Brighton, UK, February 9th, 2010

Long-standing Oracle Partner, e-DBA, announced today that being awarded the title of "Oracle Technology Partner of the Year" at Oracle UK's Partner Awards ceremony held this month in London was yet another huge boost for the solutions provider.

Only last year, e-DBA was awarded Oracle's Platinum Partner status; the highest membership level within the Oracle PartnerNetwork. As director of e-DBA, Alex Louth remarks, "Both achievements mean a huge amount to the e-DBA team, testimony to our customer success and commitment to excellence. We have really focused over the last year to offer better services and solutions within the UK market. Fending off three other nominees to win the prestigious Technology Partner award is evidence that the judges agreed that we're delivering innovative solutions and achieving strong customer success using Oracle technology."

Oracle has over 1100 UK registered Partners and hosts an annual awards ceremony to recognize outstanding performance; this year¿s event was held at The Langham Hotel in London on February 4th.

David Callaghan, Senior Vice President, Oracle UK, Ireland and Israel said, "These awards recognise the high-level of innovation, excellence and commitment our partners offer when they become specialised with Oracle. e-DBA has a proven track record in delivering winning, proven solutions that solve customers¿ most critical business challenges. All award winners are partners that have demonstrated tangible success, growth in their Oracle business and outstanding Oracle solutions."

e-DBA is an established leader of Oracle Managed & Professional Services and Oracle Licensing. It has extended its services and teams to include Database Management, Web 2.0 application development, including virtualisation and hosting services.

About e-DBA

e-DBA was formed in 1998 to bring the highest standards and expertise to the Oracle Database Support and Professional services marketplace. It is an established leader in Oracle Managed & Professional Services and Oracle Licensing. Building upon this success, it has extended its services and teams to include Web 2.0 application development using Application Express (APEX), Unix and Linux System Administration including virtualisation, and hosting services. It has two UK offices in Sussex and Essex. More can be found about e-DBA at http://www.e-dba.com

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