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- Oracle's Fusion middleware master plan starts coming together
- Oracle on Wednesday launched its Fusion 11g middleware family and the effort is aimed at linking the technological underpinnings of all of the company's acquired applications, owning the market, creating one fundamental software stack for the enterprise, laying the foundation for a cloud strategy as well as a few other...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Chances, Miko Matsumura, Middleware, Programming Languages, Java, Enterprise Software, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-01
- Upgrading Custom Java EE Applications From Oracle Application Server to WebLogic Server
- As outlined from the Oracle June 1, 2008 web broadcast "BEA Welcome and Oracle Middleware Strategy" Oracle WebLogic Server is the strategic application server infrastructure for the Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g platform. Oracle Internet Application Server will continue to be developed, maintained, and released according to Oracle's standard lifetime support...
- Tags: Oracle Application Server, BEA WebLogic Server, BEA WebLogic, Oracle Corp., Java, Application Server, Application Servers, Middleware, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2009-07-01
- Oracle about to step up its SaaS efforts?
- Update: Oracle is reportedly getting more aggressive about software as a service with plans to expand its on-demand lineup. The Wall Street Journal and Reuters report that Oracle has been briefing analysts about its SaaS strategy. And apparently these plans go beyond simply buying NetSuite, which is...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, Oracle Corp., Journal, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-01
- Open APIs for secure social enterprise computing drive innovation
- * Jennifer Leggio is at RSA Conference Guest editorial by Chet Kapoor and Michael Richardson As the "Chief Innovation Officer" now for most enterprises, the CIO needs a new portfolio of social computing capable methodologies to enable collaboration between empowered users inside and adjacent...
- Tags: Innovation, Enterprise Computing, Collaboration, API, Social Computing, Chet, Social Networking, Leadership, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2009-04-23
- Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player
- Updated: Oracle said Monday that it will buy Sun Microsystems for $9.50 a share in cash, or about $5.6 billion excluding debt, in a deal that plunges Larry Ellison & Co. into the hardware market. The company added that the acquisition of Java "is the most important software Oracle has...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Java, Sun Microsystems Inc., Larry Ellison, Mergers & Acquisitions, Sun Solaris, Data Centers, Corporate Law, Storage, Databases, Investment, Finance, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Data Management, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-20
- Oracle picks up Relsys to round out health sciences lineup
- Oracle said Monday that it has acquired Relsys International, which provides drug safety and risk management software. Specifically, Relsys provides software that tracks adverse events, manages risk and analyzes data for pharma, biotech and other health science companies. For its part, Oracle says the...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Strategy, Financial Planning, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Management, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-23
- Failure in Silicon Valley and the guild of entrepreneurs
- Here is the second part of my conversation with Silicon Valley veteran Bill Coleman. The first part is here: How will the recession affect Silicon Valley? Mr Coleman is optimistic about Silicon Valley's long term prospects but he is pessimistic about the current situation. "These days...
- Tags: Silicon Valley, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Productivity, Management, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-03-05
- Oracle apps: an innovation free zone since 2006?
- Last weekend, Vinnie Maintenance Mirchandani took a calculated swipe at Oracle, describing the levels of innovation from that company as 'anemic:' Oracle, in my opinion, has forgotten how to develop code. Its top executives are deal makers, not technology visionaries. Worse, when it comes to their acquisitions, they cannot retain...
- Tags: Innovation, Oracle Corp., Leadership, Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-02-23
- Cisco's jump into servers: It's just business
- When times get tough, the companies that weather the storm the best are those who 1) have a treasure chest of cash on-hand and 2) are smart enough to invest in technologies that will leave them well-positioned for the recovery. Sometimes, it means rocking the boat and recognizing that there...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Network, Server, Cisco Systems Inc., Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-01-21
- 2008 Between the Lines
- Welcome to the year in Between the Linesâ€"in about 5 minutes I hope. 2008 was a wild one and January feels like it was 20 years ago. Here’s a brief recap…. January: The year kicks off with the usual Consumer electronics show, which is then upstaged by...
