Friday, December 11, 2020

Leaving California: Oracle Will Move From Silicon Valley To Texas

 From the San Jose Mercury-News:

Oracle to move headquarters from Bay Area to Texas 
Software giant’s announcement comes two weeks after HPE says it’s moving to Houston

Bay Area technology icon Oracle plans to move its headquarters from Redwood City to Austin, Texas, the company said Friday.

The decision follows an announcement less than two weeks ago that Hewlett Packard Enterprise would shift its corporate headquarters from Silicon Valley to Houston.

Oracle said Friday it was implementing a “more flexible employee work location policy” and changing its headquarters to Austin, where it already has a presence including a lab for computer architecture and performance analysis.

“We believe these moves best position Oracle for growth and provide our personnel with more flexibility about where and how they work,” the software giant with 135,000 employees worldwide said in an emailed statement....
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