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Executive Strategy Monthly Edition
May 2009

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New Problems, New Rules: Q&A with Alan Webber
In his new book Rules of Thumb: 52 Truths for Winning at Business Without Losing Yourself, Fast Company co-founder Alan Webber writes that today’s unique business problems require a fresh approach—and a different kind of conversation. Read his advice for leaders in today’s market, about the power of questions, the need for new categories—and why there has never been a better time for reflection and conversation.
NEWS

COLLABORATE 09 Wrap-up
Every year, Oracle executives travel to the COLLABORATE conference to make big announcements in front of Oracle’s independent user groups—and this year was no exception. Catch up with all the news from COLLABORATE 09 with Profit Online’s special report on the show, including exclusive video interviews with conference session leaders.

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Oracle Buys Sun
On April 20, 2009, Oracle announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Sun Microsystems. Read all about the deal, including Reuters’ interview with Larry Ellison about Oracle’s latest acquisition.

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120 Ideas for Driving Your Business Forward
Get insight and advice on topics ranging from customer relationship management and security to social networking and sustainable business. These ideas can give IT leaders a new perspective on an issue—and hopefully inspire action.

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Accelerating Growth in a Down Economy
Oracle’s Accelerate program helps partners swim against the tide of the global economy, inspiring partners to re-engineer their businesses with a new emphasis on lowering the time and cost of sales and delivery.
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Accanto’s Mobile X-Ray Brings Business Intelligence to Telco Data Services
The growing variety of mobile telecom services requires carriers to manage networks where legacy voice and new IP-based services coexist. Mobile X-Ray takes real-time samples of a telecom network and translates data about services, subscribers, and user devices into critical information—so operators make decisions before problems impact quality.
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OPINION

Blog: How Social Networks Threaten Privacy
"Computer scientists have proven that the anonymized data sets that social sites sell to marketing firms are not really that anonymous," writes Nishant Kaushik, architect for Oracle Identity Management products.

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PODCASTS AND WEBCASTS

Energy, Stimulus Spending, and the Economic Crisis
Oracle President Charles Phillips speaks at the EnergyBiz Leadership Forum about what Oracle can do to manage the avalanche of information that the energy revolution will spawn in the years ahead.
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TECH DIVE

Ramesh Chandra Revuru: Principles of SOA Composite Application Design
In a survey conducted to measure the success of SOA implementations, more than 70 percent of enterprises failed to achieve expected ROI. Composite applications form a good and simple proof of concept in adopting service-oriented architecture (SOA) within an organization.
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