OREANDA-NEWS. August 02, 2011. NTT DATA CORPORATION announced the launch of the Oracle Global One Team Initiative. Designed to foster collaboration, integration, and knowledge sharing among the various NTT DATA Group companies, One Team will provide a uniform level of high quality Oracle solutions and services worldwide, reported the press-centre of NTT DATA.

This initiative creates a powerful new systems integration team in the Oracle space, with a strong focus on innovation, and providing comprehensive services that leverage best practices and global delivery for clients worldwide.

The Oracle Global One Team Initiative will allow NTT DATA Group to maximize the value delivered to our customers from its comprehensive Oracle and overall IT capabilities: Oracle Industry Solutions, Application Outsourcing, Upgrades, Business Analytics, Global Roll-outs, Hosting Services, Cloud Services, Infrastructure Management and Intellectual Property including Accelerators, Templates, and Tools.

Customers' Challenges
Global companies face a myriad of challenges to gain competitive advantage and win in the market. Customer relationships, talent management, complex supply chains, demand in emerging markets, enterprise mobility, social media, cost pressures, and the move to cloud computing are topics uppermost in the minds of customers. Key to meeting these challenges is ensuring a unified information system that aligns business and technology, while optimizing the investment in information systems. Knowledge sharing among our group companies will enable us to provide customers with solutions that help them address the above challenges.

According to Kaz Nishihata, Senior Vice President, NTT DATA, "NTT DATA Group has emerged as a global powerhouse in the enterprise applications and total IT outsourcing area. We have a very strong Oracle Practice in both applications and technology, and are a Platinum partner of Oracle. NTT DATA Group has developed Best Practices and with a global delivery model, has deployed solutions that deliver maximum value for our customers anywhere in the world. Our focus is on customer satisfaction and innovation so that we can enable the business transformation our customers are seeking."

The Oracle Global One Team comprises: (as of June 2011)
9 companies in the world
Covering over 19 countries
2200+ Oracle consultants & engineers

The Oracle Global One Team
Cirquent: Munich, Germany
Intelligroup, Inc: New Jersey, U.S.A
Keane International, Inc: Massachusetts, U.S.A
NTT DATA Corporation: Tokyo, Japan
NTT DATA Intellilink: Tokyo, Japan
NTT DATA Engineering Systems: Tokyo, Japan
QUNIE Corporation: Tokyo, Japan

The Revere Group: Illinois, U.S.A.
Value Team: Milano, Italy
Customers' Benefits

The Oracle Global One Team has launched dedicated task forces to best leverage Oracle business synergies in the following areas:

Oracle Industry Solutions:

Sharing Oracle Industry Solutions, templates, tools, accelerators, and collaborating in the areas of Oracle upgrades and testing. The team will also develop tools and intellectual property that will differentiate the NTT DATA Group.

Providing a global methodology, e.g. roll-in/out methodology for global companies using best practices. Consolidating our know-how on global Oracle templates and making them available to our global customers. In addition, developing new global templates based on customers' feedback from all over the world.

Global templates will be adapted to the specific needs of each country by our local Oracle Consultants

Smart Network of Resources:

Global Oracle consultants will provide 24/7 services to our customers. This will shorten delivery times and accelerate the innovation we bring to our customers.

We will provide Oracle Hosting and support services globally, and support multinational companies, reducing the Total Cost of Ownership.

Global Project Management:

Provide well educated Project Managers with excellent project management track records and the necessary certifications.

Future activities
NTT DATA Group will focus on Innovation, and will develop solutions that leverage In-Memory technology, Mobility,?Social Web, Next Generation analytics, cloud computing and more.