A temperature check of customer opinion
By Freeform DynamicsPublished 2006 Nov 14, 22:13
Following the acquisition of PeopleSoft and Siebel Systems, software giant Oracle became the proud owner of four ERP and three CRM product lines, all originally developed on different platforms and having different tooling to manage configuration and implementation.
Against this background, customers have understandably been asking what happens next, and specifically what Oracle will be doing to ensure that past investments are protected and incremental value continues to be delivered. Oracle's answer is its Fusion Applications strategy, but are customers convinced?
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Showing posts with label Fusion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fusion. Show all posts
Friday, December 01, 2006
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Demystifying Fusion — OAUG’s Three-Step Fusion Program
For those who are a member of OAUG this might be a good session to attend. If anyone does attend, please share your comments.
Learn more about the OAUG’s new Fusion program by attending the OAUG eLearning Community Thursday session, Demystifying Fusion — OAUG's Three-Step Fusion Program, which will be held on Thursday, November 30, 2006, at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Standard (New York) Time and then again at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Standard (New York) Time.
Co-hosted by John Stouffer and Floyd Teter, OAUG Fusion Council chairs, this session is designed to “lift the curtain and show how the magic tricks are performed.” Subjects will include Fusion technology, Oracle’s path to Fusion Applications, building business processes in Fusion and the roadmap to Fusion Applications.
Register today for this must-attend session via OAUG eLearning.
Learn more about the OAUG’s new Fusion program by attending the OAUG eLearning Community Thursday session, Demystifying Fusion — OAUG's Three-Step Fusion Program, which will be held on Thursday, November 30, 2006, at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Standard (New York) Time and then again at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Standard (New York) Time.
Co-hosted by John Stouffer and Floyd Teter, OAUG Fusion Council chairs, this session is designed to “lift the curtain and show how the magic tricks are performed.” Subjects will include Fusion technology, Oracle’s path to Fusion Applications, building business processes in Fusion and the roadmap to Fusion Applications.
Register today for this must-attend session via OAUG eLearning.
Fusion Applications - The More You Know, The Better You'll Feel
Here is an interesting blog that gives one users opinions of Oracle Apps. Floyd Teter has several blogs worth looking at to get a customer's prospective on the future of Oracle Fusion. I posted his lastest blog and you can follow the link below to read his other blogs.
Fusion Applications - The More You Know, The Better You'll Feel
Every morning, I check my favorite Oracle-related news sources and blogs for the latest buzz. Today, I stumbled across a great piece of research at The Register. The article, "Oracle's Fusion Applications Strategy: What The Customers Think", is based on 321 responses to a survey of Oracle Applications Users who are members of The Register's Technology Panel. This is pretty similar to the Fusion Applications Customer Profiling initiative recently completed by the International Oracle User Council (IOUC), but The Register's sample size is much larger.
The IOUC survey results were recently presented during Oracle OpenWorld (OOW). You can find the presentation and review the results for yourself at the OOW presentation download site.
The Register survey results indicated that Oracle Application customers were concerned about:
1. Oracle's lack of clarity and consistency in dealing with the future management of its multiple product lines.
2. The possibility that Oracle will delivery an immature and inelegantly integrated set of applications in order to meet self-imposed schedule milestones.
3. Fear about costs, disruption and protection of investments, mostly rooted in a concern that a migration to Oracle Fusion Applications will be forced upon them at some time in the future.
After sharing these concerns and concluding that only 15% of customers were completely sold on the Oracle Fusion Application strategy, The Register survey disclosed another very interesting result: there is a clear correlation between the level of customer confidence and the customer's depth of Fusion knowledge. For example, customers stating that the Fusion story is well understood in their organizations are also very confident of their investment being protected. These same customers are also very confident that they will obtain benefits in application flexibility through Oracle Fusion Applications. In other words, the more customers understand about Fusion Applications, the more confident they become in Oracle's Fusion Applications strategy...the more you know, the better you'll feel.
I share this timely information from The Register survey because the Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG) is teaming with Solution Beacon to provide Oracle Applications customers with a wonderful opportunity to feel better with The Road To Las Vegas workshops. The overriding theme of the workshops is "Demystifying Fusion - OAUG's Three Step Fusion Program". The presentations will include some recommendations on getting your organization to Fusion Applications, as well as some hands-on workshops (BPEL and RAC are just a few of the workshop subjects). The overall intent of The Road to Las Vegas is to educate Oracle Applications customers about Fusion Applications - including Release 12, which is an interation on the way to Fusion Applications.
So, the bottom line: you'll feel better about Oracle Fusion Applications if you attend The Road to Las Vegas workshops ;)
http://orclville.blogspot.com
Fusion Applications - The More You Know, The Better You'll Feel
Every morning, I check my favorite Oracle-related news sources and blogs for the latest buzz. Today, I stumbled across a great piece of research at The Register. The article, "Oracle's Fusion Applications Strategy: What The Customers Think", is based on 321 responses to a survey of Oracle Applications Users who are members of The Register's Technology Panel. This is pretty similar to the Fusion Applications Customer Profiling initiative recently completed by the International Oracle User Council (IOUC), but The Register's sample size is much larger.
The IOUC survey results were recently presented during Oracle OpenWorld (OOW). You can find the presentation and review the results for yourself at the OOW presentation download site.
The Register survey results indicated that Oracle Application customers were concerned about:
1. Oracle's lack of clarity and consistency in dealing with the future management of its multiple product lines.
2. The possibility that Oracle will delivery an immature and inelegantly integrated set of applications in order to meet self-imposed schedule milestones.
3. Fear about costs, disruption and protection of investments, mostly rooted in a concern that a migration to Oracle Fusion Applications will be forced upon them at some time in the future.
After sharing these concerns and concluding that only 15% of customers were completely sold on the Oracle Fusion Application strategy, The Register survey disclosed another very interesting result: there is a clear correlation between the level of customer confidence and the customer's depth of Fusion knowledge. For example, customers stating that the Fusion story is well understood in their organizations are also very confident of their investment being protected. These same customers are also very confident that they will obtain benefits in application flexibility through Oracle Fusion Applications. In other words, the more customers understand about Fusion Applications, the more confident they become in Oracle's Fusion Applications strategy...the more you know, the better you'll feel.
I share this timely information from The Register survey because the Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG) is teaming with Solution Beacon to provide Oracle Applications customers with a wonderful opportunity to feel better with The Road To Las Vegas workshops. The overriding theme of the workshops is "Demystifying Fusion - OAUG's Three Step Fusion Program". The presentations will include some recommendations on getting your organization to Fusion Applications, as well as some hands-on workshops (BPEL and RAC are just a few of the workshop subjects). The overall intent of The Road to Las Vegas is to educate Oracle Applications customers about Fusion Applications - including Release 12, which is an interation on the way to Fusion Applications.
So, the bottom line: you'll feel better about Oracle Fusion Applications if you attend The Road to Las Vegas workshops ;)
http://orclville.blogspot.com
Thursday, November 09, 2006
How Customers Can Prepare for Fusion Today
Click the link below access a quick pod cast on how customers can start preparing for Fusion today.
How Customers Can Prepare for Fusion Today
How Customers Can Prepare for Fusion Today
Friday, October 27, 2006
New World Order or Last days in Rome?
The future is coming! Will Oracle pull this off or is this just another sales pitch? Listen to the following Podcast Podcast: Oracle's Fusion User Experience is a Key Ingredient to their Customers' Success and feel free to comment.
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