Oracle South Africa has moved strongly into the enterprise resource planning market in South Africa, following the appointment of ERP specialist, Datasoft, as a Certified Solution Provider.
This move forms part of Oracle`s worldwide adherence to a channel strategy, one that has seen an investment of $500 million to be spent on marketing campaigns to co-sell and co-finance Oracle offerings.
Roger Strain, national sales and marketing manager for Datasoft, explains that his company identified the importance of the database in ERP technology and, with Oracle being the de facto standard in the corporate market, the partnership was a logical step.
"Through pilot development comparing to other leading database vendors, the Oracle database was a strategic choice, primarily because of its superior features of functionality and robustness," Strain adds.
Datasoft, a member of the dynamic JSE listed Datatec group, is the developer of the leading South African ERP package, Compact. Compact is currently in use at more than 90 blue-chip companies including BIC, Lion Match, Nampak, Protea Chemicals Group and Macmed Health Care.
Because of Datasoft`s strong technical skills on the Oracle database it was appointed as an Oracle channel partner.
"In turn, our business approach is to offer a total ERP solution to our clients which Oracle can help us with," he adds.
Datasoft will concentrate on Oracle`s Database version 7, with a strong focus on auditing and database performance.
Says Davide Hanan, Datasoft MD: "Because we have 90 sites which all have an extremely mission-critical environment, training and support are very important.
"Oracle has an effective support structure to reinforce the support answers we give our clients. We also stress the stability of the database which reassures our clients that they made the right choice in going with Oracle."
Oracle Corporation is the world`s leading supplier of software for information management, and the world`s second largest independent software company. With annual revenues of more than $8.0 billion, the company offers its database, tools and application products, along with related consulting, education, and support services, in more than 145 countries around the world.
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