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==History==

[[Oracle Corporation]] began in the late 1970s selling the [[Oracle Database]].It later began competing with the [[independent software vendor]]s and [[value-added reseller]]s that sold applications running on the database, starting with [[accounting software]] in the late 1980s, then manufacturing. Although the first several versions were weak, and applications were not profitable for Oracle until 2000 or later,<ref name="rdbmsoracle20070612">{{Cite interview |interviewer=Luanne Johnson |title=RDBMS Workshop: Oracle |type=PDF |url=https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102746581 |access-date=2025-06-01 |publisher=Computer History Museum |date=2007-06-12}}</ref> Byby 2009, products extended to [[supply chain management]], [[Human resource management system|human-resource management]], [[Warehouse management system|warehouse-management]], [[customer relationship management|customer-relationship management]], [[call center|call-center]] services, [[product lifecycle management|product-lifecycle management]], and many other areas. Both in-house expansion and the acquisition of other companies have vastly expanded Oracle's application software business.

In February 2007, Oracle released Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS/e-BS) Release 12 (R12){{snd}}a bundling of several Oracle Applications. The release date coincided with new releases of other Oracle-owned products: [[JD Edwards|JD Edwards EnterpriseOne]], [[Siebel Systems]] and [[PeopleSoft]].