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Oracle: 11g is coming! — July 11th

By Dick Weisinger

After more than three years, Oracle will begin shipping a new major version of its flagship database product, version 11g. With ‘g’ still standing for ‘grid computing’. That’s on target with an average of about 3.2 years between previous major

Oracle: Is the High Price Worth It?

By Dick Weisinger

Oracle’s relational database has a lot of competitors, but it is still considered to be the best. And bolstered by a variety of acquisitions, Oracle is pretty strong across a wide range of business application categories. But choosing Oracle isn’t

Oracle: Rivalry With SAP Continues At Full Force

By Dick Weisinger

It’s no secret that Oracle and SAP have been at each others’ throats for years.  For a long period SAP was considered the undisputed king of the world’s largest corporate ERP accounts.  But while SAP’s innovation stagnated, Oracle’s inorganic-growth strategy

Open Source: Commercialization of Open Source

By Dick Weisinger

Companies like MySQL, RedHat, and SugarCRM have shown that successful business models can be built around Open Source.  Their success has convinced other companies like Sun, IBM, and even Oracle, Adobe and Microsoft to participate in the Open Source model.  While

ECM: Oracle Unwraps 12-month Roadmap

By Dick Weisinger

Oracle completed its $440 million acquisition of Stellent in December 2006.  Stellent brings to Oracle a best-of-breed software suite that already has significant presence within the $3.6 billion ECM industry.  Yesterday Oracle laid out their strategy with the ECM space for