Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Corporation is a US-based multinational technology company with headquarters located in Redmond, Washington. The company is headed by Satya Nadella, who has been the CEO since Feb 2014 to date. The company manufactures, licenses, supports and sells electronics, personal computers, computer software, and related services. The company was founded in 1975 and was incorporated on September 22, 1993. The company is geared towards helping the worldwide community improve productivity and efficiency. The company’s segment includes an intelligent cloud, productivity, and business processes. The specific products include desktop and server management tools, video games, training and certification, business solute n applications, computer system integrators, and developers. Although the company is headquartered in Washington, the company has many offices, data centers, operation facilities, and research centers around the world, including in China, the UK, Japan, Germany, Ireland, etc. The company has an intensive growth strategy that allows the company to continue with growth in a highly competitive environment.
Oracle is an American multinational dealing with computer technology-headquartered in Redwood Shores, California. The company has two CEOs, Mark Hurd and Safra Catz. The Oracle Corporation was founded in 1977 under the name Software Development laboratories but has since evolved and changed its name to Oracle corporation in 1995. The company is primarily a software company selling database software and technology, enterprise software products, cloud engineered systems. Notably, many of the products that Oracle has in its portfolio has been acquired through acquisition. Its cloud computing and database packages are well known throughout the industry, largely due to the aggressive acquisition strategies that the company applies. The company has a total of 300 office locations spread across 73 countries. The company thrives through aggressive innovation and the development of systems coupled with aggressive marketing.