Name: Oracle 到底在做什麼？！ (What does Oracle actually do?)
Uploaded: 2025-11-07T05:08:43.000Z
Duration: 11 min 48 s

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Four words that make me want to put a bullet between my eyes.

Shape shifting tech leviathan with an insane billionaire founder and four decades of deep connections inside the Pentagon in the heart of American industry.

一個善於變形、擁有瘋狂億萬富翁創辦人，並且在美國產業心臟地帶五角大廈內有著四十年深厚人脈的科技巨頭。

23 words that get my blood pumping folks.

這23個字讓我的血液沸騰了，各位。

I'm talking about a company called Oracle, one of Silicon Valley's oldest tech outfits that is suddenly having a baller year.

我說的是一家叫做 Oracle 的公司，它是矽谷最老的科技公司之一，最近的表現亮眼。

Oracle stock Oracle stock Oracle stock jumped 40% Oracle's playing a very big part.

Oracle 股票 Oracle 股票 Oracle 股票上漲了 40%，Oracle 扮演著非常重要的角色。

Oracle co founder Larry Ellison Larry Ell is now the richest person in the world.

Oracle 共同創辦人 Larry Ellison 現在是世界上最富有的人。

Oracle will now control the new TikTok joint venture.

Oracle 將會掌控新的 TikTok 合資企業。

Oracle would shot up a stunning 36% today.

Oracle 今天股價飆升了驚人的 36%。

But despite all of these headlines, I have noticed that very few people seem to know what the Oracle actually does.

但儘管有這些頭條新聞，我注意到很少有人知道 Oracle 到底在做什麼。

So I decided to figure it out all by myself.

I started my investigation by asking Oracle themselves what they do.

我首先直接問 Oracle 自己，他們到底在做什麼。

So I took the next logical step and visited their website where I figured they could clearly explain how they made $57 billion in revenue last year.

於是，我採取了下一個合乎邏輯的步驟，去了他們的網站，想說他們應該會清楚解釋去年他們是如何賺了 570 億美元的。

Their website was simply the words cloud, AI, applications and infrastructure all arranged into dozens of different combinations and interspersed among acronyms like oci, SCM and erp.

他們的網站上只有「雲端」、「AI」、「應用程式」和「基礎設施」這幾個詞，以數十種不同的組合排列，中間穿插著 oci、SCM 和 ERP 等縮寫。

All in the name of helping people see data in new ways, discovering insights and unlocking new possibilities with the help of a little paper mache hummingbird.

這一切都是為了幫助人們以新的方式看待資料、發現洞察，並在紙漿蜂鳥的幫助下解鎖新的可能性。

Clearly going through official channels was getting me nowhere.

顯然，透過官方管道是行不通的。

It was time to activate the Good work anonymous reporting portal.

是時候啟用 Good work 匿名舉報入口網站了。

It was there I was able to speak with a real life group of current and former Oracle employees.

在那裡，我得以與一群真正的現任和前任 Oracle 員工交流。

Why do you think that so many people do not know what Oracle does?

你覺得為什麼這麼多人不知道 Oracle 在做什麼？

It's not a simple value proposition where they do one thing really well and you can describe it in 10 seconds.

他們的價值主張並不簡單，不是那種做一件事做到極致，你能在十秒內講完的。

There isn't an industry in the country, in the world that Oracle does not touch to some extent.

這個國家、這個世界沒有一個產業是 Oracle 沒有在某種程度上接觸到的。

It's still a little bit of a mystery to me.

They truly do have their some sort of financial income from every major company and most smaller companies.

他們真的從每個大公司，還有大多數小公司那裡都賺取了某種形式的財務收入。

A lot of us didn't really understand like that we were kind of the backbone of companies computers.

很多人其實不太懂，我們算是公司電腦的骨幹。

At this point I realized that even Oracle was going to need some help explaining Oracle.

這時候我才意識到，連 Oracle 都需要有人幫忙解釋 Oracle。

So it was time to swallow my pride and do the sensible thing.

所以是時候放下我的驕傲，做明智的決定了。

Ask a better journalist to do my job for me.

請一位更優秀的記者來幫我完成我的工作。

Oracle is at its core a database company.

Oracle 的核心是一家企業資料庫公司。

Bill Lynn is a reporter for the Wall Street Journal with longtime experience covering Oracle and the various jargony industries in which they do the business.

Bill Lynn 是《華爾街日報》的記者，他長期報導 Oracle 以及他們做生意的各種專業術語行業。

I know that sounds sort of archaic and strange, but

我知道這聽起來有點老派和奇怪，但

it's the way in which you manage, store and access data.

