Jeff Henley
Jeff Henley
Jeffrey O. "Jeff" Henley is an American businessman and the vice chairman of Oracle Corporation, having previously served as chairman...
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both enormous good indicator pipeline proven sales
We have an enormous sales pipeline for both applications and technology, ... Typically that's proven to be a good indicator of how we'll do.
case forward last remains visibility
Our visibility going forward remains very limited, as has been the case for the last 18 months,
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Our assumption is that the U.S. economy will continue to improve, at least gradually, but technology spending will not show significant improvement probably for another six months.
asia business europe market pacific
The Asia Pacific market is not any better, but business in the U.S. and Europe has really bounced back,
bit demand feels hit
It feels to us like in Q4 we hit the bottom, and if anything, demand may be getting a bit better in Q1,
definitely start worst
We're optimistic. We definitely think the worst is over and things are going to start getting better.
assuming bottom expenses gets pick plan quarters row several year
I don't think we know where the bottom is, ... We've had several quarters in a row where each quarter gets worse. We've been assuming things probably won't pick up a lot for another year or two and we try to plan our expenses accordingly.
continue good growth license underneath
Underneath it all, if you normalize the numbers, we continue to show good growth in our license business,
caused difficult earnings economy fiscal given global growth impending increasing modest operating pleased revenue third war
Given the difficult global economy and the increasing uncertainty caused by the impending war in Iraq, we were pleased to see modest revenue and operating earnings growth in our fiscal third quarter,
involved met recognized
Every shareholder we met recognized the sizable synergies involved in this offer,
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Nine months ago, we set out to save one billion dollars annually by using our own Internet e-Business applications, ... That billion dollar savings translates to a 10 point improvement in our margin.
above economy execution improving results solid
Solid execution in the field, a strengthening competitive position, and an improving economy contributed to results that were above expectations,
did not do as well as we think it should have.
base business continues customers economic high increased levels license maintain research rights spending strength though underlying update
Even during an economic downturn, Oracle's installed base of customers continues to grow, so our revenues from license update rights continue to rise. That's the underlying strength in our business model. That's what allows us to maintain our profitability at high levels even though we increased research and development spending by 15 percent,