Cloud Leader, Week of June 5, 2017 |  Web View   Forward to a Friend CLOUD LEADER News and Analysis to Guide Your Strategy   Editor's Note From Startup to Sustainable Company Success is going to take a lot more than beanbag chairs and free food, warns startup veteran and Oracle executive Reggie Bradford. Drawing on a recent webinar he hosted with Jason M. Lemkin, founder of the SaaStr community, Bradford presents the harsh reality. For example, founders had better plan on two years of nothing—no salary, no funding, no glory—not the six months many expect when heading into a new tech startup. Bradford works with startups in the Oracle Cloud Startup Accelerator program, so he sees up-close how startups cope with these challenges and how the cloud changes the startup journey. Gather more startup insight from Bradford and Lemkin. — Chris Murphy, Oracle director of cloud content Reggie Bradford from Oracle Startup Cloud Accelerator More Cloud News Containers Create Opportunity for Developers Cloud-native development counts on containers for faster and better application delivery and deployment. Here, Oracle Magazine talks with Oracle Cloud Platform Development’s Mike Lehmann about how popular Linux containers, including Docker, and the cloud create powerful opportunities for developers. How Machine Learning Will Drive the Adaptive Enterprise Adaptive intelligence will soon become integral to enterprise cloud applications, and developers will have tools to create applications that learn from experience, just as humans do. What should you consider to prepare for the future? Get advice from Chuck Hollis, Oracle’s senior vice president of cloud infrastructure. Lowes Foods Makes Every Guest Interaction Count How do you protect your customer base when new rivals move into your territory? Regional grocery store chain Lowes Foods chose Oracle Data Cloud to learn about customers and hone the rewards and incentives in its loyalty program. The approach “gets smarter with each interaction,” says CEO Tim Lowe. Learn how it’s done. Succession Planning by the Numbers How can technology help you prepare for replacing your company’s leaders, at all levels? Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud includes built-in tools to help HR predict which employees are likely to perform well in leadership positions, based on employee information already in your system. Two more ideas. Free Oracle Cloud Trial Experience Oracle Cloud with $300 in Free Credits Sign Up Video Oracle Cloud and Other Sustainability Solutions Oracle Chief Sustainability Officer Jon Chorley discusses how Oracle Cloud and other Oracle solutions help customers with their sustainability initiatives. Events Oracle Code June–August | Worldwide Moving Applications to the Oracle Cloud June 20 | Redwood Shores, CA Oracle MySQL in 45 Minutes! June 30 | Online Oracle OpenWorld October 1–5 | San Francisco JavaOne October 1–5 | San Francisco Stay connected Subscribe to get Cloud Leader newsletter every week. Visit your profile page to subscribe to other Oracle publications.   Global Contacts     Sales Chat Live Please send questions or comments to newsletter_feedback_us@oracle.com. This document is provided for information purposes only, and the contents hereof are subject to change without notice. This document is not warranted to be error-free, nor is it subject to any other warranties or conditions, whether expressed orally or implied in law, including implied warranties and conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. We specifically disclaim any liability with respect to this document, and no contractual obligations are formed either directly or indirectly by this document. This document may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, for any purpose, without our prior written permission. Copyright © 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Intel and Intel Xeon are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. AMD, Opteron, the AMD logo, and the AMD Opteron logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. Contact Us  |  Legal Notices and Terms of Use  |  Privacy Oracle Corporation - Worldwide Headquarters, 500 Oracle Parkway, OPL - E-mail Services, Redwood Shores, CA 94065, United States Your privacy is important to us. This email was sent to you because you subscribed to this newsletter. Unsubscribe from this newsletter.