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14 Weeks to Freedom: Migrating Away from Oracle Business Intelligence

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Dec 8, 2015 Jay Larson

Over the last 18 months, I’ve seen how the Chief Information Officer (CIO) role is tracking with that of the Chief Risk Officer (CRO) – an important role in financial organizations, and on the rise in other industries. Virtually every aspect of today’s operations depends on data, and CIOs are on the front line of making data accessible across the global, agile enterprise. Data failure means revenue failure, the ultimate business risk.

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It’s National Bullying Prevention Month. So Why Are You Still Using Oracle OBIEE?

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Oct 27, 2015 Southard Jones

As one of the tech industry’s oldest and biggest companies, Oracle Corp. is known for pushing its customers to their limits. Many of these customers see Oracle as Silicon Valley’s biggest bully. It recently used an ugly “nuclear option” to boost cloud sales, which earned the company the memorable headline, “’I felt like we were being extorted’: Customer says Oracle tried to strong-arm him into a cloud sale.”

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