BIG DATA
Oracle Becomes Second Largest Software Company
IBM Falls to Third
Given IBM's recently announced quarterly results, 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, Oracle has reported software revenue totaling $ 27.8 Billion.
"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.