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<title>Oracle offers a peek at social apps and Fusion</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6997</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 06:12:57 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dan Farber</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6997</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Oracle showed how it is bringing a social dimension into its software and offered a peek at Fusion applications this afternoon at Oracle OpenWorld. It demonstrated that Oracle has fully grokked the concepts and technologies of  Web 2.0 and that Fusion apps, built on the evolving Fusion Middleware stack, are at least not just slideware. Traditionally, software companies design around hierarchical organizations, but many interactions are more social in nature, said Ed Abbo, senior vice president of applications at Oracle , during his keynote. "If you are trying to close a sales deal, you form communities, finds references in the customers base, go to a business partner and bring them into the opportunity and get product people involved. That social aspect ... ]]>
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<title>Oracle stair-steps to on-demand</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/SAAS/?p=413</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:58:20 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Phil Wainewright</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/SAAS/?p=413</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Oracle president Charles Phillips took some time out this afternoon to give me an overview of the company's software-as-a-service architecture, following up on the earlier discussion with fellow Enterprise Irregular bloggers.  Oracle is concerned that glib assertions and misconceptions about multi-tenancy are causing people to undervalue its own expertise and assets in the on-demand space. Certainly there are quite a few myths going around on the topic of multi-tenancy. The notion that any SaaS vendor worthy of the name must host every last one of its customers on a single application and database instance is clearly flawed. Even Salesforce.com, the self-proclaimed champion of multi-tenant SaaS architectures, is obliged to distribute its North American customer base across no less than five ... ]]>
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<title>HP's Mark Hurd: More content is fantastic for us</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6977</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:41:44 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dan Farber</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6977</guid>
<description><![CDATA[HP CEO Mark Hurd took a turn at Oracle OpenWorld, responding to a series of video questions from attendees.  The engaging Hurd was ready for softballs, including whether one should buy a Dell or HP PC and whether he beats Oracle CEO Larry Ellison at tennis. Hurd was most animated when talking about content. "We at HP love that the ecosystem of content is continuing to explode. In fact, more content is fantastic for us, and in fact the desire to have content global is also great for us. The fact that a farmer in China wants to access the same content as a doctor in Chicago is a fantastic IT opportunity for us," he said. He went on to tout ... ]]>
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<title>Charles Phillips' troubling keynote</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/Howlett/?p=242</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 03:48:42 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dennis Howlett</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/Howlett/?p=242</guid>
<description><![CDATA[At some 5,500 miles distance, there is always a risk of getting the wrong end of the stick in parsing keynotes. Fortunately, some of my Irregular colleagues had the benefit of a meeting with Oracle president Charles Phillips. Several of them were Twittering the conversation in real time. This allowed others to interpose questions. It also allowed me to 'stand back' and consider some of the things that were left hanging in the wind. My central problem is that some of Phillips statements are confusing and contradictory. It starts with the expression Phillips coined: 'acquired innovation.' In one of Jeff Nolan's tweets: What is acquired innovation: term Charles made up to describe what they are doing beyond a financial transaction Steve Mann counters: According ... ]]>
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<title>Oracle's Charles Phillips: Fusion on track and SaaS for all</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6969</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 02:58:04 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dan Farber</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6969</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In a meeting with Enterprise Irregulars after his keynote at OpenWorld, Oracle President Charles Phillips discussed the future of Fusion, software-as-a-service (SaaS), his notion of "acquired innovation" and other topics. Fusion is Oracle's next-generation suite of applications, built from the ground up on SOA principles. He was asked if Fusion is "real." He responded, "I've been trying to clear this up for three years." The new set of SOA-based applications will start appearing, module-by-module, beginning next year and continuing over the next several years, he said, and will co-exist with existing applications for many years to come. This is consistent with previous remarks from the company about Fusion. Phillips went on to say that some customers may never switch. They can continue using ... ]]>
