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Fusion Is Coming, Sooner Than You Might Think: The eternal quest to come up with a definitive timeline, much less a definition, for Oracles Fusion Applications may have just gotten a little easier. Step one was Oracles release of its Application Integration Architecture, formerly known as Project X, which provides the glueware that can link different processes in...; Tags: Uncategorized; Blog posts 2007-05-07
Oracle's service packs meet SOA: Oracle later today will unveil the Oracle Application Integration Architecture, an initiative that allows customers with a bevy of applications to boil them down to a business process. This effort, which will be coined...; Tags: Software Infrastructure, Oracle, General, ERP; Blog posts 2007-04-16
Mapping the enterprise CRM landscape: Forrester Research maps out the landscape in the enterprise CRM world in a report, "Enterprise CRM Suites, Q1 2007" ($995). Following is the executive summary:Forrester evaluated leading enterprise CRM suites vendors across 493 criteria and found that Oracles Siebel CRM and SAPs mySAP CRM are the clear Leaders. They offer...; Tags: Customer relationship management (CRM), Enterprise software, CRM, Oracles; Blog posts 2007-03-23
Analysts upbeat about Oracle's business, customer wins: Oracle reports its fiscal third quarter earnings March 20 and analysts are expecting upbeat results and a major customer win. JMP Securities analyst Patrick Walravens said Oracles business appears to be strong as it sells more products into its installed...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Oracles, Bellini, Patrick Walravens, earnings; Blog posts 2007-03-12
Oracle and Hyperion combo moves them closer to the ultimate business dashboard: Oracles intended purchase of Hyperion is a good fit for both companies. This merger should not provoke concern or downside risk for their respective customers, as was the early but not consummated concern when Oracle bought PeopleSoft and Siebel.The new greater value for data -- in all its forms --...; Tags: datacenters, business intelligence, HP, Virtualization, database, Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, IT Management, Software Infrastructure; Blog posts 2007-03-01

Meet Oracle's MVPs (most vertical players): Oracle is increasingly targeting specific industries and building its management bench at the same time. At last weeks Applications Unlimited event in New York, Oracle president Charles Phillips outlined how the company was building divisions focused on the retail, telecommunications, financial services and utility...; Tags: General, Software Infrastructure, Oracle, Oracle Corp.; Blog posts 2007-02-05
Calling Oracle customers: Are your recent upgrades easier?: Oracle president Charles Phillips says its easier to upgrade to new versions of its software. Heres what he said: "The upgrading experience has gotten a lot easier. It may not be as daunting as youre thinking five years ago."Id like to hear your experiences to double check this quote. If...; Tags: John Wookey, Oracles, Oracle Corp.; Blog posts 2007-01-31
Vendor checkup: Red Hat delivers: Red Hat just reported its fiscal third quarter earnings and there are apparently no worries--so far. The company reported adjusted earnings of 14 cents a share, two pennies above Wall Street estimates as compiled by Thomson Financial. Revenue was also...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Red Hat Inc., Oracles; Blog posts 2006-12-21
Oracle Losing the Transparency War. Microsoft Trying Too.: Yesterdays release of Oracles most recent financials continued to push Oracle into a race for last place in the world of corporate transparency. Its disclosures were full of all sorts of information, except the information needed to really assess how well the companys acquisition strategy is doing. Charlie Di Bona...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Microsoft Corp., Oracles, transparency; Blog posts 2006-12-19
Oracle kicks BEA; financials solid: Oracle used its fiscal second quarter earnings release to kick around another competitor--BEA Systems. "We continue to gain market share in applications from SAP, in middleware from BEA, and in database from IBM," said Oracle President, Charles Phillips. "In Q2 our middleware new license...; Tags: revenue, Oracle Corp., BEA Systems Inc., middleware, Oracles; Blog posts 2006-12-18
Is SOA/open source a threat or boost for Oracle?: In the wake of Oracles OpenWorld confab a couple of weeks back, I had the opportunity to join ZDNet blogging colleague Dana Gardner, along with Steve Garone and Neil Macehiter, for one of Danas rousing "BriefingsDirect SOA" podcasts. (Link to the podcast and transcript posted here.) Oracles strength in...; Tags: General, Vendor Watch, Oracle Corp., Oracles, database, SOA; Blog posts 2006-11-16
