The Stack Fallacy | BY ANSHU SHARMA

Phil Wainewright writes: The event itself signals Oracle’s increasing awareness of its opportunity to become a leading supplier of the building-blocks for Saas infrastructure. There’s been a big turnaround in Oracle’s public pronouncements on SaaS in the past year, culminating at Oracle OpenWorld with the announcement of its new CRM On Demand products and a […] 

So, the HD DVD vs. Blu-Ray wars continue and but for the early adopters, there is little adoption of either format. The problem is that customers don’t want to bet on the wrong format like they did (or heard people did) in Beta-VHS wars. And until there is significant adoption of either format, there is […] 

Quick Question: What do you think of when someone mentions a great looking computer that works well? If your answer was Apple as was the response from 10 or so friends I quizzed, you are part of the majority. And this is a huge problem for Microsoft and its allies. Every time, a PC maker […] 

So Huckabee and Obama have won the primaries and if nothing else this shows that Americans care about what kind of a person you are rather than how much money you can raise, how politically astute you can be or how you can dodge the issues. From the day I was exposed to Huckabee in […] 

The season of top 10 predictions is fully upon us and I could not resist coming up with my own top 10 list. Google Will Decide Against Doing Something: After years of saying yes to every problem they seem to encounter and even some non-problems (Google Products, Google Checkout, Google Base), Google will finally refuse […] 

Chris (BloggerJacks) has written an excellent post talking to the current malaise in the credit market and its impact on the economy. He referenced my earlier post on this topic which I am re-posting as the words of Warren Buffett are truer today than even months ago. As we go through this volatility and near […] 

Yes, China and India have huge populations – 1.3 billion and 1.1 billion by latest estimates. I am tired of hearing how they are the place to be because of these numbers. So here is a thought: We have an economy that is five times as large as either of these – six billion to […] 

The Aberdeen Group has issued a research note evaluating the Oracle SaaS Platform. The Insight report talks to the leadership and momentum of the SaaS Platform for ISVs looking to build on-demand applications. I will let Aberdeen Group’s report do the talking, so here is a short excerpt from the conclusion section: Oracle has indeed […] 

Scoble asks Why enterprise software isn’t sexy in response to a question recently raised by Bill Gates. And I say its sexy but its in the eye of the beholder. Yes, consumers get turned on looking at a map overlayed with restaurant locations but my enterprise customers want to see real value. Sexy Diane Keaton […]