Keynote

Embracing Enterprise Grid Computing by Nicholas Evered Technology Sales Oracle Corporation, Asia Pacific Division

Abstract

Grid Computing has delivered significant efficiency benefits and cost savings for many organisations.  While early adopters were in the research and education sectors, the past few years has seen adoption by a wider spectrum of organizations.  Enterprises have started adopting many of the Grid principles with minimal investment, zero disruption and fast ROI.  Moving from proprietary, inflexible systems to ones that are open and modular, organisations have the building blocks for continuous competitive advantage.  By bringing practical and efficient solutions to meet the ever changing business requirement they're achieving a lower total cost of ownership (TCO) while at the same time providing a powerful technology infrastructure that addresses scalability, availability, security, and functionality needs of the business.

Biodata

Nick Evered joined Oracle in April 1995 and is Senior Vice President of Technology Sales for Asia Pacific and a member of the Oracle Asia Pacific executive management team.    He has responsibility for the sales of all products in the technology portfolio (Oracle Database, Oracle Application Server and Oracle Collaboration Suite) across the Asia Pacific region.

Prior to his current role, Mr. Evered set up and managed the OracleDirect operation across Asia Pacific, establishing major hubs in Bangalore, Shenzhen, Singapore and Sydney.  OracleDirect is responsible for transactional sales of all product lines in the region, and continues to be overseen by Mr. Evered.

Previously at Oracle, Mr. Evered held roles in Australia-New Zealand with responsibility for General Business and Channels Sales.   Mr. Evered has 25 years experience in the strategic application of Information Technology.  Prior to joining Oracle, Mr. Evered held various consulting and management positions at Fujitsu and KPMG, and spent nine years in the Australian Federal Public Service.