Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Oracle reveals Project X - CBRonline.com
Oracle reveals Project X - CBRonline.com: "Oracle's new integration and composite application strategy is great news for the thousands of users who are quite happy with their existing applications because it brings a new level of flexibility to their business application infrastructure and an opportunity to take advantage of new technologies without having to undergo an expensive and risky upgrade (in the sense that all application upgrades carry inherent risks) to Fusion applications.
It could draw attention away from the planned Fusion applications and delay adoption as users may see Project X as a reason not to upgrade, which may not be so good from Oracle's perspective.
However, Oracle's application strategy has undergone a quiet transformation over the last year or so, whereby it appears to have prioritized customer retention and related maintenance revenue over cajoling the customer base to move to its next generation technology. "
It could draw attention away from the planned Fusion applications and delay adoption as users may see Project X as a reason not to upgrade, which may not be so good from Oracle's perspective.
However, Oracle's application strategy has undergone a quiet transformation over the last year or so, whereby it appears to have prioritized customer retention and related maintenance revenue over cajoling the customer base to move to its next generation technology. "
