Which company developed the Oracle Database relational database management system?

Oracle Corporation developed the Oracle Database relational database management system.

Oracle traces its database business to a 1977 company founded by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner, and Ed Oates. The founders were inspired by research describing a relational database system, and the company released its first commercial product in 1979. It was initially known as Software Development Laboratories, then Relational Software, before adopting the Oracle name.

Oracle Database stores and organizes structured information using relational concepts and SQL. It became a major enterprise technology used by governments, banks, retailers, and other large organizations. Oracle later expanded through acquisitions, including Sun Microsystems in 2010 and PeopleSoft in 2005.

The company is sometimes confused with the database language SQL, which is a standard language used by many database systems. Oracle Database is a specific product family made by Oracle Corporation.