Editing Oracle Corporation (section)

==History==
{{See also|List of acquisitions by Oracle}}[[File:Larry Elllison on stage.jpg|thumbnail|[[Larry Ellison]], executive chairman and co-founder of Oracle]]
[[File:Oracle Headquarters Redwood Shores.jpg|thumb|Oracle Corporation's former headquarters in [[Redwood Shores, California]]]]
[[File:USA 17 at Oracle Corporation Headquarters - July 2019 (8327).jpg|thumb|USA 17 at Oracle Corporation Headquarters]]
[[File:Oracle Campus in Austin 2018.jpg|thumb|Picture of the Oracle Austin Riverside Campus in 2018]]
Larry Ellison, [[Bob Miner]], and [[Ed Oates]] co-founded Oracle in 1977 in Santa Clara, California, as '''Software Development Laboratories''' ('''SDL''').<ref name="founders">{{Cite news |last=Bort |first=Julie |date=September 18, 2014 |title=Where Are They Now? Look What Happened to the Co-founders of Oracle |work=[[Business Insider]] |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/whatever-happened-to-oracles-founders-in-this-iconic-photo-2012-8 |access-date=March 29, 2018}}</ref> Ellison took inspiration<ref>{{cite web |date=May 2007 |title=Oracle's 30th Anniversary |url=http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/profit/p27anniv-timeline-151918.pdf |access-date=July 16, 2010 |website=Profit |publisher=Oracle Corporation |page=26}}</ref> from the 1970 paper written by [[Edgar F. Codd]] on relational database management systems ([[Relational database management system|RDBMS]]) named "A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Codd |first=E. F. |year=1970 |title=A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks |journal=[[Communications of the ACM]] |volume=13 |issue=6 |pages=377–387 |doi=10.1145/362384.362685 |s2cid=207549016 |df=mdy-all|doi-access=free }}</ref> He heard about the [[IBM System R]] database from an article in the ''IBM Research Journal'' provided by Oates. Ellison wanted to make Oracle's product compatible with System R, but failed to do so as IBM kept the error codes for their DBMS a secret. SDL changed its name to '''Relational Software, Inc''' ('''RSI''') in 1979,<ref name="niemiec">{{Cite book |last=Niemiec |first=Richard |title=Oracle9i Performance Tuning Tips & Techniques |publisher=McGraw-Hill/Osborne |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-07-222473-3 |location=New York}}</ref> then again to '''Oracle Systems Corporation''' in 1983,<ref>{{cite web |title=Oracle Corporation - Oracle FAQ |url=https://www.orafaq.com/wiki/Oracle_Corporation |access-date=2020-03-07 |website=www.orafaq.com}}</ref> to align itself more closely with its flagship product [[Oracle Database]]. The name also drew from the codename of a 1977 [[Central Intelligence Agency]] project, which was also Oracle's first customer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Larry Ellison's Oracle Started As a CIA Project |url=https://gizmodo.com/larry-ellisons-oracle-started-as-a-cia-project-1636592238 |access-date=2021-12-03 |website=gizmodo.com/|date=September 19, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Schofield |first1=Jack |last2=Brockes |first2=Emma |date=28 April 2000 |title=Welcome to Larryland |url=https://www.theguardian.com/g2/story/0,3604,215072,00.html |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> At this stage, Bob Miner served as the company's senior programmer. On March 12, 1986, the company had its [[initial public offering]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Investor Relations |work=investor.oracle.com |url=http://investor.oracle.com/overview/investor-faq/default.aspx |access-date=August 10, 2017}}</ref>

In 1989, Oracle moved its world headquarters to the [[Redwood Shores, California|Redwood Shores]] neighborhood of [[Redwood City, California]], though its campus was not completed until 1995.<ref name="Cerny_Page_164">{{cite book |last1=Cerny |first1=Susan Dinkelspiel |title=An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area |date=2007 |publisher=Gibbs Smith |location=Salt Lake City |isbn=978-1-58685-432-4 |page=164 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FkVQx6MWa8MC&pg=PA164 |access-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref>

In 1995, Oracle Systems Corporation changed its name to '''Oracle Corporation''',<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Oracle Systems Corporation Renamed 'Oracle Corporation' |date=June 1, 1995 |publisher=Oracle Corporation |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/ORACLE+SYSTEMS+CORPORATION+RENAMED+%27ORACLE+CORPORATION%27-a016988727 |access-date=April 17, 2015 |archive-date=March 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315125902/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/ORACLE+SYSTEMS+CORPORATION+RENAMED+%27ORACLE+CORPORATION%27-a016988727 }}</ref> officially named Oracle, but is sometimes referred to as Oracle Corporation, the name of the holding company.<ref>[http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/investor-relations/faq/index.html Frequently Asked Questions | Investor Relations]. Oracle. Retrieved July 14, 2013.</ref>

Oracle acquired the following technology companies:

# PeopleSoft (2005), an [[Enterprise resource planning|ERP]] company
# Siebel (2006), a [[Customer relationship management|CRM]] company
# [[BEA Systems]] (2008), an enterprise infrastructure software company
# [[Sun Microsystems]] (2010), a computer hardware and software company (noted for its [[Java (programming language)|Java programming language]]).

