Timeline of Oracle Corporation
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| Time period | Development summary | More details |
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| Year | Event type | Details |
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| 1977 | Software Development Laboratories is founded by Larry Ellison and Bob Miner and Ed Oates.[1][2] | |
| 1978 | "The Oracle Relational Database Manager Program is developed."[1] | |
| 1979 | Software Development Laboratories releases Oracle, the earliest commercial relational database program to use Structured Query Language (SQL). The program would quickly became popular, with the United States Air Force as the first costumer.[2] | |
| 1979 | Software Development Laboratories is renamed Relational Software Inc. (RSI).[3] | |
| 1979 | Oracle V2 (Version 2) is introduced as the first commercially available SQL-based RDBMS.[4] | |
| 1981 | Relational Software Inc. begins developing tools for Oracle, including the Interactive Application Facility, a predecessor of Oracle Forms.[5] | |
| 1982 | Relational Software Inc. is renamed Oracle Systems, after its flagship product.[3][2] | |
| 1982 | International expansion | Oracle establishes its first international subsidiary, Oracle Denmark.[1] |
| 1983 | Oracle Version 3 becomes the first relational database management system to run on mainframes, minicomputers and PCs, giving customers the ability to use the software in almost any enterprise computing environment.[3] | |
| 1983 | Oracle Systems becomes Oracle Corporation.[1] | |
| 1984 | Product | Oracle Version 4 is released. Oracle ports Oracle Database to the PC platform. The MS-DOS version (4.1.4) of Oracle runs in only 512K of memory.[5] |
| 1984 | Revenue | Oracle's sales double to US$12.7 million.[6] |
| 1985 | International expansion | Oracle Canada is established.[7] |
| 1985 | Product | Oracle Version 5 is released, one of the first relational database management systems to operate in client/server environments.[5] |
| 1985 | International expansion | Oracle establishes a Japanese subsidiary.[8] |
| 1986 (March) | Oracle makes its first public offering of stock, selling one million common shares.[1] | |
| 1986 | Product | Oracle introduces the first clustered database solution called Oracle Parallel Server (OPS), with Oracle Version 5.[9] |
| 1986 | Userbase | Oracle's customer base grows to include 2,000 mainframe and minicomputer users represented by major international firms operating in such fields as the aerospace, automotive, pharmaceutical, and computer manufacturing industries, as well as a variety of government organizations.[1] |
| 1986 | Oracle expands its relational database management system product line and debuts another industry first, a distributed database management system based on the company's SQL*Star software.[10][11] | |
| 1987 | Growth | Oracle becomes the largest database management company in the world.[1][2] |
| 1988 | Product | Oracle Version 6 is released, featuring major advances: Row-level locking allows multiple users to work in the same table, by processing only the specific data used in a transaction. Hot backup reduces system maintenance overhead, by allowing employees to continue working in the system while administrators duplicate and archive data. PL/SQL enables users to process data while it remains in the database.[5] |
| 1989 | Facility | Oracle's new world headquarters opens in Redwood Shores, California.[5] |
| 1990 | Oracle Applications Release 8 is launched, including accounting programs designed for the emerging client/server computing environment.[5] | |
| 1990 (April) | A dozen shareholders bring suit against Oracle, charging the company has made false and misleading earnings forecasts. Oracle announces it would conduct an internal audit and immediately restructured its management team with Lawrence Ellison assuming the additional post of chairman, with Donald L. Lucas remaining as a director.[1] | |
| 1991 | Revenue | Oracle experiences its first fiscal loss.[1] |
| 1992 | "Nippon Steel Corporation buys a stake in Oracle Japan; Oracle7 makes its debut."[1] | |
| 1992 | Product | Oracle7 is released, introducing PL/SQL stored procedures and triggers.[4] |
| 1993 | Oracle becomes the first software company to rewrite business applications to run in client/server environments and automating business processes from a centralized data center.[3] | |
| 1994 | Oracle earns the first independent security evaluations in the industry, adding third-party assurance of the strength of Oracle’s products.[5] | |
