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Abstract
Oracle has extensively used IT as it forms the heart of its dealings. The corporation deals with computer technology itself and it has been in the front line to benefit from its own innovations as well as those of its competitors. Oracle as an industry is associated with information technology, which includes the computer hardware and software, electronic, the internet, telecommunication equipments, ecommerce, semiconductor, as well as computer services. The corporation has used various own developed suits to achieve the organizations goals. IT has enabled Oracle Company to market its hardware, software, and services through e-commerce. Oracle has an Information Systems that involves complementary networks of both hardware and software, which it uses to gather, filter, process, make, and distribute data.
Introduction
Oracle Corporation is a United States based company dealing with computer technology. The cooperation is multinational. It has its headquarters in California. The company focuses on developing and selling computer hardware systems. However, it also markets software products, which are its own database management brands. Additionally, the company builds tools necessary for database development as well as systems of middle level software. Actually, Oracle is the third largest organization that makes software by revenue. Oracle Corporation is dedicated to unleash innovation through making IT simple.
Oracle Corporation has a strong leadership teams that drives the company's direction hence the tremendous performance and growth. The team includes Chief Executives Officer, board of directors, managers in different areas such as Company Services, the production department and the sales department. There is the company HR, the finance personnel who reports to the company HR. there is also the testing group, the maintenance and the inventory group all reporting to the HR. The entire team has different roles.
Conversely, there is a typical core group, which includes the application developer, an application administrator and the data administrator not forgetting the database administrator. However, due to the growing e-business initiatives, it has necessitated to have a team of system architect, a system administrator, a network and desktop administrator, a security administrator and Web administrator. Application developer who is familiar with 3GL languages the PL/SQL, JAVA, and skills in server development has a role to create various programs making designs for business applications Application administrator takes charge for the configuration of the applications from user's viewpoint. The person works closely with the team of other administrators, which include business analysts, the developer's, the DBA's and the desktop administrators. The Database administrator translates the modeled designs that manage data to physical implementation.
Oracle Corporation uses Oracle SQL Developer, which is an incorporated environment working to streamline development and management of the company’s Database. SQL Developer provides a wide-range of improvement to PL/SQL applications. It also improves SQL worksheet, which runs several areas including queries and scripts, the DBA console that manage the database, the reports interface, a comprehensive data modeling solution, as well as migration platform.
One of the major and most recent challenge oracle company is facing is slow Database Sales. The slowed purchases majorly observed in application software, including the ERP and CRM products. Oracle Corporation is working on it. The company is shipping a main upgrade of the database software, the Oracle Database, which the company management and the channel partners expect it will impel sales.
There is no doubt that IT has brought positive changed to the world of business today. Jim C. (2007) express that modern businesses worldwide rely on computers for functionality and for maintenance of high standards of competence and customer service. Oracle cooperation, being the company enabling the consumption of technology, is also standing at the front line as a beneficially of IT. Firstly, IT has enabled Oracle Company to market its hardware, software, and services through e-commerce. Secondly, it has eased and made communication fast within the business operational teams, in that packets of documents can be delivered within minutes within and outside the company, as opposed to earlier use of postal delivery. This has influenced productivity positively. The use of IT to store information has made it easy to monitor the business progress and this has directed decision-making and other important activities when running the business. IT has enabled
Organization’s Current Infrastructure and Use of Information Systems
Oracle Corporation Organization’s Current Infrastructure
Oracle has a network architecture, which comprises of communication networks. The communication networks are basically, a collection of various terminal nodes and links and any other intermediate node interconnected to enable telecommunication. Oracle has numerous telecommunication networks, which include computer networks, the internet, telephone networks, global telex network, and aeronautical ACARS network among others. Network architecture provides a framework for the requirement of a network's physical hardware and the functioning organization, configuration, and its operational principles and measures, and also data formats used in the operation.
Use of Information Systems in Oracle Corporate
Information Systems involves complementary networks of both hardware and software which an organizations uses to gather, filter, process, make and distribute data. (Jessup, 2008). Oracle corporation information system seeks to support its operations, management, as well as decision-making. As an organization, Oracle corporation information system encompasses diversity of disciplines. Firstly, there is analysis and design of the system.
Generally, Oracle Corporation uses different approaches to analyze and design its systems. Object technology approach is one of them. The company takes great care while identifying the classes. Most of these object technology systems are resistant to class modification when coding has begun. There is need therefore to ensure that the initial designs are correct. With appropriate analysis & design, the object technology approach has an advantage over the others. The maintenance of these systems is cheaper and also changes are made to the systems faster.
