Charles Phillips
Charles Phillips
companies facto market percent perspective share software start three
There are probably way too many integration specialists from the software perspective -- but as in most markets, about three companies are getting 70 percent of the market. So the market will start to consolidate if not through acquisition then through de facto market share gains.
extent focus good hear people shifting
To the extent that they're shifting the focus on shareholder value, that's a good thing and people want to hear that,
centers customers data entire financial hosting human large mainly resource running
We are hosting entire infrastructures, mainly in financial and human resource (applications). We have some large customers running their back-office on our data centers in Austin,
case dramatic mind number partners people portrayed work
You have to keep in mind that in the case of PeopleSoft and Siebel, a number of people there used to work for or are partners of Oracle. So it's usually just a reunion. It's not as dramatic as it's portrayed from the outside.
couple ibm last oracle project projects views weeks
We've been working with IBM the last couple of weeks on this and with applications in the future. Oracle views the IBM-Oracle project as one of the most important customer-focused projects under way at our company.
teacher play two
Some teachers had been trained to work out at Southern because I carried two out there. I carried a lady down here from Palmer's Crossing, used to play piano, and Billy Carter.
remember shots highways
Because you remember Meredith was walking along the highway there and somebody shot him.
solitude peculiar thrones
Grand, gloomy, and peculiar, he sat upon the throne a sceptred hermit, wrapped in the solitude of his own originality.
business checks employees looking love mode name number realm success technology terms tie
We'd love to get to a mode where we're looking at the number of employees served, the number of checks processed--you name it, some business metric--and take it out of the technology realm and tie our success to their success in terms of business.
addition billing companies logical supply technology worldwide
We supply technology and applications to more than 90% of communications companies worldwide today, and billing is a logical and complementary addition for those customers.
ahead believe bring generation needed oracle starting
We're starting with something I believe was a generation ahead of what was out there; all it needed was scale. And Oracle can bring scale.
best both business case customers enhance existing future giving option plan upgrade value
With today's announcement, we are giving customers the best of both worlds: more value from existing applications, which we plan to enhance indefinitely, and an option to upgrade free-of-charge to future technologies, if customers have a business case to do so.
american-author
When we go into an industry, we go all the way.
change deal either needle
The deal will not change the needle much in either direction,