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Morning Introduction
2,000 staff working across 7 GBUs
Contract vales get larger as executive usually choose simplicity and pragmatism over complexity and risk
This is driven by a growing realisation that choosing solutions from a number of different suppliers adds complexity and cost so integrated solutions are gaining traction
The Oracle strategy for the last 5 years has not changed and Partnering is key
Oracle spend $5B on R&D annually
The decision to convert the applications stack to cloud was taken 10 years ago due and is now coming to market as the development cycles come to an end