Oracle is said to be making almost 10% of its worldwide
staff of 84,000 redundant.
The unconfirmed reports say jobs are going worldwide, with job
losses reported by Oracle staff across its businesses and product
sectors.
Both consultants and software engineers are among the
casualties, and Oracle-acquired firms BEA Systems and Hyperion are
said to be heavily affected.
The first reports of the losses indicated that Oracle was
pushing through 8,000 job cuts, although Oracle has not so far
confirmed any numbers.