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Wednesday, December 19. 2007

Oracle's Q2 Goes Vertical in More Ways than One

Oracle's Q2 profits blew away analysts estimates by posting a 36% per share gain and sales of new licenses for database and middleware sofware were up 28%. Oracle's president, Charles Phillips put SAP squarely in their sights by saying, “We like our growth strategy of expanding beyond ERP into high-end industry specific vertical software in contrast to SAP’s strategy of moving down market to sell ERP systems to small companies." It was followed up by a statement by CEO Larry Ellison who then shifted the target to IBM, "We continue to take market share from IBM in both product categories," referring to database and middleware solutions.

Posted by Joe Francica in Oracle at 17:53 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Tuesday, December 18. 2007

Army COE Utilizes Oracle 11g Spatial

Oracle Magazine [updated to no reg URL per comments - Adena] published an article that included a case study of the the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (COE) and how it is utilizing Oracle 11g Spatial. The corp is using Spatial to store permiting data as x-y pairs and exposing the data through a Web Feature Service (WFS).

I'm just glad Oracle Magazine has an article on spatial. Kudos.
Posted by Joe Francica in Oracle at 17:56 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

Podcast: 2007 Year in Review

Yahoo MapInfo Remote Sensing Location Intelligence Traffic Geospatial Business Navigation Social Networking

It's time to look back on the year with Directions Media's editors Joe Francica, Adena Schutzberg and Nora Parker. The industry watchers pick out a few themes and explore what they mean today and look a bit into the crystal ball. Among the topics: the value ($$$) of geo, the new geodata, "neogeography," convergence, the quick-deciding user and the GPS-enabled ski jacket. The podcast is 27 minutes long and was recorded on Dec 17, 2007.



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Posted by Adena Schutzberg in Google, Microsoft, Oracle, Yahoo, MapInfo, Remote Sensing, Databases, Location Intelligence, Traffic, Directions on the News Podcast, Special Topics Podcast, Satellite Navigation, Geospatial Business, Navigation, Social Networking at 01:00 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Tuesday, December 11. 2007

Podcast: Developers: The New GIS Customers?

ESRI

There is a slow and steady move from geospatial software providers as they move their focus from the end-user to the third party developer. More tools are available than ever. Developer conferences are growing. Demand for industry focused or custom solutions is growing as easy-to-use websites change end-user expectations. Editors Joe Francica and Adena Schutzberg explore how this sea change will impact the geospatial marketplace.



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Posted by Adena Schutzberg in Google, ESRI, Microsoft, Oracle, Directions on the News Podcast at 01:00 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Tuesday, December 4. 2007

Podcast: ESRI to Go Agile; GeoBiz follows IT in M&A Trends

ESRI Geospatial Business

This week we couldn't agree on a single topic so we bring you two. First Adena Schutzberg explores ESRI's decision to hire a senior executive who will promote agile product management within the company. Then Joe Francica highlights parallels between what's going on in mergers and acquisitions in the broader IT market and in geospatial. The podcast is 13 minutes long and was recorded on November 30, 2007.



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Posted by Adena Schutzberg in ESRI, Microsoft, Oracle, Directions on the News Podcast, IBM, Geospatial Business at 01:00 | Comment (1) | Trackbacks (0)
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