Ellison: I'm in charge
Larry Ellison says he likes Oracle's current management team of several No. 2 execs rather than one. He says it isn't healthy to share the spotlight.
Larry Ellison says he likes Oracle's current management team of several No. 2 execs rather than one. He says it isn't healthy to share the spotlight.
It might be a corporate lesson in technology procrastination: Putting things off could help boost a bottom line later.
Today's IBM is a world away from the old firm which fought the government, then Microsoft, over control of standards and customers. Sun's transformation has been even faster and even more complete.
Those are market bulls of the two-legged sort similar to the ones currently jacking up crude oil futures. The next great investment bubble may focus on the fields of Iowa.
A JavaOne panel with some of the smartest people orbiting Sun provided some insight into where Java, porgramming models, Google and man-machine relationships are heading. Guy Steele, a Sun Fellow and a key participant in Java's creation, talked about his latest language project, Fortress, which he described as "doing for Fortran what Java did for C.
New scientific data shows that not only is the Arctic warming, but human-caused air pollution is cancelling out a natrual trend that would otherwise have the Arctic cooling. The Arctic is the warmest it's been in 2000 years.
All of Australia will from next year have access to a new modelling system that will improve the scope, accuracy and length of weather forecasts, which could help prepare for future repeats of Queensland's devastating floods.
Questions emerge about Oracle's engineered systems strategy and threats to the company's core database business as well as maintenance revenue.
Expect a vendor slugfest on the lower end of the data warehousing and BI market in the next few years. It will be fascinating to see how these vendors will both enter the entry-level markets, while also seeking to maintain the high-end pricing for the largest users. There could be a value sweet spot in the middle.
While competitors like Microsoft already offer blockchain as a service, Oracle will argue at OpenWorld that it's uniquely able to help customers seamlessly integrate the technology with existing applications.