<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
is	O
an	O
American	O
multinational	O
computer	O
technology	O
corporation	O
headquartered	O
in	O
Austin	O
,	O
Texas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
was	O
the	O
third-largest	O
software	O
company	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
by	O
revenue	O
and	O
market	O
capitalization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
sells	O
database	O
software	O
and	O
technology	O
(	O
particularly	O
its	B-General_Concept
own	I-General_Concept
brands	I-General_Concept
)	O
,	O
cloud	B-Architecture
engineered	I-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
,	O
and	O
enterprise	B-Application
software	I-Application
products	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
enterprise	O
resource	O
planning	O
(	O
ERP	B-Application
)	O
software	O
,	O
human	O
capital	O
management	O
(	O
HCM	B-Application
)	O
software	O
,	O
customer	O
relationship	O
management	O
(	O
CRM	O
)	O
software	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
customer	O
experience	O
)	O
,	O
enterprise	O
performance	O
management	O
(	O
EPM	O
)	O
software	O
,	O
and	O
supply	O
chain	O
management	O
(	O
SCM	O
)	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Larry	O
Ellison	O
co-founded	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
in	O
1977	O
with	O
Bob	O
Miner	O
and	O
Ed	O
Oates	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Software	O
Development	O
Laboratories	O
(	O
SDL	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ellison	O
took	O
inspiration	O
from	O
the	O
1970	O
paper	O
written	O
by	O
Edgar	O
F	O
.	O
Codd	O
on	O
relational	B-Application
database	I-Application
management	I-Application
systems	I-Application
(	O
RDBMS	B-Application
)	O
named	O
"	O
A	O
Relational	O
Model	O
of	O
Data	O
for	O
Large	O
Shared	O
Data	O
Banks.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
heard	O
about	O
the	O
IBM	B-Application
System	I-Application
R	I-Application
database	O
from	O
an	O
article	O
in	O
the	O
IBM	O
Research	O
Journal	O
provided	O
by	O
Oates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ellison	O
wanted	O
to	O
make	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
's	O
product	O
compatible	O
with	O
System	O
R	O
,	O
but	O
failed	O
to	O
do	O
so	O
as	O
IBM	O
kept	O
the	O
error	O
codes	O
for	O
their	O
DBMS	O
a	O
secret	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SDL	O
changed	O
its	O
name	O
to	O
Relational	O
Software	O
,	O
Inc	O
(	O
RSI	O
)	O
in	O
1979	O
,	O
then	O
again	O
to	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Systems	O
Corporation	O
in	O
1983	O
,	O
to	O
align	O
itself	O
more	O
closely	O
with	O
its	O
flagship	O
product	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Database	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
also	O
drew	O
from	O
the	O
1977	O
CIA	O
project	O
codename	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
also	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
's	O
first	O
customer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1989	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
moved	O
its	O
world	O
headquarters	O
to	O
the	O
Redwood	O
Shores	O
neighborhood	O
of	O
Redwood	O
City	O
,	O
California	O
,	O
though	O
its	O
campus	O
was	O
not	O
completed	O
until	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1995	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Systems	O
Corporation	O
changed	O
its	O
name	O
to	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
,	O
officially	O
named	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
,	O
but	O
is	O
sometimes	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
,	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
holding	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Part	O
of	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
's	O
early	O
success	O
arose	O
from	O
using	O
the	O
C	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
to	O
implement	O
its	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
eased	O
porting	O
to	O
different	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
most	O
of	O
which	O
support	O
C	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
acquired	O
PeopleSoft	O
,	O
an	O
ERP	B-Application
company	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
2006	O
Siebel	O
,	O
a	O
CRM	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
acquired	O
BEA	O
Systems	O
,	O
an	O
enterprise	O
infrastructure	O
software	O
company	O
and	O
in	O
2010	O
it	O
acquired	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
,	O
a	O
computer	B-Architecture
hardware	I-Architecture
and	O
software	O
company	O
(	O
famous	O
for	O
its	O
Java	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
15	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
transferred	O
its	O
stock	O
listing	O
from	O
the	O
Nasdaq	O
to	O
the	O
NYSE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
compete	O
with	O
Amazon	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Services	I-Application
and	O
its	O
products	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
announced	O
in	O
2019	O
it	O
was	O
partnering	O
with	O
former	O
rival	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
alliance	O
called	O
that	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Azure	I-Application
would	O
be	O
directly	O
connected	O
,	O
allowing	O
customers	O
of	O
each	O
to	O
store	O
data	O
on	O
both	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
platforms	I-Architecture
and	O
run	O
software	O
on	O
either	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
or	O
Azure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
saw	O
this	O
not	O
only	O
as	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
compete	O
with	O
Amazon	O
but	O
also	O
Google	B-Application
and	O
Salesforce	B-Application
,	O
which	O
acquired	O
Looker	O
and	O
Tableau	O
Software	O
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
11	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
announced	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
moving	O
its	O
world	O
headquarters	O
from	O
Redwood	O
Shores	O
to	O
Austin	O
,	O
Texas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
20	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
announced	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Cerner	O
,	O
a	O
health	O
information	B-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
day	O
,	O
on	O
December	O
21	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
made	O
public	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
,	O
an	O
AI	O
and	O
automation	O
tools	O
company	O
for	O
network	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
23	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
was	O
hit	O
with	O
a	O
class	O
action	O
lawsuit	O
,	O
which	O
alleges	O
that	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
has	O
been	O
operating	O
a	O
"	O
surveillance	O
machine	O
"	O
which	O
tracks	O
in	O
real-time	O
and	O
records	O
indefinitely	O
the	O
personal	O
information	O
of	O
hundreds	O
of	O
millions	O
of	O
people	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
investment	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
will	O
be	O
opening	O
a	O
data	B-Operating_System
centre	I-Operating_System
in	O
the	O
country	O
's	O
capital	O
,	O
Riyadh	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
designs	O
,	O
manufactures	O
,	O
and	O
sells	O
both	O
software	O
and	O
hardware	B-Architecture
products	O
and	O
offers	O
services	O
that	O
complement	O
them	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
financing	O
,	O
training	O
,	O
consulting	O
,	O
and	O
hosting	O
services	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
the	O
products	O
have	O
been	O
added	O
to	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
's	O
portfolio	O
through	O
acquisitions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
's	O
E-delivery	O
service	O
(	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Software	O
Delivery	O
Cloud	B-Architecture
)	O
provides	O
generic	O
downloadable	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
software	O
and	O
documentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Release	O
10	O
:	O
In	O
2004	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
shipped	O
release	O
10g	O
(	O
g	O
standing	O
for	O
"	O
grid	O
"	O
)	O
as	O
the	O
then	O
latest	O
version	O
of	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Database	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Oracle	B-Language
Application	I-Language
Server	I-Language
10g	I-Language
using	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
integrated	O
with	O
the	O
server	B-Application
part	O
of	O
that	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
