Recent Posts by Amy Sorrells

Recently, Alison Derbenwick Miller, Vice President of Oracle for Research, was a guest on “Kickin’ it with Karan” with host Karan Batta, where they talked about Oracle’s program for researchers and how Oracle Cloud is enabling breakthroughs in discovery. Although a relatively new program, the caliber of the research collaborations the program is engaged in is impressive. As host Batta remarked, “These are world-changing things. Many don’t realize some of the projects Oracle...

Here’s a mathematical problem: The sum of all the individual country GDPs never equals the global GDP. That means forecasting models are flawed from the start, and it's impacting global supply chain economics in a big way. Entrepreneur Tony Nash found that unacceptable, so he built an AI platform to help businesses “understand the sum of everything” through a highly automated, globally data-intensive solution with zero human bias. Complete Intelligence, Nash’s Houston-based...

Integration Spotlight: Snap Vision and Oracle CX Commerce One perk of being a startup that works with Oracle is the ability to integrate with Oracle Cloud solutions, specifically application suites like Customer Experience (CX), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), and Human Capital Management (HCM). When a startup builds on top of our cloud solutions, that integration complements Oracle’s cloud offering, enhancing capabilities for our global customers while providing the...

If Oracle isn’t on your shortlist for public cloud providers, it should be. That’s the message from several industry analyst firms' recent reports. Gartner, Omdia, IDC, Forrester, and other influencers are noticing momentum and giving high marks to Oracle infrastructure services, specifically in the high-performance compute, storage, network, and security categories.  While reports target enterprise companies, there are implications for all businesses, especially startups. The...

[Editor's Note: We continue to add new startups to this running list. It was last updated on April 14, 2020.]  Startups are known to be adaptive, innovative, and agile. When there’s a crisis or disruption, these up-and-coming businesses are quick with a solution, and this situation is no different. Despite being hit hard themselves, startups are stepping up to help by offering their virtual technologies and resources for free. Among them, we are proud to share, are several...

Security is a critical consideration for businesses of every size. Startups can earn and keep their customers' trust with good data practices and technology that enables security at every turn.  By providing secure and scalable cloud resources, Oracle helps startups prove their credibility to enterprise customers.  Startups partner with Oracle for many reasons. Cost savings, connections to enterprise tools, and a global network of customers mean startups can grow both their...

Among the many benefits of cloud computing, the ability to scale resources up or down based on demand is one of the most impactful, especially for startups. This scalability gives companies the performance they need, when they need it, to meet the fluctuating demands of their startup business.  Beyond flexible scale, startups depend on a cloud’s stability to protect against latency or downtimes that affect performance for customers.  A growing number of developers and startups...

Developers want choice when creating, not headaches with IT operations and vendor lock-in.   Open source and open standards—with languages, databases, and compute shapes—are a critical consideration for startups as they select cloud providers, especially as more and more companies consider a multi-cloud approach.  A recent report cited openness as a developer’s top reason for choosing a cloud. We are seeing that play out in real time. Startups who migrate to Oracle Cloud cite...

Smart allocation of capital matters to all businesses, but especially to growing startups where every dollar counts. Saving money on capital-intensive costs like technology infrastructure is super important, particularly when those savings can be reinvested back into the company to increase efficiencies and maximize profits. When cost savings come with a better performing product, that’s a price-performance ratio that’ll make your CFO and investors smile. Consider Snap Tech...