Which company owns the Oracle Database and was founded in 1977 as Software Development Laboratories?

Oracle Corporation owns the Oracle Database and was founded in 1977 as Software Development Laboratories.

Larry Ellison, Bob Miner, and Ed Oates established Software Development Laboratories in Santa Clara, California, in 1977. The company later changed its name to Relational Software, Inc., and then to Oracle Systems Corporation before adopting Oracle Corporation.

Oracle Database became one of the world’s best-known relational database systems. Oracle expanded from database software into enterprise applications, cloud infrastructure, hardware, and services, making it a major global technology company by revenue and market capitalization.

The company name and product name are often used interchangeably, but they are not identical. Oracle Corporation is the public company; Oracle Database is one of its flagship software products.