 | NEWS | |  | Experience Oracle CloudWorld In January 2013, Oracle launched Oracle CloudWorld, an event series that brings together Oracle executives, customers, and partners, along with industry thought-leaders to illustrate how to drive business transformation via Oracle Cloud. Find out what is happening at the events. Read More Q&A: Oracle's Bjorn Eriksson on the Synergies of Upgrading to the Cloud Upgrade your applications and move to the cloud—at the same time? The potential upsides—from lower costs to less downtime—are compelling. Bjorn Eriksson, director of product management and strategy, Oracle Managed Cloud Services, shares real-world experiences helping companies successfully upgrade straight to the cloud. Read More Oracle President Mark Hurd Launches New Oracle Infrastructure as a Service with Capacity on Demand In a January 2013 Webcast, Oracle President Mark Hurd and Oracle Senior Vice President of Systems Technology Juan Loaiza introduced Oracle Infrastructure as a Service, which combines on-premise hardware with support and enhanced service offerings—for a monthly fee. Read More |  |  | NEW E-BOOK | |  |  | Discover What It Takes to Be a Cloud Hero Access the Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c e-book today to fast-track your enterprise to the cloud. The e-book includes demos, videos, self-assessments, and white papers. Learn about the only comprehensive management tool for planning, deploying, and managing the cloud. | |  |  | WEBCASTS | |  | Oracle Database Cloud Service Learn how Oracle Database Cloud Service enables businesses to develop and deploy mission-critical applications in the cloud faster and easier than ever before. Modern Marketing in the Cloud Join Oracle President Mark Hurd and senior executives from Oracle and Eloqua to learn how the combination of best-in-class solutions from the two companies is expected to enable modern marketers to provide a highly personalized and unified experience across channels, create brand loyalty through social and online interactions, grow revenue by driving more qualified leads to sales teams, and provide superior service at every touchpoint. Introducing Oracle Infrastructure as a Service Learn how Oracle Infrastructure as a Service (Oracle IaaS) delivers Oracle engineered systems hardware and support for a monthly fee, with no upfront capital expenditures. Oracle IaaS combines the security and control of on-premise systems with unique features of cloud computing. Oracle Fusion Human Capital Management Implementation Overview with Zillow and KPMG Learn how software as a service (SaaS) can transform HR and IT processes and practices. In this Webcast representatives from Zillow and KPMG will cover key project challenges and success factors; strategic considerations for implementing HR, payroll interface, benefits, employee and manager self service, compensation, and performance management; requirements for deploying common elements in a SaaS environment; and developing an implementation approach to enhance advantages of SaaS. Virtualized Oracle Database Appliance Overview Learn about the unique benefits of Oracle VM on Oracle Database Appliance in this Webcast replay featuring Sohan DeMel, vice president of product strategy and business development at Oracle. Oracle Database Appliance Now Supports Oracle VM Discover how Oracle Database Appliance now supports Oracle VM, enabling applications to coexist and run on the same physical appliance as their associated database. 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