Oracle is shifting the complexity from IT, moving it out of the enterprise by engineering hardware and software to work together Ð in the cloud and in the data center. By engineering out the complexity that stifles business innovation, Oracle is engineering in speed, reliability, security, and manageability. The result is best-in-class products throughout an integrated stack of hardware and software, with every layer designed and engineered to work together according to open industry standards. OracleÕs complete, open, and integrated solutions offer extreme perfor_mance at the lowest cost Ð all from a single vendor. ItsÕ integrated, industry-specific solutions are engineered to address complex business processes across a wide range of industries, including financial services, telecom, manufacturing, government, utilities, retail, healthcare, automobile, pharma, oil and gas, steel, engineering and construction among others. Oracle also provides the industryÕs broadest and most complete portfolio of public, private and hybrid cloud offerings. Oracle offers an optimized and fully integrated stack of business hardware and software systems to its 400,000 customers in more than 145 countries around the globe In India, Oracle works with more than 7,000 customers with help from over 1,000 partners, across the private, public and government sectors. It employs over 31,000 professionals operating in various businesses namely Sales & Marketing, Oracle India Development Center (R&D), Oracle Consulting, Oracle Direct Sales, Global Support Center, Global Financial Information Center (GFIC streamlines OracleÕs worldwide financial and accounting operations) and Oracle Financial Services Software Limited. Oracle has been in India for over 20 years. It has 9 offices across the country, 8 R&D centers and 1 Partner Solution Center. About 250,000 students and more than 1200 learning institutions benefit from the Oracle Academy program annually in India.