newsbytes@clarinet.com (01/14/90)
MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA, 1990 JAN 11 (NB) -- Oracle has announced a new distribution agreement with Computertime Network, its distributor for Canada's five eastern provinces. Sales staff from Montreal-based Computertime will work with people from Oracle, of Toronto, Ontario, as Oracle prepares to sell its Oracle database software direct in Quebec and the Atlantic Provinces. Oracle spokeswoman Wendy Rajala said her company's current distribution contract with Computertime expires at the end of this year. Though Computertime will continue to have a role in selling Oracle products, she said, Oracle plans to do more direct selling than it has in the past. The company already maintains direct-sales offices in Ontario and the western provinces. In the meantime, the two companies will work together and present themselves to customers as Computertime/Oracle. Computertime, which develops and distributes software and offers training and consulting services, has distributed Oracle in Quebec and Atlantic Canada since early 1981, Rajala said. Earlier in the week, STM Systems of Markham, Ontario, announced plans to acquire Computertime. (Grant Buckler/19900111/Press Contact: Wendy Rajala, Oracle Canada, 416-866-8056)