Oracle Q1 profit up 11 per cent, but hardware products revenue drops 24 per cent
- 20 September, 2012 20:36
- Comments
Oracle has reported that net income rose 11 percent to $US2 billion while revenue fell 2 per cent to $US8.2 billion in the first quarter ended August 31, with the period marked by some strength in software but falling hardware revenues.
New software license sales and cloud subscription revenues rose 5 per cent to $US1.6 billion.
Hardware systems products revenue for the quarter fell 24 per cent to $US779 million. Oracle has for some time de-emphasized efforts around commodity servers in favor of higher-margin "engineered systems," which combine Oracle software with servers, networking and storage gear.
"Exadata, Exalogic, Exalytics and our other engineered systems grew more than 100 per cent in the quarter," said Oracle President Mark Hurd in a statement. "For the full year, we expect to double engineered systems sales to well over $US1 billion. Oracle's new cloud business is also approaching a $US1 billion annual run rate. These two businesses will drive Oracle's growth for years to come."
The company's first-quarter results come less than two weeks before the start of its annual OpenWorld conference in San Francisco, where it is expected to make a slew of product announcements.
"A little more than a week from now we will announce lots of enhancements to the Oracle Cloud," Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said in a statement. "There are more CRM, ERP and HCM applications as a service, and more Oracle database, Java and social network platform services. Our new infrastructure as a service is available in the Oracle Cloud and as a private cloud in our customers' data center, with the unique ability to move applications and services back and forth between the two."
Chris Kanaracus covers enterprise software and general technology breaking news for The IDG News Service. Chris' email address is Chris_Kanaracus@idg.com
Recommended
Join the Computerworld Australia group on Linkedin. The group is open to IT Directors, IT Managers, Infrastructure Managers, Network Managers, Security Managers, Communications Managers.
- Bookmark this page
- Share this article
- Got more on this story? Email Computerworld
- Follow Computerworld on twitter
- Benefits of Deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 on Dell Compellent with Data Progression
- Getting Real About Security Management and Big Data – A Roadmap for Big Data in Security Analytics
- Unleashing the Power of Information
- A Holistic Approach to your BYOD Challenge
- Advanced Persistent Threats and Real-Time Threat Management
-
How to provide IT support to a dispersed workforce
-
Intel claims Haswell will offer 50 per cent more battery life in laptops
-
Intel claims Haswell will offer 50 per cent more battery life in laptops
-
Verizon, Jennifer Lopez partner on Latino-focused wireless stores
-
Santos migrates to Windows 7 before XP support ends
