The Best Performers

摘要

If success today requires moving at Internet speed, no one knows how to kick it into gear like Oracle Corp. Chairman Lawrence J. Ellison. Over the past five years, Ellison has rebuilt Oracle's portfolio of software products almost from the ground up to make them work on the Web. Last May, for instance, Oracle was the first major software company to begin delivering to customers over the Net its software for such management tasks as financial reporting and human resources. And now corporate customers can order Oracle products off its Web site, cutting down on the need for highly paid salespeople to handle such routine tasks. The goal is to slash $1 billion in costs in two years.