Oracle Corporation

Oracle Corporation

▪ American company
formerly  Software Development Laboratories (1977–79),  Relational Software Inc. (1979–82),  and  Oracle Systems Corporation (1982–95) 

      global corporation that develops and markets computer software applications. The company is best known for its Oracle database software, a database management system. Oracle is based in Redwood Shores, Calif.

      The company, initially called Software Development Laboratories, was founded in 1977 by Lawrence (Larry) Ellison and Robert (Bob) Miner, computer programmers at the American electronics company Ampex Corporation, and Edward (Ed) Oates, Ellison's supervisor at Ampex. Inspired by a research paper written by British-born computer scientist Edgar F. Codd that outlined a relational database model, Ellison and his colleagues saw commercial potential in the approach, which organized large amounts of data in a way that allowed for efficient storage and quick retrieval. The trio set to work developing and marketing a program based on Codd's data management theory. In 1979 the company released Oracle, the earliest commercial relational database program to use Structured Query Language (SQL (computer programming language)), and the versatile database program quickly became popular.

      Known for innovation and aggressive marketing, the company, renamed Oracle in 1982 after its flagship product, grew rapidly throughout the 1980s, going public in 1986. In 1987 Oracle became the largest database management company in the world. Disappointing earnings in the early 1990s led to a period of restructuring, and the company faced increasing competition in the database technology market. Embracing the Internet early on, Oracle developed products that were compatible with World Wide Web technologies, which helped the company grow.

      Oracle remains a leader in database technology, with versions available for many different operating systems (operating system) and for a variety of computers ranging from large mainframes to microcomputers (microcomputer). In addition to database software, the company's product line includes business enterprise applications and customer support services.

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