Our partnership with IBM allowed us to present at their worldwide conference, significantly boosting our server market presence.

An IBM representative approached us about our desktop product, suggesting it could enhance their server sales, leading to a partnership.

We're launching a comprehensive cloud platform that includes platform as a service and a complete suite of applications, which will be available on our Exadata machines, providing customers with more control and security.

We are fully committed to cloud applications and have invested heavily in rewriting our software for the cloud, positioning ourselves to compete effectively against SAP and other smaller companies.

We engaged with hardware vendors like IBM and HP, trying to convince them to partner with us, despite initial resistance.

Our goal is to be exceptional in hardware, software, and data integration, as no company has successfully mastered all three areas simultaneously.

America excels in enterprise software and continues to attract top talent, which is crucial for maintaining a competitive edge against adversaries.

Before my startups, I built technology inside larger companies, including developing asynchronous input/output software that outperformed major database companies.

By the mid to late 80s, we still felt overshadowed by IBM, which was the dominant force in the computing industry at that time.