Oracle holds summit to drive cloud computing in Africa

09 Sep 2016
Financial Nigeria

Summary

Cloud adoption in Africa is growing at a rapid pace as organizations now realize that cloud offers them speed, value and better ROI [Return on Investment.

Janusz Naklicki, Oracle’s Vice President of the Russia, Africa and Central Europe

Oracle, an American technology giant, is seeking to drive the adoption of cloud technology among African organizations with a two-day summit, which ended in Mauritius yesterday.
    
The summit – tagged Africa Executive Summit – helped executives understand various aspects of the cloud adoption process, including capacity building, innovation, security and the ability to leverage Internet of Things (IoT) for driving business growth with Oracle cloud solutions.  

“Cloud adoption in Africa is growing at a rapid pace as organizations now realize that cloud offers them speed, value and better ROI [Return on Investment],” said Janusz Naklicki, Oracle’s Vice President of the Russia, Africa and Central Europe.

“Africa is a priority market for us and the Africa Executive Summit is in line with our commitment to further drive this interest and support our customers in Africa in their journey to the cloud.”

The summit, which was held from September 7th to 8th – included various information-packed activities such as panel discussions, customer testimonials and keynote addresses from some Oracle executives, namely Janusz Naklicki; Cherian Varghese, Oracle’s Cluster Leader, Sub Saharan Africa; and Deepak Mehra, Oracle’s Vice President – Cloud Architect.

“Cloud technology will undoubtedly drive the next phase of growth for businesses in Africa and and with our completely integrated cloud platform that spans all layers of the cloud, we are uniquely poised to help SMEs, large organisations and governments in Africa transition to the cloud,” said Varghese.

Based in Redwood, California, Oracle is one of the largest software companies in the world. The company specializes in database software, cloud engineered systems, and enterprise software products.


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