On July 15, 2013, Oracle transferred its stock listing from [[Nasdaq]] to the [[New York Stock Exchange]]. At the time, it was the largest-ever U.S. market transfer.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McCrank |first=John |date=June 20, 2013 |title=Oracle to move listing to Big Board from Nasdaq in coup for NYSE |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-oracle-nyse/oracle-to-move-listing-to-big-board-from-nasdaq-in-coup-for-nyse-idINBRE95J19O20130620 |access-date=February 9, 2023 |website=Reuters |language=en}}</ref>

In an effort to compete with [[Amazon Web Services]] and its products, Oracle announced in 2019 it was partnering with former rival [[Microsoft]]. The alliance claimed that [[Oracle Cloud]] and [[Microsoft Azure]] would be directly connected, allowing customers of each to store data on both [[cloud computing]] platforms and run software on either Oracle or Azure. Some saw this not only as an attempt to compete with Amazon but also with [[Google]] and [[Salesforce]], which acquired [[Looker (company)|Looker]] and [[Tableau Software]], respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Duffy |first=Clare |date=2019-06-13 |title=Why rivals Microsoft and Oracle are teaming up to take on Amazon {{!}} CNN Business |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/13/tech/microsoft-oracle-amazon-cloud/index.html |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>

In December 2020, Oracle announced that it was moving its world headquarters from Redwood Shores to Austin, Texas.<ref name="Li">{{cite news |last1=Li |first1=Roland |title=Oracle to move headquarters from California to Austin, in latest loss for Silicon Valley |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Oracle-to-move-headquarters-from-Redwood-City-to-15795539.php |access-date=February 13, 2023 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=December 11, 2020}}</ref>

In December 2021, Oracle announced the acquisition of [[Cerner]], a [[health information technology]] company.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lohr |first=Steve |date=20 December 2021 |title=Oracle takes a big move toward health with a deal to buy Cerner for $28.3 billion. |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/20/technology/oracle-cerner-health-records.html |url-access=limited |access-date=22 December 2021 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/20/technology/oracle-cerner-health-records.html |archive-date=2021-12-28}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The acquisition of Cerner was completed on June 8, 2022, for US$28.3 billion in cash.<ref>{{cite web |last=Headlee |first=Peyton |date=2022-06-07 |title=Oracle finalizes deal to buy Cerner for $28.3 billion |url=https://www.kmbc.com/article/oracle-finalizes-deal-buy-cerner-28-billion/40219678 |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=KMBC |language=en}}</ref> Also in  December 2021, Oracle announced the acquisition of Federos, an [[artificial intelligence]] (AI) and automation tools company for network performance.<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 December 2021 |title=Oracle buys Federos. |url=https://www.oracle.com/corporate/acquisitions/federos/ |access-date=21 December 2021 |work=Oracle Corporation}}</ref>

In February 2023, the company announced it was going to invest $1.5 billion into the [[Saudi Arabia|Kingdom of Saudi Arabia]], including opening a data centre in the country's capital, [[Riyadh]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Mukherjee |first1=Supantha |last2=Yaakoubi |first2=Aziz El |date=2023-02-06 |title=Oracle to invest $1.5 billion in Saudi Arabia, open data centre in Riyadh |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/oracle-invest-15-bln-saudi-arabia-open-data-centre-riyadh-2023-02-06/ |access-date=2023-02-06}}</ref>

In April 2024, Oracle announced it was moving its world headquarters from Austin to a new complex in [[Nashville, Tennessee]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-24 |title=Oracle's Larry Ellison says planned Nashville campus will be company's 'world headquarters' |url=https://apnews.com/article/oracle-larry-ellison-nashville-headquarters-health-care-cf74172176f6c90210e8ac96e1ff6f52 |access-date=2024-06-25 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> No timeframe was given.

In June 2024, Oracle announced a $1 billion investment in Spain to enhance artificial intelligence and cloud computing. This investment will create a new cloud region in Madrid in partnership with [[Telefónica]]. The goal is to help Spanish businesses and the public sector with digital transformation and to meet [[Regulation (European Union)|European Union regulations]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-02-06 |title=Oracle to invest over $1 bln on AI, cloud computing in Spain|language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/oracle-invest-over-1-bln-ai-cloud-computing-spain-2024-06-20/ |access-date=2024-06-21}}</ref>

In January 2025, President [[Donald Trump]] announced [[Stargate LLC|Stargate]], a joint venture by Oracle, [[OpenAI]], [[SoftBank Group|SoftBank]] and investment firm [[MGX (company)|MGX]] to invest $500 billion over four years in artificial intelligence infrastructure in the US.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jacobs |first=Jennifer |date=2025-01-22 |title=Trump announces up to $500 billion in private sector AI infrastructure investment - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-announces-private-sector-ai-infrastructure-investment/ |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref>