By John Abel, Vice President, Oracle If the business world seems to move much faster these days, that’s because it does. For a long time, change happened...
By John Abel, Vice President, Oracle If the business world seems to move much faster these days, that’s because it does. For a long time, change happened slowly. Take economic cycles: in the 1900s it took about 19 years to go from the bottom of a recession to the top of a peak. Life moved at a steady, controllable pace. Businesses knew who their competitors were, and had plenty of time to adapt to the newcomers. It was all so simple. But then technology came along, swiftly...
By John Abel, Vice President, Oracle If the business world seems to move much faster these days, that’s because it does. For a long time, change happened slowly. Take economic cycles: in the 1900s...
Just over a month ago, I was delighted to see this tweet from Boise State CIO and Associate Vice President Max Davis-Johnson: #BoiseState did their 3rd in 22...
Just over a month ago, I was delighted to see this tweet from Boise State CIO and Associate Vice President Max Davis-Johnson: #BoiseState did their 3rd in 22 months major #Oracle ERP Cloud (finance) upgrade this weekend. When finance system was on-premise - we averaged 1 upgrade every six years. This is #futureproofing - current release and continuous improvement. Living the IT dream. — Max Davis-Johnson (@maxboisestate) May 2, 2018 Future-proofing. Living the IT dream. These...
Just over a month ago, I was delighted to see this tweet from Boise State CIO and Associate Vice President Max Davis-Johnson: #BoiseState did their 3rd in 22 months major #Oracle ERP Cloud (finance)...
Can healthcare leaders close the productivity gap? A recent survey indicates that there is a large — and growing — gap between different industries in terms of...
Can healthcare leaders close the productivity gap? A recent survey indicates that there is a large — and growing — gap between different industries in terms of productivity and growth. The research is entitled Intelligent Finance: How CFOs Can Lead the Coming Productivity Boom. It was conducted by Dr. Michael Mandel, senior fellow at the Mack Institute for Innovation Management at Wharton, and sponsored by Oracle. Mandel found that if low-productivity industries embrace the...
Can healthcare leaders close the productivity gap? A recent survey indicates that there is a large — and growing — gap between different industries in terms of productivity and growth. The research is...
5 Reasons to Move Retail Finance to the Cloud
When a new technology hits the market, misperceptions and myths often pop up right alongside of it. This is certainly the case with bitcoin and other...
When a new technology hits the market, misperceptions and myths often pop up right alongside of it. This is certainly the case with bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies that have emerged over the last several years. As policymakers and regulators start to focus more attention on these currencies, now is a perfect time to examine the myths that have sprung up around them. Myth 1: Bitcoin is Blockchain, and Blockchain is Bitcoin The first myth is wrapped in confusion and...
When a new technology hits the market, misperceptions and myths often pop up right alongside of it. This is certainly the case with bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies that have emerged over the...
By Neil Sholay, Vice President of Digital, EMEA, Oracle With GDPR compliance now mandatory, European businesses are razor-focussed on their data protection...
By Neil Sholay, Vice President of Digital, EMEA, Oracle With GDPR compliance now mandatory, European businesses are razor-focussed on their data protection measures, and with good reason. The regulation brings some long-overdue structure to today’s data economy, and the public is clearly eager for greater transparency into how their information is being used. How did we get here? When did data make the leap from static figures in a spreadsheet to one of our most valuable...
By Neil Sholay, Vice President of Digital, EMEA, Oracle With GDPR compliance now mandatory, European businesses are razor-focussed on their data protection measures, and with good reason. The...
By Sarosh Khan, IBM Global Business Services The pace of change is picking up in the financial services industry. Rising interest rates are roiling financial...
By Sarosh Khan, IBM Global Business Services The pace of change is picking up in the financial services industry. Rising interest rates are roiling financial markets again, putting pressure on banks to find new ways to grow and secure profits. The challenge is compounded by rising costs — which is hurting operating efficiency — and a flurry of technological advancements that are enabling upstarts and incumbents alike to reinvent financial services and forge new markets. New,...
By Sarosh Khan, IBM Global Business Services The pace of change is picking up in the financial services industry. Rising interest rates are roiling financial markets again, putting pressure on banks...
By Graeme Bowmaker, EMEIA Oracle Sales Director, Fujitsu Artificial intelligence. Machine learning. Chatbots. Voice recognition. These are more than just the...
By Graeme Bowmaker, EMEIA Oracle Sales Director, Fujitsu Artificial intelligence. Machine learning. Chatbots. Voice recognition. These are more than just the usual buzzwords associated with the software industry. Emerging technologies are poised to revolutionize productivity in the workplace. Research estimates that new technologies delivered by the cloud could add as much as $2 trillion to U.S. gross domestic product over the next decade. With the rapid development of cloud...
By Graeme Bowmaker, EMEIA Oracle Sales Director, Fujitsu Artificial intelligence. Machine learning. Chatbots. Voice recognition. These are more than just the usual buzzwords associated with the...
“The movement to cloud is an inevitable destination; this is how computing will evolve over the next several years.” So said Oracle CEO Mark Hurd at Oracle...
“The movement to cloud is an inevitable destination; this is how computing will evolve over the next several years.” So said Oracle CEO Mark Hurd at Oracle OpenWorld 2017. Based on the results of new research, that inevitability is here, now. In our first ERP Trends Report, we surveyed more than 400 finance and IT leaders. We found that 76 percent of respondents said they either have plans for ERP in the cloud or have made the move already. They are recognizing that waiting...
“The movement to cloud is an inevitable destination; this is how computing will evolve over the next several years.” So said Oracle CEO Mark Hurd at Oracle OpenWorld 2017. Based on the results of...
