
A Racap of Oracle OpenWorld 2012
It was in several ways a very different Oracle message at OpenWorld last week, as the company has rapidly moved over the past year to build out a series of offerings that address what IDC calls the four pillars; social,…

Oracle OpenWorld Takes the Stage
All right! Recess is over! If you went to Dreamforce last week you can be forgiven for taking a kind of victory lap in your head today because it was a truly great experience, besides if you are like me you are still tired. One reason I think so many people like Dreamforce is its […]

Oracle Fusion gets its due
by Oracle_Photos_Screenshots Larry Ellison could have been somber – if he knew of his friend Steve Jobs dying he did not let on. He could have been pissy about the Marc Benioff incident in the morning. He could have been lethargic – the Infosys session that preceded his put the lady sitting next to me […]

Oracle Reports Q3 2011 Results: 34% Growth in Aplications
Oracle reported strong Q3 2011 results across all product lines last week. Okay, that’s not necessarily a new thing this quarter, in general, Oracle has reported better than the market average for several years now, even through the recession. But…

Day One: Oracle OpenWorld 2010
Oracle OpenWorld 2010 open last night with a splash and a groan. The leading announcements signaled the start of a week that is slated to be full of new things. The keynotes on the other hand were some of the…

Fusion Confusion
The painfully long NDAs Oracle has had industry analysts under expired yesterday. Last evening was supposed to be the finally here (after “half way” was celebrated in 2006) coming out for Fusion applications. Instead, Larry Ellison sounded tentative. Go ahead and deploy Fusion if you are “brave” and “God bless you if you do so” […]

Oracle Fusion Apps Have Finally Arrived…Kinda
Today was a long anticipated day in the most recent chapter of Oracle applications. Larry Ellison, Oracle’s CEO, announced “code completion” of Oracle Fusion Applications in his keynote speech at Oracle’s annual OpenWorld Conference. While Ellison’s announcement was much anticipated and has begun to answer many questions, many questions still remain.
How To Interpret Today’s […]

What we may/may not hear @ Oracle Open World this week
Image via Wikipedia Watch for movement on these matters Last night, Oracle’s annual mega event, Oracle Open World, opened. This event draws some 37,000 people to San Francisco to hear, see and speak all things Oracle. With the keynotes starting in mere minutes, I thought I’d offer up my thoughts on what may or may […]