Green: The Biggest Economic Opportunity of the 21st Century
Enterprises around the globe are taking a hard look at sustainable business practices. But how can managers—with responsibilities to shareholders, employees, customers, partners, and the community it serves—sensibly implement green policy that will have a long-term effect without inviting significant short-term hardship?
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Four Steps to Reduce Overhead in the Finance Department
In many companies, ad hoc or "fringe" processes—those existing outside the realm of financial systems—remain manual or paper-based. Not only are these processes inefficient, error-prone, and environmentally unfriendly, they also create financial strain and legal risk. Here are four steps you can take to develop strategies to accelerate the speed of money in your finance organization.
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Don Tapscott: Can Mass Collaboration Save the World?
Don Tapscott, founder and chief executive of New Paradigm and author of Wikinomics, believes social networking and distributed collaboration signals a new era of business. "Mass collaboration is becoming a new mode of production. And a new mode of production that enables better innovation and competitive advantage by definition is not a fad. It's something that will endure."
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JackBe’s Presto Instantly Gives Oracle Users More Power, Flexibility
Companies increasingly want to create enterprise “mashups,” which dynamically integrate data from multiple sources, whether these sources are internal or external. That’s exactly why JackBe launched its Presto solution in November, a solution that earned it Best Enterprise Mashup Platform in the InfoWorld 2008 Technology of the Year Awards
in January.
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AppCast: How Customers Benefit from the Oracle Insight Program
Listen to Group Vice President Harry Ghuman discuss Oracle's Insight program, including how it helps Oracle salespeople understand customers' businesses better and make them more successful.
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Agilent’s Competitive Edge Stays Razor Sharp with Oracle On Demand
Oracle On Demand gave Santa Clara, California-based Agilent the flexibility it needed to move from a traditional fixed-cost center to a flexible sourced model, achieving a return on equity of 17.9 percent in 2006. Read how the company has benefited from a multisource approach to IT outsourcing with Oracle On Demand.
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Oracle CIO Executive Summit
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 31 – April 2
Keith Block, executive vice president, Oracle, will host this unique gathering for Oracle's top customers, exploring new ways to develop and capitalize on innovations that can transform businesses and promote growth over the next 12 to 24 months.
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