Additionally, Oracle Corporation has a strong and strategic computer networking. These are computer systems and computer hardware devices, normally linked together to enable communication among those using them. It also facilitates sharing of other resource among users. Tanenbaum (2009) explains that computer networking has facilitated communication through email, video conferencing, and instant messaging. It has also enabled many users to share one hardware device such as a printer or scanners. Computer networking have also Allowed sharing of software or even the operating programs in remote systems. Networks in the organization are commonly categorized on the basis of their characteristics. Oracle Company has adopted several types of computer networking in order to facilitate communication necessary for business growth. This includes Enterprise Private Networks, Wide Area Networks and Global Area Networks as well as the general internet.
In oracle corporate, information management takes care of the practical and theoretical challenges of both data collection and analyses within the business. This includes business productivity tools, application programming, and implementation. It also deals with electronic commerce and digital media production. However, with the current issues of cyber terrorism in the US today, it is important to be careful on how organizational information is handled. Information insecurity issues can lead to loss of billions of money for a big business like oracle. To deal with this problem, the corporate has put in place some privacy policies. It has put measures comprising of physical, administrative, and technical. The measures are designed to deny access of any unauthorized person to that information. Oracle security policies majorly cover s management of security, in internal operations and the services.
The policies are associated with the ISO/IEC for 2005 standard. They preside over all areas of security that are applicable to services. They also apply to each Oracle employees. Following the frequency of business intelligence, Oracle Corporation has adopted more effective Database management form, the Master data management, a discipline purposed to actively manage data transversely in the business, instead of maintaining it in every transactional system.
Oracle corporate has developed and adopted technology in use of mobile and wireless devices. It has developed a system which enables all employees while in the company or out of the company to have access of their company information from different devices. This Collaboration Suite give anytime-anywhere reach of communication modes such as emails, voicemails, and corporate directories. . Oracle Collaboration Suite has also enabled its employees to communicate in a fast and convenient manner by use of instant messaging through mobile devices such as phones, ipads among others. Oracle Company employees therefore stay well connected to the business through wireless devices.
Organization’s Management of Data and Knowledge
Current Use of Data Management Systems
Oracle Corporation has a database management system, which is, a software package that is designed to describe, manipulate, regain, and manage information in a database. Generally, the system manipulates data, its format, the field names, the record and file structure. It also defines regulations to validate the data. The database management system relieves users of some framing programs for the data maintenance. SQL is a query language that is used along with the database management system package to work together with the database. SQL also plays the role of allowing for the classes, definition, as well as instantiating them as objects in PL/SQL codes (Leon et al 2009).
Problems and Difficulties Faced by Oracle Corporation in Regards to Data Management
Oracle Corporation has not been spared by the numerous disadvantages of internet environment. In America today, internet has posed risks to important and sensitive data in organizations due to cyber terrorism. Threats from cyber terrorists in Oracle Corporate have become almost a routine. Hua et al (2013) observes that cyber terrorism affects both domestic and international business partners’ relationship; it leads to loss of sales and disrupts critical communication within the enterprise.
Organization’s Use of the Internet
Effects of Digital Economy on Oracle Corporation and Emerging Issues
Oracle corporate has achieved competitive advantage in the current digital age. The company, over years has had continued change of business models as well as strategies in order to succeed in beneficial digital economy. As Turban et al (2008) insinuates, the web-based IT facilitates gaining of company’s competitive advantage as well as surviving in this face of solemn corporate threat. Actually, IT requires large investments over really a long time. Extensively networked computer infrastructure is essential to support a big global organization. Additionally, Web-based applications may be used to provide outstanding customer service
Technologies Used By Oracle
Oracle Corporation trades in products and services through computer networks, which basically, include the internet. This is commonly referred to as E-Commerce. This draws on quite wide range of technologies. As Khosrow (2006) states, the Electronic Commerce field is quite diverse. It involves numerous activities, many organizational units, as well as technologies
Mobile commerce, being one of the technologies used in ecommerce involves the mobile web application referred to as CRS-M. The application is viewed in mobile device’s browser. The company employees use CRS-IUA to market or make any business conversations. CRS-IUA known to be a native iPhone application and iPad application which work together with the web application's back end in sending and receiving data (Chandler et al 2012). Oracle Corporation has designed Oracle EDI Gateway, an electronic funds transfer program that they use to pay their suppliers.