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<title>Oracle virtualization 3x better than the competition?</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6966</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:01:30 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dan Farber</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6966</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Updated below: At Oracle OpenWorld today, the company announced its own server virtualization software that the company claims is three times more efficient than existing x86 and x86-64 VM products from other vendors. Oracle's VM is based on open source software ( Xen hypervisor technology) and includes a Web-based management console. It's another direct hit at Red Hat. Last Oracle OpenWorld, the company announced a Linux distro and support that is claimed was substantially less cost than Red Hat's, but it hasn't effectively slowed its competitor. Perhaps, Oracle is just trying to wear down Red Hat before it makes a bid for the company as part of its "acquired innovation" strategy. Various companies--Dell, HP, NetApp, etc.--announced how pleased they are to ... ]]>
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<title>Oracle OpenWorld: The fruits of 'acquired innovation' </title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6963</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:19:01 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dan Farber</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6963</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Oracle has taken over the Moscone Center and cordoned off streets this week in San Francisco for the annual gathering of its tribe. Last night CEO Larry Ellison celebrated the 30th anniversary of the company he founded, with "Saturday Night Live" member Darrell Hammond doing an Ellison imitation. Ellison then talked about starting the company with a CIA government contract and how he found Oracle's first CFO, an accounting major at the University of California, Berkeley, who was delivering pizzas part-time. This morning Ellison's number 2, President Charles Phillips took the stage to address the 43,000 OpenWorld attendees. He was preceded by the "Star Spangled Banner" and a salute to veterans on this Veteran's Day in the U.S. Phillips is a ... ]]>
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<title>@oow: on following Oracle OpenWorld</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/Howlett/?p=241</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 06:55:58 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dennis Howlett</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/Howlett/?p=241</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I'm impressed. The folk at Oracle Technology Network are marshaling a bunch of web 2.0 style resources to bring everyone within touching distance of Oracle OpenWorld. While we have seen tools like YouTube, Flickr, ustream.tv and Twitter start to appear in ad hoc fashion at conferences, this is the first time I've noticed a slew of tools brought together for the purpose. It is the classic consumer-to-enterprise adoption that many have predicted. Eddie Awad provides a helpful list of all the tools available, both official and unofficial. I recommend the two Twitter channels @oww and @eventtrack but then I noticed OTN leader Justin Kestelyn has set up a YouTube channel. His introductory three minute video is well worth the time investment. ... ]]>
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<title>Oracle goes for the CRM jugular</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/SAAS/?p=411</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 06:38:13 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Phil Wainewright</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/SAAS/?p=411</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Oracle tomorrow will unveil a new generation of CRM OnDemand applications designed both to propel Oracle to the forefront of CRM innovation and at the same time bring a halt to Salesforce.com's expansion into the enterprise market. Attendees at SIIA's OnDemand Summit on Friday were given a sneak preview of some of the new applications being unveiled tomorrow at the Oracle OpenWorld conference. Let me tell you frankly, I was seriously impressed. Oracle has evidently done some hard thinking about how Web 2.0 technologies and ideas can be adapted to practical enterprise use. The next time a C-level executive asks you how Web 2.0 affects the enterprise, you'll be able to point to Oracle's new CRM OnDemand applications. They are a ... ]]>
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<title>Subtle change at Oracle: old meets new</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/Howlett/?p=237</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:51:08 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dennis Howlett</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/Howlett/?p=237</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Anyone who reads this blog knows that I have a tendency to poke fun at Oracle and I'm not always kind. I've repeatedly asserted they 'don't get' but that's an opinion I may have to revise.  That's the beauty of having strong opinions loosely held. ;) Here's what I mean: In the run up to Oracle OpenWorld, the company has created an open Oracle wiki. Some cynics might have to read that again but it's true. Wiki developement was outsourced to Wetpaint that has produced a site with Oracle's corporate feel plus all the ease of use Wetpaint offers. Earlier today, I spoke with Oracle Technology Network leader Justin Kestelyn about this project: Internally we make extensive use of wikis. Twicki ... ]]>
