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Businesses
Need CIOs Today More Than Ever
Back in what now might seem like the good old days for CIO job
security, CIOs were held hostage by complex technologies they were
responsible for running, or fixing, in-house. Perilous though the
situation was, it at least seemed like they were in control of
their own destinies, for better or worse. Today, however, slick
cloud applications that any line-of-business owner can pay for with
a credit card make many CIOs feel an existential threat to their
existence that's greater than at any time since career is
over first became a punch line.
But according to François Lançon, Oracle's SVP for Asia-Pacific,
the exact opposite is true. "It may not be fashionable to say so,
but cloud computing has in many cases simply compounded existing
problems without fulfilling its cost-cutting and innovation-driving
promise," he writes in this provocative
column. CIOs can do much more than just clean up
this mess; by virtue of where they sit in the organization, they
have the best purview for understanding how all of a company's
pieces fit together, how technology can be used to change business
practices, and how to create a strategy that delivers on the
cloud's promise of innovation and cost-containment. |
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—Michael Hickins, director of strategic communications at
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National
Pharmacies Provides a Human Touch
One way Australia's National Pharmacies ensures that each of its
350,000 dues-paying members feels valued is through its mobile
application, which members use to exchange information with
pharmacists, access health information, and make purchases
triggering the same rewards and promotions they get with in-store
transactions. Building the app on Oracle Mobile Cloud Service
"allows us to scale very well, and it gives us easy access to
different forms of analytics for our members," says Ryan Klose,
general manager of technology and innovation. Learn
more. |
Three Fundamental Concepts That Define Modern ERP
ERP 2.0 has firmly arrived—built upon the intellectual property and
functionality of traditional ERP but using a cloud delivery model
to offer cost savings, scalability, and rapid responsiveness. Learn
more about what defines modern
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Oracle Matches Its Middle East Momentum with Investment
Companies in the Middle East are quickly adopting new technologies,
including cloud computing, which means that businesses can get
cutting-edge IT capabilities without investing in costly
infrastructure. "It's one of the regions leading our movement to
the cloud," Oracle CEO Mark Hurd said earlier this year, announcing
a state-of-the-art data center in Abu Dhabi, a project he said was
"really emblematic of our commitment to the region." Read more
about Oracle's
investment. |
The Top 10 Strategic CIO Issues For 2016 
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Fujitsu and Oracle Team Up to Drive Cloud Computing
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Five Ideas: Cloud Computing
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The Oracle Blog |
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Report:
Oracle Transforming Into a 'Digital Service Provider'
In the cloud computing era, the quality of a vendor's service
matters just as much as the quality of its technology, Ovum
Consulting says in a recent report. Oracle is taking the critical
steps necessary to transform itself from traditional technology
vendor to customer-focused "digital service provider," Ovum says.
One early step is the Oracle Accelerated Buying Experience, which
offers Oracle cloud customers a simple, fast buying process with
friendly terms, regardless of their organization's size and budget.
Customers report that it often takes less than 24 hours from the
quote to the completed order, which Ovum says fulfills the "promise
of a rapid, scalable, and flexible deployment." Learn
more. |
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