| 1994 (Mid-year) | Revenue | Oracle's sales reach US$2 billion, with its consulting services accounting for 20 percent of sales.[1] |
| 1995 | Oracle announces a comprehensive internet strategy, becoming the first major software company to do so.[5] | |
| 1996 | Product | Oracle 7.3 is released with the Universal Server delivery, allowing customers to use Oracle to manage any type of data –text, video, maps, sound or images.[3] |
| 1997 (June) | Product | Oracle 8 is launched.[1][5] |
| 1997 | "Network Computer Inc. is established."[1] | |
| 1998 | With the Oracle8 database and Oracle Applications 10.7, Oracle becomes the first enterprise computing company to embrace the Java programming language.[3] | |
| 1999 | Oracle Corporation Japan goes public.[1] | |
| 1999 | Partnership | Oracle teams up with Hewlett-Packard Company to integrate HP's e-business applications with its database management software.[1] |
| 1999 | Product | Oracle8i Database is released, providing native support for internet protocols and server-side support for Java. Oracle8i is designed for internet computing, enabling the database to be deployed in a multitier environment.[4] |
| 2000 | Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Technology Network (OTN) Xchange are introduced, with the former being the first integrated suite of enterprise applications.[1][5] | |
| 2001 | Oracle's database system becomes the first to pass nine industry standard security evaluations.[1] | |
| 2001 | Recognition | Oracle Small Business Suite is considered "Best of the Web" by Forbes magazine.[1] |
| 2001 | Oracle9i Database introduces Oracle RAC, enabling multiple instances to access a single database simultaneously. Additionally, Oracle XML Database (Oracle XML DB) introduces the ability to store and query XML. | |
| 2003 | Oracle Database 10g is launched as the first grid computing database available for the enterprise. Oracle Grid Computing serves computing power across the enterprise as a utility, automatically shifting processing loads based on demand.[3] | |
| 2003 | Acquisition | In 2003 Oracle attempts a hostile takeover of rival PeopleSoft Inc.– a provider of human resource management systems (HRMS). In mid-year Oracle initiates the takeover for US$5.1 billion.[1] |
| 2003 | Oracle Database 10g introduces grid computing.[4] | |
| 2004 | Acquisition | The United States Department of Justice files multiple antitrust lawsuits to prevent Oracle's takeover of PeopleSoft.[1] |
| 2010 | Acquisition | Oracle acquires Sun Microsystems.[5] |
| 2010–2016 | In late 2010 Oracle files a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against Google, Inc., alleging that Google has illegally used elements of Java in its development of the Android operating system for mobile phones. In 2016, after years of litigation and a remanded trial, a jury would find that Google had not violated Oracle’s copyrights.[2] | |
| 2014 (September) | Mark Hurd becomes Oracle's CEO. | |
| 2014 | Oracle Financials is ranked in the Top 20 Most Popular Accounting Software Infographic by Web service Capterra.[12] | |
| 2015 | Oracle is the second-largest software maker by revenue, after Microsoft.[13] |
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- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 "Oracle Corporation History". fundinguniverse.com. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Oracle Corporation". britannica.com. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 "Partners Found Software Development Laboratories". eweek.com. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "1 Introduction to Oracle Database". docs.oracle.com. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 "Oracle Milestones: From ZERO to HERO". sshailesh.wordpress.com. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- ↑ Symonds, Matthew. Softwar: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle.
- ↑ Blue Book of Canadian Business, 1993. Canadian Newspaper Services International.
- ↑ Look Japan, Issues 487-490; Issues 494-506.
- ↑ Vallath, Murali. Oracle Real Application Clusters.
- ↑ Kepos, Paula; Derdak, Thomas. International Directory of Company Histories, Volume 6.
- ↑ International Directory of Company Histories, Volume 6. St. James Press.
- ↑ "Best Donation Management Software - 2015 Reviews of the Most Popular Systems". Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- ↑ "Global 100 Software Leaders by revenue". PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
