My Favorite New Old Blog…
Image by TechShowNetwork via Flickr My new favorite old blog is former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz, blog. It’s at the old URL, but has a new title: What I Couldn’t Say… The “About” section says: I think I’ve said pretty much everything I could say as CEO of Sun Microsystems. The more interesting stuff was […]
Just another Oracle Sunrise, Or, A Consolidation Sketch
Everyone else seems to have gone with the Sunset, so I figured why not call out Sunrise instead… while some Sun technology is going to get nuked, and some people too, there are still plenty of solid assets to consider when parsing what Oracle is going to do. One advantage of being a couple of […]
The Sourcing Oracle? Making the Sun Deal Pay Might Not Be as Easy as it Looks
I found a recent article by Dan Hannon at Purchasing rather insightful in its examination of some of Oracle’s strategy to eke out every ounce of shareholder value possible through its acquisition of Sun. According to Hannon, “On a conference call ? O…
Oracle and Sun – Quick Analysis
Notes and commentary from today’s 5 hour “what we’re going to do with Sun” Oracle event.
Event Report: Oracle-Sun Raises The Stake In the Stack Wars
Oracle Rolls Out A New “Red Stack”
With EU approval out of the way, Oracle finalizes the Sun deal and resumes its quest for the largest share of the IT wallet. Oracle’s 60+ acquisitions follow a concerted strategy and Sun adds key areas such as servers and storage. Key areas include Vertical Apps, Horizontal Apps, Middleware, […]
What we may/may not hear @ Oracle Open World this week
Image via Wikipedia Watch for movement on these matters Last night, Oracle’s annual mega event, Oracle Open World, opened. This event draws some 37,000 people to San Francisco to hear, see and speak all things Oracle. With the keynotes starting in mere minutes, I thought I’d offer up my thoughts on what may or may […]
EU questions about Oracle acquisition of mySQL (Sun)
Apparently, the EU is concerned about the possible anti-competitive potential of the Oracle acquisition of mySQL as part of Oracle’s purchase of Sun. I contacted the EU, and they forwarded me a survey they are sending to Oracle’s competitors who may b…
