The tighter partnership shows that both companies are eager to generate more high-margin services business. "Oracle knows the database market is flat," says one industry insider who requested anonymity. "They are desperately trying to get revenue streams by increasing their services revenues."
Oracle and EMC are also certifying "best practices" for automatically cloning Oracle 11i Application environments. No, there's no new technology here -- just documentation about how to use EMC TimeFinder to create a copy of Oracle Apps. "The real key from a customer point of view is having something totally blueprinted and proven," Swatik says. Check: It's blueprinted. Totally.
Of course, not every joint EMC/Oracle customer stands to benefit from the new offerings.
The expanded partnership "doesn't have much relevance for us," says Andy Miller, VP of technical architecture at Corporate Express Inc.
To realize the benefits of cloud-native software, an application must actually be cloud-native—designed to run in the cloud, interacting with disaggregated cloud services, fully manageable as code—to deliver the expected benefits.
By combining resources and expertise, the AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium will offer a blueprint for how industries can adapt to an AI-dominated future.
IT leaders should heed the guidance of cybersecurity insurance providers who think businesses should prioritize security education, incident preparedness, regular internal audits, and ongoing vulnerability scanning and patching.
