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Asia Pacific ‘going straight to the cloud’ | #oow15
In the emerging economies in Asia, analysts aren’t going to start with black and white TV. They are going to start with color TV. Along the same lines, Asia is “going straight to the cloud,” explained Sujith Abraham, group VP of strategy and sales development, Asia Pacific at Oracle. Abraham spoke with John Furrier and ...
Larry Ellison Oracle OpenWorld keynote to light a fire in the security community | #oow15
Larry Ellison, Oracle’s executive chairman and chief technology officer, delivered the second keynote address on day three of Oracle OpenWorld 2015 in San Francisco. As always, theCUBE analysts, including John Furrier and Brian Gracely, from the SiliconANGLE Media team, were there to discuss all the details. The speech “focused heavily on security,” summarized John Furrier. While Brian ...
Watson’s secret weapons | #IBMinsight
It comes as no surprise that IBM Watson (the company’s cognitive computing system) is quickly becoming one of the fastest-growing analytics engine in highest demand. However, this success can be attributed to the ease of use for what Alistair Rennie, GM of business analytics at IBM, calls “citizen analytsts” — a new class of customers. Through ...
How Oracle plans to change the world in the cloud | #oow15
“The cloud is transforming the way businesses work” and soon the cloud will be affecting the way we play as well, said Dan Miller, SVP of ISV/OEM and Java sales at Oracle. “A lot of partners are ready to put their application on the platform and either into their private cloud or Oracle’s public cloud,” Miller ...
Analysts debate IBM’s open-source strategies | #IBMinsight
IBM Insight is an analytics-focused conference that includes more than 1,600 in-depth educational sessions, including technical training, hands-on labs and industry use cases. Day one at the event brought out “thought-provoking use cases” for the Internet of Things (IoT), as well as a new trend with IBM assisting more start-up companies. theCUBE, from the SiliconANGLE ...
No one answer for the Cloud | #oow15
Cisco Systems, Inc. is staking its reputation on offering flexibility and variety. The company spends a lot time working with partners to create integrated solutions for customers, according to Erik Lillestolen, manager of ISV solution product management at Cisco. Lillestolen acknowledged that “more than one option is needed.” To that end, Cisco supplies “broad product offerings.” ...
Meeting the expectations of Cloud with out-of-the-box solutions | #oow15
Integrated or converged infrastructure is composed of compute, networking and storage. Bringing these three elements together with complexity and speed is the goal. While creating an integrated infrastructure can be a do-it-yourself project, Marcus Phipps, senior manager of data center and cloud marketing at Cisco Systems, Inc., warned that “running all the options can be ...
Industry disruption creates a ‘golden age’ in innovation | #oow15
Last year’s Oracle OpenWorld “basically anointed the Cloud,” according to theCUBE’s Jeff Frick. This year, attendees can expect a focus on Cloud, applications and Big Data during theCUBE’s three-day, wall-to-wall coverage of Oracle OpenWorld 2015. Oracle has recently shed all of its PC business and is now all in the cloud. Stu Miniman and Jeff Frick, ...
Oracle Women’s Leadership program a ‘launchpad for millennials’ | #oow15
In 2006, a grassroots organization arose within the Oracle community. This organization later became known as the Oracle Women’s Leadership (OWL), which has a goal of “creating access to networks for women” in the technology industry. Over the years, OWL has expanded those goals to developing, engaging and empowering women. The organization currently has a ...
Oracle invests in Java in the cloud | #oow15
As Java ages, the language continues to evolve with the times. The coding language is 20 years old this year, but Georges Saab, VP of software development, Java Platform Group for Oracle, said, “We’re not resting on our laurels that Java is the most popular platform in the world.” Instead, Saab is “looking forward to the ...