At a time when better, less expensive products and services seemingly are just a click or two away, the conventional wisdom might be that brands are less important than they once were. And that conventional wisdom would be dead wrong. Vibrant brands—and not just the…
“Wherever you turn, you can find someone who needs you. Even if it is a little thing, do something for which there is no pay but the privilege of doing it.” ―Albert Schweitzer These sentiments underly everything we do in the Oracle Volunteering program. Every…
Oracle Education Foundation is a nonprofit organization funded by Oracle and staffed by Oracle employees. Its mission is to help young people develop the technical acumen, creative confidence, empathy, and grit to become outstanding designers of solutions to people’s needs and the world’s problems. In…
By Hari Sankar, group vice president for EPM apps, Oracle Enterprise performance management (EPM) solutions should have the functional breadth and depth as well as the scalability and flexibility to address all your EPM needs across the enterprise. But this isn’t always the case, and many solutions,…
Ten years ago, the term “customer success” meant little in the IT and services industry. Sure, all organizations wanted to support their customers and provide them with the tools and services they needed to succeed. However, the term itself, as we define it today, did…
Most business leaders understand that experience is the major differentiator. Even so, many are struggling with how to better manage and improve the experiences that their customers and employees have every day. I heard about several ways that companies and their developers can get real…
In the world of IT consulting, the size of a provider’s footprint and scope of expertise is a competitive advantage. However, this does not necessarily mean that industry giants with international workforces of hundreds and thousands of people are the only winners. Even the smallest…
Personal healthcare experiences often spark pioneering cures, and Hindsait CEO Pinaki Dasgupta is no exception. After two immediate family members weathered serious health issues, Dasgupta brought his digital expertise in manufacturing to the healthcare industry. His cloud-based startup is designed to help insurance companies and…
Climate change is a hot topic. The responsibility to act and collaborate to address it must be shared globally. SAP has been serious about climate change for more than 10 years, setting its first carbon reduction targets in 2009. While the company was again rated…
Extracting insights from data may seem like old news, but do not get too comfortable. Machine learning and other advanced analytics technologies are set to bring an unprecedented impact on how real-time, contextual data is used business-wide. Get ready for this new era with the…