Oracle's cloud business stores enterprise software and data on remote servers and allows companies to sell to clients who lack the budget for on-site hardware and technology staff.

All memory frames, all busses, and all software and data were fully dual modular redundant.

Proper operation may require operating system, software and data to be read and written from and to floppies, forcing users to maintain floppy drives on supporting systems.

Food and beverage processing, glassware manufacturing, software and data processing, printing and publishing, insurance underwriting, music and recording, and advanced education activities can be found in the larger urban areas.

A database modification or extension requires redesign of the database structure, modification of software and data conversion, which makes it a relatively complicated and costly exercise.