For once, Oracle OpenWorld went long on substance. That’s hard to do when you have so many products to discuss and Larry Ellison pontificating, but he was both under control and substantive — though he couldn’t resist taking a few shots at competitors. Oracle’s team hardly ever sees SAP and IBM in deals these days, he announced, and he gave due praise to cloud pioneers NetSuite and Salesforce. Interestingly, Ellison always mentioned NetSuite, which he owns a considerable share of, before Salesforce, which he invested in back in the day.
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OpenWorld's Substance Feast
Posted by: Denis Pombriant November 4, 2015 09:16 AMFor once, Oracle OpenWorld went long on substance. That’s hard to do when you have so many products to discuss and Larry Ellison pontificating, but he was both under control and substantive — though he couldn’t resist taking a few shots at competitors. Oracle’s team hardly ever sees SAP and IBM in deals these days, he announced, and he gave due praise to cloud pioneers NetSuite and Salesforce. Interestingly, Ellison always mentioned NetSuite, which he owns a considerable share of, before Salesforce, which he invested in back in the day.