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application servers run enterprise applications that are designed to automate multiple business functions and
provide intelligence in critical functional areas. Our software products are designed to operate on both single
server and clustered server configurations for on-premise or cloud computing IT environments and to support a
choice of operating systems, including, for example, Oracle Solaris, Oracle Linux, Microsoft Windows and third
party UNIX products.
New software license revenues represented 27%, 26% and 28% of total revenues in fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010,
respectively.
Database and Middleware Software
Our database and middleware software provide a range of offerings that are designed to provide a cost-effective,
high-performance platform for running and managing business applications for midsize businesses, as well as
large, global enterprises. Our customers are increasingly focused on reducing the total cost of their IT
infrastructure and we believe that our software offerings help them achieve this goal. Our software is designed to
accommodate demanding, non-stop business environments using clustered middleware and database servers and
storage. These clusters are designed to scale incrementally as required to address our customers’ IT capacity,
satisfy their planning and procurement needs, support their business applications with a standardized platform
architecture, reduce their risk of data loss and IT infrastructure downtime and efficiently utilize available IT
resources to meet quality of service expectations.
New software license revenues from database and middleware products represented 70% of our new software
license revenues in fiscal 2012 and 72% in each of fiscal 2011 and 2010.
Database Software
Oracle Database software is the world’s most popular enterprise database software. It is designed to enable
reliable and secure storage, retrieval and manipulation of all forms of data, including: transactional data, business
information, and analytics; semi-structured and unstructured data in the form of weblogs, text, social media
feeds, XML files, office documents, images, video and spatial images; and other specialized forms of data, such
as human genomic and medical data. Oracle Database software is used for a variety of purposes, including
packaged applications, custom application development, OLTP applications, data warehousing and business
intelligence, and as a document repository or specialized data store.
Oracle Database software is available in four editions: Enterprise Edition, Standard Edition, Standard Edition
One and Express Edition. All editions are built using the same underlying code, which means that our database
software can scale from small, single processor servers to clusters of multi-processor servers and our Oracle
Exadata Database Machines.
We also offer customers in-memory database software, including Oracle TimesTen In-Memory, the world’s most
popular in-memory database, and Oracle In-Memory Database Cache. Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database is
designed to deliver real-time data management and transaction processing speeds for performance-critical
applications, from complex analytical queries and speed-of-thought data visualization, to mission-critical,
industry-specific applications such as call centers, trading platforms, reservation systems, and smart meters.
Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database supports multiple computing platforms, is compatible with Oracle
Database software, and can work as a standalone database at the applications tier. Oracle In-Memory Database
Cache acts as a high performance cache for Oracle Database Enterprise Edition and is used to provide immediate
access to historical data in existing Oracle Databases that are frequently accessed such as customer and user lists,
open orders, and product catalogs.
A number of optional add-on products are available with Oracle Database Enterprise Edition software to address
specific customer requirements. In the areas of performance and scalability, we offer Oracle Real Application
Clusters, Oracle Advanced Compression and Oracle Partitioning software options. In the area of data security,
we offer Oracle Advanced Security, Oracle Database Vault, Oracle Audit Vault and Oracle Database Firewall
software options.
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