Oracle Gets Creative with Cloud Selling Tactics April 10, 2018 Jeff Lazarto Reading Time: 4 minutes Oracle has recently fallen short of Wall Street's Cloud revenue expectations which has led to a decline in share price… Read More Categories: Cloud, Contract Negotiations, Oracle
Workday is Hitting its Stride: FY18 Q4 Earnings Analysis March 22, 2018 Jeff Lazarto Reading Time: 3 minutes Workday had a great Q4 and fiscal year and it expects the momentum to continue into 2019 and beyond. From… Read More Categories: Oracle, Workday
Oracle’s Cloud Transition: What’s in it for Them? March 13, 2018 Jeff Lazarto Reading Time: 3 minutes Though you often hear about how customers benefit from switching to Cloud services, the incentives that drive companies like Oracle… Read More Categories: Cloud, Oracle
Oracle Fiscal Year-end Checklist February 15, 2018 Jeff Lazarto Reading Time: 4 minutes Now that the new year is underway, Oracle sales teams ramping up their efforts for a strong May 31st year-end close.… Read More Categories: Contract Negotiations, ERP Program Management, Oracle
Considering an Oracle ULA? Beware of Paying Expensive Support Fees in Perpetuity February 6, 2018 Erwann Couesbot Reading Time: 4 minutes If your organization is considering Oracle for application or technology products, you’ll have to determine which licensing model best suits… Read More Categories: Contract Negotiations, Oracle
Bold Claims in Oracle’s FY18 Q2 Earnings January 24, 2018 Jeff Lazarto Reading Time: 3 minutes It is never too early to start preparing for Oracle’s year-end sales push with their fast approaching 2018 fiscal year… Read More Categories: Cloud, Contract Negotiations, Oracle
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 Baseline Assessment: Failing to Prepare is Preparing to Fail September 26, 2017 Erwann Couesbot Reading Time: 3 minutes Does your team know exactly how many license entitlements you have purchased from Oracle? Can you provide a log identifying… Read More Categories: IT Sourcing, 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