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TomorrowNow

TomorrowNow: Better Luck Tomorrow With the woes faced by SAP and its TomorrowNow unit, it’s was no surprise to see today’s board statement on Bloomberg that the unit is “not sustainable.”  Since the resignation of TomorrowNow’s CEO Andrew Nelson last month and the Oracle lawsuit, it’s all gone downhill for the rising young company.  TomorrowNow was being bandied about as a hero.  A real David and Goliath story.  It’s too bad the hero is turning out to be a bandit.  […]

Post-OracleWorld

Alas!  It’s the end of Oracle Open World 2007, but the band played on and news from the event keeps on coming.  From the Saturday Night Live Darrell Hammond’s impression of Larry himself to Charles Phillips’ outline of the company’s acquisition strategy (dubbed ‘acquired innovation’), Oracle outdid itself this year.  So, what did Oracle offer this year……..  Phillips unveiled the new virtualization server software for Linux and additions to Oracle’s application integration products. The premiere of Oracle’s new Application Integration […]

Greetings from OracleWorld!

Greetings from Oracle OpenWorld in SF. Well…the weather’s been great all in all. There are swarms of Oracle attendees here! Here, there, everywhere. The conference attendees’ have taken over downtown SF, which is remarkably clean and has a very good feel to it. The dining experiences so far are pricey but on the disappointing side. (And I’ve eaten at some expensive one’s thus far). Many veteran attendees say the conference has gotten too unwieldy and that Oracle should break the […]

Nearly 30 Years of Oracle

So, we’re off to the races and Oracle World is looking mighty fine. Ellison’s eloquent walk down memory lane on Sunday evening was the topic of much discussion today both in the media as well as on and off the show floor. Can you believe that Oracle is nearly 30? And, with age comes mellowness. It seems that Mr. Ellison has been getting kudos for his speech and media pundits are publicly acknowledging his newfound mellowness.

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