The term Oracle Applications refers to the non-database (non-technology) parts of Oracle Corporation 's software portfolio — mainly web-based accounting software . Oracle Corporation sells many applications built around the Oracle RDBMS system, notably the Oracle Financials applications. (Oracle Corporation also offers many additional application-oriented products, including Oracle Office , Oracle Media Server , and (grouped with databases) Oracle ConText .)
Oracle Corporation launched its applications with financial software in the late 1980s. The offering now extends into supply-chain manmagement , warehouse-management , call-center services, product lifecycle management , and many other areas. Both in-house expansion and the acquisition of other companies have vastly expanded Oracle Corporation's application-software repertoire.
Oracle Corporation released Oracle Applications 11 in May 1998; the line has reached a current version of 11.5.10, with release 12i expected early 2007.