Oracle opening development center in Shenzhen

HONG KONG: Oracle Corp, the world's second-biggest software maker, said on

Monday it will open a development center in the southern Chinese city of

Shenzhen that will target the China market.

California-based Oracle, which makes high-end software for enterprise users,

said the facility will open by May and employ up to 100 people in its first six

months of operation.

Unlike Oracle's development center in India, which employs 2,000 people

engaged in "generic" research and development, the company's Shenzhen

operation will focus on serving the burgeoning Chinese market, said Derek

Williams, executive vice president for Oracle's Asia-Pacific division.

Oracle has about 350 staff in China.