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segments: (1) hardware systems products and (2) hardware systems support. Our services business is comprised of the remainder of our
operating segments and offers consulting services, enhanced support services and education services. Our software and cloud, hardware systems
and services businesses represented 76%, 14% and 10% of our total revenues, respectively, in fiscal 2014; 75%, 14% and 11% of our total
revenues, respectively, in fiscal 2013; and 72%, 17% and 11% of our total revenues, respectively, in fiscal 2012. Our cloud infrastructure-as-a-
service segment was established during our fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2014. Our fiscal 2014 results, and historical results for fiscal 2013 and
2012, reflect this new segment structure and will continue prospectively in our future filings. See Note 16 of Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements, included elsewhere in this Annual Report, for additional information related to our operating segments.
Oracle Corporation was incorporated in 2005 as a Delaware corporation and is the successor to operations originally begun in June 1977.
Recent Trends and Focus Areas
Oracle and Cloud Computing
Oracle’s cloud solutions include a broad suite of subscription-based, enterprise-grade cloud services and a portfolio of products and services to
build and manage various cloud deployment models. Our comprehensive cloud strategy enables customers to choose the right approach for
them, whether it is a cloud environment through the use of Oracle Cloud or through customers selecting Oracle products and services for their
cloud infrastructures, including the use of Oracle Engineered Systems.
Oracle Cloud
Oracle Cloud is a comprehensive set of cloud offerings that is designed to provide customers and partners with access to application services,
platform services and infrastructure services on a subscription basis that we host, manage and support. Oracle Cloud is built upon open industry
standards such as SQL, Java and HTML5 for easier application portability, integration and development.
Oracle Cloud Software-as-a-Service includes a broad portfolio of enterprise SaaS applications that are designed to deliver mission-critical
business functions including: sales; marketing; social engagement, monitoring, marketing, and data and insight; service and supply chain
management; human capital; talent management; enterprise resource planning; performance management; and financial reporting, among others.
We believe the comprehensiveness of our Oracle Cloud Software-as-a-Service offerings provides greater benefit to our customers and
differentiates us from many of our competitors that offer more limited or specialized cloud-based applications. Our Oracle Cloud Software-as-a-
Service offerings are designed to be interoperable with one another, thereby limiting the integration and tuning of multiple cloud applications
from multiple vendors. Oracle Cloud is designed to deliver data isolation and flexible upgrades, self-service control for users, a Service-
Oriented
Architecture (SOA) for integration with on-premise systems, built-in social, mobile and business insight capabilities; and a high performance,
high availability infrastructure based on Oracle Engineered Systems. These capabilities are designed to simplify IT environments and enable
customers to focus resources on business growth opportunities.
Oracle Cloud Platform-as-a-Service is designed to deliver Oracle Database and Java services in the cloud so that developers can extend Oracle
Cloud Applications or build new applications. Customers and partners can use our open, standards-based Java platform based on Oracle
WebLogic Server and our Oracle Database as a cloud service, including tools for rapid application development; flexible cloud-based file
sharing and collaboration; intuitive business tools for analysis and reporting; and mobile device connectivity.
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service includes virtual machine instances that are designed for computing and reliable and secure object
storage; Oracle Engineered Systems hardware and related support that are deployed in our customers’ data centers for a monthly fee; and
comprehensive software and hardware management and maintenance services for customer IT infrastructure that is hosted at our data center
facilities, select partner data centers or physically on-premise at customer facilities.
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