong sales pipeline,8221; Anegondi said.