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OPINION

Denise Pirrotti Hummel

Understanding the Importance of Culture in Global Business

Denise Pirrotti Hummel, CEO of Universal Consensus

“Cross-cultural differences have time and time again been identified as the most significant impediment to successful international ventures and projects. These obstacles can be transformed into opportunities with a framework for tackling them head-on.”

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OPINION

Veeravalli

Why Business and IT Should Collaborate on Upgrades

Dr. Madhavan Veeravalli, vice president of Oracle’s Industry Strategy and Insight team

“To achieve the best possible outcomes in the upgrade decision-making process, organizations should adopt a comprehensive approach that determines the value of the upgrade in terms of three factors: total benefits, total costs, and flexibility.”

Huyard

A Complete Experience: Using Technology to Retain and Grow Customers

Wayne Huyard, senior vice president and general manager of Oracle’s RightNow Global Business Unit

“For nearly every business category in the world, we've entered an era where supply often exceeds demand. The only point of sustainable competitive differentiation is customer experience.”

Perlman

Next-Generation Healthcare

Marc Perlman, Global Vice President of the Healthcare and Life Sciences Industry Business Unit at Oracle

“Building the right infrastructure to support data collection, integration, and transformation is essential to enable new insights, and to promote highly effective and efficient personalized care.”

Carpenter

The Top Three Trends in Aerospace and Defense for 2012

Ralph Carpenter, Aerospace and Defense Industry Lead at Oracle

“The opportunities expected to have the greatest impact include service transformation, global expansion, and next-generation product development.”

Mahmud

Three Major Trends for Technology Professionals in 2012

Yasser Mahmud, Oracle's vice president of product strategy and industry marketing

“It comes back to a mantra: provide as many alternative user interfaces as possible, so you can give people the ability to work, to participate, to raise issues, to create projects, in the places where they live.”

Sink

How Tablets Can Mobilize Sales

Susan Sink, director of Industry Strategy and Insight at Oracle

“With the right infrastructure to acquire, organize, and analyze this information, companies can equip executives and operations personnel with whole new insights into their customers, operations, and partner networks.”

Swaminathan

The Effects of Big Data on the Logistics Industry

Sundar Swaminathan, senior director of industry strategy and marketing at Oracle

“With the right infrastructure to acquire, organize, and analyze this information, companies can equip executives and operations personnel with whole new insights into their customers, operations, and partner networks.”

 

BLOGS

Ruppel

Oracle Social Network: How it Works
Kellsey Ruppel, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Oracle
“Oracle Social Network solves the 'siloed collaboration' problem by providing a tool that evolves the collaboration mechanism, who is involved in the collaboration, when they should be involved, and bringing in the right people at the right time.”

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TOOLKITS

Dolan

Mobile Health Industry Growing Stronger
MobiHealthNews Editor and Co-founder Brian Dolan
“This year, the main focus is on really proving that health apps, services and connected devices work. That means proving that they improve health outcomes and help people get better or stay well.”

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FIVE IDEAS

utilities

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