Buy Oracle At A Discount

Sun, 04/08/2012 - 07:32 EDT - Seeking Alpha

By Bargain Bin:Oracle (ORCL) is the world's largest enterprise software company and a leading provider of computer hardware products and services. Its main competitors in this space are International Business Machines (IBM) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ). Oracle has three main businesses:1) Software Business: Represented 68% of total revenue in 2011. Includes database software, Fusion Middleware software, Business Intelligence, Data Integration, and many other offerings.2) Hardware Systems Business: Represented 12% of total revenue in 2011. This division is a result of Oracle's acquisition of Sun in January 2010. Consits of SPARC servers running the Oracle Solaris operating system as well as x86 servers. Also includes storage products, such as tape storage systems.3) Services Business: Represented 19% of total revenue in 2011. Includes consulting, cloud services, and training to customers, partners, and employees to accelerate adoption.Along with spending $4.5 billion in R&D in 2011, Oracle has been actively acquiring companies suchComplete Story »

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