Acquisitions and Cloud Transition (2010s)

  • 2010: Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems, a strategic move that provided Oracle with the MySQL database, a popular open-source alternative, and strengthened its hardware offerings.
  • 2013: Oracle 12c was released, featuring a multi-tenant architecture that enabled multiple databases to run on a single instance. This was particularly beneficial for cloud deployments, allowing for better resource management and cost efficiency.

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