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Oracle Enterprise Manager
Oracle Enterprise Manager is Oracle’s unified enterprise IT management solution designed to provide integrated systems management; to manage the entire
Oracle software stack from applications to disk, and to deliver business-driven applications management. Oracle Enterprise Manager manages all Oracle software
products including Oracle Enterprise Linux, Oracle VM, Oracle Database, Fusion Middleware, and business applications. Enterprise Manager also manages
Oracle software across its entire lifecycle, including installing and configuring the software; monitoring service levels and performance; diagnosing and
troubleshooting problems; configuring and patching software; and providing change management in a unified way across groups of computers or grids and across
physical and virtualized environments. We are also integrating Sun’s OpsCenter, a product designed by Sun to manage the Solaris operating system, firmware,
and storage, with Oracle Enterprise Manager to provide a single management solution to manage hardware and software.
Oracle Fusion Middleware products and applications are built on our Java technology platform.
Java
Java is the computer industry’s most widely-used software development language and is viewed as a global standard. For customers, the Java platform is
designed to enable a variety of compatible applications, independent of their vendor, and a global community of Java developers, support engineers, and
knowledge bases which can help customers reduce the risk and time to deployment as well as the ongoing cost of ownership and maintenance. Java technology is
designed to allow developers and vendors to write software on one platform and run it on many different platforms, independent of operating system and
hardware architecture. Java technology is licensed to run applications for use in a broad range of systems – embedded devices; SIM cards; mobile phones and
smart-phones; IP and Blu-Ray TVs; desktop computers; and server class computers. We expect to continue to innovate and invest in Java technology for the
benefit of customers and the Java community.
Applications Software
Our applications software offerings are designed using an open, integrated architecture to manage and automate customers’ core business functions, support
customer choice, help reduce risk, cost and complexity of customers’ IT infrastructures, and enable customers to differentiate their businesses using our
technologies. Through a focused strategy of investments in organic research and development and strategic acquisitions, we also provide industry-specific
solutions for customers in over 20 industries, including communications, engineering and construction, financial services, health services, manufacturing, public
sector, retail and utilities. New software license revenues from applications software represented 28% of our new software license revenues in both fiscal 2010
and 2009 and 32% of new software license revenues in fiscal 2008.
Central to our applications strategy is our Applications Unlimited program, which is our commitment to offer customers that purchase software license updates
and product support contracts a choice as to when they wish to upgrade to the next generation of the products they own. Until our customers reach a decision to
upgrade to the next generation of the products they own, we protect their investments in their applications by offering them the ability to purchase software
license updates and product support contracts for their existing products. Our applications are designed to help customers extend the benefits of their IT
investments in our applications, to reduce their investment risk, and to support their evolution to the next generation of enterprise software that best fits their
needs. For example, our Oracle Application Integration Architecture provides an open framework for creating adaptable, cross-application business processes. In
addition, our applications software products are offered as integrated suites or available on a component basis, and all are built on open architectures that are
designed for flexible configuration and open, multi-vendor integration. Our applications are also available in multiple languages and support a broad range of
location specific requirements, enabling companies to support both global and local business practices and legal requirements.
We strive to protect our customers’ investments in Oracle applications by delivering new product releases that incorporate customer-specific and
industry-specific innovations across product lines. Since announcing our Applications Unlimited program, we have delivered major releases on all applications
product lines. Our
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