The success of Oracle’s cloud computing business this year allowed the company to post better than expected results during the fourth fiscal quarter. The company’s cloud business is made up of two parts: software as a service and platform as a service. Oracle’s customers pay to access its applications online as well as to have access to tools that allow them to program and manage apps and analyze data. Its software as a service segment added 1,600 customers and its platform as a service segment added 2,000 customers during Q4. These additional customers allowed Oracle to beat the previous growth… [Continue Reading]