Larry Ellison & Oracle Has Its Head In The Cloud

Larry Ellison once mocked cloud computing.

He probably thought it was impractical and that the public would not embrace it.

Well, the Oracle CTO and executive chairman has apparently changed his tune since a few year ago as he has recently positioned the technology company to become, perhaps, the biggest player in the field of cloud computing.

And he plans to do this by offering something to every type of cloud computing customer. Recently, he said “We couldn’t just be a specialist in [software as a service] like a Salesforce.com. We couldn’t be a specialist in [infrastructure as a service] like an Amazon.”

Over the past two years or so Oracle has been building this infrastructure—developing several independent pieces that will amount to the most solid cloud portfolio on the market.

One aspect they have been developing, for example, is in the PaaS (Platform as a Service) market. This field provides options for customers to move on-premises Java applications to their cloud database as well as the WebLogic server cloud with just a “push of a button” he said. If it is a Non-Java application the customer wants to move, they can run in Oracle’s IaaS exactly the same way (just with a different destination).

Ellison also reported that Oracle’s PaaS also “endows the applications you build with modernity” which basically means that the service allows for various different kinds of Java Applications from social to analytics to mobility to identity management.

Oracle’s cloud platform consists of a software-as-a-service (SaaS), a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) in which all three are needed by Oracle to better serve its customers who have been clamoring for the company to provide cloud services, explained Ellison.

Offering all of this just makes sense, actually, because it is the same technology that Oracle’s own dev team uses. Ellison sees this as a big advantage: “No one else offers their platform to extend their SaaS applications. Nobody. Let me be clear. Most of our Saas competitors don’t have any platform at all. If you want to extend [their] application, you press a few buttons and a few levers, and you’re done.”

Source: Dumb-Out

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Oracle Open World 2014 – Oracle Doubles Down On Cloud Messaging Amidst A World Shifting To Digital Transformation

Over 60,000 physical attendees from 145 countries gather in San Francisco for the 2014 Oracle Open World. In addition, Oracle expects 2.1 million online attendees to join the live stream of one of the largest events in enterprise software.

Amidst the usual partly cloudy San Francisco weather, attendees appear upbeat and interested in what Oracle has to say about the cloud as well as what Oracle will do next in a world of digital transformation.

As many know, Day 1 typically includes the Oracle Users Forum, afternoon Oracle PartnerNetwork Keynote, the evening Oracle OpenWorld Keynote with Larry Ellison, and the Day 1 Welcome Reception. A few quick observations from the Day 1 chatter include:

Cloud is finally in full force for Oracle and its customers. This year’s opening keynote features Larry Ellison and Intel’s President, Renée J. James bantering about the requirements of private and public cloud. The Day 2 keynote features co-CEO Mark Hurd’s address on the business value of the cloud. Day 3 kicksoff with EVP of Product Development, Thomas Kurian, talking about cloud services for the modern enterprise. Attendees get a slight reprieve from all the cloud rah rah on Day 4 when EVP of Systems, John Fowler, talks aobut how real-time enterprises are powered by database, high-performance engineered systems, and the cloud.

Point of View (POV): At a 2012 Oracle Collaborate event, less than 50 people expressed interest in the using the cloud among the crowd of 6000 attendees when polled. Fast forward two years, the shift among the Oracle customer base in the role of the cloud has begun. In conversations with over 100 attendees, the conversation is not whether the cloud is viable, but more about when to actively consider the cloud. Given the large number of cautious adopters and laggards in technology adoption, Oracle has done a good job timing its cloud message to its user base. Hence, Oracle’s intent is to show case how the full Oracle RedStack can be extended to the cloud from engineered systems in private clouds to Database as a Service (DBaaS), app dev environments in the Oracle PaaS, to the consumption of Oracle apps. As always, Oracle continues its strategy of one stop shop to both its loyal users and acquired entities.

Improved Oracle and partner keynotes could raise the bar in thought leadership. Attendees can look forward to a customer panel with notables such as dunnhumby, GE, Intel, P&G, Pearson, Walgreen’s, and Xerox. Partner keynotes include Renée J. James, President of Intel; Dr. Didiet Bonnet, Senior VP and Global Practice Leader of Capgemini; and Dr. Vishal Sikka, CEO of Infosys. Didiet Bonnet will talk from excerpts of his latest book on leading digital. Many in the audience will want to find out what the former CTO of SAP, Dr. Vishal Sikka has to say about the future of technology and business.

Point of View (POV): At over a million and in some cases almost three million for the highest level of sponsorships, these keynotes have traditionally suffered from over pitching of products and minimal thought leadership and entertainment value. Other than the die hard fans of Larry Ellison awaiting in line for hours to hear inspirational thoughts, many of Oracle’s keynotes have traditionally been ho-hum. One reason could be the lack of good partner keynotes from legacy hardware vendors to over scripted system integrator pitches. The good news, the events team and alliances team may have raised the bar this year with higher quality speakers and less product pitching.

Mini tents continue to make the show more intimate. Given the mega show status Oracle OpenWorld has evolved into, attendees quickly affiliate into a number of smaller events within events. Oracle organizes by topic with Big Data Central, Engineered Systems Central, ERP Central, CX Central, HCM Central, MySQL Central, OPN Central, and SCM Central. Industry central mini tents revolve around 18 industries including Aerospace and Defense, Automotive, Communications, Consumer Goods, Education and Research, Energy and Resources, Engineering and Construction, Financial Services and Insurance, Healthcare, High Technology, Industrial Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Media and Entertainment, Professional Services, Public Sector, Retail. Travel and Transportation,Utilities.

Point of View (POV): Attendees often find large shows lack the intimacy in relevant content and in size. The move to shows within a show have helped bring relevancy to the event. For the Big Data central folks, make sure to check out Oracle’s Big Data Strategy—Unified Data Management and Analytics [GEN9379] session on Wednesday October 1, 11:30 to 12:15 Moscone West 2008.

Source: Enterprise Irregulars

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