這就是你管理、儲存和存取資料的方式。

So data being like customer data, financial transactions, supply chain information, it's all this kind of like back end, maybe kind of boring stuff that keeps a business running.

所以資料像是客戶資料、財務交易、SCM 資訊，這些都是維持企業運作的後端，可能有點無聊的東西。

But then how come when I read about Oracle today, they're in TikTok, they're in AI, they're in cloud, and

但為什麼我今天讀到 Oracle 的時候，他們又在 TikTok、AI、雲端，

How could a database company be doing all of that?

一家資料庫公司怎麼能做到這一切？

And there is actually a connection between databases and all of those sort of separate, seemingly disparate businesses because databases are really sticky.

其實資料庫跟這些看似無關、各自獨立的業務之間，真的有關聯，因為資料庫非常「黏」。

By sticky I mean once your corporate data is inside a place, it's really hard to take out.

所謂「黏」，意思就是一旦你的企業資料被存放在某個地方，就非常難移出來。

Oracle figured out that it could sell software like HR software and supply chain software to those same businesses.

Oracle 發現，他們可以把像是 HR 軟體和供應鏈軟體賣給這些企業。

And then it figured out it could also sell cloud computing to those businesses as well, because it already had their data.

然後他們也發現，既然已經掌握了這些企業的資料，他們也能提供雲端運算服務給這些企業。

好，這下我們就進入狀況了，各位！

I'm a busy man, but I'm also a man of taste.

我雖然很忙，但我也是個有品味的人。

When it comes to dinner time, that leaves me in somewhat of a pickle.

到了晚餐時間，這讓我有點傷腦筋。

How am I supposed to prepare tasty, healthy meals for myself in the limited time I have in my busy schedule?

在我忙碌的行程中，時間有限，我該怎麼為自己準備美味又健康的餐點呢？

Until recently, the answer was I wouldn't.

直到最近，答案是「我不會」。

I would procrastinate eating until I was fully panicking, at which point I'd go raccoon mode and eat four stale granola bars from the rear of my cupboard.

我會一直拖延吃飯，直到我完全慌了，那時候我就會像浣熊一樣，吃掉櫃子後面四根過期的燕麥棒。

So you can imagine my relief when I found out about Factor Factor delivers healthy, delicious meals straight to your door.

所以你可以想像我有多高興，當我發現 Factor 時，Factor 直接將健康美味的餐點送到你家。

These are fresh made meals with real ingredients that feel like they're home cooked.

這些都是用真材實料新鮮製作的餐點，吃起來就像是家常菜一樣。

They've got 100 different weekly options, so you can order tons of different varieties depending on what you're craving.

他們每週有 100 種不同的選擇，所以你可以根據你的喜好訂購各種不同的口味。

Whether you're looking to eat healthier or you've got specific food preferences in mind, like keto maximizing your protein intake or meeting a calorie goal.

無論你是想吃得更健康，還是有特定的飲食偏好，像是生酮飲食、最大化蛋白質攝取，或是達成熱量目標。

No refined seed oils, no refined sugars, just real food that keeps Danny Boy from going raccoon mode.

沒有精緻的種子油，沒有精緻的糖，只有真材實料，讓 Danny Boy 不會變成熊貓眼。

Use my code right there to get 50% off your first box and free breakfast for a year.

輸入我這裡的代碼，你的第一盒就能享有五折優惠，還能免費吃一年的早餐。

To look at Oracle's history is to see a company that leveraged early success to create an ever evolving tech behemoth that pivots with the times.

看看 Oracle 的歷史，你會發現這家公司利用早期的成功，創造了一個不斷演進、隨時代變遷的科技巨頭。

A sentence I crafted with language derived from the Mr.

這句話是我從「Mr.」的語言中提煉出來的。

Wonderful guide on scaring the hoes much like this YouTube channel.

就像這個 YouTube 頻道一樣，用來嚇跑那些「hoes」的精彩指南。

Oracle got their start as a government program codenamed Oracle.

Oracle 最初是個代號為 Oracle 的政府計畫。

The project had Larry and his employer Ampex, building databases for the CIA.

這個計畫讓 Larry 和他的僱主 Ampex 為 CIA 建造資料庫。

Eventually, Larry and two of his colleagues would split off to form their own company, which would eventually be named Oracle.

最後，Larry 和他的兩位同事分出來成立了自己的公司，最終命名為 Oracle。

It went public in the 1980s with a core focus on that sweet database technology.

