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infrastructure management, the use of software updates and support), platform-as-a-service (PaaS, an
application development and deployment platform delivered as a service to developers who use the
platform to build, deploy and manage applications) and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS, which
consists of computing servers, storage and networking delivered as a service) clouds.
Oracle Cloud
Oracle Cloud is a family of our cloud-based software subscription offerings that provides our customers and
partners subscription-based, self-service access to certain of our database and middleware, and applications
software. Oracle Cloud provides many common services including: resource management and isolation, security,
data exchange and integration, virus scanning, and centralized self-service monitoring.
Oracle Cloud provides customers with flexible deployment models to run our business applications in cloud
computing or on-premise IT environments, and includes Oracle Fusion CRM Cloud Service, Oracle Fusion HCM
Cloud Service and the Oracle Social Network. We also offer certain software applications via subscription-based,
cloud computing delivery models including Oracle RightNow Customer Experience and Oracle Taleo Talent
Management Cloud Service, among others.
Oracle Cloud also provides our software platforms as services including Oracle Java Cloud Service and Oracle
Database Cloud Service. Oracle Java Cloud Service provides customers with an open, standards-based Java
application development and deployment platform built on Oracle’s WebLogic Server functionality in a cloud
environment that we manage and offer to customers via a subscription-based arrangement. Customers and
partners are able to use standard Java Integrated Development Environments such as Oracle JDeveloper,
NetBeans and Eclipse to create applications that can then be deployed on the Oracle Java Cloud Service. Oracle
Database Cloud Service provides customers with Oracle Database functionality in a cloud environment that we
manage and offer to customers via a subscription-based arrangement. Oracle Database Cloud Service includes
the Oracle Application Express (APEX) application development environment and a set of business productivity
applications that are designed to be easy to use and can be quickly provisioned.
Oracle Engineered Systems
An important element of our corporate strategy and product development efforts is to engineer our hardware and
software products together to deliver efficiencies that simplify our customers’ IT environments; provide increased
IT performance, reliability, and security; and free up resources that customers can use to invest in innovation and
competitive differentiation. Oracle Engineered Systems are a part of our hardware systems segment, and are
pre-integrated products engineered to include multiple elements of Oracle software and hardware products. Oracle
Engineered Systems provide the foundation for IT consolidation and cloud computing, and are designed to deliver
high performance and scalability; provide faster time to production; reduce data storage costs; and enable
customers to efficiently purchase, deploy and support their IT environments. All Oracle Engineered Systems are
tested in the factory and delivered ready to run. These pre-integrated products are also designed to be upgraded
effectively and efficiently. As integrated systems, Oracle Engineered Systems simplify routine maintenance, such
as software patching, by providing a single solution that covers the entire system. Oracle Engineered Systems
include Oracle Exadata Database Machine, Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud, Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine,
SPARC SuperCluster, Oracle Database Appliance, and Oracle Big Data Appliance.
Oracle Exadata Database Machine
Oracle Exadata Database Machine is a family of integrated software and hardware products that combines our
database, storage and operating system software with our server, storage and networking hardware. Oracle
Exadata Database Machine is designed to enable customers to consolidate databases, manage large volumes of
data, improve query response times, and reduce costs by improving data storage and using fewer IT resources.
Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud
Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud is an engineered system that combines Oracle Fusion Middleware software with
our hardware to run Java and non-Java applications and provide customers with an applications platform for
cloud computing. Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud is designed to improve the performance of applications that run
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