Special Report: Innovation
Savvy executives know that cutting costs can only get you so far in today's bumpy market. This special package—featuring content available only on Profit Online—shows why innovative thinking is critical to continued success, regardless of the economic conditions. Hear tips from top business leaders about how to find money in your budget for special projects, and how to ask questions that will inspire your employees to new levels of creativity. Then, read about Oracle’s continued innovation, including the company’s latest database machine—Exadata Version 2.
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Oracle Buys HyperRoll
On September 29, 2009, Oracle announced it has agreed to acquire certain assets of HyperRoll, a leading provider of financial reporting acceleration solutions with interactive reporting capability to support complex data calculation requirements.
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Oracle Solutions That Integrate Sustainability With Strategy
"Our customers are beginning to weave environmental policy into their overall corporate strategy," says Oracle vice president Nigel King. "Oracle's products and services are there to assist customers in the monitoring and execution of that strategy."
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All About OraTweet
Find out about the Oracle developer who built his own Twitter with Oracle Application Express.
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OpenWorld Preview: Live Demos, Hands-On BI Labs, and Smart EPM Strategies
With more than 100 scheduled sessions, this year’s Oracle OpenWorld conference will provide unprecedented insight into the breadth of Oracle’s Business Intelligence and Enterprise Performance Management portfolio.
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How Collaboration, Curiosity, and Flexibility Ignite Innovation
"In a time of change, trying to pick from an existing set of choices is not a great place to be... So what you need is a divergent approach, an approach that creates new alternatives," says Tim Brown, CEO of IDEO
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Siebel CRM and Oracle CRM On Demand at Oracle OpenWorld 2009
Get a preview of the must see sessions, demos, customer presentations, and other highlights of Oracle OpenWorld 2009, October 11-15 in San Francisco. Then check out Profit Online's special Openworld package.
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Big Ideas: Applications Express
“The hallmark feature for Applications Express 4.0 is this idea called a Websheet... It's kind of like a spreadsheet in that it's designed for anyone who can operate a spreadsheet...but it's really designed, not to solve every problem that a spreadsheet solves, but to solve the problem of maintaining spreadsheet data across multiple users.”—Mike Hichwa, vice president of Software Development, Oracle

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