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Oracle has simplified its analytics product lineup and pricing and gone public with its roadmap. Here’s what’s coming and why Oracle customers will take a second look.
The Oracle Analytics Summit, held June 24-25, gave the company a chance to introduce what executives called “a new beginning” for Oracle Analytics. The themes of the event, held as both a webcast (attended by more than 6,800) and an in-person event (attended by roughly two hundred customers, partners and analysts) were “simple, transparent” and “trustworthy.”
Navigating Leadership, Technology, and Organizational Culture | DisrupTV Ep. 153
In Episode 153 of DisrupTV, hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar engage in a compelling discussion with:
Just last month Facebook’s VP for Product Policy and Counterterrorism, Monika Bickert, appeared on CNN to be grilled by Anderson Cooper. The company was being criticized for keeping up a fake video of an apparently drunk Nancy Pelosi, albeit with a disclaimer saying that it had been identified as untrustworthy content.
Leading in the Age of AI: Ethics, Governance & Human-Centric Innovation | DisrupTV Ep. 152
In Episode 152 of DisrupTV, hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar engage in a thought-provoking conversation with:
The latest update on Anaplan's connected planning story was shared at its annual customer conference, Anaplan Connected Planning Xperience (CPX), June 10-12 in San Francisco. The event highlighted the company's continued growth, success stories from a passel of notable customers, product updates and roadmap promises and vision statements centered on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML).
The Future of AI, Automation & Innovation | DisrupTV Ep. 151
In Episode 151 of DisrupTV, hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar engage in a compelling conversation with:
Few products in cloud software / platforms are around for 10 or more years, Oracle Exadata just turned ten years old and joined that illustrious club. Let's look at what the underlying importance and relevance for enterprises is.
Salesforce $15.7 billion mega acquisition will add revenue and blunt a Microsoft competitive threat, but long-term benefits will depend on deeper integration and additive innovation.
Google announced May 6 its intention to acquire Looker, in a $2.6 billion, all-cash deal that will see the business intelligence, data applications and embedded analytics vendor become, upon the close of the deal, part of the Google Cloud. The move is not totally unexpected, as Looker was a close partner with Google, but it's the first shot that will likely see Google buy more and, most likely, a competitive response from Amazon Web Services.
The Future of Marketing, Media & Technology | DisrupTV Ep. 150
In Episode 150 of DisrupTV, hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar engage in a compelling conversation with:
I had the opportunity to moderate the telemedicine panel at the Southern California HIMSS event on 5/23/19. We had an outstanding list of panelist:
Zia Agha, MD, Chief Medical Officer & EVP, Clinical Research, Medical Informatics & Telehealth, West Health
William Jih, MD, MBA, Medical Director, Population Health & Strategy, Loma Linda University Medical Center
Michael Pfeffer, MD, FACP, Assistant Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer for the UCLA Health Sciences
Omid Toloui, MBA, MPH, Vice President, Digital Health, CareMore
Exploring Innovation, Technology, and the Future of Work | DisrupTV Ep.149
In Episode 149 of DisrupTV, hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar engage in a compelling conversation with: