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Oracle Becomes Second Largest Software Company in the World

Oracle (Marketwired) - 17 October 2013

Oracle Becomes Second Largest Software Company in the World

IBM Falls to Third

REDWOOD SHORES, CA--(Marketwired) - Oracle (NYSE: ORCL)

News Facts:

Given IBM's recently announced quarterly results, we would like to take this opportunity to point out that Oracle's software business has been growing faster than IBM's software business and now Oracle has moved up to become the number 2 software company in the world while IBM has slipped to number 3. Over IBM's last four quarters, they reported software revenue totaling $25.7 Billion, while during Oracle's last 4 quarters, we reported software revenue totaling $27.8 Billion.

Supporting Quote

  • "We will continue to develop innovative software products and related cloud services in pursuit of becoming number one," said Oracle President and CFO Safra Catz.

IBM Software and Oracle Software (in millions):

ORACLE Q2'13Q3'13Q4'13Q1'14LTM
        
 GAAP $6,649$6,672$8,428$6,084$27,833
        
IBM  Q4'12Q1'13Q2'13Q3'13LTM
        
 External $7,915$5,572$6,423$5,798$25,708
        

Sources: IBM investor relations webpage and Oracle investor relations webpage.

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    Deborah Hellinger
    Oracle Corporate Communications
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    Ken Bond
    Oracle Investor Relations
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