database	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
deploy	O
web-technology	O
applications	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	B-Application
server	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
middle-tier	O
software	O
designed	O
for	O
grid	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
interrelationship	O
between	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
10g	O
and	O
Java	B-Language
allowed	O
developers	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
stored	B-General_Concept
procedures	I-General_Concept
written	O
in	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
,	O
those	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
traditional	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
programming	O
language	O
,	O
PL/SQL	B-Language
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
released	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Database	I-General_Concept
11g	O
Release	O
2	O
in	O
September	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
was	O
available	O
in	O
four	O
commercial	O
editions	O
—	O
Enterprise	O
Edition	O
,	O
Standard	O
Edition	O
,	O
Standard	O
Edition	O
One	O
,	O
and	O
Personal	O
Edition	O
—	O
and	O
in	O
one	O
free	B-Application
edition	O
—	O
the	O
Express	O
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
constrains	O
the	O
Standard	O
Edition	O
(	O
DB	O
SE	O
)	O
and	O
Standard	O
Edition	O
One	O
(	O
SE1	O
)	O
with	O
more	O
licensing	O
restrictions	O
,	O
in	O
accordance	O
with	O
their	O
lower	O
price	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Release	O
12	O
:	O
Release	O
12c	O
(	O
c	B-Language
standing	O
for	O
"	O
cloud	B-Architecture
"	O
)	O
became	O
available	O
on	O
July	O
1	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
has	O
acquired	O
and	O
developed	O
the	O
following	O
additional	O
database	O
technologies	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Rdb	I-Application
,	O
a	O
relational	O
database	O
system	O
running	O
on	O
OpenVMS	B-Operating_System
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
acquired	O
Rdb	O
in	O
1994	O
from	O
Digital	O
Equipment	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
has	O
since	O
made	O
many	O
enhancements	O
to	O
this	O
product	O
and	O
development	O
continues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
Middleware	I-Application
is	O
a	O
family	O
of	O
middleware	B-General_Concept
software	O
products	O
,	O
including	O
(	O
for	O
instance	O
)	O
application	B-Application
server	I-Application
,	O
system	O
integration	O
,	O
business	O
process	O
management	O
(	O
BPM	O
)	O
,	O
user	O
interaction	O
,	O
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
,	O
identity	O
management	O
and	O
business	B-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
(	O
BI	O
)	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Secure	O
Enterprise	B-Application
Search	I-Application
(	O
SES	O
)	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
's	O
enterprise-search	B-Application
offering	O
,	O
gives	O
users	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
search	O
for	O
content	O
across	O
multiple	O
locations	O
,	O
including	O
websites	O
,	O
XML	B-Protocol
files	O
,	O
file	O
servers	O
,	O
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
systems	I-Protocol
,	O
enterprise	O
resource	O
planning	O
systems	O
,	O
customer	O
relationship	O
management	O
systems	O
,	O
business	B-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
databases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
in	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
Oracle	B-Protocol
Beehive	I-Protocol
collaboration	B-Application
software	I-Application
provides	O
team	O
workspaces	O
(	O
including	O
wikis	B-Protocol
,	O
team	O
calendaring	O
and	O
file	O
sharing	O
)	O
,	O
email	O
,	O
calendar	O
,	O
instant	O
messaging	O
,	O
and	O
conferencing	O
on	O
a	O
single	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Customers	O
can	O
use	O
Beehive	O
as	O
licensed	O
software	O
or	O
as	O
software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
(	O
"	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
acquisitions	O
beginning	O
in	O
2003	O
,	O
especially	O
in	O
the	O
area	O
of	O
applications	B-Application
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
maintains	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
product	O
lines	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
applications	B-Application
commonly	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
(	O
using	O
Oracle	B-Language
JDeveloper	I-Language
)	O
or	O
through	O
PL/SQL	B-Language
(	O
using	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
and	O
Oracle	O
Reports/BIPublisher	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
has	O
started	O
a	O
drive	O
toward	O
"	O
wizard	O
"	O
-driven	O
environments	O
with	O
a	O
view	O
to	O
enabling	O
non-programmers	O
to	O
produce	O
simple	O
data-driven	O
applications	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
works	O
with	O
"	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Certified	O
Partners	O
"	O
to	O
enhance	O
its	O
overall	O
product	O
marketing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
variety	O
of	O
applications	B-Application
from	O
third-party	O
vendors	O
includes	O
database	O
applications	B-Application
for	O
archiving	O
,	O
splitting	O
and	O
control	O
,	O
ERP	B-Application
and	O
CRM	O
systems	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
more	O
niche	O
and	O
focused	O
products	O
providing	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
commercial	O
functions	O
in	O
areas	O
like	O
human	O
resources	O
,	O
financial	O
control	O
and	O
governance	B-Application
,	I-Application
risk	I-Application
management	I-Application
,	I-Application
and	I-Application
compliance	I-Application
(	O
GRC	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Operating_System
Enterprise	I-Operating_System
Manager	I-Operating_System
(	O
OEM	O
)	O
provides	O
web-based	O
monitoring	O
and	O
management	O
tools	O
for	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
products	O
(	O
and	O
for	O
some	O
third-party	B-General_Concept
software	I-General_Concept
)	O
,	O
including	O
database	O
management	O
,	O
middleware	B-General_Concept
management	O
,	O
application	O
management	O
,	O
hardware	B-Architecture
and	O
virtualization	O
management	O
and	O
cloud	B-Architecture
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Primavera	B-Application
products	O
of	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
's	O
Construction	O
&	O
Engineering	O
Global	O
Business	O
Unit	O
(	O
CEGBU	O
)	O
consist	O
of	O
project-management	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
's	O
tools	O
for	O
developing	O
applications	B-Application
include	O
(	O
among	O
others	O
)	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
external	O
and	O
third-party	O
tools	O
make	O
the	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
administrator	O
's	O
tasks	O
easier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZFS	B-Application
combines	O
file-system	B-Application
and	O
logical	B-Application
volume	I-Application
management	I-Application
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BtrFS	B-Operating_System
"	O
B-tree	O
File-System	B-Application
"	O
is	O
meant	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
improvement	O
over	O
the	O
existing	O
Linux	B-Application
ext4	B-Application
filesystem	I-Application
,	O
and	O
offer	O
features	O
approaching	O
those	O
of	O
ZFS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
develops	O
and	O
supports	O
two	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
:	O
Oracle	B-Application
Solaris	I-Application
and	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
service	O
offered	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
providing	O
servers	O
,	O
storage	B-General_Concept
,	O
network	O
,	O
applications	B-Application
and	O
services	O
through	O
a	O
global	O
network	O
of	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
managed	O
data	B-Operating_System
centers	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
provides	O
Infrastructure	B-General_Concept
as	I-General_Concept
a	I-General_Concept
Service	I-General_Concept
(	O
IaaS	B-General_Concept
)	O
,	O
Platform	B-Application
as	I-Application
a	I-Application
Service	I-Application
(	O
PaaS	B-Application
)	O
,	O
Software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
Service	I-Architecture
(	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
)	O
and	O
Data	O
as	O
a	O
Service	O
(	O
DaaS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
services	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
build	O
,	O
deploy	O
,	O
integrate	O
and	O
extend	O