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<title>Are third party Oracle support providers losing momentum?</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6867</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 08:09:09 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Larry Dignan</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6867</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Oracle's lawsuit against SAP and its TomorrowNow unit may be paying off for the company. A Wall Street research firm argues that TomorrowNow and Rimini Street are losing momentum. According to Trip Chowdhry, an analyst at Global Equities Research, his research indicates that TomorrowNow and Rimini Street are losing contracts as customers go back to Oracle support. Both companies service Oracle applications from acquired entities such as JD Edwards, PeopleSoft and Siebel. Why? Oracle's lawsuit against SAP's TomorrowNow has scared a few clients. Chowdhry uses that theory to beef up Oracle's maintenance revenue by 3 percent to 5 percent. Chowdhry's research is based on interviews with systems integrators, database administrators, independent software vendors and developers. No quantification on how many third party ... ]]>
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<title>Oracle sends a &quot;Dear BEA&quot; letter; Puts deadline on offer</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6713</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:20:43 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Larry Dignan</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6713</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Oracle said Tuesday that it sent a letter to BEA's board of directors, urging them to accept the company's $17 a share in cash offer or watch it expire by Oct. 28. BEA has rejected Oracle's proposal, which was outlined Oct. 9 (all Oracle-BEA content). Oracle is seeking that BEA put the acquisition proposal up for a shareholder vote. Here's the letter outlined by Oracle. October 23, 2007 Board of Directors BEA Systems, Inc. 2315 North First Street San Jose, CA 95131 Dear Members of the Board of Directors: Last night we were told by Bill Klein, Vice President-Business Planning and Development (speaking on behalf of the board), that BEA's board again rejected our proposed price of $17 per share in cash. The board has refused to meet with ... ]]>
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<title>Five questions: Oracle's BEA buyout</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6600</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 06:54:32 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Larry Dignan</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6600</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Oracle launched and unsolicited $17 a share bid for middleware software maker BEA. BEA responded in a letter arguing that the company is undervalued. In the end, the deal will get done once the haggling ends. But in the meantime, there are a few unresolved questions. Question 1: How telegraphed was this bid? When Oracle executives mentioned the word "middleware" 18 times on its latest earnings conference call it was probably a decent hint that BEA was in play. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison sized up the market a few weeks ago: Microsoft, with their middleware, a lot of which is embedded in Windows, Microsoft being the number 1 player, IBM being the number 2 player, and Oracle being the number 3 player in ... ]]>
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<title>Oracle vs SAP gets trial date</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6407</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 06:48:24 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Larry Dignan</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6407</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A judge has set a trial date for Oracle's corporate theft lawsuit against SAP: Feb. 9, 2009.   The trial date was disclosed by SAP. SAP indicated that the company and Oracle met with Judge Martin Jenkins of the Northern District Court in San Francisco to go over case management.   Jenkins discussed scheduling, the process around discovery for evidence and alternative dispute resolution. For a quick recap:  In March, Oracle sued SAP alleging corporate theft on a grand scale accusing SAP's TomorrowNow unit of stealing intellectual property. SAP responded in July and admitted some of the allegations but shot down most of them.  In August, SAP argued for alternative resolution and urged the judge to speed the case up. ... ]]>
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<title>SAP: Let's speed this Oracle case up</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6058</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 05:31:00 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Larry Dignan</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6058</guid>
<description><![CDATA[SAP is arguing for a "prompt resolution" of the Oracle suit, which alleges "corporate theft on a grand scale."  Oracle and SAP on Tuesday filed their case management conference statement in the lawsuit. These documents are part of the jockeying to figure out how Oracle's lawsuit will proceed. Oracle and SAP will both go before a judge on Sept. 4 to hash out the details.   As indicated earlier, it's highly doubtful these two rivals will let this case go to trial. The dirty laundry that could be aired is simply too great. As background, Oracle sued SAP March 22 and alleged corporate espionage. SAP responded on July 3, admitted illegal downloading of Oracle property, but shot down most of Oracle's claims. ... ]]>
