SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 16, 2002–The Service & Support Professionals Association (SSPA), the leading industry association for IT support professionals, today announced that Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq:ORCL), the world’s largest enterprise software company, has joined SSPA. Since its
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