Deutsche Bank’s turnaround momentum gets a boost from an Oracle-backed IT infrastructure overhaul. The cloud helps brickmaker Mutual Materials keep up with the boom in backyard patios. Credit Acceptance Corporation gets rave reviews from users after successfully rolling out mobile. Plus, a young developer explains why his peers should learn to love Java.
Deutsche Bank is executing on a two-year turnaround plan, including an Oracle Cloud@Customer migration that’s part of an effort to slice €1 billion (US$1.18 billion) from tech costs.
Mutual Materials improved performance of its back-office software 15 to 20% after migrating to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), helping the family-owned manufacturer of bricks, pavers, and other masonry materials keep up with booming growth.
In July, Oracle completed a move of its entire financial operations to Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) for greater efficiency—including the fastest financial close among S&P 500 companies for three consecutive quarters—and improved customer experience, says Oracle’s Douglas Kehring.
Credit Acceptance Corporation, which offers consumer credit programs to United States car dealers, shares the simple path it used to deploy a mobile CRM application, winning raves from its 400 sales reps.
Young developers get hyped about their favorite languages, but they’re not excited enough about Java, says one young developer. While newer languages get love, Java is fun to write—and runs some of the world’s largest, most-demanding applications.