applications	B-Application
in	B-Architecture
the	I-Architecture
cloud	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
platform	O
supports	O
open	O
standards	O
(	O
SQL	B-Language
,	O
HTML5	B-Application
,	O
REST	B-Protocol
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
open-source	O
solutions	O
(	O
Kubernetes	B-General_Concept
,	O
Hadoop	B-Application
,	O
Kafka	B-Language
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
programming	O
languages	O
,	O
databases	O
,	O
tools	O
and	O
frameworks	B-Architecture
including	O
Oracle-specific	O
,	O
free	B-Application
and	O
third-party	B-General_Concept
software	I-General_Concept
and	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
sells	O
a	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
suite	O
of	O
Oracle	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
Applications	I-Application
business	B-Application
applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
28	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
bought	O
NetSuite	B-General_Concept
,	O
the	O
first	O
cloud	B-Architecture
company	O
,	O
for	O
$9.3	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetSuite	B-General_Concept
provides	O
cloud	B-Architecture
ERP	B-Application
,	O
CRM	O
,	O
supply	O
chain	O
and	O
e-commerce	O
software	O
to	O
small	O
and	O
medium-sized	O
businesses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
regarded	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
fully	O
cloud	B-Architecture
company	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
and	O
is	O
an	O
industry	O
leader	O
in	O
its	O
own	O
right	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
has	O
branded	O
its	O
Platform	B-Application
as	I-Application
a	I-Application
Service	I-Application
as	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
Platform	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
Platform	I-General_Concept
include	O
Data	O
Management	O
,	O
Application	O
Development	O
,	O
Integration	O
,	O
Content	O
and	O
Experience	O
,	O
Business	O
Analytics	O
,	O
Management	O
and	O
Security	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Platform	O
services	O
on	O
which	O
to	O
build	O
and	O
deploy	O
applications	B-Application
or	O
extend	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
applications	B-Application
:	O
database	O
,	O
Java	B-Language
application	B-Application
server	I-Application
,	O
mobile	O
,	O
business	O
analytics	O
,	O
integration	O
,	O
process	O
,	O
big	B-Application
data	I-Application
,	O
Internet	B-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
Things	I-Operating_System
,	O
Node.js	B-Language
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Data	O
Cloud	B-Architecture
is	O
composed	O
of	O
several	O
acquisitions	O
including	O
AddThis	O
,	O
BlueKai	B-Application
,	O
Crosswise	O
,	O
Datalogix	O
,	O
Grapeshot	O
,	O
and	O
Moat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
has	O
branded	O
its	O
Infrastructure	B-General_Concept
as	I-General_Concept
a	I-General_Concept
Service	I-General_Concept
as	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
Infrastructure	O
(	O
OCI	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
Infrastructure	O
offerings	O
include	O
the	O
following	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
16	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
acquired	O
DataScience.com,	O
a	O
privately	O
held	O
cloud	B-Architecture
workspace	O
platform	O
for	O
data	O
science	O
projects	O
and	O
workloads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
support	O
:	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
identifies	O
its	O
customers	O
and	O
their	O
support	O
entitlements	O
using	O
CSI	O
(	O
Customer	O
Support	O
Identifier	O
)	O
codes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Registered	O
customers	O
can	O
submit	O
Service	B-Application
Requests	I-Application
(	O
SRs	O
)	O
—	O
usually	O
via	O
the	O
web-accessible	O
My	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Support	O
(	O
MOS	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
re-incarnation	O
of	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Metalink	O
with	O
web	O
access	O
administered	O
by	O
a	O
site	O
Customer	O
User	O
Administrator	O
(	O
CUA	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critical	O
Patch	O
Updates	O
:	O
since	O
2005	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
has	O
grouped	O
collections	O
of	O
patches	O
and	O
security	O
fixes	O
for	O
its	O
products	O
each	O
quarter	O
into	O
a	O
"	O
Critical	O
Patch	O
Update	O
"	O
(	O
CPU	O
)	O
,	O
released	O
each	O
January	O
,	O
April	O
,	O
July	O
and	O
October	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Configuration	O
Manager	O
(	O
OCM	O
,	O
previously	O
Customer	O
Configuration	O
repository	O
or	O
CCR	O
)	O
gathers	O
and	O
uploads	O
details	O
of	O
the	O
configuration	O
of	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Auto	O
Service	O
Request	O
(	O
ASR	O
)	O
automatically	O
creates	O
Service	B-Application
Requests	I-Application
for	O
specific	O
hardware	B-Architecture
faults	O
on	O
qualified	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
server	B-Application
,	O
storage	B-General_Concept
,	O
Oracle	B-Device
Exadata	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Oracle	B-Application
Exalogic	I-Application
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetSuite	B-General_Concept
Social	O
Impact	O
program	O
assists	O
nonprofits	O
with	O
moving	O
operations	O
to	O
the	O
cloud	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2018	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
announced	O
the	O
expansion	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
to	O
include	O
product	O
donation	O
,	O
pro	O
bono	O
expansion	O
and	O
online	O
community	O
building	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
September	O
13	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
acquired	O
a	O
trade	O
deal	O
with	O
the	O
ByteDance	O
owned	O
social	O
video	O
platform	O
TikTok	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
the	O
result	O
of	O
an	O
executive	O
order	O
issued	O
by	O
U.S.	O
president	O
Donald	O
Trump	O
stating	O
that	O
TikTok	B-Application
must	O
be	O
sold	O
to	O
a	O
U.S.	O
company	O
by	O
September	O
15	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
exact	O
nature	O
of	O
the	O
agreement	O
is	O
still	O
unknown	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
implies	O
that	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
will	O
become	O
TikTok	B-Application
's	O
technology	O
partner	O
and	O
assume	O
responsibility	O
for	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
U.S.	O
user	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1990	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
laid	O
off	O
10%	O
(	O
about	O
400	O
people	O
)	O
of	O
its	O
work	O
force	O
because	O
of	O
accounting	O
errors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
crisis	O
came	O
about	O
because	O
of	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
's	O
"	O
up-front	O
"	O
marketing	O
strategy	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
sales	O
people	O
urged	O
potential	O
customers	O
to	O
buy	O
the	O
largest	O
possible	O
amount	O
of	O
software	O
all	O
at	O
once	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
eventually	O
had	O
to	O
restate	O
its	O
earnings	O
twice	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
settled	O
(	O
out	O
of	O
court	O
)	O
class-action	O
lawsuits	O
arising	O
from	O
its	O
having	O
overstated	O
its	O
earnings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ellison	O
stated	O
in	O
1992	O
that	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
had	O
made	O
"	O
an	O
incredible	O
business	O
mistake	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
,	O
Informix	O
overtook	O
Sybase	B-Application
and	O
became	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
's	O
most	O
important	O
rival	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Informix	O
claimed	O
that	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
had	O
hired	O
away	O
Informix	O
engineers	O
to	O
disclose	O
important	O
trade	O
secrets	O
about	O
an	O
upcoming	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Informix	O
finally	O
dropped	O
its	O
lawsuit	O
against	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2005	O
,	O
a	O
book	O
detailing	O
the	O
war	O
between	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
and	O
Informix	O
was	O
published	O
,	O
titled	O
The	O
Real	O
Story	O
of	O
Informix	O
Software	O
and	O
Phil	O
White	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
gave	O
a	O
detailed	O
chronology	O
of	O
the	O
battle	O
of	O
Informix	O
against	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
