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Goodbye, Oracle
In aviation, there is a type of accident known as Controlled Flight into Terrain. It means that a perfectly good aircraft under full control is…
Jan 3, 2020
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Sten Vesterli
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December 2019
The Oracle Downgrade
As I mentioned last week, Oracle is artificially supporting their stock price through massive buy-backs.
Dec 23, 2019
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Sten Vesterli
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The Oracle Downgrade
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Oracle Focuses on Revenue, not Cloud
Larry Ellison has just announced that Oracle will not be replacing Mark Hurd, leaving Safra Catz as sole CEO of the company.
Dec 17, 2019
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Sten Vesterli
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Oracle's Footprint Shrinking Again
Oracle has been running their marquee OpenWorld conferences in San Francisco for several decades, but have now announced they are moving to Las Vegas…
Dec 11, 2019
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Sten Vesterli
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Move on from Forms. Or Stay. But Decide.
Right after COBOL developers, I think Oracle Forms developers are the most change-resistant subset of the entire IT industry.
Dec 2, 2019
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November 2019
Oracle Decides to Do Nothing
After Mark Hurd passed away, Oracle is left with a glaring hole in their leadership line-up: Someone who can sell to enterprise customers.
Nov 25, 2019
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Sten Vesterli
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Oracle Decides to Do Nothing
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Oracle Users Trying to Save Oracle
Yesterday, I attended a meeting of Oracle user group leaders from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
Nov 19, 2019
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Sten Vesterli
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Should Amazon Buy Oracle?
A report from a financial analytics company in all seriousness suggests that Amazon should buy Oracle. According to their models, AWS alone (without the…
Nov 11, 2019
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Sten Vesterli
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Should Amazon Buy Oracle?
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The Oracle Skills Risk
Last week, I was in Ukraine last week for Devoxx Ukraine 2019.
Nov 4, 2019
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Sten Vesterli
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The Oracle Skills Risk
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October 2019
Oracle Halloween Security Scares
The October 2019 Oracle Critical Patch Update is out, and even though Halloween is coming up, this one is actually less scary than usual.
Oct 28, 2019
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Sten Vesterli
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Who Will Take Over after Mark Hurd?
Oracle just announced that their co-CEO Mark Hurd had died.
Oct 21, 2019
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Sten Vesterli
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Oracle Finally Investing in Cloud
Oracle's Cloud Strategy so far has mainly consisted of Larry badmouthing the competition and their aggressive salesforce shoving Cloud Credits down the…
Oct 14, 2019
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