它在 80 年代上市，核心專注於那種超讚的資料庫技術。

By the 90s, it created enterprise software which goes beyond storing data to assist businesses in other areas like HR accounting and so on.

到了 90 年代，它開發了企業軟體，這不僅僅是儲存資料，還能協助企業處理人力資源、會計等其他領域。

After a string of buzzy acquisitions in the 2000s, Oracle shifted its focus to the cloud, announcing Oracle cloud infrastructure that could compete with big guys like Amazon Web Services and those bastards over at Google Cloud.

在 2000 年代經歷了一連串熱門的收購後，Oracle 轉向雲端發展，推出了能與 Amazon Web Services 和 Google Cloud 等大咖競爭的 Oracle 雲端基礎設施。

So if you're a restaurant and you need your customer data filtered, Oracle has a product for that.

所以，如果你是餐廳，需要篩選客戶資料，Oracle 有相關產品。

If you're a city and your HR needs to manage employee benefits, Oracle has a product for that.

如果你是城市，人力資源需要管理員工福利，Oracle 也有相關產品。

If you're a United States Air Force and you need your supply chain managed, Oracle has a product for that.

如果你是美國空軍，需要管理供應鏈，Oracle 也有相關產品。

In fact, if you have existed in the last 40 years, there's a good chance that you have bought something from Oracle.

事實上，如果你過去 40 年來存在過，很有可能你曾向 Oracle 買過東西。

It was really known as having these hardball sales tactics.

It would like do these like really stringent audits of its customers from a licensing standpoint and sort of box and force their customers into these sales contracts.

它會從授權角度對客戶進行非常嚴格的審計，然後將客戶框住並強迫他們簽訂銷售合約。

And so it had that kind of hard nosed, very buttoned up business reputation.

所以它有那種強硬、非常嚴謹的商業聲譽。

It wasn't cool like some of the other tech companies.

不像其他一些科技公司那麼酷。

There's one Oracle ism that I got a couple years ago when I started in sales and it's, Oracle doesn't have customers, it has prisoners.

有個 Oracle 的說法，是我幾年前剛開始做銷售時聽到的，那就是「Oracle 沒有客戶，只有囚犯」。

So like we really get people into these contracts and then they just can't get out of them.

所以就像是，我們真的會把人們鎖進這些合約裡，然後他們就出不來了。

Oracle's hardball, old school, bulldogged, steadfast reputation is perhaps no better embodied than by their longtime CEO and co founder, Larry Ellison.

Oracle 那種強硬、老派、頑強、堅定的聲譽，或許沒有比他們長期的 CEO 和共同創辦人 Larry Ellison 更能體現了。

Larry was kind of like a mythical subject in the office.

Larry 在辦公室裡就像個神話般的存在。

Anytime we spoke of Larry, it was just like, this guy's just a killer.

任何時候提到 Larry，大家都會說，這傢伙根本是個殺手。

就像，你知道的，他就是那種人。

The relationship with Larry, at least from a personal perspective, was, was complicated.

與 Larry 的關係，至少從個人角度來看，是複雜的。

The first impression I got of him was when I was in Hawaii, right before I started working for Oracle.

我第一次對他的印象，是在夏威夷的時候，就在我開始為 Oracle 工作之前。

We were actually looking at his private island in Hawaii and I chatted a guy up and he's like, oh, you're working for Oracle?

我們當時正在看他的夏威夷私人島嶼，我跟一個傢伙聊起來，他就說，喔，你是在為 Oracle 工作嗎？

一個叫 Larry Ellison 的有錢混蛋。

Flying fighter jets, racing yachts, using the pickup line can I buy you a car?

開著戰鬥機、賽著遊艇，還會用「我可以買車給你嗎？」這招搭訕。

Hiring Private detectives to spy on Microsoft, joking about shooting another CEO and owning most of a Hawaiian island.

僱用私家偵探監視微軟，開玩笑說要射殺另一位 CEO，還擁有一座夏威夷島的大部分。

Larry Ellison has truly led a life that one can only describe as perfect for men that tug themselves in front of the mirror.

Larry Ellison 的生活，真的可以說是完美演繹了那些對著鏡子自我欣賞的男人。

But it's his bulldog old head rough shotted steadfastness that has often credited Larry with getting Oracle to where it is today, which has penetrated deep inside almost every sector of the business world.

但正是他那像鬥牛犬一樣堅定不移的毅力，讓 Oracle 走到了今天，並且深入了幾乎所有商業領域。

And the latest two sectors that Oracle is breaking into happen to be absolutely piping hot at the moment.

而 Oracle 最近正在進軍的兩個領域，恰好是目前最熱門的。

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