Oracle Applications - An Internet-Reinvented Feisty Challenger
P.J. Jakovljevic - September 19, 2000

Vendor Summary

Founded in 1977 and headquartered in Redwood City, CA, Oracle Corporation is still the No.1 database software vendor, and is the world's second largest independent software company (after Microsoft). Oracle is also the second largest enterprise applications vendor (after SAP) with $2.7 billion revenue in its fiscal 2000 (slightly over 14% of global ERP market), and over 6000 installations worldwide. It maintains a presence in over 160 countries, with close to 50% of its revenue derived from the international market. The Company went public in 1986 and currently trades on NASDAQ...