Oracle committed to HCM – from top down – Similar like last year Mark Hurd opened the event, which is a good sign showing the top executives are committed to keep up the HCM momentum. To compare – other vendors in the big, big category (SAP, Microsoft) have not shown the same presence – or not even formulated their HCM strategy. And Hurd has gotten remarkably better in the last 12 months on explaining HR relevant drivers, making Oracle a showcase of the overall challenge (having to interview about 60k candidates per year) and explaining technology to the HR professional. And Hurd is one of the few CEOs that is not afraid to take live questions from the audience.
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| Hurd presenting in his unique stage off style |
Partner Keynote - The partner keynote from by Dan Staley from Price Waterhouse was solid – but the usual partner keynote. I wonder when the big partner keynote will be re-invented – away from the attempt to show ‘unique’ though leadership – which usually fails – to some real world implementation benefits and differentiators that help the audience to select the right partner. There is value for a partner in having prospects realize that they are not the right ones for that specific partner as it keeps the cost of sales down.
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| Staley on why enterprises move to cloud |
Motivational Speaker – Condolezza Rice came and spoke and delivered a great keynote - as to be expected with insights during her government tenure.
MyPOV
A good start for Oracle's HCM World - following the typical format of executive, partner and motivational speaker. Apart from Hurd, the really interesting things will come with Chris Leone tomorrow - I hope.
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Future of Work / HCM / SaaS research:
- Progress Report - Oracle HCM gathers momentum - now it needs to build on that - read here
- Oracle pushes modern HR - there is more than technology - read here. (Takeaways from the recent HCMWorld conference).
- Why Applications Unlimited is good a good strategy for Oracle customers and Oracle - read here.
- News Analysis - Oracle discovers the power of the two socket server - or: A pivot that wasn't one - TCO still rules - read here
- Market Move - Oracle buys Datalogix - moves more into DaaS - read here
- Event Report - Oracle Openworld - Oracle's vision and remaining work become clear - they are both big - read here
- Constellation Research Video Takeaways of Oracle Openworld 2014 - watch here
- Is it all coming together for Oracle in 2014? Read here.
- From the fences - Oracle AR Meeting takeaways - read here (this was the last analyst meeting in spring 2013)
- Takeaways from Oracle CloudWorld LA - read here (this was one of the first cloud world events overall, in January 2013)
And if you want to read more of my findings on Oracle technology - I suggest:
- Progress Report - Good cloud progress at Oracle and a two step program - read here.
- Oracle integrates products to create its Foundation for Cloud Applications - read here.
- Java grows up to the enterprise - read here.
- 1st take - Oracle in memory option for its database - very organic - read here.
- Oracle 12c makes the database elastic - read here.
- How the cloud can make the unlikeliest bedfellows - read here.
- Act I - Oracle and Microsoft partner for the cloud - read here.
- Act II - The cloud changes everything - Oracle and Salesforce.com - read here.
- Act III - The cloud changes everything - Oracle and Netsuite with a touch of Deloitte - read here.