Oracle strengthens its Cloud business in India

With the addition of a dedicated sales force that will sell Oracle Cloud solutions, Oracle is strengthening its cloud business in India. Today, both SMBs and large enterprises are relying on cloud technologies to modernize their computing needs. Oracle is poised to support this growth and support customer demand.Oracle has announced that it plans to hire more than 200 sales professionals to accelerate and ramp up its cloud business in the country.This comes on the heels of strong quarterly earnings driven by cloud revenue.

“As part of our commitment to provide the most innovative technologies and expert customer support, we are building a dedicated team of sales personnel and domain experts to service the vast opportunity for cloud in India,” said Shailender Kumar, Managing Director, Oracle India.“With our unmatched cloud portfolio comprising Daas, SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS, we are uniquely positioned to cater to customers in the private and public sectors. Oracle is at the helm of this transformation and we are bullish about this business in India.”

Oracle Cloud delivers the suite of enterprise-grade public cloud services, including data as a service (DaaS), Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) so that customers can tackle cloud adoption head on.In support of Oracle’s mission to become the #1 cloud provider in the world and to rapidly grow its cloud business in India, Oracle India is expanding its cloud sales organization to include more specialized sales, business development, and post-sales support executives. Hiring will take place across Oracle’s nine sales offices throughout India.

Oracle employs professionals in India across sales and marketing, R&D, consulting, direct sales for international markets, global support, and global financial and accounting operations. This additional sales force will be dedicated to helping customers transition to the cloud.