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| | Editor's Note | | | Businesses Need CIOs Today More Than Ever
Back in what now might seem like the good old days for CIO job security, CIOs were held hostage by complex technologies they were responsible for running, or fixing, in-house. Perilous though the situation was, it at least seemed like they were in control of their own destinies, for better or worse. Today, however, slick cloud applications that any line-of-business owner can pay for with a credit card make many CIOs feel an existential threat to their existence that's greater than at any time since career is over first became a punch line.
But according to François Lançon, Oracle's SVP for Asia-Pacific, the exact opposite is true. "It may not be fashionable to say so, but cloud computing has in many cases simply compounded existing problems without fulfilling its cost-cutting and innovation-driving promise," he writes in this provocative column. CIOs can do much more than just clean up this mess; by virtue of where they sit in the organization, they have the best purview for understanding how all of a company's pieces fit together, how technology can be used to change business practices, and how to create a strategy that delivers on the cloud's promise of innovation and cost-containment. | | —Michael Hickins, director of strategic communications at Oracle |
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| | More Cloud News | | National Pharmacies Provides a Human Touch
One way Australia's National Pharmacies ensures that each of its 350,000 dues-paying members feels valued is through its mobile application, which members use to exchange information with pharmacists, access health information, and make purchases triggering the same rewards and promotions they get with in-store transactions. Building the app on Oracle Mobile Cloud Service "allows us to scale very well, and it gives us easy access to different forms of analytics for our members," says Ryan Klose, general manager of technology and innovation. Learn more. | Three Fundamental Concepts That Define Modern ERP
ERP 2.0 has firmly arrived—built upon the intellectual property and functionality of traditional ERP but using a cloud delivery model to offer cost savings, scalability, and rapid responsiveness. Learn more about what defines modern ERP. | Oracle Matches Its Middle East Momentum with Investment
Companies in the Middle East are quickly adopting new technologies, including cloud computing, which means that businesses can get cutting-edge IT capabilities without investing in costly infrastructure. "It's one of the regions leading our movement to the cloud," Oracle CEO Mark Hurd said earlier this year, announcing a state-of-the-art data center in Abu Dhabi, a project he said was "really emblematic of our commitment to the region." Read more about Oracle's investment. | | The Top 10 Strategic CIO Issues For 2016 | | Fujitsu and Oracle Team Up to Drive Cloud Computing | | Five Ideas: Cloud Computing |
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| | | | The Oracle Blog | | Report: Oracle Transforming Into a 'Digital Service Provider'
In the cloud computing era, the quality of a vendor's service matters just as much as the quality of its technology, Ovum Consulting says in a recent report. Oracle is taking the critical steps necessary to transform itself from traditional technology vendor to customer-focused "digital service provider," Ovum says. One early step is the Oracle Accelerated Buying Experience, which offers Oracle cloud customers a simple, fast buying process with friendly terms, regardless of their organization's size and budget. Customers report that it often takes less than 24 hours from the quote to the completed order, which Ovum says fulfills the "promise of a rapid, scalable, and flexible deployment." Learn more. |
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