Oracle, headquartered in California, provides more than 430,000 customers in 175 countries with enterprise cloud computing solutions, including software as a service, platform as a service, infrastructure as a service, and data as a service. The company’s application suites, platforms, and infrastructure leverage the latest technologies and emerging ones, such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, blockchain, and Internet of Things (IoT).

Oracle has more than 138,000 employees globally, including 40,000 developers and engineers and 19,000 implementation consultants, and holds more than 17,000 patents worldwide.

GlobalPlatform-Based Solutions:

• Sun licenses Java Card (TM) technology to original equipment manufacturers (smart card, chip or software vendors) and their partners across several industries. The applet interoperability provided by Java Card technology allows card issuers to mix and match third-party applications, including standard payment, stored value, computer authorization, data management, and many more. The Java Card platform is the leading technology for multi-application smart cards with over 2 billion cards shipped. It is compatible with international standards for smart cards such as ISO7816, or EMV. Major industry-specific standards such as GlobalPlatform and ETSI refer to Java Card technology.