New database license revenue, the core business of the Redwood Shores, Calif., company, increased 4% to $827 million -- well below Wall Street's expectations of growth of 9% to $853 million.

Japanese information technology company NEC Corp failed to show that Oracle committed fraud to get it to sign a license to Oracle's popular database software, a San Francisco federal court has ruled.

Oracle has effectively reduced its prices for database software licenses tied to multicore microprocessors to reflect the growing use of the powerful chips among its customers.

Oracle is all cloud all the time these days, but the transition from licenses to subscriptions is only going to become trickier.

Companies using Oracle’s namesake database may soon have the option of choosing a new license that offers flat-rate pricing for unlimited use of the product in perpetuity, according to a recent ...

Companies using Oracle’s namesake database may soon have the option of choosing a new license that offers flat-rate pricing for unlimited use of the product in perpetuity, according to a recent ...

Depending on the size of the transaction, Oracle license liability can be a significant line item, one that should not be overlooked.

With the new "Bring Your Own License" program, customers can use their existing software licenses for Oracle platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offerings, including Oracle Database, Middleware and ...

Oracle reported that total software revenue was up 24 percent to $3.12 billion year over year. Oracle's database and middleware license sales increased by 16 percent over fiscal fourth-quarter ...