Charles Phillips recently emphasized Oracle’s SaaS leadership in an interview to Datamonitor: Always on the look out for growth, Oracle believes the SaaS movement will provide it with two revenue opportunities, one from additional database sales and the other from direct income from services. As far as databases are concerned, president Charles Phillips believes the […]
On-demand
Launching The SaaS Plugin Report: Are you plugged into the grid yet?
I have started a new blog hosted on Oracle Blog network, it is called The SaaS Plugin Report and will focus exclusively on Software-as-a-Service. I recently switched roles at Oracle from Identity Management to work on a new initiative focused on Software as a Service primarily working with on-demand ISVs and hosting companies. Here is […]
The comeback story of Sun
Many in the tech world including myself had written Sun off as a real player. They were a dieing company selling ever decreasing number of expensive boxes to people that still had to because they were locked in. Java, a distribution success, never contributed financially to Sun’s bottom line in any meaningful way. Over the […]
Dear Workday, Citibank called!
Dear Workday, Citibank called. They want their logo back. Dave Duffield’s team launches Workday on Monday. Dave walked away with billions of dollars when Oracle acquired PeopleSoft. Since then, he and his team have been busy creating the ‘next generation’ of applications starting with HR (or HCM) using the On-demand model (Software-as-a-Service). Much will be […]