| History: |
Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates founded Oracle Corporation in 1977 under the name Software Development Laboratories (SDL). The company impetus began when Ellison took inspiration from the 1970 paper titled "A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks written" by Edgar F. Codd on relational database management systems (RDBMS). In 1982, RSI renamed itself Oracle Systems to better align with its flagship product, the Oracle Database. At this stage Bob Miner served as the company's senior programmer. In 1995, Oracle Systems Corporation changed its name to Oracle Corporation.
Oracle has achieved aggressive company growth over three decades by a combination of organic growth and acquisitions. Oracle's proven success in acquiring large, often global companies with technically complex software products has made it one of the most recognized acquiring companies in any industry. Oracle acquisitions have included: Rdb Division of DEC (1994), IRI Software (1995), Thinking Machines Corporation (1999), TopLink (2002), Indicast (2002), NetForce (2002), Steltor (2002), Reliaty (2003), SiteWorks Solutions (2004), Phaos (2004), Collaxa (2004), PeopleSoft (2005), Oblix (2005), Retek (2005), TripleHop (2005), TimesTen (2005), ProfitLogic (2005), Context Media (2005), i-flex (Oracle Financial Services) (2005), G-Log (2005), Innobase (2005), Thor Technologies (2005), OctetString (2005), Temposoft (2005), 360Commerce (2006), Siebel Systems (2006), Sleepycat Software (2006), HotSip (2006), Portal Software (2006), Net4Call (2006), Demantra (2006), Telephony@Work (2006), Sigma Dynamics (2006), Sunopsis (2006), MetaSolv Software (2006), Stellent (2006), SPL WorldGroup (2006), Hyperion Solutions (2007), AppForge (2007), Agile Software Corporation (2007), Bharosa (2007), NetSure Telecom Ltd. ( 2007), Active Reasoning, Inc. (2007), Bridgestream (2007), LogicalApps (2007), Moniforce (2007), BEA Systems (2008), Captovation (2008), Empirix (2008), LODESTAR Corporation (2007), AdminServer (2008), Skywire Software (2008), Global Knowledge Software (2008), ClearApp (2008), Primavera Systems (2008), Advanced Visual Technology (2008), Haley Limited (2008), mValent (2009), Relsys (2009), Virtual Iron Software (2009), Conformia Software (2009), GoldenGate Software (2009), Sun Microsystems (2009), HyperRoll (2009), Sophoi (2009), Silver Creek (2010), AmberPoint (2010), Convergin (2010), Phase Forward (2010), Secerno (2010), Passlogix (2010), Art Technology Group (ATG), Inc. (2010). |
