Oracle

Reporting and context on Oracle, with a closer look at the decisions and developments that matter.

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At a glance

Oracle provides database, cloud infrastructure and enterprise software. Coverage follows OCI, data-center expansion and AI-related database products.

Focus: OCI; databases; enterprise infrastructure
Reference: Oracle

Reviewed 19 October 2026. Dates retain the precision of the source; retrospective disclosures are identified in the event. RPO is a future contracted-obligation measure. It is not interchangeable with cloud revenue or ARR.

Company milestones

Revenue, funding, product launches and major company events, newest first. Expand the earlier milestones for more history.

Sep
2026
Q1 FY2027 cloud revenue reaches $11.6B
Total cloud sales rise 62%; infrastructure contributes $7.4B, up 121%, while cloud applications contribute $4.2B.
Source: Oracle
Sep
2026
RPO reaches $664B
Remaining performance obligations rise $209B year over year. Contracted future obligations are not current-period revenue or ARR.
Source: Oracle

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Earlier revenue, financing and company milestones.

Sep
2025
Q1 FY2026 cloud sales reach $7.2B
Cloud infrastructure and applications together grow 28%, providing a comparison point before the following year’s expansion.
Source: Oracle
Jul
2025
Expands Stargate with a 4.5GW plan
Oracle and OpenAI announce additional data-center capacity under development. Planned gigawatts are not counted as delivered capacity or recognized sales.
Source: OpenAI / Oracle
Aug
2018
Launches autonomous transaction processing
Oracle extends its autonomous-database offering into transaction workloads, combining cloud infrastructure with automated operations.
Source: Oracle
Nov
2016
Completes the acquisition of NetSuite
The transaction expands Oracle’s cloud ERP portfolio for smaller and midsize companies.
Source: Oracle
Jan
2010
Announces completion of the Sun acquisition
The combination brings server hardware, Java and related technologies into Oracle’s enterprise platform.
Source: Oracle / SEC
1986
Becomes a public company
Oracle’s corporate history records its IPO as a milestone between its early database business and later enterprise expansion.
Source: Oracle
1979
Releases Oracle Version 2
The commercial relational database becomes a foundation for the company’s later enterprise and cloud software businesses.
Source: Oracle
1977
Oracle’s founders establish the business
Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates start Software Development Laboratories, preceding the Oracle database and company name.
Source: Oracle