It seems to help the companies that are in distress has always been the secondary task of Microsoft. In times of distress, companies facing trouble always lock arms with Microsoft to recover from blows received in the marketplace (dont forget apple pre-iPhone and also Nokia which once was the world's no1 handset maker). On June24, Microsoft will do it again , this time with Oracle in a sector that will help them both bigtime: the cloud
Oracle has the powerful enterprise hardware -- survers storage and switches -- and the parallel database to run Microsoft's azure cloud management system and windows8 apps. Oracle has long interoperated with Windows server systems, .NET and Microsoft Office.
As newer cloud based solutions continue to pour into the enterprise space, old-dog software vendors such as Microsoft and Oracle (does anyone remember HP, IBM and Dell?) have to get creative. Once a foe always a foe not being the current situation, they are now looking to combine talents and fight to retain marketshare against the filled newcomers from all around the globe. The 2 founders, Bill Gates and Larry Ellison are partners in charity ' Giving Pledge' , this might just be a beginning of a beautiful friendship. It is clear that Oracle is declining but can the cloud save it?
Oracle has the powerful enterprise hardware -- survers storage and switches -- and the parallel database to run Microsoft's azure cloud management system and windows8 apps. Oracle has long interoperated with Windows server systems, .NET and Microsoft Office.
As newer cloud based solutions continue to pour into the enterprise space, old-dog software vendors such as Microsoft and Oracle (does anyone remember HP, IBM and Dell?) have to get creative. Once a foe always a foe not being the current situation, they are now looking to combine talents and fight to retain marketshare against the filled newcomers from all around the globe. The 2 founders, Bill Gates and Larry Ellison are partners in charity ' Giving Pledge' , this might just be a beginning of a beautiful friendship. It is clear that Oracle is declining but can the cloud save it?
