Oracle: Is Oracle Ready to Move on SaaS? Maybe. But how does Oracle define SaaS?

We’ve commented here before about Oracle’s small presence in the SaaS marketplace, and without Oracle Siebel CRM offering, there doesn’t seem much else to mention. But part of what’s different about Oracle is their perception and thought process around what on-Demand means. Oracle President Charles Phillips has described the Oracle strategy of on-Demand [...]

Oracle: Oracle-Look-alike Could Spell Lost Sales for Oracle

An earlier Formtek blog discussed how Oracle’s core RDBMS product is being undercut in price by both Microsoft’s SQL Server and MySQL. Most shops running Oracle know there are options out there, but most fear the risk and costs involved in moving to a different database platform.

There’s another option available now to Oracle shops [...]

SaaS: Oracle Sticks to Middleware in its Approach to the SaaS Market

Oracle (ORCL) recently introduced Siebel 14, an updated version of its on-demand CRM offering. There has been speculation for some time that Oracle would move more aggressively into the SaaS market, but beyond CRM, that hasn’t really happened. Why it hasn’t happened isn’t entirely clear. There may be worry that such a [...]