Charles Phillips
Charles Phillips
advantage allow company customers few ibm information last leader manage momentum oracle provide runs tools unix
Our applications provide customers with the tools they need to manage the information that runs their businesses. IBM has become the leader in the Unix marketplace and our partnership with the company will allow Oracle to take advantage of the momentum they have generated over the last few years.
chance cool elegant needs people using
Even if it may not be the most elegant or cool feature, if people are using it, and they think it's important, then it needs to be there for people to upgrade. There will be some things that we thought were cool, but no one ever used, so that doesn't make it. This is a chance to do it the right way.
generation next standards start
A lot of those standards are in middleware. The next generation of applications will be a lot more middleware dependent, so you have to start there.
act criminal follow involved officer require
There wasn't any criminal act involved that the officer could see that would require any criminal investigation, ... DHS may follow up.
might open source
You might see us with some open source products,
area strategic technology
This is another area that's very strategic to us. The technology is very impressive.
company open support
We're an open company and support many databases.
crush fun might
In this case, it might be more fun to crush them
decides industry occasion rare support
It's a rare occasion when someone important in the (software) industry decides not to support Linux,
actions create difference float lots measurable shares value
It's going to take collectively lots of these units over time, to create some measurable value for shareholders. They have a lot of shares outstanding and to make a difference they'd have to have some pretty big actions to float to investors.
business intelligence multiple offering
This is a comprehensive best-of-breed Business Intelligence offering that spans multiple categories.
customers decision input maybe multiple nine six support talking whether year
It shouldn't take a year to make a decision. Maybe in six to nine months, we'll make a decision on whether to support multiple databases, ... We're already talking to customers and have been talking to customers, so we have some of that input already.
cities economic fast future high information literacy rate represent reservoir skills technology
The fast rate of development, high literacy rate and availability of information technology skills in each of these cities represent an untapped reservoir of future economic wealth.
both companies customer customers driven joint
This is a customer driven event. Our joint customers have consistently recommended this transaction to both companies for over a year.