Dang, this one will shake things up in the enterprise world. Since Oracle basically distributes Red Hat's RHEL operating system verbatim (WC would tell you otherwise), let's see how this affects Redwood Shores. The deal is being positioned as a cloud... — read more 

Oracle is destined to beat Amazon at cloud database: Larry Ellison https://finance.yahoo.com/video/oracle-destined-beat-amazon-cloud-014030129.html

If you still work at Oracle and make a decent salary, are over the age of 30 or 40 you should always read the 10Q. Layoffs are not over. Its not as big as the last two years, but its close. Over 1.1 billion was spent on severance packages over two... — read more 

is created by the continuous RIF year after year, quarter after quarter. Most of the better performer wouldn't be worry about that but they did declare that the RIF was not based on your age, performance, etc... So, you can be eliminated for what... — read more 

Stop stock buyback ASAP and channel the money into R&D. We need to develop viable and useful products and Oracle stopped doing this long, long time ago. The board needs to be replaced ASAP and the entire C-level lineup needs to be reexamined. That's... — read more 

DN has a very interesting post you should read on market watch. Oracle is being called out for a number of serious concerns relating to cloud. The market is finally realizing what we all know, that Oracle is just a "cloud pretender." LJE is doing... — read more 

Saw this regarding the analyst meeting https://www.streetinsider.com/dr/news.php?id=14748583&gfv=1 with a transcript of LE riff on Tesla and Oracle futures. Apparently Oracle does not care about some businesses going away because Cloud 2.0 will get... — read more 

Oracle's cloud has robotic, Star Wars-like cyber defenses: Larry Ellison https://finance.yahoo.com/video/oracles-cloud-robotic-star-wars-110723086.html

Wow was SC uncomfortable on stage during the Q/A with MH. Either she was having a nervous breakdown or she drank 6 Red Bulls. She states the stock is the "bargain of a lifetime." LOL MH has stated dozens of times over the past few years that the... — read more 

RB came to Austin this week, and there are a few observations to take note of Does he want to be in this organization? No clear career path defined for professional growth A majority of employees seeking alternative employment Clear lack of awareness... — read more 

Definitely an interesting article on Oracle’s strategy of growing on the Cloud market. The numbers don’t lie and it’s a fact that we are well behind the competition, but it’s also true that technology is going much faster than the market demands are... — read more 

Suppose you want to get onto your manager's lay-off list, and you want to get a package soon. Anyone propose any particular strategy? Perhaps, just don't do any work, or mess things up? Or, just don't help your manager with any underhanded deeds?... — read more 

"....He makes claims that his cloud products are faster and cheaper, claims that are hard to substantiate given how hard it is to nail down any vendor’s cloud prices and speeds. He says they have no disaster recovery, when they do. None of it... — read more 

The goal of the current dev management, is not to correct problems and create good products.... the goal is simply to be the last manager standing after the carnage. It's every "man"-ager for him or herself at this point. Some of these people are... — read more 

I'm part of the OCIC area. I am actually dreading the next few weeks when the lay offs will happen. There has been whispers of such thing here lately so I am not motivated to work at all. Any chance we can get more info on those rumors? Is it just... — read more 

Under AA the directive to lay-off has begun. ES signed off on packages to let go beneath. I only know a small area that has 30% lay-off amount. The other areas in HW (servers, storage) do indeed suffer yet another round by Nov 1st, percentages vary I... — read more 

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/23/amazon-move-off-oracle-caused-prime-day-outage-in-warehouse.html

Step 1 do nothing Step 2 gossip Step 3 do nothing Step 4 kiss a-- to upper directors Step 5 kiss a-- to vp Step 6 do nothing Step 7 gossip Step 8 do nothing Step 9 promoted

Although the value of the acquisition was not yet disclosed, and judging by the value of the acquired company, it doesn’t look like a big buy, think that it is good that Oracle is spreading it’s interest towards these kind of technologies and... — read more 

Larry Ellison touts innovation weapon at Oracle OpenWorld https://finance.yahoo.com/m/24d68be5-50d8-3a67-84ad-a14748b2a1a7/larry-ellison-touts.html

typical gibberish blab... "............ Amazon and Microsoft currently preparing press releases that both say "We have no idea what Larry Ellison is talking about but it doesn't work like that" #OOW18.." =================... — read more 

Managers have to prioritize staying in their hotel rooms to fire people instead of spending time with customers at OOW.

They are getting rid of the knowledgeable people first. The management doesn't like having anyone around that knows anything and can contradict them. Managers lack the basic understanding of how anything works and so they make the assumption in their... — read more 

Drama like it’s high school. Bone heads run this place.

In a press release earlier today, Oracle claims to have over 3K "LIVE" ERP Cloud customers out of their total of 5,500 organizations who have "selected" it. This seems at odds with numbers thrown around over the last 1-2 years. I worked ERP cloud and... — read more 

I'm so used to reading about at least a few people being laid off each week, that this is starting to scare me instead of comfort me. Makes me think Oracle is preparing for another major round any day now. I know I'm probably being paranoid, but I... — read more 

Looks like a quiet layoff week last week. Total since 6/1/2016 remains at 20,091. Keep looking while the going is good!

This rumor is pure speculation because I have no way of validating the rumor. But from the general tight lips, and rushing about in panicked fashion by those who should know this rumor may be true. @VKt7WnY indicates that Oracle Autonomous in the... — read more 

4 days of damege control... who is First?

very telling that the 3 stooges decided not to hold this annual mtg this year...It must be exhausting trying to keep up the charade. I am sure the analysts are relieved not to have to come to OOW and waste their time.

Any updates?

As posted on LinkedIn yesterday, Oracle announced that anyone can ask MH "your cloud questions." The Tag is @MarkVHurd and #AskMark on Twitter to hear his BS answers during OOW. #oow18

If I still have a job after how I filled out the survey, they must be relatively confidential. I was not offensive but I certainly called out specific EVPs and SVPs on their behavior and lack of leadership. If I recall, I said I trust my direct... — read more 

He left “to pursue other opportunities”. No news. Looks like he is “looking” and not “pursuing”. Loser!

My favorite one (if I were a hacker) is CVE-2018-3259, its the one that allows me to take over the Oracle VM remotely. That's where I get all that precious data. Delicious. Just port scan for 1521 and bingo... I am ready to rock and roll. I think the... — read more 

If you are in the US where typical employees have close to zero rights in the workplace, this is what you can look forward to. The 90s and 2000s are done. A combination of automation, downsizing/right sizing, globalism and something called monopsony... — read more 

Oracle stated on Wednesday that it plans to buy goBalto, a cloud platform company that specializes in clinical trails site selection and activation for life sciences companies. Apparently, with this purchase, Oracle wants to expand it's Health... — read more