- Tags: Google Inc., Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, IT-spending Expectation, Document Management, Social Networking, Financial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-18
- Aeroplan Leverages Service-Oriented Architecture to Deliver Next-Generation Loyalty Services
- Aeroplan wanted to attract a broader range of consumers, offer more ways to earn miles, and expand its business partnerships to provide a greater variety of rewards. To execute this strategy, Aeroplan needed a technology infrastructure with the flexibility, scalability, and robust commerce capability to support countless consumer preferences and...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., SOA, Back-office, Aeroplan, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Operational Accounting, Software, Finance
- Case studies 2008-09-01
- News to know: Microsoft; Yahoo; Google; IT contractors
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Microsoft's search plan: It's about semantics and possibly for naught. Dennis Howlett: Powerset’s smarts are Microsoft’s gain Paul Miller: Powerset really does go to Microsoft... but for how much? Mary Jo Foley: Confirmed: Microsoft buys Powerset natural-language search...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Team Management, 3G, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Oracle's BEA strategy: reassuring the market
- Â Earlier today, Oracle outlined its strategy regarding the recently acquired BEA portfolio. If I hadn't known it was supposed to be a customer and partner webinar, I'd have thought we were listening to a more detailed re-run of the latest earnings call with Charles Philips talking...
- Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Sales Strategy, Public Relations, Strategy, Sales, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Run by Wall Street? A Cause or a Company?
- Guest post: Anshu Sharma is author of Anshu's blog, which focuses on Software as a Service and the emerging SaaS Ecosystem. He is an Enterprise Irregular. In light of the Yahoo! - Microsoft fiasco, fellow bloggers Larry Dignan and Vinnie Mirchandani have been asking the question whether...
- Tags: Shareholder, Yahoo! Inc., Vision, Wall, Management Team, Software As A Service (SaaS), Financial Accounting, Construction, Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Management, Anshu Sharma
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Oracle expected to navigate choppy economic waters
- Oracle will report its fiscal third quarter earnings after market close today and by most counts the company has bucked any economic downturn and should turn in strong results. Analysts are expecting earnings of 30 cents a share for the February quarter on sales of $5.4 billion,...
- Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Analyst, Sales Strategy, Middleware, Mergers & Acquisitions, Application Servers, Sales, Enterprise Software, Software, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- Time to call the Red Hat-JBOSS deal a failure?
- Time to call the Red Hat-JBOSS deal a failure?so we should all abandon OSS?Hi Dana,I have a few issues with your post (I was with JBoss from early 2004 until I left Red Hat in November 2007 by the way). Because SpringSource is holding user events in 5-star resorts,...
- Tags: Java development tools, Mergers & Acquisitions, Development tools, OPEN SOURCE, Middleware, RHT, JBoss, SpringSource, OSS, acquisition
- Discussion threads 2008-03-04
- Shared Services Pave the Way for an Integrated Criminal Justice System
- Ministry Finland wanted to gather, analyze, and share information associated with judicial cases with other agencies and with front-line personnel. They wanted to streamline operational processes to ensure quick responses to prevent crime, administer prosecution, and generally accelerate completion of each case. The challenge was to deliver new services without...
- Tags: BEA Systems Inc., E-government, Hardware Upgrade, Middleware, Application Servers, Enterprise Software, Government, Hardware, Software
- Case studies 2008-03-01
- TIBCO beefs up ActiveMatrix with 2.0 release, moves to 'Total Architecture' value
- Promising hefty productivity increases and a lower TCO , TIBCO Software this week announced its beefed-up ActiveMatrix 2.0, which aims to simplify bilding and managing service-oriented architectures SOAs. This latest release adds BusinessWorks, which is available either in standalone mode or as a container hosted in...
- Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., SOA, ActiveMatrix 2.0, TIBCO ActiveMatrix Product Family, SOA Infrastructure, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Podcasts, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-02-15
- Microsoft's open-source strategy: A picture is worth a thousand words
- Does Microsoft have an open-source strategy -- beyond finding new ways to thwart Linux and other non-proprietary wares? Sam Ramji, Microsoft's Director of Platform Technology Strategy and the company's Open Source Software Lab, says it does. And it's a lot less touchy-feely than this definition, which is...
- Tags: Strategy, Microsoft Corp., OSS, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-01-31
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