how	O
Informix	O
Software	O
's	O
CEO	O
Phil	O
White	O
landed	O
in	O
jail	O
because	O
of	O
his	O
obsession	O
with	O
overtaking	O
Ellison	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
it	O
had	O
overcome	O
Informix	O
and	O
Sybase	B-Application
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
enjoyed	O
years	O
of	O
dominance	O
in	O
the	O
database	O
market	O
until	O
use	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
became	O
widespread	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1990s	O
and	O
IBM	O
acquired	O
Informix	O
Software	O
in	O
2001	O
(	O
to	O
complement	O
its	O
Db2	B-Application
database	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
competes	O
for	O
new	O
database	O
licenses	O
on	O
UNIX	O
,	O
GNU	O
,	O
and	O
Windows	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
primarily	O
against	O
IBM	O
's	O
Db2	B-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
's	O
Db2	B-Application
dominates	O
the	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
database	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
's	O
sales	O
grew	O
at	O
a	O
rate	O
of	O
14.5	O
%	O
to	O
$6.2	O
billion	O
,	O
giving	O
it	O
41.3	O
%	O
and	O
the	O
top	O
share	O
of	O
the	O
relational-database	O
market	O
(	O
InformationWeek	O
–	O
March	O
2005	O
)	O
,	O
with	O
market	O
share	O
estimated	O
at	O
up	O
to	O
44.6	O
%	O
in	O
2005	O
by	O
some	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
's	O
main	O
competitors	O
in	O
the	O
database	O
arena	O
remain	O
IBM	B-Application
Db2	I-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
and	O
to	O
a	O
lesser	O
extent	O
Sybase	B-Application
and	O
Teradata	O
,	O
with	O
free	B-Application
databases	O
such	O
as	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
and	O
MySQL	B-Application
also	O
having	O
a	O
significant	O
share	O
of	O
the	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EnterpriseDB	B-Language
,	O
based	O
on	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
,	O
has	O
made	O
inroads	O
by	O
proclaiming	O
that	O
its	O
product	O
delivers	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
compatibility	O
features	O
at	O
a	O
much	O
lower	O
price-point	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
software-applications	O
market	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
primarily	O
competes	O
against	O
SAP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
22	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
sued	O
SAP	B-Application
,	O
accusing	O
them	O
of	O
fraud	O
and	O
unfair	O
competition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
market	O
for	O
business	B-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
software	O
,	O
many	O
other	O
software	O
companies	O
—	O
small	O
and	O
large	O
—	O
have	O
successfully	O
competed	O
in	O
quality	O
with	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
and	O
SAP	B-Application
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Business	B-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
vendors	O
can	O
be	O
categorized	O
into	O
the	O
"	O
big	O
four	O
"	O
consolidated	O
BI	O
firms	O
such	O
as	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
,	O
who	O
has	O
entered	O
BI	O
market	O
through	O
a	O
recent	O
trend	O
of	O
acquisitions	O
(	O
including	O
Hyperion	O
Solutions	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
independent	O
"	O
pure	O
play	O
"	O
vendors	O
such	O
as	O
MicroStrategy	O
,	O
Actuate	O
,	O
and	O
SAS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Financials	I-Application
was	O
ranked	O
in	O
the	O
Top	O
20	O
Most	O
Popular	O
Accounting	O
Software	O
Infographic	O
by	O
Capterra	O
in	O
2014	O
,	O
beating	O
out	O
SAP	B-Application
and	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
their	O
other	O
competitors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
1988	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
and	O
the	O
German	O
company	O
SAP	B-Application
AG	I-Application
had	O
a	O
decade-long	O
history	O
of	O
cooperation	O
,	O
beginning	O
with	O
the	O
integration	O
of	O
SAP	B-Application
's	O
R/3	B-Application
enterprise	B-Application
application	I-Application
suite	O
with	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
's	O
relational	O
database	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
SAP	B-Application
partnership	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
increasing	O
integration	O
of	O
SAP	B-Application
applications	B-Application
with	O
Microsoft	O
products	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
a	O
competitor	O
to	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Database	I-General_Concept
)	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
and	O
SAP	B-Application
continue	O
their	O
cooperation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
,	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
SAP	B-Application
's	O
customers	O
use	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
databases	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
began	O
to	O
increase	O
its	O
interest	O
in	O
the	O
enterprise-applications	O
market	O
(	O
in	O
1989	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
had	O
already	O
released	O
Oracle	B-Application
Financials	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
series	O
of	O
acquisitions	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
began	O
,	O
most	O
notably	O
with	O
those	O
of	O
PeopleSoft	O
,	O
Siebel	O
Systems	O
and	O
Hyperion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAP	B-Application
recognized	O
that	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
had	O
started	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
competitor	O
in	O
a	O
markets	O
where	O
SAP	B-Application
had	O
the	O
leadership	O
,	O
and	O
saw	O
an	O
opportunity	O
to	O
lure	O
in	O
customers	O
from	O
those	O
companies	O
that	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
had	O
acquired	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAP	B-Application
would	O
offer	O
those	O
customers	O
special	O
discounts	O
on	O
the	O
licenses	O
for	O
its	O
enterprise	B-Application
applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
would	O
resort	O
to	O
a	O
similar	O
strategy	O
,	O
by	O
advising	O
SAP	B-Application
customers	O
to	O
get	O
"	O
OFF	O
SAP	B-Application
"	O
(	O
a	O
play	O
on	O
the	O
words	O
of	O
the	O
acronym	O
for	O
its	O
middleware	B-General_Concept
platform	O
"	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Fusion	O
for	O
SAP	B-Application
"	O
)	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
also	O
by	O
providing	O
special	O
discounts	O
on	O
licenses	O
and	O
services	O
to	O
SAP	B-Application
customers	O
who	O
chose	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
and	O
SAP	B-Application
(	O
the	O
latter	O
through	O
its	O
recently	O
acquired	O
subsidiary	O
TomorrowNow	O
)	O
compete	O
in	O
the	O
third-party	O
enterprise	B-Application
software	I-Application
maintenance	O
and	O
support	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
22	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
filed	O
a	O
lawsuit	O
against	O
SAP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
v	O
.	O
SAP	B-Application
AG	I-Application
Oracle	B-General_Concept
alleged	O
that	O
TomorrowNow	O
,	O
which	O
provides	O
discount	O
support	O
for	O
legacy	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
product	O
lines	O
,	O
used	O
the	O
accounts	O
of	O
former	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
customers	O
to	O
systematically	O
download	O
patches	O
and	O
support	O
documents	O
from	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
's	O
website	O
and	O
to	O
appropriate	O
them	O
for	O
SAP	B-Application
's	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
analysts	O
have	O
suggested	O
the	O
suit	O
could	O
form	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
strategy	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
to	O
decrease	O
competition	O
with	O
SAP	B-Application
in	O
the	O
market	O
for	O
third-party	O
enterprise	B-Application
software	I-Application
maintenance	O
and	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
3	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
SAP	B-Application
admitted	O
that	O
TomorrowNow	O
employees	O
had	O
made	O
"	O
inappropriate	O
downloads	O
"	O
from	O
the	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
support	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
claims	O
that	O
SAP	B-Application
personnel	O
and	O
SAP	B-Application
customers	O
had	O
no	O
access	O
to	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
intellectual	O
property	O
via	O
TomorrowNow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAP	B-Application
's	O
CEO	O
Henning	O
