Oracle aims to double customer base in India to 2,000 soon

New Delhi: With a new data centre up and live in India, US-based global Cloud major Oracle has unleashed its animal spirit, targeting to double its customer base in the country to 2,000 from its current base of close to 1,000 customers.

In a country of India’s size, getting another 1,000 customers should be “no big deal”, said a top Oracle executive.

“We have got close to 1,000 customers in India. And we are expecting this to double as we go forward. With SaaS (software-as-a-service), we have the opportunity,” Arun Khehar, Senior Vice President, Applications, Oracle ECMEA (Eastern Central Europe, Middle East & Africa), told IANS in an interview.

“In India, my prediction is in the next three years, as soon as the awareness increases and people start seeing the value, these numbers can multiply even further. A thousand people in India is no big deal,” he said.