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Table of Contents
Research and Development
We develop the substantial majority of our products internally. In addition, we have extended our product offerings and intellectual property
through acquisitions of businesses and technologies. We also purchase or license intellectual property rights in certain circumstances. Internal
development allows us to maintain technical control over the design and development of our products. We have a number of United States and
foreign patents and pending applications that relate to various aspects of our products and technology. While we believe that our patents have
value, no single patent is essential to us or to any of our principal business segments. Research and development expenditures were $5.2 billion,
$4.9 billion and $4.5 billion in each of fiscal 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively, or 13% of total revenues in each of fiscal 2014, 2013 and 12%
in fiscal 2012. Rapid technological advances in hardware and software development, evolving standards in computer hardware and software
technology, changing customer needs and frequent new product introductions and enhancements characterize the software and cloud and
hardware markets in which we compete. We plan to continue to dedicate a significant amount of resources to research and development efforts
to maintain and improve our current product and services offerings.
Employees
As of May 31, 2014, we employed approximately 122,000 full-time employees, including approximately 32,000 in sales and marketing,
approximately 9,000 in software license updates and product support, approximately 5,000 in our cloud SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS operations,
approximately 1,000 in the manufacturing of our hardware systems products, approximately 6,000 in hardware systems support, approximately
22,000 in services, approximately 36,000 in research and development and approximately 11,000 in general and administrative positions. Of
these employees, approximately 45,000 were employed in the United States and approximately 77,000 were employed internationally. None of
our employees in the United States is represented by a labor union; however, in certain foreign subsidiaries labor unions or workers’ councils
represent some of our employees.
Available Information
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments to reports filed pursuant to
Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, are available, free of charge, on our Investor Relations web site at
www.oracle.com/investor as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the SEC. The
information posted on or accessible through our web site is not incorporated into this Annual Report.
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