NEWS: Oracle's Booming Cloud Business Could Rip And Replace SAP As #1 In Apps

CLOUD WARS – Cloud computing, which has already triggered massive disruptions across industries in business models and traditional pecking-orders, is giving Oracle Corp. a once-in-a-generation chance to displace arch-enemy SAP as the world leader in enterprise applications.

For decades, SAP has been the world leader in enterprise applications and Oracle has been the front-runner in enterprise databases, with both companies retaining their leadership positions in spite of the seismic shifts in the industry caused by the moves from mainframes to minicomputers to client-server to the Internet.

Oracle's recent surge in cloud-applications revenue - it sold $1 billion in SaaS apps during the quarter ended May 31 and $3.4 billion for the year give it a legitimate chance to overtake SAP as the world's #1 provider of enterprise applications, particularly in the massive cloud ERP market.

In the combined category of on-premise apps plus cloud apps, it's still not very close as SAP's revenue for that category doubles that of Oracle for the corresponding set of products and services:

• Oracle: For the 3 months ending May 31, it reported combined applications revenue of $2.86 billion: $964 million for SaaS apps and $1.9 billion for on-premise (see full details on page 10 of the Oracle press release).
• SAP: For the 3 months ending June 30, it reported combined applications revenue for cloud plus on-premise of $5.61 billion (see full details on page 7 of the SAP press release).

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SAP debuts new 'Leonardo' Blockchain as a Service | Supply Chain Dive

1. SAP has introduced "Leonardo," a new Blockchain as a Service (BaaS) offering which is "ready-to-use blockchain technology" that resides in the SAP Cloud, CNBC reported. Leonardo is accessible remotely rather than dependent on 'on premise' technology or end-user software.
2. SAP Leonardo functions comprehensively, as it features blockchain Cloud service technology, as well as machine learning and the internet of things (IoT), which will integrate as a single ecosystem.
3. This fusion of technologies offers the ability to automatically order new parts or consumables in a business supply chain connected to the IoT. Artificial intelligence (AI) is included in order to automate procedures, while the blockchain acts to propagate smart contract orders and/or pay for goods.

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Would you trust an external provider with your organization’s data

Would you trust an external provider with your organization’s data? Why or Why not? What would be needed to raise your trust in the reliability, security, and privacy of the data? Yes, to an external provider if the provider was trustworthy and experienced. Through time I would gain more trust in reliability, security, and privacy […]


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On-premise, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS: Who’s responsible for what?

As Cloud networking becomes more popular, the myriad of terms like “on-premise,” “Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS),” “Platform as a Service (PaaS),” and “Software as a Service (SaaS)” can be confusing to those not fully acquainted with the technologies.  A helpful way of understanding the distinction between these four ideas is to look at what parts of your server/network […]


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The response to SAP’s Business ByDesign decision

The recent report that SAP was cutting back on development of Business By Design was widely reported. Here are some comments about it. ZDNet ByDesign is intended to serve “mid-market” companies …At launch, executives projected that the $4 billion software suite would generate $1 billion in annual revenue. Yet it is expected to generate no […]


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Software as a Service

By Ian M. Marlow March 4, 2014 A major shift is underway in the licensing of software for business. Providers now offer multiple software licensing models, from standalone licenses to Software as a Service (SaaS). On the business-to-consumer side we’ve seen it in everything from email to iTunes to Microsoft Office to QuickBooks. Each licensing model […]


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