Infobip bolsters pact with Oracle
The collaboration enables Oracle customers and partners to access Infobip's omnichannel messaging services through Oracle Integration, making it easier to manage and deploy new communication channels.
Oracle vice president of product management Deepak Arora said the partnership supports Oracle's vision of driving artificial intelligence innovation across businesses.
"Our new collaboration with Infobip will help enterprises simplify connectivity and provide integration between the Infobip messaging platform and any applications using Oracle Integration.
"This enables organisations to integrate any apps, data and services, anywhere," he said.
As part of the partnership, Infobip has introduced its Omnichannel Messaging Adapter for Oracle Integration to support a broad range of messaging platforms, including WhatsApp and rich communication services.
Infobip has also developed a prebuilt use case, known as the Accelerator, for Oracle's B2C Service contact center.
Infobip chief alliances officer Veselin Vuković said both services enable customer support teams to engage and offer a smooth two-way communication experience with low or no-code setup requirements.
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