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Oracle cuts 21,000 jobs in 12 months, cites AI-driven workforce changes

The company's global headcount shrank to 141,000 full-time employees as of the May 31 end of the fiscal year, compared with 162,000 a year earlier

Oracle to train 300k youth across UP in AI, cloud, cybersecurity by 2029

Oracle on Monday announced a partnership with Uttar Pradesh State Skill Development Mission (UPSDM) to deliver skills training in AI, cloud, cybersecurity and data science to three lakh students and professionals by 2029. The move aims to bolster employability and support career growth, while building a future-ready talent pool for an innovation-led economy. Oracle's collaboration with UPSDM will deliver skills training in AI, cloud, cybersecurity, and data science to 3,00,000 students and professionals by 2029, the cloud computing company said in a release. It entails over 300 hours of structured learning paths across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), OCI Enterprise AI, OCI Data Science, Oracle APEX, OCI DevOps, and Oracle Security. "The program will be delivered for free as a digital learning experience through UPSDM's Oracle MyLearn, which is a comprehensive training and enablement platform from Oracle University that is used by millions of trainees around the world," the compa

Nifty IT up 2%; Wipro, Infy, TCS rise up to 4% as investors eye Q4 results

All 10 constituents of the Nifty IT index were trading sharply higher. Mphasis, Wipro, Oracle Financial Services Software, HCL Tech, and TCS rose over 2 per cent each

Early morning pink slips from Oracle a wakeup call on AI transition?

Tech giant joins industry peers in pivoting towards AI infrastructure, triggering a massive workforce restructure across global and Indian operations

Why Oracle laid off 30,000 employees despite strong revenue growth

Oracle has eliminated nearly 30,000 jobs globally as huge investments in AI data centres and infrastructure strain its finances despite strong revenue growth

Oracle lays off 12,000 employees in India; another round likely in a month

US-based IT firm Oracle is believed to have laid off approximately 12,000 staff in India, with another round of layoffs expected within a month, impacted employees said on Tuesday. Globally, the company has fired around 30,000 employees. "In India, around 12,000 employees have been laid off. The company is planning another mass layoff within a month," said two people impacted by the retrenchment, including one from the company's human resource department. The company has approximately 30,000 employees in India, including those affected by the layoffs. Oracle declined to comment on the development. Oracle, in an email sent to staff, said the employees were informed about certain organisational changes and "because of these changes, a decision has been taken to streamline the operations, and as a result, unfortunately, the position you currently hold will become redundant". The company has offered 15 days' salary to each employee who has completed a year of service in India, in add

India is already seeing scale in AI: Oracle India's Shailender Kumar

Shailender Kumar, senior vice-president and regional managing director, Oracle India and NetSuite JAPAC talks about the recent Budget announcements and the India growth story

Locking customers to our Cloud was not fair: Oracle's Mahesh Thiagarajan

Thiagarajan talks about the Indian market, Cloud adoption, generative AI (GenAI), and the importance of India

Oracle India announces programme to train 500,000 in new tech by 2028

AI, cybersecurity, data science and application development among subjects it will cover

Oracle doubles down on artificial intelligence investments in India

Oracle Database 23ai, the latest release of Oracle's converged database, is in line with the company's sharp focus on AI

About 30% of business applications have moved to cloud in India: Oracle

Kumar further added that today every customer across verticals like BFSI, telecom, retail, large or SMB etc., are discussing cloud and how fast they can do so

Education ministry selects Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to modernise DIKSHA

The Ministry of Education has selected Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to modernise national education technology platform Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing (DIKSHA), the company said on Wednesday. The migration will help make DIKSHA more accessible and lower its IT costs. The platform supports 1.48 million schools across 35 states and Union Territories and is available in 36 Indian languages. "We have transformed and migrated DIKSHA onto Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)," said Shailender Kumar, senior vice-president and regional managing director, Oracle India and NetSuite Asia Pacific and Japan, at a briefing. Under the seven-year collaboration pact, OCI will help the ministry use DIKSHA to provide educational resources to millions of additional students, teachers and collaborators across the country. DIKSHA was built for school education and foundational learning programmes and represents one of India's largest and most successful Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) ...

The public sector is a big focus area for us: Oracle's Shailender Kumar

You will hear a lot of announcements, says Shailender Kumar

R-CAT: Global firms Oracle, Cisco involvement in Rajasthan govt's IT push

According to the official, over 80 training programmes are being run in R-CAT

Indian Railways may blacklist Oracle Corp if bribery claim proved

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), in a September 27 order, slapped Oracle with a fine of $23 million for breaking the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act that Indian Railway is investigating

Railways ministry launches probe into Oracle India corruption case

Oracle was fined $23 million by US SEC for paying bribes to officials of railway-owned PSU

TMS Ep270: Oracle's trouble, Reliance JioMart, IT stocks, NaVIC

Is Oracle Corporation in trouble in India? Can Reliance repeat its brick-and-mortar success in e-commerce? Are IT stocks a good contrarian bet from a one-year perspective? What is NaVIC? Answers here

Is Oracle Corporation in trouble in India?

Oracle is accused of bribing govt officials in India, Turkey and UAE to grab business contracts. While multinationals are held accountable such violations in the US, does the same happen in India?

'Contrary to core values': Oracle reacts after SEC fine over slush funds

Indian employees of US tech giant used discount scheme in dealing with transportation firm owned by railways ministry: Regulator

SEC fines Oracle $23 mn for bribing officials in India, Turkey, and UAE

Oracle India's employees used "an excessive discount scheme" in connection with a transaction with a transportation company, says the SEC order