Kagermann	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Even	O
a	O
single	O
inappropriate	O
download	O
is	O
unacceptable	O
from	O
my	O
perspective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
SAP	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
"	O
instituted	O
changes	O
"	O
in	O
TomorrowNow	O
's	O
operational	O
oversight	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
23	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
a	O
U.S.	O
district	O
court	O
jury	O
in	O
Oakland	O
,	O
California	O
found	O
that	O
SAP	B-Application
AG	I-Application
must	O
pay	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corp	I-Application
$1.3	O
billion	O
for	O
copyright	O
infringement	O
,	O
awarding	O
damages	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
the	O
largest-ever	O
for	O
copyright	O
infringement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
admitting	O
liability	O
,	O
SAP	B-Application
estimated	O
the	O
damages	O
at	O
no	O
more	O
than	O
$40million	O
,	O
while	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
claimed	O
that	O
they	O
are	O
at	O
least	O
$1.65	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAP	B-Application
said	O
they	O
were	O
disappointed	O
by	O
the	O
verdict	O
and	O
might	O
appeal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
1	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
a	O
federal	O
judge	O
overturned	O
the	O
judgment	O
and	O
offered	O
a	O
reduced	O
amount	O
or	O
a	O
new	O
trial	O
,	O
calling	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
's	O
original	O
award	O
"	O
grossly	O
"	O
excessive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
chose	O
a	O
new	O
trial	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
3	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
SAP	B-Application
and	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
agreed	O
on	O
a	O
judgment	O
for	O
$306	O
million	O
in	O
damages	O
,	O
pending	O
approval	O
from	O
the	O
U.S.	O
district	O
court	O
judge	O
,	O
“	O
to	O
save	O
time	O
and	O
expense	O
of	O
 [ a ] 	O
new	O
trial	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
accord	O
has	O
been	O
approved	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
can	O
ask	O
a	O
federal	O
appeals	O
court	O
to	O
reinstate	O
the	O
earlier	O
jury	O
verdict	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
damages	O
payment	O
,	O
SAP	B-Application
has	O
already	O
paid	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
$120	O
million	O
for	O
its	O
legal	O
fees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hardware	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
produces	O
and	O
distributes	O
the	O
"	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
ClearView	O
"	O
series	O
of	O
videos	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
its	O
marketing	O
mix	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
was	O
ranked	O
No	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Bloomberg	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
's	O
CEO-to-employee	O
pay	O
ratio	O
is	O
1,205	O
:1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
approved	O
employers	O
of	O
ACCA	O
and	O
the	O
median	O
employee	O
compensation	O
rate	O
was	O
$	O
89,887	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
reported	O
total	O
carbon	O
dioxide	O
equivalent	O
(	O
CO2e	O
)	O
emissions	O
(	O
direct	O
+	O
indirect	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
twelve	O
months	O
ending	O
December	O
31	O
,	O
2020	O
at	O
428	O
kilotonnes	O
( +	O
63/	O
+17%	O
year	O
over	O
year	O
)	O
and	O
plans	O
to	O
reduce	O
emissions	O
26%	O
by	O
2025	O
from	O
a	O
2015	O
base	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2000	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
attracted	O
attention	O
from	O
the	O
computer	B-General_Concept
industry	I-General_Concept
and	O
the	O
press	O
after	O
hiring	O
private	O
investigators	O
to	O
dig	O
through	O
the	O
trash	O
of	O
organizations	O
involved	O
in	O
an	O
antitrust	O
trial	O
against	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Chairman	O
of	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
,	O
Larry	O
Ellison	O
,	O
staunchly	O
defended	O
his	O
company	O
's	O
hiring	O
of	O
an	O
East	O
Coast	O
detective	O
agency	O
to	O
investigate	O
groups	O
that	O
supported	O
rival	O
Microsoft	O
Corporation	O
during	O
its	O
antitrust	O
trial	O
,	O
calling	O
the	O
snooping	O
a	O
"	O
public	O
service	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
asked	O
how	O
he	O
would	O
feel	O
if	O
others	O
were	O
looking	O
into	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
's	O
business	O
activities	O
,	O
Ellison	O
said	O
:	O
"	O
We	O
will	O
ship	O
our	O
garbage	O
to	O
Redmond	O
,	O
and	O
they	O
can	O
go	O
through	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
marketed	O
many	O
of	O
its	O
products	O
using	O
the	O
slogan	O
"	O
Ca	O
n't	O
break	O
it	O
,	O
ca	O
n't	O
break	O
in	O
"	O
,	O
or	O
"	O
Unbreakable	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
also	O
stressed	O
the	O
reliability	O
of	O
networked	O
databases	O
and	O
network	O
access	O
to	O
databases	O
as	O
major	O
selling	O
points	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
two	O
weeks	O
after	O
its	O
introduction	O
,	O
David	O
Litchfield	O
,	O
Alexander	O
Kornbrust	O
,	O
Cesar	O
Cerrudo	O
and	O
others	O
demonstrated	O
a	O
whole	O
suite	O
of	O
successful	O
attacks	O
against	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
's	O
chief	O
security	O
officer	O
Mary	O
Ann	O
Davidson	O
said	O
that	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
representing	O
a	O
literal	O
claim	O
of	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
's	O
products	O
 '	O
impregnability	O
,	O
she	O
saw	O
the	O
campaign	O
in	O
the	O
context	O
of	O
fourteen	O
independent	O
security	O
evaluations	O
that	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
's	O
database	O
server	B-Application
had	O
passed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
then-United	O
States	O
Attorney	O
General	O
John	O
Ashcroft	O
sued	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
to	O
prevent	O
it	O
from	O
acquiring	O
a	O
multibillion-dollar	O
intelligence	O
contract	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Ashcroft	O
's	O
resignation	O
from	O
government	O
,	O
he	O
founded	O
a	O
lobbying	O
firm	O
,	O
The	O
Ashcroft	O
Group	O
,	O
which	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
hired	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
group	O
's	O
help	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
went	O
on	O
to	O
acquire	O
the	O
contract	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
yielded	O
no	O
significant	O
capability	O
,	O
because	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
an	O
Air	O
Force	O
source	O
,	O
the	O
prime	O
contractor	O
"	O
was	O
simply	O
not	O
up	O
to	O
the	O
task	O
of	O
adapting	O
"	O
the	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
software	O
,	O
on	O
which	O
the	O
system	O
was	O
based	O
,	O
to	O
meet	O
the	O
specialized	O
performance	O
criteria	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
was	O
awarded	O
a	O
contract	O
by	O
the	O
State	O
of	O
Oregon	O
's	O
Oregon	O
Health	O
Authority	O
(	O
OHA	O
)	O
to	O
develop	O
Cover	O
Oregon	O
,	O
the	O
state	O
's	O
healthcare	O
exchange	O
website	O
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
U.S.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
site	O
tried	O
to	O
go	O
live	O
on	O
October	O
1	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
it	O
failed	O
,	O
and	O
registrations	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
taken	O
using	O
paper	O
applications	B-Application
until	O
the	O
site	O
could	O
be	O
fixed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
president	O
Safra	O
Catz	O
responded	O
to	O
Cover	O
Oregon	O
and	O
the	O
OHA	O
in	O
a	O
letter	O
claiming	O
that	O
the	O
site	O
's	O
problems	O
were	O
due	O
to	O
OHA	O
mismanagement	O
,	O
specifically	O
that	O
a	O
third-party	O
systems	O
integrator	O
was	O
not	O
hired	O
to	O
manage	O
the	O
complex	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2014	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
sued	O
Cover	O
Oregon	O
for	O
breach	O
of	O
contract	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
later	O
that	O
month	O
the	O
state	O
of	O
Oregon	O
sued	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
,	O
in	O
a	O
civil	O
complaint	O
for	O
breach	O
of	O
contract	O
,	O
fraud	O
,	O
filing	O
false	O
claims	O
and	O
"	O
racketeering	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2016	O
,	O
the	O
two	O
sides	O
reached	O
a	O
settlement	O
valued	O
at	O
over	O
$100	O
million	O
to	O
the	O
state	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
