As the Cloud Day event draws nearer, Oracle has announced its plans to reach over one million participants including distributors, partners and channel partners at the same time by using its superior Cloud technology to reach more than 30 locations and using webinar technology to engage regions simultaneously.
The first of its kind event is said to bring together over 1100 people including Oracle employees and support staff, as well as partners that will work together to support this great initiative, about 200 of them presenting on the day.
The company has revealed that participants will be invited to engage in discussions related to all three of the Oracle Cloud portfolios, which include Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).
Various keynote addresses from Oracle executives such as; Cherian Varghese, Managing Director of the Sub Saharan Africa Cluster in Africa will be presented, as well as case studies and physical demos of the power of cloud technology, through real-life experiences, showcasing how adopting cloud can enable current and future customers, from Cloud experts.
About the anticipated first cloud day to be held simultaneously across four time zones on the African continent, Varghese said;
“At Oracle, we believe that Cloud is the most powerful force in information technology and in short, this means that it is changing the way we work, the way we collaborate and the way we go to market. It will ultimately change the way we think about business.
“Africa is currently in an adoption and experimental phase, when it comes to Cloud technology and it will be an objective of the event to break the myth that Africa is not ready to adopt and implement Cloud. We have already seen successful adoption of the Cloud with many of our customers in Africa and the momentum is growing rapidly. The adoption of Cloud has seen a significant change over the last three years and there is currently no other Cloud technology that can provide a secure, flexible and cost effective complete infrastructure other than Oracle,” he added.
Varghese goes on to say that “Cloud can and will have a profound impact on business in Africa. Not only, will it enable small to medium enterprises and large corporations to respond faster to the ever-demanding customers, but it will help businesses to innovate cost effectively at a pace that will overwhelm competitors, and at the same time, unlock the potential of employees by supporting new ways of collaborating.”
The event which is scheduled to take place on Thursday, April 14, 2016 confirms Oracle’s continuous investment and commitment to the African continent to assist organisations, embrace and educate them about the Cloud.
“The ‘Oracle CloudDay’aims to supply organisations with the infrastructure to succeed better as businesses, so that Africa as a continent can accelerate and develop for the future,” concludes Varghese.
Jumoke Akiyode
