Oracle Corp (US)

Oracle is probably the world's second-best-known software company after Microsoft, and its founder and guiding light Larry Ellison ranks just behind Microsoft's Bill Gates among the leading gurus of the IT industry. Oracle now markets a wide range of enterprise software products which allow big corporations, institutions and governments to manage information, as well as finances, human resources, order management and supply chains. As a result of a series of acquisitions since 2004, it is the only company in its sector strong in all three enterprise software disciplines: databases, business management applications, and the software used to make all these diverse products work together harmoniously, known as middleware. In its latest such deal, the company agreed to acquire server and software group Sun Microsystems in 2009 for around $7.4bn. Adbrands no longer profiles this company but subscribers may access account assignments and contact information. The searchable account assignments database is available to full subscribers to Adbrands.net premium services. Click here to access Adbrands account assignments (subscribers only); or see here for information on how to subscribe.

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