In his inauguration speech, Sajjad Syed, business manager, MRD, Oracle Corporation, spoke about the achievements and challenges of the campaign, Oracle Applications Unlimited. He said the inside story of "our success is better information, leverage next generation technologies and customer-driven innovation".

In an informal conversation with StarTech, Sajjad hoped that Oracle would start its operations in Bangladesh by the end of the year. "Oracle Corporation acquired 17 security certifications and in Bangladesh nearly all the renowned businesses including the GSM mobile phone operators currently use oracle technology", he added.

Irfan Parkar, Warid Telecom's deputy general manager IT, stated his experience as a corporate user of Oracle. He informed that the carrier has already successfully run Oracle's ERP solutions. "The success of any solution totally depends on the efficient management as well as selection of right consultants", he said.

Shantanu Mitra, AVP-sales, Metalogic Systems, told StarTech that they are planning to unveil its ERP solutions for the Bangladesh market. The India-based company basically works on software transformation, insurance solutions and ERP solutions. Currently Metalogic has its presence in Japan and Europe.

Following the speeches, two breakout sessions were organised in order to interact with Oracle customers. Conducted by Metalogic and IBCS-Primax, they included some important discussion sessions -- 'Oracle supply chain planning for profit optimisation', 'Oracle manufacturing for better resources utilisation', 'Oracle financials for enabling an insight driven enterprise' and 'Oracle's solution for human capital management'.

Edward Apurba Singha