Oracle is gearing up to report its second-quarter earnings Wednesday and given the restrained expectations CFO Sandra Katz earlier set for key areas such as software revenue, Oracle’s results are sure to come under even more scrutiny than the tech bellwether already gets.
Here’s a look at some of the key questions that will be answered by Oracle’s report, as well as topics that may come up during the conference call with CEO Larry Ellison and other executives.
Software license growth: Oracle remains primarily a software vendor and derives the bulk of its revenue from the annual maintenance payments customers make.
Another key metric is new software license growth, which provides a strong indicator not only of the skills of Oracle’s sales team, but the confidence customers have in making new IT purchases.
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