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The Oracle Assessment

The Oracle Assessment

By Brian Sommer on April 30, 2013

Oracle is huge. No single assessment does this complex IT provisioner justice.  While many of my peers speak of some tech companies in single-word assessments, I struggle with Oracle. And, let me get this out of the way right now, I actually like some of the stuff they’re doing, I question some others and am […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged General Motors, JD Edwards, oracle, Oracle Corporation, orcl, sap

Tech in 2010 – Growth with a Quality Bias

Tech in 2010 – Growth with a Quality Bias

By Chris Selland on February 21, 2010

Tech is poised for growth in 2010 but it’s increasingly looking like a much better year for the well-established and well-respected tech companies, and a challenging environment for the second-tire companies.

Posted in Business | Tagged $CSCO, $GOOG, AAPL, CRM, Dell, HPQ, ibm, MSFT, orcl, S

Reflections Of A Digital Immigrant Gone Semi-Native: The Sad Tale Of Charles Phillips

Reflections Of A Digital Immigrant Gone Semi-Native: The Sad Tale Of Charles Phillips

By Naomi Bloom on January 22, 2010

Yesterday an Oracle story broke big-time, and it wasn’t about Fusion application delivery dates, pricing, or how much work it would take to get from EBS or PeopleSoft HCM to Fusion HCM apps.  It also wasn’t about Oracle giving its installed base a break on their maintenance fees or committing to keep most of Sun’s […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Charles Phillips, Debunking/Calling Out, New York Times, oracle, orcl, Safra Catz, Social Technology, Tiger Woods | 1 Response

Ten Tech Tells for ‘10

By Chris Selland on December 22, 2009

This is by no means a comprehensive list – it’s admittedly biased toward the tech sectors I follow most closely (software and wireless) – but here are a few companies I’ll be keeping an eye on as we move into the new year – some as short-term opportunities, others with a longer time horizon.  If, […]

Posted in Business | Tagged $GOOG, AAPL, CRM, Dell, FBOOK, Java, NUAN, NVTL, orcl, rimm, S, sap, T, VZ, YELP | 2 Responses

Oracle the Innovator (and Ecosystem Contender)

Oracle the Innovator (and Ecosystem Contender)

By Josh Greenbaum on September 4, 2009

I just spent two days having my brain annihilated by information overload at Oracle’s Applications Analyst Summit, and, with 21 pages of notes, it’s going to be hard to sort through everything and come up with a concise post on what we learned. But here goes.
The first is that Oracle has been innovating more than […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged ecosystem, innovation, integration, oracle, orcl, tco, upgrades

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