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The Beginning of the Long Tail

So, Oracle OpenWorld 2007 is over. It was a milestone for a several reasons, the main one being: the conference was reinvigorated thanks to innovations like the...

So, Oracle OpenWorld 2007 is over. It was a milestone for a several reasons, the main one being: the conference was reinvigorated thanks to innovations like the Unconference, No Slide Zone, Oracle Wiki, Oracle Mix, etc. - the latter two still being in heavy use, even after the buildings have emptied.(See the complete conference photostream here.)The OTN presence there was also the most successful yet, with more than 3,500 people passing through the OTN Lounge and nearly 4,000...

Peeling the Policy Onion

Part of the SOA Governance@Work series In our last episode we took a look at how policies relate to various aspects of SOA. In this episode we'll peel the...

Part of the SOA Governance@Work series In our last episode we took a look at how policies relate to various aspects of SOA. In this episode we'll peel the policy onion a bit more to look at what policies are and what they do. The Wikipedia definition for the word "policy" includes this concise nugget: "[A] deliberate plan of action to guide decisions and achieve rational outcome(s)."  The rational outcome for SOA is, of course, an infrastructure that supports seamless...

The Larry Show

Larry Ellison's keynote yesterday offered a nice encapsulation of the conference themes across the week: 1. Oracle is embracing hardware virtualization and will...

Larry Ellison's keynote yesterday offered a nice encapsulation of the conference themes across the week: 1. Oracle is embracing hardware virtualization and will attempt to provide a superior product in that area (Oracle VM)2. Oracle Fusion Apps are imminent (first three releases in early 2008), and are defined by their service-oriented architecture/pre-packaged integration with legacy apps, embedded business intelligence, and ability to function in on-premise as well as SaaS...

Enterprise 2.0 Meets Oracle Apps

Ed Abbo, VP Development for "Applications Unlimited" apps (basically everything excepting Fusion Apps), gave a knock-out keynote yesterday that has been...

Ed Abbo, VP Development for "Applications Unlimited" apps (basically everything excepting Fusion Apps), gave a knock-out keynote yesterday that has been resonating in some corners of the blogosphere. You can view it here in its entirety; there are some killer demos in here - including CRM on Demand social apps based on the OpenSocial API.Larry Ellison may have more comments about this process in his keynote, to be delivered within minutes.

Oracle's Place on the Social Map

Thanks to Anne Zelenka for her nice summary of Oracle's recent activities in the social media world at GigaOm.Anne, you conclude with a thought about "how these...

Thanks to Anne Zelenka for her nice summary of Oracle's recent activities in the social media world at GigaOm.Anne, you conclude with a thought about "how these various social web efforts might change Oracle's way of of working." The "Welcome to Change" session that Marius Ciortea, Paul Pedrazzi, and I did on Monday offers a lot of information in that area. It is definitely doing so, yes - on a number of levels. Check out the video!

Flip Video from OTN Night

Many, many pix to come from OTN Night - which I don't understand whyanyone at OpenWorld would miss. I'll take it over "Appreciation Night"any day.First, I...

Many, many pix to come from OTN Night - which I don't understand whyanyone at OpenWorld would miss. I'll take it over "Appreciation Night"any day.First, I chatted with Chief InstallfestOfficer Todd Trichler and SQL Developer mastermind Kris Rice duringInstallfest setup.I also caught my colleague Marius Ciortea, Oracle Web Strategist and internal social media evangelist:You can also explore tons of photos in the openworld07 flickstream.

The Fruits of Transparency

Now it can be said: Oracle Co-Prez Charles Phillips met with a select group of "media" bloggers today, including Dan Farber, Josh Greenbaum, Vinne Mirchandani,...

Now it can be said: Oracle Co-Prez Charles Phillips met with a select group of "media" bloggers today, including Dan Farber, Josh Greenbaum, Vinne Mirchandani, Jeff Nolan, and other "Enterprise Irregulars." Here's the proof: Honestly, how many of you ever thought this would happen? What a great step for Oracle, and for "transparency" overall.See also deconstruction from Jeff Nolan.

"Welcome to Change" Unpreso - Video

Marius Ciortea, Paul Pedrazzi, and I just wrapped up our "Welcome to Change" session in the No Slide Zone. Julio Fernandez was kind enough to capture it for...

Marius Ciortea, Paul Pedrazzi, and I just wrapped up our "Welcome to Change" session in the No Slide Zone. Julio Fernandez was kind enough to capture it for us:>

First Flip Video from Oracle OpenWorld

Having just deployed the agenda whiteboards for the Unconference (begins today at 2pm), I ran into Tim Bonnemann, one of its "godfathers". (No Tim, I won't...

Having just deployed the agenda whiteboards for the Unconference (begins today at 2pm), I ran into Tim Bonnemann, one of its "godfathers". (No Tim, I won't refer to you as a "midwife".) I'll check back on the status of the board (still largely pristine) after the Charles Phillips keynote, which will contain Oracle's official announcement of Oracle VM.On Wednesday I'll be speaking with Linux Engineering VP about this announcement. You can download Oracle VM (and seed...