six-year	O
agreement	O
for	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
to	O
continue	O
modernizing	O
state	O
software	O
and	O
IT	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
23	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
was	O
hit	O
with	O
a	O
class	O
action	O
lawsuit	O
by	O
Lieff	O
Cabraser	O
representing	O
Michael	O
Katz-Lacabe	O
,	O
Dr.	O
Jennifer	O
Golbeck	O
and	O
Dr.	O
Johnny	O
Ryan	O
,	O
the	O
latter	O
of	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
senior	O
fellow	O
at	O
the	O
Irish	O
Council	O
for	O
Civil	O
Liberties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
lawsuit	O
,	O
which	O
demands	O
a	O
jury	O
trial	O
,	O
alleges	O
that	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
has	O
engaged	O
in	O
"	O
deliberate	O
and	O
purposeful	O
surveillance	O
of	O
the	O
general	O
population	O
via	O
their	O
digital	O
and	O
online	O
existence	O
"	O
,	O
specifically	O
focusing	O
on	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
operating	O
a	O
surveillance	O
machine	O
which	O
tracks	O
in	O
real-time	O
and	O
records	O
indefinitely	O
the	O
personal	O
information	O
of	O
hundreds	O
of	O
millions	O
of	O
people	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
litigants	O
against	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
argue	O
that	O
through	O
such	O
surveillance	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
violates	O
the	O
Federal	O
Electronic	O
Communications	O
Privacy	O
Act	O
,	O
California	O
's	O
state	O
constitution	O
,	O
the	O
California	O
Invasion	O
of	O
Privacy	O
Act	O
,	O
competition	O
law	O
,	O
and	O
California	O
Common	O
Law	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
in	O
2012	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
agreed	O
to	O
pay	O
about	O
$2	O
million	O
to	O
the	O
Securities	O
and	O
Exchange	O
Commission	O
(	O
SEC	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2022	O
the	O
Securities	O
and	O
Exchange	O
Commission	O
announced	O
settled	O
charges	O
requiring	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
to	O
pay	O
more	O
than	O
$23	O
million	O
to	O
resolve	O
charges	O
that	O
it	O
violated	O
provisions	O
of	O
the	O
Foreign	O
Corrupt	O
Practices	O
Act	O
when	O
subsidiaries	O
in	O
Turkey	O
,	O
the	O
United	O
Arab	O
Emirates	O
(	O
UAE	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
India	O
created	O
and	O
used	O
slush	O
funds	O
to	O
bribe	O
foreign	O
officials	O
in	O
return	O
for	O
business	O
between	O
2016	O
and	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2010	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
completed	O
its	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
—	O
valued	O
at	O
more	O
than	O
$7billion	O
—	O
a	O
move	O
that	O
transformed	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
from	O
solely	O
a	O
software	O
company	O
to	O
a	O
manufacturer	O
of	O
both	O
software	O
and	O
hardware	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
acquisition	O
was	O
delayed	O
for	O
several	O
months	O
by	O
the	O
European	O
Commission	O
because	O
of	O
concerns	O
about	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
but	O
was	O
unconditionally	O
approved	O
in	O
the	O
end	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
to	O
allow	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
to	O
acquire	O
Sun	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sun	O
acquisition	O
was	O
closely	O
watched	O
by	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
users	O
and	O
some	O
companies	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
fear	O
that	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
might	O
end	O
Sun	O
's	O
traditional	O
support	O
of	O
free	B-Application
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
acquisition	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
has	O
discontinued	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
and	O
StarOffice	B-Application
,	O
and	O
sued	O
Google	B-Application
over	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
patents	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
acquired	O
from	O
Sun	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
29	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
Department	O
of	O
Justice	O
(	O
DoJ	O
)	O
filed	O
suit	O
against	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
alleging	O
fraud	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
lawsuit	O
argues	O
that	O
the	O
government	O
received	O
deals	O
inferior	O
to	O
those	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
gave	O
to	O
its	O
commercial	O
clients	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DoJ	O
added	O
its	O
heft	O
to	O
an	O
already	O
existing	O
whistleblower	O
lawsuit	O
filed	O
by	O
Paul	O
Frascella	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
once	O
senior	O
director	O
of	O
contract	O
services	O
at	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
,	O
the	O
plaintiff	O
,	O
acquired	O
ownership	O
of	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
computer	O
programing	O
language	O
when	O
it	O
acquired	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
in	O
January	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Java	B-Language
software	O
includes	O
sets	O
of	O
pre-developed	O
software	O
code	O
to	O
allow	O
programs	O
and	O
apps	O
to	O
accomplish	O
common	O
tasks	O
in	O
a	O
consistent	O
manner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
pre-developed	O
code	O
is	O
organized	O
into	O
separate	O
"	O
packages	B-Application
"	O
which	O
each	O
contain	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
"	O
classes	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
class	O
contains	O
numerous	O
methods	B-Language
,	O
which	O
instruct	O
a	O
program	O
or	O
app	O
to	O
do	O
a	O
certain	O
task	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	O
developers	O
"	O
became	O
accustomed	O
to	O
using	O
Java	B-Language
’s	O
designations	O
at	O
the	O
package	O
,	O
class	O
,	O
and	O
method	O
level	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
and	O
Google	B-Application
(	O
the	O
defendant	O
)	O
tried	O
to	O
negotiate	O
an	O
agreement	O
for	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
to	O
license	O
Java	B-Language
to	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
which	O
would	O
have	O
allowed	O
Google	B-Application
to	O
use	O
Java	B-Language
in	O
developing	O
programs	O
for	O
mobile	O
devices	O
using	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
negotiations	O
failed	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
created	O
its	O
own	O
programming	O
platform	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
and	O
contained	O
37	O
copied	O
Java	B-Language
packages	B-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
new	O
packages	B-Application
developed	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
sued	O
Google	B-Application
for	O
copyright	O
infringement	O
for	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
37	O
Java	B-Language
packages	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
case	B-Application
was	O
handled	O
in	O
U.S.	O
District	O
Court	O
for	O
the	O
Northern	O
District	O
of	O
California	O
and	O
assigned	O
to	O
Judge	O
William	O
Alsup	O
(	O
who	O
taught	O
himself	O
how	O
to	O
code	O
computers	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
lawsuit	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
sought	O
between	O
$1.4	O
billion	O
and	O
$6.1	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2011	O
the	O
judge	O
had	O
to	O
force	O
Google	B-Application
through	O
a	O
judicial	O
order	O
to	O
make	O
public	O
the	O
details	O
about	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
's	O
claim	O
for	O
damages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
jury	O
trial	O
(	O
the	O
legal	O
dispute	O
would	O
eventually	O
go	O
on	O
to	O
another	O
trial	O
)	O
the	O
arguments	O
made	O
by	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
's	O
attorneys	O
focused	O
on	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
function	O
called	O
"	O
rangeCheck	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Of	O
all	O
the	O
lines	O
of	O
code	O
that	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
had	O
tested	O
—	O
15	O
million	O
in	O
total	O
—	O
these	O
were	O
the	O
only	O
ones	O
that	O
were	O
'	O
literally	O
 '	O
copied	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
–	O
The	O
Verge	O
,	O
10/19/17Although	O
Google	B-Application
admitted	O
to	O
copying	O
the	O
packages	B-Application
,	O
Judge	O
Alsup	O
found	O
that	O
none	O
of	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
packages	B-Application
were	O
covered	O
under	O
copyright	O
protection	O
,	O
and	O
