Hyderabad: Oracle Corporation Malaysia has conferred upon the city-based Sierra Atlantic the Oracle Applications Reseller (OAR) award of 2004 from among its partner community in Malaysia.

This award has been given in recognition to Sierra Atlantic for its contribution to the growth in the adoption of Oracle E-Business Suite by providing quality development, implementation and support services to Malaysian customers.

Sierra Atlantic, India''s leading applications Integration Company, operates an Oracle Center of Excellence at its global development base in Hyderabad.

This achievement is significant as it affirms the continued high value and quality of service provided by Sierra Atlantic. Prior to this, it has also won several awards from Oracle Singapore as Oracle ''application reseller'' of the Year 2002, Oracle ''e-business suite implementer of the Year'' 2001 and ''outstanding achievement award'' in 2001.

"Sierra Atlantic has had a long-standing strategic relationship with Oracle having been involved not only in implementation and support services but also in contributing to the engineering and development of Oracle products. Their work in Malaysia has been of very high standards and this has been of enormous value in continuing the positive momentum we have in our applications business here ", said VR Srivatsan, managing director, Oracle Corporation Malaysia

Yeshwanth Reddy, executive vice president, Sierra Atlantic said, "Our relationship with Oracle goes back almost 10 years, since we started product development for them. Being a long-time Oracle certified advantage partner, this relationship has continued into the applications domain of ERP integration and implementation. I believe it is our close involvement and in-depth understanding of Oracle and its business that has helped us set high standards in our service to our customers."

Sierra Atlantic made its entry into Asia-Pacific market in 2001, offering a broad range of services to Oracle E-Business Suite users, which includes implementation, upgrades, customisation, and integration services.

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