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Oracle makes its pitch for the enterprise cloud. Should CIOs listen?

CIO Business Intelligence

In a cloud market dominated by three vendors, once cloud-denier Oracle is making a push for enterprise share gains, announcing expanded offerings and customer wins across the globe, including Japan , Mexico , and the Middle East. These qualities are making it easier for CIOs to adopt OCI as a second or third provider in their environment.”

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Cloud wars: Former Amazon Web Services leader Charlie Bell reportedly joins rival Microsoft

GeekWire

Longtime Amazon Web Services leader Charlie Bell has reportedly taken a job at Microsoft. Bell joined Amazon in 1998 when it acquired his company, Server Technologies Group, an e-commerce transaction software company that he founded in 1996 after leaving Oracle, according to his LinkedIn bio.

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Accenture buys supply chain firm to expand Oracle business

CIO Business Intelligence

Accenture on Wednesday said that it was acquiring US-based supply chain management (SCM) software provider Inspirage for an undisclosed amount to expand its Oracle-focused business. Accenture, which has been an Oracle partner for more than 30 years, has been on an acquisition spree to expand its Oracle business over the last few years.

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Zoom revenue spikes to $328M in Q1; CEO thanks Amazon Web Services for help meeting demand

GeekWire

Shares have surged more than 200% since the pandemic began as more people rely on the company’s software to work and socialize due to shelter-in-place orders. Zoom CEO Eric Yuan gave a special shout-out to longtime partner Amazon Web Services and its CEO Andy Jassy for helping the company meet demand. Zoom Chart).

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After reaching $40B in revenue in record time, Amazon Web Services hints at its own reinvention

GeekWire

Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy with a chart showing AWS revenue growth at the company’s virtual re:Invent conference this week. Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy at AWS re:Invent this week, in front of a slide showing some of the company’s customers and partners. Screenshot via webcast). Amazon Photo).

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Tableau Software CEO Mark Nelson steps down

GeekWire

Mark Nelson is stepping down as CEO of Tableau Software, less than two years after he took the helm of the Seattle-based data visualization company owned by Salesforce. He became CEO in March 2021, filling a vacancy created when his predecessor, Adam Selipsky, was named CEO of Amazon Web Services and replaced current Amazon CEO Andy Jassy.

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How Oracle differentiates its IaaS against AWS

Computer Weekly

Cloud computing is changing both IT infrastructure and software development. We take a look at Oracle’s plans as it starts to compete with Amazon Web Services

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