Microsoft didn't try to beat AWS at its own game, and neither should Oracle. Rather, the company should focus on legacy workloads to remain competitive.
By Matt Asay | September 22, 2016, 6:33 AM PST
By Matt Asay | September 22, 2016, 6:33 AM PST
Oracle talked a big cloud game at the 2016 Oracle OpenWorld, but it's arguably telling the wrong story. Oracle insists it will compete vigorously on price and also on innovation, claiming its complete cloud stack ownership gives it a competitive advantage against AWS. Neither, however, is true, and neither speaks to Oracle's most compelling strength in the cloud: Oracle's legacy enterprise business.
Though CIOs seem ready to pack up and leave their
Though CIOs seem ready to pack up and leave their