therefore	O
Google	B-Application
did	O
not	O
infringe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
case	B-Application
was	O
over	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
appealed	O
to	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
Court	O
of	O
Appeals	O
for	O
the	O
Federal	O
Circuit	O
(	O
750	O
F.3d	O
1339	O
(	O
2014	O
)	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
9	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
appeals	O
court	O
partially	O
reversed	O
Judge	O
Alsup	O
's	O
decision	O
,	O
finding	O
that	O
Java	B-Language
APIs	O
are	O
copyrightable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
appeals	O
court	O
also	O
left	O
open	O
the	O
possibility	O
that	O
Google	B-Application
might	O
have	O
a	O
"	O
fair	O
use	O
"	O
defense	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
6	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
filed	O
a	O
petition	O
to	O
appeal	O
to	O
the	O
U.S.	O
Supreme	O
Court	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
Supreme	O
Court	O
denied	O
the	O
petition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
case	B-Application
was	O
then	O
returned	O
to	O
the	O
U.S.	O
District	O
Court	O
for	O
another	O
trial	O
about	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
fair	O
use	O
defense	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
sought	O
$9	O
billion	O
in	O
damages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2016	O
,	O
the	O
trial	O
jury	O
found	O
that	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
use	O
of	O
Java	B-Language
's	O
APIs	O
was	O
considered	O
fair	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2017	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
filed	O
another	O
appeal	O
to	O
the	O
U.S.	O
Court	O
of	O
Appeals	O
for	O
the	O
Federal	O
Circuit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
time	O
it	O
was	O
asking	O
for	O
a	O
new	O
trial	O
because	O
the	O
District	O
Court	O
"	O
repeatedly	O
undermined	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
's	O
case	B-Application
"	O
,	O
which	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
argued	O
led	O
the	O
jury	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
wrong	O
decision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
ZDNet	O
,	O
"	O
For	O
example	O
,	O
it	O
 [ Oracle ] 	O
says	O
the	O
court	O
wrongly	O
bought	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
claim	O
that	O
Android	B-Application
was	O
limited	O
to	O
smartphones	O
while	O
Java	B-Language
was	O
for	O
PCs	O
,	O
whereas	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
contends	O
that	O
Java	B-Language
and	O
Android	B-Application
both	O
compete	O
as	O
platforms	O
for	O
smart	O
TVs	O
,	O
cars	O
,	O
and	O
wearables.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
13	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
an	O
internal	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
memo	O
leaked	O
to	O
the	O
Internet	O
cited	O
plans	O
for	O
ending	O
the	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
project	O
and	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
planning	O
to	O
develop	O
Solaris	B-Application
only	O
in	O
a	O
closed	O
source	O
fashion	O
,	O
OpenSolaris	B-Operating_System
developers	O
moved	O
to	O
the	O
Illumos	B-Application
and	O
OpenIndiana	B-Application
project	O
,	O
among	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
completed	O
their	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
in	O
February	O
2010	O
,	O
they	O
announced	O
that	O
OpenSSO	B-Language
would	O
no	O
longer	O
be	O
their	O
strategic	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
,	O
OpenSSO	B-Language
was	O
forked	O
to	O
OpenAM	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
6	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
announced	O
that	O
former	O
Hewlett-Packard	O
CEO	O
Mark	O
Hurd	O
was	O
to	O
replace	O
Charles	O
Phillips	O
,	O
who	O
resigned	O
as	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
co-president	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
separate	O
statement	O
regarding	O
the	O
transition	O
,	O
Ellison	O
said	O
"	O
Mark	O
did	O
a	O
brilliant	O
job	O
at	O
HP	O
and	O
I	O
expect	O
he	O
'll	O
do	O
even	O
better	O
at	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
7	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
HP	O
announced	O
a	O
civil	O
lawsuit	O
against	O
Mark	O
Hurd	O
"	O
to	O
protect	O
HP	O
's	O
trade	O
secrets	O
"	O
,	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
hiring	O
Hurd	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
20	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
and	O
HP	O
published	O
a	O
joint	O
press	O
release	O
announcing	O
the	O
resolution	O
of	O
the	O
lawsuit	O
on	O
confidential	O
terms	O
and	O
reaffirming	O
commitment	O
to	O
long-term	O
strategic	O
partnership	O
between	O
the	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
developers	O
formed	O
The	B-Operating_System
Document	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
and	O
received	O
backing	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
Novell	O
,	O
Red	O
Hat	O
,	O
and	O
Canonical	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
some	O
others	O
,	O
but	O
were	O
unable	O
to	O
get	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
to	O
donate	O
the	O
brand	O
OpenOffice.org,	O
causing	O
a	O
fork	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
with	O
the	O
foundation	O
now	O
developing	O
and	O
promoting	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
expressed	O
no	O
interest	O
in	O
sponsoring	O
the	O
new	O
project	O
and	O
asked	O
the	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
developers	O
that	O
started	O
the	O
project	O
to	O
resign	O
from	O
the	O
company	O
due	O
to	O
"	O
conflicts	O
of	O
interest	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
1	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
33	O
of	O
the	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
developers	O
gave	O
their	O
letters	O
of	O
resignation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
1	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
donated	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
to	O
the	O
Apache	O
Software	O
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
15	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
HP	O
filed	O
a	O
lawsuit	O
in	O
California	O
Superior	O
Court	O
in	O
Santa	O
Clara	O
,	O
claiming	O
that	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
had	O
breached	O
an	O
agreement	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
Itanium	O
microprocessor	O
used	O
in	O
HP	O
's	O
high-end	O
enterprise	B-Application
servers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
called	O
the	O
lawsuit	O
"	O
an	O
abuse	O
of	O
the	O
judicial	O
process	O
"	O
and	O
said	O
that	O
had	O
it	O
known	O
SAP	B-Application
's	O
Léo	O
Apotheker	O
was	O
about	O
to	O
be	O
hired	O
as	O
HP	O
's	O
new	O
CEO	O
,	O
any	O
support	O
for	O
HP	O
's	O
Itanium	O
servers	O
would	O
not	O
have	O
been	O
implied	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
1	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
a	O
California	O
judge	O
said	O
in	O
a	O
tentative	O
ruling	O
that	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
must	O
continue	O
porting	O
its	O
software	O
at	O
no	O
cost	O
until	O
HP	O
discontinues	O
its	O
sales	O
of	O
Itanium-based	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HP	O
was	O
awarded	O
$3	O
billion	O
in	O
damages	O
against	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HP	O
argued	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
's	O
canceling	O
support	O
damaged	O
HP	O
's	O
Itanium	O
server	B-Application
brand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
had	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
appeal	O
both	O
the	O
decision	O
and	O
damages	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
decision	O
stayed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
31	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
The	O
Wall	O
Street	O
Journal	O
reported	O
that	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
was	O
being	O
investigated	O
by	O
the	O
Federal	O
Bureau	O
of	O
Investigation	O
for	O
paying	O
bribes	O
to	O
government	O
officials	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
win	O
business	O
in	O
Africa	O
,	O
in	O
contravention	O
of	O
the	O
Foreign	O
Corrupt	O
Practices	O
Act	O
(	O
FCPA	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2022	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
settled	O
with	O
the	O
U.S.	O
Securities	O
and	O
Exchange	O
Commission	O
(	O
SEC	O
)	O
without	O
admitting	O
or	O
denying	O
its	O
findings	O
,	O
by	O
agreeing	O
