Oracle Corp. has quietly trimmed 500 jobs in its North American sales and consulting businesses, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal today.
The Journal reported that the cut was well below the 10% figure that had been circulating on the Internet.
An Oracle spokeswoman declined to comment on the report.
The move comes less than a month after the enterprise applications and database provider reported disappointing second-quarter financial results, citing the worldwide economic recession and a strengthening U.S. dollar. The company posted revenue of $5.6 billion, a 6% increase from $5.3 billion a year earlier, though new license revenue fell 3% to $1.6 billion. Net income of $1.4 billion was down 1%. In the Americas, Oracle’s applications new software license revenue fell 9%. Company officials told analysts at the time that they expected more of the same in the third quarter.