Oracle's Global Support now based in .... Cairo?

Yes, that's right. Egypt is taking on India to be the "Call Center Capital" of the world according to CRMBuyer's story Monday. This coincides with the opening of Oracle Global Support center at Xceed, a part of Cairo's rapidly expanding Smart Village.

Cairo has long been a valuable hub for activity in the EMEA divisions of global organizations like ORCL, MSFT, and HPQ. It's nice to see they're not being overlooked for larger investments to support global operations that might otherwise be sent to India or China, e.g., Microsoft to Invest $1.7 Billion in India.

Not that I'm biased ...