Editing Oracle Corporation (section)

====Oracle Cloud====
[[Oracle Cloud]] is a [[cloud computing]] service offered by Oracle Corporation providing servers, storage, network, applications and services through a global network of Oracle Corporation managed [[data center]]s. The company allows these services to be [[provisioning (IT)|provisioned]] on demand over the [[Internet]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Saygili |first=Okcan Yasin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=83UpDwAAQBAJ&q=oracle%20cloud&pg=PA1 |title=Oracle IaaS: Quick Reference Guide to Cloud Solutions |publisher=Apress |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-4842-2832-6 |language=en}}</ref>

Oracle Cloud provides [[Infrastructure as a service|Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)]], [[Platform as a service|Platform as a Service (PaaS)]], [[Software as a service|Software as a Service (SaaS)]] and [[Data as a service|Data as a Service (DaaS)]]. These services are used to build, deploy, integrate and extend applications in the cloud. This platform supports [[open standard]]s ([[SQL]], [[HTML5]], [[Representational state transfer|REST]], etc.) open-source solutions ([[Kubernetes]], [[Apache Hadoop|Hadoop]], [[Apache Kafka|Kafka]], etc.) and a variety of [[programming language]]s, [[database]]s, tools and [[Software framework|frameworks]] including Oracle-specific, [[free software|free]] and [[Third-party software component|third-party software]] and systems.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Safonov |first=Vladimir O. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1918CwAAQBAJ&q=oracle+cloud+paas&pg=PA59 |title=Trustworthy Cloud Computing |date=2016 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-119-11351-5 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Software as a Service]] (SaaS)<ref name="oracle_cloud">{{cite web |title=Enterprise Cloud Computing SaaS, PaaS, IaaS |url=https://cloud.oracle.com/home |access-date=December 18, 2014 |publisher=Oracle}}</ref>
** Enterprise applications: [[Supply chain management|SCM]], [[Enterprise performance management|EPM]], [[Oracle HCM Cloud|HCM]], [[Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning Cloud|ERP]] and [[Oracle Advertising and Customer Experience (CX)|CX]] SaaS offerings<ref>{{cite web |title=Oracle Applications Cloud |url=http://www.oracle.com/us/solutions/cloud/cloud-applications/index.html |access-date=March 13, 2014 |publisher=Oracle}}</ref>
**Oracle sells a [[SaaS]] suite of [[Oracle Fusion Applications]] [[business application]]s.
**On July 28, 2016, Oracle bought [[NetSuite]], the first cloud company, for $9.3 billion.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Cao |first1=Jing |last2=Womack |first2=Brian |date=July 29, 2016 |title=Oracle Purchase of NetSuite Will Help It Vie With Cloud Rivals |publisher=Bloomberg |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-28/oracle-buys-netsuite-in-deal-valued-at-about-9-3-billion}}</ref> NetSuite provides cloud ERP, CRM, supply chain and e-commerce software to small and medium-sized businesses. It is regarded as the first fully cloud company in the world and is an industry leader in its own right.
* [[Platform as a Service]] (PaaS)<ref name="oracle_cloud" />
** Oracle has branded its Platform as a Service as [[Oracle Cloud Platform]]. Oracle Cloud Platform include Data Management, Application Development, Integration, Content and Experience, Business Analytics, Management and Security.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Di Martino |first1=Beniamino |title=Cloud Portability and Interoperability: Issues and Current Trends |last2=Cretella |first2=Giuseppina |last3=Esposito |first3=Antonio |date=2015 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-319-13701-8 |series=SpringerBriefs in Computer Science |page=68 |chapter=4.3 Oracle PaaS |quote=The Oracle cloud platform [...] is a portfolio of products that can be used to build applications to publish as services on both private and public clouds. The platform is based on the Oracle Grid technologies, as well as on applications that include WebLogic Server, Coherence in-memory datagrid, and JRockit JVM. In terms of infrastructure, the platform is based on the Oracle IaaS offer that contains Oracle Solaris, Oracle Enterprise linux, and Oracle VM for virtualization, Sun SPARC and Storage. |access-date=September 20, 2016 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vpmiBwAAQBAJ}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Platform as a Service {{!}} Oracle Cloud |url=https://cloud.oracle.com/en_US/paas |access-date=2017-11-15 |website=cloud.oracle.com |language=en}}</ref> 
** Platform services on which to build and deploy applications or extend SaaS applications: database, Java application server, mobile, business analytics, integration, process, big data, [[Internet of Things]], [[Node.js]] etc.<ref>{{cite web |date=June 22, 2015 |title=Oracle (ORCL) Announces New Cloud Platform Additions |url=http://www.streetinsider.com/Corporate+News/Oracle+(ORCL)+Announces+New+Cloud+Platform+Additions/10670192.html |access-date=April 15, 2016 |website=Street Insider |language=en |quote=With more than 24 new cloud services, the Oracle Cloud Platform extends Oracle's leadership with the world's broadest and deepest portfolio of SaaS, PaaS and IaaS. Newly available Oracle Cloud services include, Oracle Database Cloud – Exadata, Oracle Archive Storage Cloud, Oracle Big Data Cloud, Oracle Integration Cloud, Oracle Mobile Cloud, and Oracle Process Cloud.}}</ref>
* Data as a Service (DaaS)
** Oracle Data Cloud is composed of several acquisitions including [[AddThis]], [[BlueKai]], Crosswise, [[Datalogix]], Grapeshot, and Moat.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oracle Data Cloud |url=https://www.oracle.com/data-cloud/}}</ref>
* [[Infrastructure as a Service]] (IaaS)<ref name="oracle_cloud" /> 
** Oracle has branded its Infrastructure as a Service as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Oracle Cloud Infrastructure offerings include the following services.<ref>{{cite web |title=Infrastructure as a Service {{!}} Oracle Cloud |url=https://cloud.oracle.com/en_US/iaas |access-date=2017-11-16 |website=cloud.oracle.com |language=en}}</ref>
*** Compute Service
*** Storage Service
*** Network Service

On May 16, 2018, Oracle announced that it had acquired DataScience.com, a privately held cloud workspace platform for data science projects and workloads.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-05-16 |title=Oracle acquires machine learning platform Datascience.com |language=en-US |work=VentureBeat |url=https://venturebeat.com/2018/05/16/oracle-acquires-machine-learning-platform-datascience-com/ |access-date=2018-05-24}}</ref>

In 2022 Oracle shared a $9 billion contract from the [[United States Department of Defense]] for cloud computing with Amazon, Google, and Microsoft.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Farrell |first1=Maureen |title=Pentagon Divides Big Cloud-Computing Deal Among 4 Firms |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/07/business/pentagon-cloud-contracts-jwcc.html |work=The New York Times |date=7 December 2022}}</ref>

In February 2025, Oracle listed Meridianbet, a Southeast European sports betting company, on its Global Tech Reference Page.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ltd |first=Meridian Gaming |date=2025-02-07 |title=Meridianbet Listed on Oracle’s Global Tech Reference Page |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/02/07/3022859/0/en/Meridianbet-Listed-on-Oracle-s-Global-Tech-Reference-Page.html |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=GlobeNewswire News Room |language=en-us}}</ref>