Jeff Henley
Jeff Henley
Jeffrey O. "Jeff" Henley is an American businessman and the vice chairman of Oracle Corporation, having previously served as chairman...
assuming bottom expenses gets pick plan quarters row several year
I don't think we know where the bottom is, ... We've had several quarters in a row where each quarter gets worse. We've been assuming things probably won't pick up a lot for another year or two and we try to plan our expenses accordingly.
believe business economy fortunate industry optimistic pc quarter seen slowing third though
We're very optimistic about the third quarter and beyond, ... We have seen no slowing of our business, even though we believe that the U.S. economy and the PC industry are slowing. Our business is not at all correlated with the PC industry. We are fortunate to be in the right place at the right time.
base business continues customers economic high increased levels license maintain research rights spending strength though underlying update
Even during an economic downturn, Oracle's installed base of customers continues to grow, so our revenues from license update rights continue to rise. That's the underlying strength in our business model. That's what allows us to maintain our profitability at high levels even though we increased research and development spending by 15 percent,
ask board deserve fiscal huge oversight responsibility school sit spending
Fiscal oversight and fiscal responsibility are a huge, huge part of being a school board member. We can sit here all day long and ask Albany for more money, but if we're not spending it wisely, we don't deserve it.
business concern database definitely half improvement shown
There was a concern that our database business was not doing well, but it's definitely shown a significant improvement from the first half of the year,
involved met recognized
Every shareholder we met recognized the sizable synergies involved in this offer,
did not do as well as we think it should have.
business looks negative rest terrific year
We don't see anything for the rest of this year that looks negative at all. We think that business is going to be terrific this year.
bit demand feels hit
It feels to us like in Q4 we hit the bottom, and if anything, demand may be getting a bit better in Q1,
believe beyond continue quarter visibility
Visibility beyond the upcoming quarter is minimal, but we continue to believe that we will see year-over-year improvements.
both enormous good indicator pipeline proven sales
We have an enormous sales pipeline for both applications and technology, ... Typically that's proven to be a good indicator of how we'll do.
asia business europe market pacific
The Asia Pacific market is not any better, but business in the U.S. and Europe has really bounced back,
caused difficult earnings economy fiscal given global growth impending increasing modest operating pleased revenue third war
Given the difficult global economy and the increasing uncertainty caused by the impending war in Iraq, we were pleased to see modest revenue and operating earnings growth in our fiscal third quarter,
again bullish business continues extremely good margins quarter rest sales second
Business continues to be extremely robust, which makes us bullish on the second quarter and the rest of the year, ... We think margins will continue to expand, and sales pipelines look good again this quarter.