Oracle targets RI software market

Oracle targets RI software market

JAKARTA (JP): Oracle Corp. of the United States plans to buy
out Datalogix International and work with Digital Equipment to
sell more computer software to manufacturing companies in
Indonesia.

Oracle's marketing manager, Linda Mangunsong, said here
yesterday that Oracle, which holds a 13.4 percent stake in
Datalogix, would acquire its remaining shares for US$81 million.

Oracle has been distributing Datalogix's computer software for
process manufacturing applications under license since 1994. The
software include Oracle Global Enterprise Manufacturing
Management System (GEMMS) and DEC AlphaServers.

"After the share acquisition, Oracle will be able to provide a
multi-language application system to be used on the internet,"
Linda said, adding that the acquisition would be concluded by the
end of this year.

Datalogix's Asia Pacific business development manager, Maurice
See, told The Jakarta Post that all of Datalogix's personnel,
products and development and operational facilities would remain
intact but the brand names of products would change.

GEMMS is a set of specialized software application modules
which manage manufacturing processes, logistics and financial
operations. The system was developed by Datalogix in 1992.

According to Oracle industry consultant, Steven Rozario,
GEMMS's features include scaling, interactive laboratory
spreadsheets, lot traceability, multi-language sensitive text
processing, customer or vendor specifications, grade controls and
lot/sublot controls.

The DEC AlphaServers are Digital's 64-bit solution-based
processors. They were developed by Digital for Oracle GEMMS
software.

"Any process manufacturing companies operating in any field
ranging from chemicals to food and beverages, can choose a
particular module that suits their operation," PT Digital Astra
Nusantara's marketing manager, Christono Santoso, said.

"The prices of the package vary according to the number of
users within a process manufacturing company," said Oracle's Asia
Pacific applications marketing director, Ashees Khaneja.

A specific module could cost around $300,000, while a more
sophisticated package could cost more than $200 million, he said.

See said that sales of the new package were expected to raise
the revenues of the three companies by between 16 percent and 20
percent a year. (06)