Additionally oracle corporate has developed an E-Business Suite that delivers a market-leading database as well as application server product. This happens in a single and consolidated technology stack. Following tight incorporation of company’s infrastructure management tools like Oracle Enterprise Manager, the 10g Grid Control, company’s E-Business Suite proffer an enterprise class scaling, performance, and also high-availability. It reduces the total cost of tenures for enterprises of all sizes
Use of Inter-Organizational Systems for Networking with Business Partners
Oracle Corporation Networks With Business Partners such as NetSuit and Microsoft in order to meet all the needs of their customers worldwide. Oracle came to realize that there is no business that can succeed alone. Considering that, we are in the era of networked business, fast moving and tough enterprise market, it had to networking with its competitors, though for the good. It is through partnerships that Oracle has been able to position its database, the Oracle 12C, as a basic piece in cloud infrastructure. This Database has been a key element for both the Microsoft Company and Salesforce.com partnership.
Top services and network equipments providers use Oracle to optimize trade processes, network, IT system, and supply chain to rapidly initiate innovative services as well as business models to build excellent client experiences and flourishing brands. Oracle offers a complete solution range spanning the whole communication systems landscape, from a mission-critical business and the operational support systems through carrier-grade services delivery platform. Actually, Oracle distribute best technology for all servers, storage, as well as IT infrastructure.
Organization’s IT Planning and Analysis Processes
IT Strategy and Planning Process
Oracle Corporation has a comprehensive plan that the information and technology management personnel use as a guide in the organization. Oracle has developed a planning cloud, known as Enterprise Planning Cloud which enables the businesses to swiftly adopt world-class planning as well as budgeting solution
Oracle Business Continuity and Intelligence Framework
Oracle has come up with a tool that make possible the setting up of navigation path to important data, which can be displayed during analyses, just next to the users data. This tool is known as Oracle Business Intelligence - 11g Action Framework. The paths or the action links may bring out related report or Websites. They can also bring up or enable users to complete business process through performing actions that reach separate applications. This action links can be displayed as background menus and may contain mandatory or optional items. This depends on the defined conditions.
I.T. Security Policy, Business Continuity Plan, and Disaster Recovery Plan
For security purposes, oracle has employed an administrator for each database. These administrators are responsible for maintenance of all feature of the security policy: in cases of small database system, database administrator takes up the security responsibilities and therefore acts as the security administrator. However, if case of large database system special personnel is given the responsibility. Oracle develops a security policy for every database. The developed database security policy includes several sub-policies. Oracle has defined process designed to deal with disaster whenever they occur. It is through this disaster recovery process that the company resumes after disruptive events, which range from huge to small. Oracle has suffered from malfunctioning software repeatedly, caused by computer virus. Due to preparedness, the company has been able to correct the disruption first enough before it causes more harm to the systems.
Recommended Improvements to Organization’s Use of IT
For oracle to improve on its IT performance, it should regularly do assessments of the current performance. It should check on the quality of its both hardware and software as well as the services. Assessments, which may be planned or systematic, should be well-conducted assessments, which typically use tools, like comprehensive questionnaires, the SWOT analyses, and diagnostic models.
There is an Oracle Fusion concern, on the technology choice, which triggers business impact. Although Oracle Fusion’s technology mass is impressive, one part of regular debate is Oracle’s choosing to use virtualization over multi tenant database architecture for the cloud, ERP software. whereas most of the times these arguments has their bottom line on esoteric technology point of view, there are actual business implication that impact on the innovation of ERP software, its evolutions and ROI which buyers should consider. There is therefore need to rethink the issue of choosing of database.
Conclusion
In conclusion, Oracle has used information technology in almost all of its dealings. It is amazing to see how it has benefited from its own innovations, as it deals with computer technology itself. This multinational corporation focuses on developing and selling computer hardware and software systems as well as offering services related to information technology.
With network architecture, oracle has been able to have a well-designed communication networks. Oracle numerous telecommunication networks which include computer networks, the internet, telephone networks, global telex network, and aeronautical ACARS network among others has enabled it to reach to its customers and enabled effective communication within the enterprise. Data management is a very key thing for every business success as it informs decision making. Oracle uses its own developed data management suite the MDM, to consolidate, clean up, govern, as well as share business data at all time across the enterprise. The software includes pre-defined information models and access technique with influential application to centrally deal with the quality and lifecycle of original business data. Oracle MDM gets rid of inconsistencies in the data that is core to the business, across applications as well as enabling strong procedure controls on the master data store that is centrally managed. Oracle has used mobile commerce, basically the web application referred to as CRS-M., the application is viewed in mobile device’s browser. IT has enable oracle to uptake an easy and most effective business mode, the ecommerce, which has helped it market its products through the internet internationally.
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