Is Larry Ellison Needlessly Clouding Oracle’s Cloud Message?
Oracle has some seriously significant things to say to its customers about the cloud, enterprise software, engineered systems, and the rest of the company’s strategic portfolio. And if it approached the task a little more seriously, I think the company would start winning not just in the eyes and wallets of its customers, but also [...]
Trash talk and FUD harms the Cloud industry
Over here we are anticipating this year’s Cloud Computing World Forumin London, but over in the US Larry Ellison, Oracle’s founder and CEO since 1977, has pivoted his position on the Cloud along with “crossing a line” to trash key competitors. Elsewhere old guard software giants like IBM are mis-communicating the Cloud messages. How does [...]
Cloud Computing: do you have a clue?
This week’s BTL guest posting by an IBM IT architect, Cloud Computing: Is it right for you?, was an interesting insight into what the big systems vendors are telling their customers about cloud. But it was so full of misconceptions and misdirection it abjectly failed in its stated mission of sensibly guiding enterprise decision makers. [...]
FUD in the House of SaaS – More on Suites
Recently I wrote about the evergreen Best-of-breed vs. Integrated All-in-One Suite debate again, arguing: Call me “old school”, but I also believe in the value of having one tightly integrated system for most business needs, and I believe it’s true not only for large corporations but much smaller businesses. I don’t have CIO’s to back [...]
