Leading Oracle Platinum Partner, Explorer, were last night awarded ‘Database Partner of the year - Gold’, ‘Systems Partner of the year - Gold’ and ‘Training Partner of the year - Silver’ by the Oracle community at the annual UKOUG awards, held at The Café de Paris, London. This marks a significant point in Explorer’s remarkable growth and particularly special as its voted for by the Oracle customer community.

“These awards are the latest in a long line of recognition from the UKOUG that highlights our ability on all fronts of Oracle technology combined with our services. Thank you to all our staff for their commitment and loyalty towards our customers and, of course, to everyone who voted for us. Winning Gold for Database two years running is especially pleasing” Jon Lingard, Sales Manager, stated following the announcement.

Jon continued; “The Oracle landscape is evolving and it’s a very exciting place to be! From traditional Systems implementation & support through to Managed Services on Engineered Systems and now new projects in the Oracle Cloud; our customers have more choice than ever before. The number of PaaS and IaaS implementations that we're managing, is growing month on month and Our customers are benefiting hugely from our ability to deliver on premise and in the Oracle Cloud.”

Simon Greenwood, Development Director said; “As the #1 Application Express (APEX) development consultancy in the UK it’s extremely gratifying to know that so many of our customers have voted for us on the back of the development projects we have delivered for them. We've seen great uptake of APEX in the Oracle Cloud too and it's opening up opportunities for our customers in emerging and competitive markets alike".

About Explorer:
For over 20 years Explorer has been working with our customers to solve business problems using Oracle technology, develop bespoke Database and Application solutions and support these environments to lower costs, reduce risk and improve performance. For more information about Explorer please visit www.explorer-systems.uk.com or contact Jon Lingard – jon.lingard@explorer.uk.com