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The Oracle cloud?
Lot's has been written on the big acquisition. "Oracle looks at the Sun" seems to be quite a popular headline. It seems that almost nobody saw this one coming.
People are not panicking, but some are not far from it as it seems. The open source community had big concerns about MySQL even though Oracle is also responsible for a storage engine that is actually distributed with MySQL.
What I found much more interesting was taking apart the various pieces that Sun provides through this acquisition and what Oracle could bring when taking current trends and "buzzwords" into account.
One of the trends that was seen throughout last year was SaaS, "green IT" and the word of the year 2009 is most likely "cloud". The strange thing is nobody has a clear knowledge of what either is, but almost every company out there will show various implementations of these terms.
So, what if Oracle puts it all together? Just stay with me for a second. They have, among others, their own business suite. They have a database, they now have an operating system that will probably be modified to ensure a smooth cooperation between everything. Then you've got the xVM Ops center that allows you to use the virtual machines that you created. They can even use their own hardware.
What would happen if oracle gives the idea that SAP had with their business by design a thwirl? They could have their own cloud, you could order your application to go. As you expand you could purchase a sort of middleware box that connects beautifully to the Oracle cloud. And should you go even bigger, then you can purchase the consulting from them that helps you migrate everything to your own location, and you could again get everything from one supplier.
It's not something easily made, but Oracle now has the theoretical potential to deliver in each configuration you would choose.
Any thoughts on this? Am I just rambling? Looking forward to the comments!
People are not panicking, but some are not far from it as it seems. The open source community had big concerns about MySQL even though Oracle is also responsible for a storage engine that is actually distributed with MySQL.
What I found much more interesting was taking apart the various pieces that Sun provides through this acquisition and what Oracle could bring when taking current trends and "buzzwords" into account.
One of the trends that was seen throughout last year was SaaS, "green IT" and the word of the year 2009 is most likely "cloud". The strange thing is nobody has a clear knowledge of what either is, but almost every company out there will show various implementations of these terms.
So, what if Oracle puts it all together? Just stay with me for a second. They have, among others, their own business suite. They have a database, they now have an operating system that will probably be modified to ensure a smooth cooperation between everything. Then you've got the xVM Ops center that allows you to use the virtual machines that you created. They can even use their own hardware.
What would happen if oracle gives the idea that SAP had with their business by design a thwirl? They could have their own cloud, you could order your application to go. As you expand you could purchase a sort of middleware box that connects beautifully to the Oracle cloud. And should you go even bigger, then you can purchase the consulting from them that helps you migrate everything to your own location, and you could again get everything from one supplier.
It's not something easily made, but Oracle now has the theoretical potential to deliver in each configuration you would choose.
Any thoughts on this? Am I just rambling? Looking forward to the comments!
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Comments
By
Ladon,
Wednesday 22 April 2009 21:12
It sounds reasonable to assume that's the direction they're heading in, but look at how long it's taking Oracle to release anything fusion related (Apps that is, I know about the middleware). Cloud computing might be the big buzz right now, but I don't see Oracle actually building anything useful during the buzz' high times. Maybe in a couple of years.
Also, knowing full well that Larry changes the direction of the company on at least a yearly basis, currently they've taken it upon themselves to be the glue and no longer pursue being the one source for all apps/middleware. Then again, the big acquisition of Sun does suggests otherwise.
Also, knowing full well that Larry changes the direction of the company on at least a yearly basis, currently they've taken it upon themselves to be the glue and no longer pursue being the one source for all apps/middleware. Then again, the big acquisition of Sun does suggests otherwise.
By
EnzoMatrix,
Thursday 23 April 2009 09:34
It could also suggest they are betting on more then one horse. While cloud cumputing is indeed a buzz, why is there no reason Oracle bought Sun to spread the risk? Meaning that Sun remains there own 'boss', and Oracle keeps focusing on their business (middleware).
By
Renegade,
Thursday 23 April 2009 12:02
@EnzoMatrix, it's true that this could be an approach. On the other hand, Larry Ellison said the following:
This to me shows that they intend on an integration between the various products and pieces. Such an integration would only be logical, and while I think the brand "Sun Microsystems" will remain (it's simply too well known in IT to just drop the brand value) I don't think that each will do it's own thing without working on a strong integration.“Oracle will be the only company that can engineer an integrated system – applications to disk – where all the pieces fit and work together so customers do not have to do it themselves. Our customers benefit as their systems integration costs go down while system performance, reliability and security go up.”
By
EnzoMatrix,
Thursday 23 April 2009 16:02
Yes ofcourse you are right, but as you said; they have a thing for switching priorities.
And they are/were on a buying spree as it was, so the final word has not been said yet I believe. I do think the end is near, but I am not sure wether or not they could potentially go for a monopoly on middleware, who are the other competitors now? IBM? surely not considering the portfolio of Oracle nowadays?
excuse my english, I mis my spellingchecker
And they are/were on a buying spree as it was, so the final word has not been said yet I believe. I do think the end is near, but I am not sure wether or not they could potentially go for a monopoly on middleware, who are the other competitors now? IBM? surely not considering the portfolio of Oracle nowadays?
excuse my english, I mis my spellingchecker
[Comment edited on Thursday 23 April 2009 16:03]
By
Theadalus,
Friday 24 April 2009 20:35
"Responsible" sounds like Oracle developed InnoDB, but they became owner after the acquisition of InnoBase.The open source community had big concerns about MySQL even though Oracle is also responsible for a storage engine that is actually distributed with MySQL.
This acquisition was the main reason for Sun/MySQL to start the development of Falcon, because the future of InnoDB (or it's availability, licensing) was unsure.
Looking at the big picture where Oracle first acquires InnoDB (important part/feature of MySQL), and now acquiring Sun (current owner of MySQL), people might think Oracle is aiming at MySQL...
[Comment edited on Friday 24 April 2009 20:38]
By
Renegade,
Saturday 25 April 2009 11:35
Hmm, I'm really not that sure they are aiming for MySQL. It was never really an opponent for the enterprise segment where you would find the "big DB names". And since Oracle also makes a bunch by selling consultancy services (as they continued to do with InnoDB) I think they might also use this strategy with MySQL?