Oracle sweetens partner plans: Oracle sweetens partner plansNo partners available HERE though ...... in that bizarre military facility in China recently discovered using Google EarthGE forum post:http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/Number/484568/Articles with photos:http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/19/huangyangtan_mystery/http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/chinese-xfile-excites-spotters/2006/07/20/1153166503699.htmlIt's pretty weird. In the middle of the desert the Chinese People's Army built an artificial landscape, 800 x 1000 feet big (that's several football fields),...; Tags: Business structures, Oracles, Oracle Corp., partner plan, partnership; Discussion threads 2006-10-08

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Will Oracle answer these questions?: Will Oracle answer these questions?In declineYears of no raises and other HR changes have demoralized the workers, sorry, the 'human capital' at Oracle; innovation is discouraged, CYA is the order of the day. Perhaps AL after Larry, there will be a purge and a reawakening, but it may be...; Tags: Leadership, Enterprise software, Oracle Corp., fusion; Discussion threads 2008-06-24
Oracle OpenWorld invitation to bloggers: fail: Oracle OpenWorld invitation to bloggers: failBloggers unite!Have you guys thought about creating or joining a Special Interest Group SIG? You could benefit from the resources Quest or OAUG offer with your own webpage and confidential and or public forums. You could unite your powerbase, poll users and get...; Tags: Blogging, Special Interest Group; Discussion threads 2008-06-13
A conversation with Charles Phillips, president Oracle: A conversation with Charles Phillips, president OracleWhat Happened to the Tomatoes?Just read your Twitter dialogue. Your words for Oracles E.2 are much subdued for your blog. Was amused by "where's my box of tomatoes".; Tags: Blogging, Charles Phillips, Oracle Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-06-10
Virtualization discussion with Oracle: I recently had a chance to chat with Oracle's vice president of Linux engineering, Wim Coekaerts, and senior director of product marketing, Monica Kumar, about Oracles virtualization efforts and a bit about the philosophy behind the company's efforts. In summary, Oracle sees virtualization technology as just another tool organizations can...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Tech spending (naturally) taking a dip in 2008: The New York Times reports on IDC's outlook for tech spending growth, which may fall from 7 percent in 2007 to 4 percent or less this year. The drop is not as precipitous as in 2001 when tech spending dropped more than 10 percent, gutting many companies. Most public companies...; Tags: Dan Farber; Blog posts 2008-01-26
Oracle-BEA deal expands lock-in strategy, offers new risks and opportunities for Red Hat: Oracle-BEA deal expands lock-in strategy, offers new risks and opportunities for Red HatRE: Oracle-BEA deal expands lock-in strategy, offers new risks and opportunHi Paula, Your use of 'applications' alongside the BEA acquisition is somewhat confusing. BEA doesn't provide applications. Like JBoss, BEA is a middleware provider. The...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Middleware, strategy, Sun/MySQL, BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Red Hat Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-01-16
Surprise! Oracle buys BEA Systems: Surprise! Oracle buys BEA SystemsNo surprise at all...was inevitable, only question was priceClearly, the price was much negotiated.If you look at BEA's financials, you would see BEA has actually been going sideways for many years now. License revenues are going down, services subscriptions are the lions share of total revenue....; Tags: Application servers, Middleware, OPEN SOURCE, Java development tools, Enterprise software, Carl Ichan, License Revenue, BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-01-16
Oracle: Strong second quarter; Outlook in line; BEA book closed: Oracle: Strong second quarter; Outlook in line; BEA book closedOracle: are they scared or ashamed ?EnterpriseDB should have this profit announcement on the first page of their sales presentation. The money is in the magic. Databases store stuff and retrieve stuff and provide you with an interface...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, PostgreSQL, Microsoft Outlook, open-source database, Oracle Corp., BEA Systems Inc., Linux; Discussion threads 2007-12-19