Can Your Oracle Cloud Renewal Get Stormy? September 29, 2017 Jeff Lazarto Reading Time: 3 minutes Oracle is ramping up to put a full court press on its installed base to migrate their perpetual license on-premise… Read More Categories: Cloud, Contract Negotiations, Oracle
Oracle’s “Total Support Stream” Tsunami September 7, 2017 Jeff Lazarto Reading Time: 4 minutes Many of you have heard stories or experienced first-hand the number of ways Oracle’s contracts can lead to vendor lock-in… Read More Categories: Oracle
Does Your ERP Provider Run Your Business? August 30, 2017 Jeff Lazarto Reading Time: 4 minutes Sounds like a simple question, but the answer may be more complex than you think. SAP had a tagline that… Read More Categories: Application Management Services, ERP Program Management, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP
Will SAP Competitors Fight the Indirect Access Madness? July 24, 2017 Jeff Lazarto Reading Time: 4 minutes Now that the public is aware of SAP’s Indirect Access rules after the recent lawsuits with Diageo and the arbitration… Read More Categories: Application Management Services, Cloud, ERP Program Management, Oracle, SAP
ORACLE Q2 2017 EARNINGS – KEY TAKEAWAYS February 15, 2017 Jeff Lazarto Reading Time: < 1 minutes Oracle had a great quarter with continued growth that exceeded expectations and over achieved results in the Cloud. Strong Cloud… Read More Categories: Oracle
Implications of Oracle On-Premise License Migrations to the Cloud February 8, 2017 Jeff Lazarto Reading Time: 2 minutes During Oracle’s FY 2017 Q2 earnings call, Larry Ellison provided some clarity as clients migrate their on-premise licenses to the… Read More Categories: Cloud, Oracle
Oracle’s Strategy for Winning the Cloud Land Grab October 13, 2016 Jeff Lazarto Reading Time: 4 minutes By now it is common knowledge that Oracle is fully committed to becoming the largest cloud provider in terms of revenue. Oracle’s… Read More Categories: Oracle
Oracle Q4 2016 Earnings – Key Takeaways August 25, 2016 Jeff Lazarto Reading Time: < 1 minutes Oracle had a great quarter with continued growth that exceeded expectations and over achieved results in the Cloud. Strong Cloud… Read More Categories: Oracle
Q1 2016 Update: Opportunity Knocks for IBM Customers, But Will They Answer? May 16, 2016 Jeff Lazarto Reading Time: 4 minutes After IBM’s Q4 2015 earnings release, we posted a piece called “Opportunity Knocks for IBM Customers, But Will They Answer?”… Read More Categories: IBM
Oracle’s Q3 2016 Earnings Performance – 3 Takeaways for Customers March 28, 2016 Jeff Lazarto Reading Time: 3 minutes Prior to Oracle’s Q3 earnings release, we posted a piece on what customers can expect from Oracle in Q4. Now… Read More Categories: Oracle