Oracle Emerges As Preferred Partner For India's E-Gov Projects

Continuing its success of supporting governments across the world, Oracle India sees rapid momentum in the government sector, with more and more governments and government agencies investing in Oracle technology and solutions.

With Oracle iGovernment, Oracle has emerged as a key partner for various e-governance initiatives in India. More than 20 states already use Oracle to offer citizen services.

In the last one year, Oracle has been awarded multiple contracts from various government departments and agencies to modernise their IT infrastructure, increase efficiency and transparency and transform service delivery. These include tax, treasury, defense, utilities/ smart cities, municipalities, road transport and railways, police among others.

Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC), Commercial Tax Dept (Govt. of Rajasthan), Chennai Metro Water, Center for eGovernance (Govt. of Karnataka), Delhi State Spatial Infrastructure (DSSDI), Assam PWD, West Bengal Central School Service Commission, RajComp Information Services Ltd., Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd (MIDHANI), Haryana Treasury, Kalyan Dombivili Municipal Corporation, Indian Railways, Dept. of IT & Communication (Govt. of Rajasthan), Indian Institute of Management (Lucknow), Assam University have all selected Oracle iGovernment to better serve citizens and businesses in India.

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Oracle iGovernment offers technology and tools to move beyond e-governance – to develop flexible systems that integrate multiple functions and departments. It provides the foundation to continue the evolution of government computing by increasing integration across agencies, automating more complex and varied functions, and making systems more accessible to a greater number of users.

Oracle also offers its solutions as a Software-as-a-Service (Saas) through Oracle On Demand. Oracle on Demand customers have reduced their TCO by 30 to 80 percent, but for most governments this would not be the only decision criteria to invest in Saas as security concerns and interoperability with legacy systems from other government departments would also be taken into consideration. Oracle’s datacentre in Austin has separate zones devoted to government customers and is capable of meeting a range of federal legislative and executive mandates, and directives that relate to the hosting access, management, operations, maintenance, control, protection, and integral of government information. In some cases, requirements of geographical location of government data or citizenship for Oracle datacentre IT support personnel have been critical factors.

“Many of India’s mission critical projects run on Oracle. We work with almost every state in the country and are committed to supporting them with the next wave of computing with Oracle iGovernment,” said Sunil Jose, Vice President, Applications, Oracle India. “We want to help the government deliver simple and accessible services, through technology enabled capabilities and offerings. As our governments aggressively look at modernising their IT infrastructures and speeding up delivery of services to citizens and businesses, there will continue to be high demand for innovative and intelligent solutions,” said Jose.

“Oracle iGovernment has transformed the dynamics of IT deployment in governments,” said Ashish Gupta, Director, Government-Education Applications, Oracle India. “It provides an innovative technology foundation that allows governments to improve efficiency, reduce costs, increase transparency, and become more responsive to current and future mandates. Many government agencies are already in the process of transforming their computing systems to better serve citizens,” said Gupta.