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February 2012

The Road Ahead

Oracle President Mark Hurd shares his vision of how enterprise technology is changing the way we do business.

 

mobileSpecial Report: Trends to Watch in 2012

Profit Online asked a group of experts, both within and outside of Oracle, to list the top trends they're seeing for 2012 in their field or industry of expertise. Check out their predictions, plus an innovation expert explains the key to creating solutions that work for today's market.

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  • Special Report: Mobile
    Here, find out more about February's Mobile World Congress 2012, plus learn about companies that are already developing mobile strategies that put them ahead in today's market. Also, hear a mobile expert explain how to create solutions that reach customers and get them to buy.
  • COLLABORATE 12 Sneak Preview with IOUG President Andy Flower
    “I expect security, virtualization, and energy efficiency to attract big crowds,” says Andy Flower, president of IOUG. “But if I had to pick a couple hot topics, I would say big data and 'Exa.' By 'Exa,' I mean the range of Oracle engineered systems, including Oracle Exadata Database Machine, Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud, and Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine.”
  • Five Ideas: Business Intelligence
    Read these five ideas, plus register for a live webcast on February 14 to learn how to turn insights into real-time actions with Oracle Business Intelligence Mobile.
  • Claro IT Makes Strategic Investments to Keep Pace With Brazil's Economy
    “Brazil's mobile telecom market is highly competitive, with four main brands fighting over customers with a series of very aggressive promotions,” says Ricardo Birtel, CIO at Claro in Sao Paulo, Brazil. “Having an IT infrastructure that can support our growth is critical for success.”
  • Five Ideas: Cloud Computing
    Get cloud advice and insight from industry experts in these five ideas, then watch Gain Total Control of Enterprise Clouds, now on demand, to learn how to justify cloud initiatives based on proven best practices, manage the entire cloud lifecycle and more.
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Karren

The Top Trends in 2012 for the Oil and Gas Industry

Charles Karren
senior director of oil and gas industry strategy at Oracle

“Around the world, the oil and gas sector is expanding in more distant and challenging environments than at any time in its history.”

 

Mathews-Wadhwa

2012 Digital Design Trends

Ayesha Mathews-Wadhwa
founder and creative director of PixInk

“In 2012, brands that consistently fuse design innovation with utility will move to the front of the line.”

 

Q+A
Jewell

Going Public

Tyler Jewell
vice president of product management and strategy at Oracle

“Oracle is the only company that can provide the depth and breadth of cloud solutions—spanning applications, middleware, and database.”

 

Anthony

Calm in the Storm

Scott Anthony
author of The Little Black Book of Innovation

“The brutal reality of today's world is if you don't innovate you're not going be around for even the short term, let alone the long term.”

 

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    Oracle President Mark Hurd and senior executives from Oracle and RightNow explain how combined, best-in-class solutions will transform the way organizations deliver great customer experiences across every channel to achieve sustainable business advantage.
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    Learn about Oracle's new offering, launched at Oracle OpenWorld, in this Oracle Magazine podcast.
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