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Oracle: Results Continue to Impress

By Dick Weisinger

Oracle has been on a roll. Many, me included, did not think that Oracle would be able to so easily integrate its many acquisitions, much less bring their business into the high-gear growth that they’ve shown over the last few

Oracle: Is Oracle Ready to Move on SaaS? Maybe. But how does Oracle define SaaS?

By Dick Weisinger

We’ve commented here before about Oracle’s small presence in the SaaS marketplace, and without Oracle Siebel CRM offering, there doesn’t seem much else to mention. But part of what’s different about Oracle is their perception and thought process around what

Oracle: Oracle-Look-alike Could Spell Lost Sales for Oracle

By Dick Weisinger

An earlier Formtek blog discussed how Oracle’s core RDBMS product is being undercut in price by both Microsoft’s SQL Server and MySQL. Most shops running Oracle know there are options out there, but most fear the risk and costs involved

SaaS: Oracle Sticks to Middleware in its Approach to the SaaS Market

By Dick Weisinger

Oracle (ORCL) recently introduced Siebel 14, an updated version of its on-demand CRM offering. There has been speculation for some time that Oracle would move more aggressively into the SaaS market, but beyond CRM, that hasn’t really happened. Why it

Oracle: Fusion Strategy Comes Together

By Dick Weisinger

Oracle’s $25-billion strategy of acquisition and Fusion is starting to pay off. Last year April, Forrester gave the edge to SAP. At that time SAP led the enterprise application marketplace with $10 billion in sales, compared to second place Oracle