New Report on Oracle Corporation Gives an Insight into the Company’s Recent Growth

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c85968) has announced the addition of Datamonitor's new report: Oracle Corporation Japan - SWOT Analysis to their offering.

Our Oracle Corporation Japan - SWOT Analysis Company Profile is the essential source for top-level company data and information. The report examines the company’s key business structure and operations, history and products, and provides summary analysis of its key revenue lines and strategy.

Oracle Corporation Japan is a software and technology company that specializes in internet servers, business software and support systems. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Oracle Corporation, and develops and distributes Oracle software products and services in the Far East region. It is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and employs about 1,710 people. -The company recorded revenues of JPY100,767 million (approximately $828.9 million) during the fiscal year ended May 2007, an increase of 10.1% over 2006. The operating profit of the company was JPY36,781 million (approximately $302.6 million) during fiscal year 2007, an increase of 14.5% over 2006. The net profit was JPY22,134 million (approximately $182.1 million) in fiscal year 2007, an increase of 16.6% over 2006.

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- Provides all the crucial company information required for business and competitor intelligence needs

- Contains a study of the major internal and external factors affecting the company in the form of a SWOT analysis as well as a breakdown and examination of leading product revenue streams

- Data is supplemented with details on the company’s history, key executives, business description, locations and subsidiaries as well as a list of products and services and the latest available company statement

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Company Overview

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Company History

Key Employees

Key Employee Biographies

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Oracle slammed for its 'poor' patching

Oracle’ processes for patching databases were heavily criticised in a presentation at the European Computer Audit Control and Security Conference in Stockholm this week.

Karel Miko from Czech consultancy DCIT, speaking at the event said Oracle was five eyars behind Microsoft in dealing with the issue.

"When Microsoft announced Trustworthy Computing a lot of people laughed, but now you see a real difference," Miko said.

Microsoft offers central patch management tools that allow customers to see what patches are missing and so on, whereas Oracle doesn't, he added.

Oracle also doesn't make life easier for companies who want to keep their databases secure, according to Miko, by making it complex to download and install patches.

He also questioned Oracle’s approach to new vulnerabilities. "An independent consultant announces a vulnerability to Oracle. Three months go by, and nothing happens, six months, a year and still nothing. Oracle puts it in a queue and will solve it sometime, maybe," said Miko.

If customers put pressure on Oracle it might be prompted to improve, but Miko isn't holding his breath.

"Customers are very dependent on Oracle – its database is number one. If you have an application based on an Oracle's database there is no way to change, in maybe 90 percent of all cases," he said.

Databases were one of the hottest topics at the conference; no other product category had more sessions devoted to it. This follows damning surveys have revealed that even though Oracle has been adding patches and new security features many customers are not deploying them.

Miko said, "In my experience even some small enterprises have better administrators than large banks, and do a better job."

Author: Mikael Ricknäs @ www.computerworlduk.com

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Oracle Is Cheap, Goldman Says; Buy Rating, $24 Target

Oracle (ORCL) shares are higher this morning following a bullish note from Goldman Sachs analyst Sarah Friar. She “reinstated” her Buy rating on the stock with a $24 price target.

This is not an upgrade, exactly. Although it is not obvious from the report, I believe Goldman previously had suspended its rating on the stock; the firm was BEA’s adviser in its recent sale to Oracle. Nonetheless, it is a pretty bullish review of the company’s prospects.

Friar notes that the stock through last night had been down 18% year to date, dropping the stock to 15.8x 2008 estimated EPS, and 12.2x 2009, including stock options. That’s below the software group average at 19.7x/17.6x and the S&P 500 at 16x/15x.

Friar also adjusted her EPS estimates for the company to reflect the acquisition of BEA. She now sees $1.26 this year, $1.47 next year and $1.63 in 2010, from $1.26, $1.46 and $1.60. (On a non-GAAP basis, she sees $1.22, $1.41 and $1.58.)

Friar says Goldman has a cautious view of the economies in the U.S. and Europe, but that Oracle is a defensive holding in the tougher macro environment “due to diversified geographic and vertical exposure,” and with nearly half of revenue coming from recurring maintenance.

Friar says the company’s acquisition strategy “seems to be paying off,” and adds that “the addition of BEA will create more up-sell opportunity in high growth areas such as China.

The company’s fiscal Q3 earnings report, due March 26, should “provide some relief to the shares,” Friar says.

Oracle this morning is up 56 cents, or 3%, at $19.36.

Source: blogs.barrons.com

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