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Oracle provides database, cloud infrastructure and enterprise software. Coverage follows OCI, data-center expansion and AI-related database products.
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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.
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Revenue, funding, product launches and major company events, newest first. Expand the earlier milestones for more history.
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: OracleRPO 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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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: OracleExpands 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 / OracleLaunches autonomous transaction processing
Oracle extends its autonomous-database offering into transaction workloads, combining cloud infrastructure with automated operations.
Source: OracleCompletes the acquisition of NetSuite
The transaction expands Oracle’s cloud ERP portfolio for smaller and midsize companies.
Source: OracleAnnounces completion of the Sun acquisition
The combination brings server hardware, Java and related technologies into Oracle’s enterprise platform.
Source: Oracle / SECBecomes a public company
Oracle’s corporate history records its IPO as a milestone between its early database business and later enterprise expansion.
Source: OracleReleases Oracle Version 2
The commercial relational database becomes a foundation for the company’s later enterprise and cloud software businesses.
Source: OracleOracle’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
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