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Corporate Credo
More than three decades ago Larry Ellison saw an opportunity other companies missed: a description of a working prototype for a relational database. No company had committed to commercializing the technology, but Ellison and co-founders Bob Miner and Ed Oates realized the tremendous business potential of the relational database model—but they may not have realized that the company they formed would change the face of business computing forever.
Throughout its history Oracle has proved it can build for the future on the foundation of its innovations and, its intimate knowledge of customer challenges and successes analyzed by the best technical and business minds in the world. The company has leveraged its immense size and strength to serve its customers, and to implement key technology and business decisions that upend conventional wisdom and take its products and services in new directions.
Today Oracle is the gold standard for database technology and applications in enterprises throughout the world—the company is the world's leading supplier of information management software and the world's second largest independent software company. The acquisition of Sun gives Oracle a leadership role in the hardware arena as well.
Now more than ever before Oracle technology can be found in nearly every industry, and in the data centers of 100 of the Fortune Global 100 companies. Oracle is the first software company to develop and deploy 100 percent internet-enabled enterprise software across its entire product line: database, business applications, application development, and decision support tools.
Innovation is the engine of Oracle's success. Oracle was one of the first companies to make its business applications available through the internet—an idea that is now pervasive. Oracle has introduced new Oracle Fusion Middleware products and functionality that reflect the company's goal to connect all levels of enterprise technology, ensuring customers access to the knowledge they need to respond to market conditions with speed and agility.
Before the acquisition of Sun was final, Oracle and Sun introduced the Sun Oracle Database Machine, the world's fastest machine for any type of database workload. Today, Sun servers and storage, Oracle Real Application Clusters, Oracle Applications, Oracle Grid Computing, support for enterprise Linux, and Oracle Fusion, all fuel a commitment to innovation and results that has defined Oracle for thirty years.
What does Oracle have in store for tomorrow? Our goal is to become #1 in middleware and #1 in applications, just as we have in database. And we will provide our customers with complete, open solutions integrated from the disk to applications software that meet their business needs and solve their business problems. And, we will continue to innovate and to lead the industry, while always making sure that we focus solving the problems of the customers that rely on our technology.
The Board of Oracle Corporation has throughout its history developed corporate governance practices to fulfill its responsibility to Oracle Corporation stockholders. The composition and activities of the Company's Board of Directors, the approach to public disclosure and the availability of ethics and business conduct resources for employees exemplifies the Company's commitment to good corporate governance practices, including compliance with new standards.
The Board has adopted the following corporate and committee guidelines to help ensure it has the necessary authority and procedures in place to oversee the work of management and to exercise independence in evaluating Oracle Corporation's business operations. These guidelines allow the Board to align the interests of directors and management with those of Oracle Corporation's stockholders. All guidelines are subject to future refinement or changes as the Board may find necessary or advisable for Oracle Corporation in order to achieve the above objectives.
Oracle continually applies good corporate governance principles to multiple areas of the Company. In addition to these guidelines, Oracle has had a Code of Ethics and Business Conduct since 1996.
Corporate Credo
More than three decades ago Larry Ellison saw an opportunity other companies missed: a description of a working prototype for a relational database. No company had committed to commercializing the technology, but Ellison and co-founders Bob Miner and Ed Oates realized the tremendous business potential of the relational database model—but they may not have realized that the company they formed would change the face of business computing forever.
Throughout its history Oracle has proved it can build for the future on the foundation of its innovations and, its intimate knowledge of customer challenges and successes analyzed by the best technical and business minds in the world. The company has leveraged its immense size and strength to serve its customers, and to implement key technology and business decisions that upend conventional wisdom and take its products and services in new directions.
Today Oracle is the gold standard for database technology and applications in enterprises throughout the world—the company is the world's leading supplier of information management software and the world's second largest independent software company. The acquisition of Sun gives Oracle a leadership role in the hardware arena as well.
Now more than ever before Oracle technology can be found in nearly every industry, and in the data centers of 100 of the Fortune Global 100 companies. Oracle is the first software company to develop and deploy 100 percent internet-enabled enterprise software across its entire product line: database, business applications, application development, and decision support tools.
Innovation is the engine of Oracle's success. Oracle was one of the first companies to make its business applications available through the internet—an idea that is now pervasive. Oracle has introduced new Oracle Fusion Middleware products and functionality that reflect the company's goal to connect all levels of enterprise technology, ensuring customers access to the knowledge they need to respond to market conditions with speed and agility.
Before the acquisition of Sun was final, Oracle and Sun introduced the Sun Oracle Database Machine, the world's fastest machine for any type of database workload. Today, Sun servers and storage, Oracle Real Application Clusters, Oracle Applications, Oracle Grid Computing, support for enterprise Linux, and Oracle Fusion, all fuel a commitment to innovation and results that has defined Oracle for thirty years.
What does Oracle have in store for tomorrow? Our goal is to become #1 in middleware and #1 in applications, just as we have in database. And we will provide our customers with complete, open solutions integrated from the disk to applications software that meet their business needs and solve their business problems. And, we will continue to innovate and to lead the industry, while always making sure that we focus solving the problems of the customers that rely on our technology.
The Board of Oracle Corporation has throughout its history developed corporate governance practices to fulfill its responsibility to Oracle Corporation stockholders. The composition and activities of the Company's Board of Directors, the approach to public disclosure and the availability of ethics and business conduct resources for employees exemplifies the Company's commitment to good corporate governance practices, including compliance with new standards.
The Board has adopted the following corporate and committee guidelines to help ensure it has the necessary authority and procedures in place to oversee the work of management and to exercise independence in evaluating Oracle Corporation's business operations. These guidelines allow the Board to align the interests of directors and management with those of Oracle Corporation's stockholders. All guidelines are subject to future refinement or changes as the Board may find necessary or advisable for Oracle Corporation in order to achieve the above objectives.
Oracle continually applies good corporate governance principles to multiple areas of the Company. In addition to these guidelines, Oracle has had a Code of Ethics and Business Conduct since 1996.