Recent Posts by Meg Hall

While the retail industry has transformed dramatically in the past two decades, one thing has hardly changed at all: Holiday sales between Thanksgiving and Christmas still account for a disproportionate percentage of annual sales—approximately 25% for most store types—and the 2018 holiday season is projected to generate $1.1 trillion. As competition from online retailers continues to intensify, there’s no margin of error during this make-or-break season. That challenge is...

Each year, customers flood into retail and online stores hoping to find a deal on the latest holiday gifts. Black Friday and Cyber Monday, often known for being chaotic, put a lot of pressure on customer service and IT workers alike. This year, e-commerce sales were up 24%! As holiday shopping transitions from brick and mortar stores to online, the pressures on the retail infrastructure has changed as well. Offering a smooth e-commerce process requires inventory management,...

As with nearly every other area of our lives, the convergence of cloud, machine learning, and big data analytics is transforming infrastructure management. As evidence, according to a recent IDC Vendor Spotlight, public cloud-based IT Operations Analytics revenue is projected to double by 2020 from 2016 levels. Today, technology can not only log what happened in the past, but it can also provide predictive analytics that identify steps to improve performance in the future....

Leading tech influencer Dave Vellante, Chief Research Officer at Wikibon, recently published an enlightening new research report comparing Oracle’s Recovery Appliance with traditional Purpose-Built Backup Appliances (PBBAs). The analysis, titled “Oracle’s Recovery Appliance Reduces Complexity Through Automation” found Oracle’s Recovery Appliance helped customers reduce complexity and improve both Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and enterprise value.   Traditionally, the best...

OpenWorld is an exciting conference with excellent networking and information on how emerging technologies are effecting the IT industry. With over 2000 sessions and events, OpenWorld has a lot to offer. We know that not everyone can make it to the conference in person. If you didn’t get a chance to attend, here are the top 5 exciting things that happened at OpenWorld. 1. Exadata Customers Uncover Their Keys To Success One of the most insightful moments at Oracle OpenWorld 2018...

If your technology stack is a ghoulish mish-mash of hardware and software, the performance effects on your business could be frightening.  In the classic 1931 film Frankenstein, the brilliant young Dr. Henry Frankenstein, accompanied by his hunchbacked assistant Fritz, cries at the moment of “creation” of his monster, “It’s alive!” Dr. Frankenstein had spent countless hours working in his castle-tower laboratory assembling body parts to bring to life the monster. After the...

The Oracle server and storage teams are looking forward to meeting you all at Oracle OpenWorld and sharing best practices for managing your server and storage systems. Here are your top 5 sessions you don't want to miss: Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance: Insider’s Guide to Architecture and Practices TIP4218 Wednesday, Oct 24, 4:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Moscone West - Room 3007 Jony Safi, MAA Senior Manager, Oracle Tim Chien, Director of Product Management, Oracle Stefan Reiners, DBA,...

If this is your first OpenWorld – congratulations! You are about to attend one of the biggest technology events the SF Bay has to offer. At OpenWorld, technology and business professionals come together to solve problems, learn about the latest product innovations and road maps, and get inspired. By purchasing an all-inclusive conference pass, attendees of this year’s event get access to more than 2,000 educational sessions, including main-stage and product keynotes, product...

September is always a hectic time with back to school and traveling. Now that summer is coming to an end, it is time to get caught up on the latest industry news. The Oracle Hardware Converged Infrastructure team has been hard at work. Here are the latest IT Infrastructure headlines in case you missed them: OpenWorld is right around the corner! We are ready to paint San Francisco red from October 22 to 25, 2018 at the Moscone Center downtown! Oracle OpenWorld offers four busy...