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<title>Oracle gloats over SAP filing; reality may be different</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=5571</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 05:57:41 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Larry Dignan</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=5571</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Oracle is taking SAP's response to its lawsuit and running with it. In a statement, Oracle said:      "SAP CEO Henning Kagermann has now admitted to the repeated and illegal downloading of Oracle's intellectual property. Oracle filed suit to discover the magnitude of the illegal downloads and fully understand how SAP used Oracle's intellectual property in its business. To the extent requested, Oracle will cooperate with the Department of Justice investigation of SAP announced by the company in its press release," said Geoff Howard, Counsel for Oracle Corporation, Bingham McCutchen LLP.    Technically, Kagermann is acknowledging inappropriate downloads while trying to segment TomorrowNow as a distinct entity from SAP (see statement). If this gets to court--I doubt it will for reasons outlined below--it'll be ... ]]>
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<title>SAP acknowledges inappropriate downloads by TomorrowNow in response to Oracle suit</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=5569</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:12:52 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dan Farber</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[SAP responded to rival Oracle's  lawsuit tonight (at 8:00 AM in SAP's Walldorf, Germany headquarters), just ahead of the July 2 PST filing deadline. In the filing (pdf), SAP said that its TomorrowNow business unit inappropriately downloaded some Oracle software, but SAP had no access to the "inappropriately" downloaded code. The U.S. Department of Justice has requested documents from SAP and TomorrowNow (see SAP statement).    SAP CEO Henning Kagermann spoke during the press conference, and said that key allegations are unfounded.    "We believe that SAP did not have access to materials downloaded by TomorrowNow," he said. He noted that TomorrowNow,  SAP's unit that provides support to Oracle's PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards customers, made some inappropriate downloads.    Oracle customers share passwords with ... ]]>
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<title>Nucleus Research: Oracle beats SAP among small, mid-sized enterprises</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=5279</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 10:55:00 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Larry Dignan</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=5279</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A Nucleus Research report about how Oracle and SAP fare among small and mid-sized enterprises has sparked a dust-up between the two--again.   In a survey, Nucleus Research finds that customers at smaller companies generally favor Oracle. The bottom line: Only 41 percent of SAP SMB customers interviewed got a positive return on investment. Ninety-three percent of Oracle's SMB customers said they got a positive ROI. Neither SAP (see all Between the Lines posts) nor Oracle commissioned the study, which was based on 56 customer interviews roughly split between the two enterprise giants.   It's no surprise that the Nucleus report has raised a bit of a ruckus given how both companies are targeting small and medium-sized companies to fuel future growth. ... ]]>
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<title>Oracle amends SAP complaint</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=5243</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 10:38:40 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Larry Dignan</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=5243</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Oracle said Friday that it has amended its complaint against SAP to add in copyright infringement and breach of contract claims.   As a refresher, Oracle filed suit against SAP and its TomorrowNow unit in March. Oracle alleged corporate theft on a grand scale.  SAP has said it will defend itself and should be responding to the complaint shortly.   The amended complaint can be found on Oracle's site.  Update (5 p.m. ET):   SAP has responded to the Oracle filing. In a statement emailed to ZDNet, the company said:      "Oracle today filed its long promised amended complaint, after repeated delays. Oracle now apparently has registered some copyrights, so it adds a copyright claim. And, it adds a breach of contract claim based on ... ]]>
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<title>What's up with SAP's 'game-changing' A1S </title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=4395</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 06:47:14 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dan Farber</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=4395</guid>
<description><![CDATA[SAP has been talking up its forthcoming solution for the mid-market, A1S, that will help the company grow from around 40,000 customers to 100,000 by 2010. According to Shai Agassi, president of SAP's Products & Technology Group, the goal of new suite is to dramatically reduce the tax across technology, operations, user training, integration and infrastructure for implementing and running ERP applications. "We want to figure out a way to bring down the cost of operations by a factor of 5x to 10x," Agassi said during a presentation in December 2006. A company should be able to set up the software in one week, cost half of what it costs today and have a flexible deployment model (customers can build their ... ]]>
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