Artificial Intelligence Creates better Paying Jobs in UAE

Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence aren’t the enemy of jobs and the new technologies actually end up creating different, higher-paying jobs than the ones they replace, said the president of Oracle product development.

Thomas Kurian said that automation is certainly not about replacing employees with machines. Rather, it’s about speeding up tasks that take more time than businesses can afford to give to them as they seek to innovate at pace and achieve greater profitability through efficiency and by enabling people to focus on more valuable tasks.

“It is about improving the decision-making capabilities of people by arming them with a richness of highly relevant, topical and timely data that otherwise would not be possible to collect,” he said.

Oracle hired 400 cloud sales professionals for the Digital Hub in Dubai and now in the process of hiring another 1000 cloud sales professionals from across the EMEA region to support the growth of our cloud computing business in the region

Meanwhile, intelligent applications within HR systems can automate some of those more mundane chores and help HR staff realise more of their own potential. Far from taking over HR jobs, AI and other emerging technologies enable HR professionals to redefine their roles and to refocus their efforts on more strategic matters that machines simply can’t handle, he said.

Oracle is the fastest growing cloud company at scale, he said and added that the company has built something that its competitors can’t so our customers could do things they’ve never been able to do before.

Unlike other cloud vendors, Oracle offers a complete range of services in all three primary layers of the cloud: Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).

“We built a cloud future that’s less about restrictions and more about re-imagining people, processes, and progress. The journey to the cloud isn’t a one-way path — and each company’s journey is unique,” Kurian said.

Research firm International Data Corporation estimates that public cloud spending in Middle East Turkey and Africa region will reach $715 million in 2017.

When asked how important the UAE is in the global scheme of things for Oracle, he said that the UAE is a priority market for Oracle and the country is witnessing a rapid adoption of Oracle Cloud.

“There is no doubt that Oracle will lead the UAE and Middle East’s cloud revolution.

Oracle has been operating in the UAE for more than 30 years and during this period we have constantly invested in expanding our resources, infrastructure and offering our latest solutions,” he said.

Oracle is also setting up a data centre in Abu Dhabi which is expected to be opened early next year.

He said that the data centre will feature Oracle’s Engineered Systems — which combine highly tuned hardware, software, and networking for top performance — to support the increasing demands of area customers who tap Oracle’s wide range of cloud services.

By locating a data centre in the UAE, he said that Oracle will be better able to manage service levels and respond to local customers who, for a variety of reasons including data governance requirements, need their data to be in close geographic proximity.

In January, Oracle opened an Oracle Digital Hub in Dubai to advance cloud growth and provide support to Oracle customers and partners in the UAE and wider Middle East region.

Oracle Hiring 5,000 Employees for Cloud Software business

Oracle Corp. is hiring 5,000 employees for its cloud software business as it fights Salesforce.com Inc. for market share in the fast-growing industry.

The hiring surge aims to beef up what’s already Oracle’s fastest-growing business, increasing revenue by 58 percent in the quarter it reported June 21 compared with a year earlier.

The move is the latest in a back-and-forth between Oracle and its main rival that last week saw Salesforce Chief Executive Officer Marc Benioff bragging he was on track to generate $10 billion in cloud revenue this year, a goal Oracle was trying to hit first. It also comes as other major U.S. tech companies are touting their domestic hiring plans in a bid to avoid the ire of President Donald Trump.

Amazon.com Inc. has pledged to hire more than 100,000 workers by 2018 and has been holding job fairs across the U.S. Apple Inc. has promised to invest $1 billion in advanced U.S. manufacturing, and its key supplier Foxconn Technology Group is building a factory in Wisconsin.

The new Oracle jobs are in addition to 1,000 cloud employees the company said in July it was hiring in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Oracle is scheduled to report fiscal 2018 first quarter earnings on Sept. 14.

Oracle announces 1000 New Jobs in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

 Oracle announces 1000 new jobs in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Under the 'Change Happens Here' banner the company is hunting for the next generation of ambitious, driven, digitally savvy Sales Representatives to support the growth of Oracle's Cloud computing business.

The move comes on the back of the company recently posting record financial results with total cloud revenue up 58%. Oracle is now the fastest growing scaled cloud company and is predicting its cloud business will accelerate into hyper-growth in the current year.

Aimed at people from diverse backgrounds and profiles with between two to six years work experience, currently in Human Resources, Marketing, Recruitment, Finance, Supply Chain or Sales roles, Oracle will recruit candidates with a strong sense of personal drive and the ability to successfully sell some of the world's most exciting cloud technologies.

Candidates can apply immediately for a range of positions throughout EMEA, by visiting the 'Change Happens Here' page - oracle.com/experience. Oracle is looking for graduate level candidates who have a genuine interest in technology and the passion for the transformation cloud computing can bring to enterprises.

Tino Scholman, VP of Oracle Cloud in the EMEA region, commented: "Our cloud business is growing at incredible rates, so now is the right time to bring in a new generation of talent to our company. We are looking to hire relationship focused people who are self-motivated and smart, who thrive for business transformation for our customers and love delivering great results. Diversity is one of the cornerstones of the unique Oracle culture. We want to offer 1,000 talented individuals the opportunity to change their career for the better, to access the best possible training and development, as well as the chance to accelerate their career within the fastest growing Cloud company at the centre of a generational shift to digital enablement."