to	O
pay	O
$23	O
million	O
to	O
settle	O
the	O
charges	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SEC	O
announced	O
that	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
violated	O
the	O
FCPA	O
between	O
2014	O
and	O
2019	O
when	O
its	O
subsidiaries	O
in	O
India	O
,	O
Turkey	O
and	O
UAE	O
created	O
slush	O
funds	O
to	O
bribe	O
foreign	O
officials	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
win	O
business	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
20	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
US	O
General	O
Services	O
Administration	O
banned	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
from	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
portal	O
for	O
bidding	O
on	O
GSA	O
contracts	O
for	O
undisclosed	O
reasons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
has	O
previously	O
used	O
this	O
portal	O
for	O
around	O
four	O
hundred	O
million	O
dollars	O
a	O
year	O
in	O
revenue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
previously	O
settled	O
a	O
lawsuit	O
filed	O
under	O
the	O
False	O
Claims	O
Act	O
,	O
which	O
accused	O
the	O
company	O
of	O
overbilling	O
the	O
US	O
government	O
between	O
1998	O
and	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2011	O
settlement	O
forced	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
to	O
pay	O
$199.5	O
million	O
to	O
the	O
General	O
Services	O
Administration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
13	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
Bloomberg	O
News	O
reported	O
that	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
won	O
a	O
bidding	O
war	O
with	O
other	O
U.S.-based	O
companies	O
to	O
take	O
over	O
social	O
media	O
company	O
TikTok	B-Application
's	O
operations	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
following	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
pressure	O
to	O
forcibly	O
be	O
shut	O
down	O
by	O
the	O
Trump	O
Administration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
was	O
described	O
as	O
a	O
“	O
trusted	O
tech	O
partner	O
”	O
by	O
TikTok	B-Application
,	O
suggesting	O
the	O
deal	O
may	O
not	O
be	O
as	O
structured	O
as	O
an	O
outright	O
sale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
19	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
Trump	O
Administration	O
approved	O
of	O
the	O
sale	O
of	O
TikTok	B-Application
's	O
US	O
operations	O
to	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
"[delaying]	O
—	O
by	O
one	O
week	O
—	O
restrictions	O
that	O
were	O
originally	O
to	O
take	O
effect	O
"	O
on	O
September	O
20	O
as	O
indicated	O
by	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
Department	O
of	O
Commerce	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
10	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
The	O
Wall	O
Street	O
Journal	O
reported	O
,	O
citing	O
a	O
source	O
familiar	O
with	O
the	O
matter	O
,	O
the	O
Biden	O
Administration	O
would	O
be	O
backing	O
off	O
from	O
banning	O
TikTok	B-Application
and	O
shelving	O
the	O
sale	O
of	O
TikTok	B-Application
indefinitely	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
U.S.	O
Commerce	O
Department	O
began	O
reviewing	O
whether	O
or	O
not	O
Trump	O
's	O
claims	O
about	O
TikTok	B-Application
can	O
justify	O
the	O
attempts	O
to	O
ban	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bob	O
Miner	O
:	O
co-founder	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
and	O
co-architect	O
of	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Database	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Led	O
product	O
design	O
and	O
development	O
for	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Database	I-General_Concept
(	O
1977	O
–	O
1992	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spun	O
off	O
a	O
technology	O
group	O
within	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
board	O
member	O
until	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Retired	O
from	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bruce	O
Scott	O
:	O
The	O
first	O
hired	O
employee	O
(	O
after	O
the	O
co-founders	O
;	O
employee	O
number	O
4	O
)	O
at	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
(	O
then	O
Software	O
Development	O
Laboratories	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scott	O
served	O
as	O
the	O
co-author	O
and	O
co-architect	O
of	O
the	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
up	O
to	O
Version	O
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
left	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
December	O
2020	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
's	O
world	O
headquarters	O
has	O
been	O
located	O
in	O
Austin	O
,	O
Texas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
has	O
plans	O
to	O
build	O
its	O
largest	O
office	O
hub	O
,	O
with	O
8500	O
jobs	O
,	O
in	O
Nashville	O
within	O
the	O
next	O
few	O
decades	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
has	O
a	O
large	O
office	O
complex	O
located	O
on	O
the	O
San	O
Francisco	O
Peninsula	O
in	O
the	O
Redwood	O
Shores	O
area	O
of	O
Redwood	O
City	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
complex	O
was	O
home	O
to	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
world	O
headquarters	O
from	O
1989	O
to	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
originally	O
leased	O
two	O
buildings	O
on	O
the	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Parkway	O
site	O
,	O
moving	O
its	O
finance	O
and	O
administration	O
departments	O
from	O
the	O
corporation	O
's	O
former	O
headquarters	O
on	O
Davis	O
Drive	O
,	O
Belmont	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eventually	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
purchased	O
the	O
complex	O
and	O
constructed	O
four	O
additional	O
buildings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
distinctive	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Parkway	O
buildings	O
,	O
nicknamed	O
the	O
Emerald	O
City	O
,	O
served	O
as	O
sets	O
for	O
the	O
futuristic	O
headquarters	O
of	O
the	O
fictional	O
company	O
"	O
NorthAm	O
Robotics	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
Robin	O
Williams	O
film	O
Bicentennial	O
Man	O
(	O
1999	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
campus	O
also	O
represented	O
the	O
headquarters	O
of	O
Cyberdyne	B-Application
Systems	I-Application
in	O
the	O
movie	O
Terminator	O
Genisys	O
(	O
2015	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
operates	O
in	O
multiple	O
markets	O
and	O
has	O
acquired	O
several	O
companies	O
which	O
formerly	O
functioned	O
autonomously	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
GBUs	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
20	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
Golden	O
State	O
Warriors	O
and	O
the	B-Application
Oracle	I-Application
Corporation	I-Application
announced	O
a	O
10-year	O
agreement	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
Oakland	O
Arena	O
would	O
become	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Arena	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Larry	O
Ellison	O
's	O
sailing	O
team	O
competes	O
as	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Team	O
USA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
has	O
won	O
the	O
America	O
's	O
Cup	O
twice	O
,	O
in	O
2010	O
(	O
as	O
BMW	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Racing	O
)	O
and	O
in	O
2013	O
,	O
despite	O
being	O
penalized	O
for	O
cheating	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sean	O
Tucker	O
's	O
"	O
Challenger	O
II	O
"	O
stunt	O
biplane	O
is	O
sponsored	O
by	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
and	O
performs	O
frequently	O
at	O
air	O
shows	O
around	O
the	O
US	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
San	O
Francisco	O
Giants	O
entered	O
into	O
a	O
20-year	O
agreement	O
to	O
rename	O
their	O
stadium	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Park	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
the	O
2022	O
Formula	O
One	O
season	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
signed	O
a	O
5-year	O
deal	O
worth	O
$500m	O
to	O
become	O
title	O
sponsors	O
of	O
Red	O
Bull	O
Racing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
and	O
1995	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
sponsored	O
Benetton	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
revealed	O
in	O
July	O
2022	O
that	O
NASCAR	O
's	O
Joe	O
Gibbs	O
Racing	O
team	O
tried	O
to	O
sign	O
a	O
sponsorship	O
with	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
after	O
Mars	O
Inc	O
.	O
would	O
announce	O
they	O
would	O
leave	O
JGR	O
after	O
the	O
2022	O
season	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
deal	O
reportedly	O
fell	O
through	O
.	O
</s>
