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Enterprise Software: Hot or Not?

Follow the recent mini-controversy spawned by Scoble in his post; "Why Enterprise Software isn't Sexy." Enterprise Irregulars like Vinnie Mirchandani, Anshu...

Follow the recent mini-controversy spawned by Scoble in his post; "Why Enterprise Software isn't Sexy." Enterprise Irregulars like Vinnie Mirchandani, Anshu Sharma, and Michael Krigsman are all over Scoble like white on rice for his explanation about why enterprise software is a relatively rare topic for bloggers (compared to consumer tech) - Scoble's main reason being: there's nothing sexy about software you are forced to use every day by some IT executive.To me though...

Wielding the Carrot and the Stick

Part of the SOA Governance @ Work series While noodling around the A2A blogs I found this bit of wisdom quoted in one of Steve Bennett's old posts: “Hope is not...

Part of the SOA Governance @ Work series While noodling around the A2A blogs I found this bit of wisdom quoted in one of Steve Bennett's old posts: “Hope is not a viable SOA strategy.” I don't know the original source of that quote, but it's worth printing on a t-shirt, or maybe a tattoo. Because in order to make SOA work, hope will get you only so far. You need governance, and any good SOA governance program has to include effective incentives. The term "SOA governance"...

More Kudos for Oracle ACEs

Enterprise Irregular Vinnie Mirchandani has kind words for Oracle ACEs today, which is really a great thing to see. They deserve all the public recognition they...

Enterprise Irregular Vinnie Mirchandani has kind words for Oracle ACEs today, which is really a great thing to see. They deserve all the public recognition they can get.I did remind Vinnie that "appreciation dinners" are just the highest tip of the iceberg; we're in constant touch with them across the year -- not only to keep them informed, but also to partner with them in their various activities where it makes sense.The best part?I get to personally meet folks like Ron...

Welcome, Oracle Usable Apps Blog

Some members of the Oracle Apps User Experience team have put a nice new blog together. If the first entry is any indication of what we can look forward to, I'm...

Some members of the Oracle Apps User Experience team have put a nice new blog together. If the first entry is any indication of what we can look forward to, I'm jazzed....

Top Oracle Employee Blogs

The latest all-time stats are out, hot off the press:1. Oracle E-Business SuiteTechnology2. Shay Shmeltzer's Weblog 3. Antony Reynolds' Blog 4. Oracle...

The latest all-time stats are out, hot off the press:1. Oracle E-Business SuiteTechnology2. Shay Shmeltzer's Weblog 3. Antony Reynolds' Blog 4. Oracle BI Publisher Blog 5. blogs.oracle.com 6. Didier's Blog 7. OTN TechBlog 8. Alejandro Vargas' Blog 9. Talking Identity 10. JHeadstart Blog Goodness, I am seriously lagging here; better get to work! My congrats to these bloggers. Impressive that four of them manage to be even more popular than the aggregator homepage.The stats are...

What is The Wiki For?

The introduction of the Oracle Wiki has been a interesting case study in the collision between the "old" Web (information publisher-driven) and the "new" one...

The introduction of the Oracle Wiki has been a interesting case study in the collision between the "old" Web (information publisher-driven) and the "new" one (information consumer-driven).Most users "get it" and are already carpet-bombing the wiki with new pages and edits to existing ones. But there is a minority who don't understand what the wiki is "for" - which is an interesting indicator of their expectations. (Billy Cripe offers a good definition of Web 2.0; he...

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...