Blogs about Oracle

grey concrete stairs inside a building | Oracle Ascend 2024 conference
Application Development and Integration
Connections and data integrity: Ascend 2024 takeaways for Oracle users
To help vendors meet with their customers face-to-face and share tips and advice, the Ascend 2024 conference was held in Las Vegas for all Oracle users earlier this summer. Sitting down with Dennis Elsenpeter, sales manager at More4apps, ERP Today discussed the key takeaways from the conference and what users are most excited about.
A group of three people sitting at a table with their laptops open and laughing in a cozy setting | Rossera user experience
Automation
Using automation to improve the user experience
A cloud automation solution can change the entire user experience. In doing so, tedious activities can now be automated while users can focus on how best to innovate and stand out in their respective industries.
A long exposure shot from the front of a train showing a blurred, white and futuristic tunnel | migration More4apps
Data and Data Management
Have you prepared your data for migration to the cloud?
Data needs to be cleansed before uploading it to Oracle Cloud. By leveraging the solutions created by service providers, businesses can transition smoothly without having to worry about legacy data-draining resources.
the word "AI?" written on a whiteboard | generative AI
Application Development and Integration
Here’s how Oracle users can unlock greater value with generative AI
Organizations can better harness the power of ecosystem innovation in their Oracle ERP transformation journeys, Anindya (Andy) Chaudhuri, senior partner at IBM Consulting UKI, shares.
Waltham Forest Town Hall building in London
Cloud Platform and Technology
Transforming finance, procurement and HR for London with Oracle
We spoke with Simon Copsey and Ghan Varsani at the London Borough of Waltham Forest Council discussing the council's cloud move with Oracle.
Closeup of a computer board being constructed | EventSense Rossera
Cloud Platform and Technology
Achieving day-to-day automation with EventSense
Remaining agile and adaptable in today's modern world requires a business that's built on a backbone of robust and versatile technology. EventSense takes care of the less consequential events while you can focus on more strategic work.
Cloud Platform and Technology
CloudWorld: the key takeaways from Oracle UK leader and users
CloudWorld saw Oracle UK set out its agenda for 2024 - what's the message from VPs and customers?
Image of Richard Pepper speaking at the UKOUG 23 conference
Cloud Platform and Technology
UKOUG is all for Oracle’s fresh face
At its 2023 user group conference, UKOUG has praised Oracle’s work to ‘freshen up’ its reputation, as Big Red continues to soften its approach to customer service, reacting to the rise in SaaS delivery requirements.
Image of Birmingham City Council | ERP
Birmingham shows ERP is an existential threat for councils
When Birmingham City Council declared itself “essentially bankrupt”, we couldn't unsee its eye-wateringly over-budget ERP implementation bill.
A face of a llama | Is Zuckerberg winning “the wrestling match” with Musk and ChatGPT
Is Zuck winning the AI cage fight versus Musk and ChatGPT?
While Zuckerberg’s Llama 2 is the new kid on the block, is it really a threat to ChatGPT and how will it compete against Musk’s xAI?
Cloud outage
Outage outrage! Why public cloud is putting data and business at risk
Another outage begs the question: isn’t cloud supposed to be the savior of modern agile computing?
UK Government Matrix reload connected
The UK government wants to reload the Matrix. But is there a glitch?
According to the architects of the government’s shared services cluster strategy, the civil service has a lack of interoperability, a problem for which, they think they have a solution. The project’s name: the Matrix Programme.
Samuel Beckett Bridge and Convention Centre, Dublin
IBM Grants $500,000 in-kind for City of Dublin Cybersecurity Education
City of Dublin Education Training Board (ETB) is one of ten grant recipients globally, as part of the IBM Education Security Preparedness Grants program.
Oracle deepens its reach into social media, sort of
On the back of a deal to support TikTok when it came under pressure from the Trump administration, Oracle founder and CTO, Larry Ellison, has now agreed to pump $1bn of his own cash into the funding pool to acquire...
It’s time to stop using ERP for reporting and analytics
Graham Spicer, country head, EMEA at SplashBI Analytics, outlines five ways why a self-service reporting system is vital for business.
image of Oracle headquarters | OCI
Oracle’s move to vertically-focussed sales teams
At the turn of Oracle’s financial year in June, they restructured a large number of their sales teams to be more industry-focussed. This could be because Oracle is already experiencing more success in settings where vertical expertise is important - they are listed at #6 in the Cloud Wars ranking but have reached #3 in Industry Cloud rankings.
Oracle’s modernised partner network
Historically ERP vendors sold licences and left their partners to worry about the success, or otherwise, of the implementation thereof. In the old world, when projects took years to complete and value was an immeasurable notion, the relationship between vendor,...
Under par and counting my blessings
It is hard to believe that we are approaching a year since the first lockdown due to the pandemic. In many ways it has felt like forever and in other ways it has flown by – a year of working from home, looking out the window of my home office and still scratching my head and wondering if this is just a dream.
Vertex Tax technologists
Who is Really Benefitting from the Oracle Continuous Innovation Model?
portfolio. The model supposedly eliminates disruptions from major upgrades, lets licensees pick and choose upgrade implementation, and provides long-term premium support. Sounds great…but for whom? Dan Woods from Early Adopter Research surfaces some important pitfalls of the continuous delivery model.
Candidate Application
Is your application landscape an appreciating asset?
Businesses that are thriving now are in large part the ones that had already embraced digital subscription models, transactions that flow without intervention, and remote workforces. These measures helped them during the pandemic as customers pivoted to online commerce in greater numbers and offices shut down.
Be the Pace of Innovation – Move from SAP to Oracle Cloud – The True Cloud
It is well-established that the dramatic productivity improvements offered by modern cloud applications...
Paul Esherwood with an alternative review of Oracle OpenWorld Europe 2020
It’s true to say that if you are an Oracle partner, customer or even a casual user – OpenWorld is a great place to connect and collaborate....
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