Oracle Corp will formerly open an office in the Czech Republic later this month says its Central & East European headquarters in Vienna. The company is now taking space in Prague in offices linked to the city’s Atrium Hotel. Oracle established an office in Budapest in mid-1993, but until now had no office in the Czech Republic, relying on its contract with APP Group, the domestic systems integration company that previously acted as its representative. APP, which still has the right to distribute Oracle Financials, has welcomed the move, claiming that it would prefer Oracle to provide product support. APP’s chief executive officer Eduard Mika says his company has no intention of working with other database suppliers. As a result of APP Group contract wins, Oracle currently has 80 customers in the Republic, including the Austro-Czech Zivnostenska Banka, the Czech National Bank, car maker Skoda and the Czech Presidential Office.
