Oracle expects to cut approximately 75 positions in Asia Pacific (including Japan) as part of its worldwide cost-cutting measure.
The software maker announced that it would reduce 1 to 2 percent of its global workforce.
An Oracle Asia Pacific spokesperson said in an interview that the region would be similarly affected. She added that Oracle has 3,800 employees across the region and expects to implement the restructuring exercise in line with its corporate announcement.
However, she declined to reveal when the job cuts would start nor the business unit(s) which would be affected.
Oracle's Australian Managing Director Brian Mitchell believes six positions will be lost locally.
Oracle's US-based spokesperson Stacey Torman had earlier said that the company plans to eliminate 866 jobs or approximately one to two percent of its 43,300 staff worldwide "through normal attrition and regular business performance assessments."
According to media reports, Oracle had told analysts last week that it planned to reduce staff.
Last week, Oracle matched analysts' reduced expectations when it posted a third-quarter net income of US$583 million or US$0.10 per share.
The company cautioned analysts to reduce their fourth-quarter estimates, saying that it could not see into the future with any degree of accuracy.
CEO Larry Ellison said at the time that the company would try to cut costs.
"There's no organization that isn't being asked to do more with less," Ellison said. "With the sole exception of R&D, Oracle should be reducing head count in virtually every area."
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