abu_penny
13-11-2002, Wed 4:00 AM
ما رايكم بهذا الكلام ؟ هل هي ثقة زائدة ام حقيقة ؟
Chief Marketing Officer Mark Jarvis kicked off the recently rebranded OracleWorld conference here today in front of a gathering audience of 23,000 customers and partners attending in person or online. Both he and Oracle CFO Jeff Henley, who joined Jarvis onstage, spoke to helping companies weather the economic downturn.
Henley provided insight into the state of Oracle's business, stating that the U.S. market is beginning to stabilize, and the rest of the world is lagging. He spoke to Oracle's strong position "to weather the storm" with strong operating margins and cash flow. "Our assumption for calendar year '03 is that we will be returning to growth."
Oracle has been able to maintain its operating margins, second only to Microsoft in the software industry, through IT consolidation and the global implementation of Oracle E-Business Suite, he said.
Given the current economic environment and IT spending levels, "It's about returning to basics with a focus on total cost of ownership (TCO)," stated Henley. In tough economic times, "you want to pick safe companies."
"It's a little bit like walking through the desert," Jarvis told the audience. "And Oracle is the largest water bottle for everybody."
Jarvis walked attendees through the major themes of this week, including the low TCO customers can achieve using Unbreakable Linux and the newly introduced Oracle Collaboration Suite. With more than 750 customers using Oracle9i Real Application Clusters, hundreds of which are using Oracle running Linux, Oracle has expanded its clustering capabilities to the mid-tier.
Today, Oracle made several other announcements, including the second release of its collaboration software, called Oracle Collaboration Suite. According to Jarvis, the collaboration software lowers TCO for software, hardware, and migration and administration costs. "Oracle Collaboration Suite is four times less the cost of Microsoft Exchange."
Jarvis also introduced Oracle Direct -- See Your Business in Your Software, a demo-ground service from Oracle's growing telesales division that helps customers assess their infrastructures to target areas for additional cost savings.
Jarvis wrapped up OracleWorld's opening keynote by thanking its major sponsors, including EMC, Intel, HP and Sun Microsystems.
والله اعلم
Chief Marketing Officer Mark Jarvis kicked off the recently rebranded OracleWorld conference here today in front of a gathering audience of 23,000 customers and partners attending in person or online. Both he and Oracle CFO Jeff Henley, who joined Jarvis onstage, spoke to helping companies weather the economic downturn.
Henley provided insight into the state of Oracle's business, stating that the U.S. market is beginning to stabilize, and the rest of the world is lagging. He spoke to Oracle's strong position "to weather the storm" with strong operating margins and cash flow. "Our assumption for calendar year '03 is that we will be returning to growth."
Oracle has been able to maintain its operating margins, second only to Microsoft in the software industry, through IT consolidation and the global implementation of Oracle E-Business Suite, he said.
Given the current economic environment and IT spending levels, "It's about returning to basics with a focus on total cost of ownership (TCO)," stated Henley. In tough economic times, "you want to pick safe companies."
"It's a little bit like walking through the desert," Jarvis told the audience. "And Oracle is the largest water bottle for everybody."
Jarvis walked attendees through the major themes of this week, including the low TCO customers can achieve using Unbreakable Linux and the newly introduced Oracle Collaboration Suite. With more than 750 customers using Oracle9i Real Application Clusters, hundreds of which are using Oracle running Linux, Oracle has expanded its clustering capabilities to the mid-tier.
Today, Oracle made several other announcements, including the second release of its collaboration software, called Oracle Collaboration Suite. According to Jarvis, the collaboration software lowers TCO for software, hardware, and migration and administration costs. "Oracle Collaboration Suite is four times less the cost of Microsoft Exchange."
Jarvis also introduced Oracle Direct -- See Your Business in Your Software, a demo-ground service from Oracle's growing telesales division that helps customers assess their infrastructures to target areas for additional cost savings.
Jarvis wrapped up OracleWorld's opening keynote by thanking its major sponsors, including EMC, Intel, HP and Sun Microsystems.
والله اعلم