June 9, 2011 2:18 AM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Dell,
Exadata,
Exalogic,
IT channel products and services,
IT channel products and technologies,
Larry Ellison,
Marc Benioff,
NetSuite,
Oracle,
Salesforce.comIt's really not news that Oracle sales people go into a discounting frenzy at the close of the fiscal year. And, that discounting has netted Oracle some Exadata deals in its...
February 23, 2011 2:35 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
CRM,
Gartner,
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and services,
Microsoft,
Salesforce.comJust how important is it for businesses to fix customer service and overall customer relations now that the economy is showing signs of improvement? Important enough for the CRM (aka customer relationship management) category to emerge as the top focus of spending increases in a new survey about...
September 22, 2010 6:55 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Exalogic,
IT channel products,
Marc Benioff,
Oracle,
Oracle OpenWorld 2010,
Salesforce.comMarc Benioff said he came in peace but managed to counter comments from former-boss Larry Ellison pretty forcefully this morning. He did his best to cut Oracle's upcoming Exalogic "cloud in a box" down to size.
September 22, 2010 4:54 AM
Posted by: badarrow
Amazon,
Amazon Web Services,
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and technologies,
Larry Ellison,
Marc Benioff,
Oracle,
Salesforce.comOracle needs to prove it "gets" the cloud. Amazon needs to show that its Web services are ready for the enterprise.
Hence the deal under which Amazon will cordon off part of its vaunted cloud...
March 5, 2010 4:28 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Haiti,
IT channel products and technologies,
Oracle,
Salesforce.comOracle wants to raise $1 million for Haiti relief at the upcoming BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif.
The "Hit for Haiti" event will feature tennis greats Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Martina Navratilova, Steffie Graf, Lindsay Davenport, Martina...
February 5, 2010 4:27 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Amazon,
Barbara Darrow,
cloud computing,
Google,
IT channel products and services,
NetSuite,
Oracle,
Salesforce.com,
SunOracle CEO Larry Ellison has made much hay proclaiming that the term "cloud computing" is over-used, mis-used and misconstrued. He has a point. Kind of.
So get ready for Oracle to go on the cloud offensive in coming weeks, with a series of "road shows" or cloud computing forums (fora?) kicking...
October 12, 2009 12:35 AM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and technologies,
Marc Benioff,
Oracle,
Oracle OpenWorld,
Salesforce.comA late night cab trip from SFO to Union Square was lightened up a bit with the big Michael Dell billboard on the 101. It went something like this: Dell enjoys the best of both worlds: See Salesforce.com @ Oracle OpenWorld.
October 6, 2009 5:01 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and technologies,
Marc Benioff,
Michael Dell,
Oracle,
Oracle Open World,
Salesforce.com,
Scott McNealyThis is interesting: Salesforce.com CEO (and former Oracle guy) Marc Benioff will speak at Oracle OpenWorld next Tuesday alongside Michael Dell.
For those who haven't followed the labyrinthine tales of the Oracle-Salesforce.com rapport, believe it, this is interesting. Salesforce.com says...
