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News Analysis: Oracle’s Cloud Strategy – Revisionist History or Cloud Genius?

News Analysis: Oracle’s Cloud Strategy – Revisionist History or Cloud Genius?

By R "Ray" Wang on June 25, 2013

At the end of the day two veterans of the enterprise software industry, Hasso Plattner and Larry Ellison are re-inventing their companies through database innovations…

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How Oracle’s Cloud Strategy Is Turning Into A Lesson In Humility

How Oracle’s Cloud Strategy Is Turning Into A Lesson In Humility

By Louis Columbus on June 24, 2013

Oracle_Corporation_HQ (Photo credit: Revolweb) In the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, humility is defined as the quality or condition of being humble; having modest opinion or estimate of one’s own importance.  These are qualities not typically found in enterprise software vendors, Oracle included. On Oracle’s fiscal Q4, 2013 earnings call last week, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison announced that […]

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