Oracle Corporation, founded in 1977, builds database software, cloud infrastructure and AI-powered enterprise applications, with 162,000 employees across 97 countries.
Oracle Corporation is a cloud technology company that builds and delivers database software, cloud infrastructure and AI-powered enterprise cloud applications to organisations worldwide. Founded in 1977 by three engineers - Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates - in a modest 900-square-foot office, the firm now employs 162,000 people across 97 countries and reports annual revenue of $57 billion. Its headquarters are in Santa Clara, California.
The company's technical work spans relational databases, cloud infrastructure, autonomous database technology, AI-powered cloud applications and enterprise software. Among its products is Autonomous Database, described as the world's first autonomous database. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure provides the group's cloud platform, while its suite of AI-powered cloud applications is billed as the industry's broadest for enterprise use. Oracle also stewards Java, which it acquired through the purchase of Sun Microsystems.
Oracle's software is used across healthcare, financial services, government and enterprise technology. The company describes its mission as helping people see data in new ways, discover insights and unlock possibilities, a thread it traces through four decades of technology milestones. Further information is available at https://oracle.sa/.
