The Rule of Thirds

For buyers of customer care and billing solutions in the energy and utilities market, we map vendors’ products for customer information systems.

via Magic Quadrant for Utilities Customer Information Systems.

An inside look at the Oracle Partner Network shows how providers can use social media to enable two-way conversations to encourage loyalty, facilitate new business opportunities, and deepen partner relationships.

via Case Study: Using Social Media to Deepen Partner Relationships, an Inside Look at the Oracle Partner Network.

The IT PPM market is showing signs of resiliency and innovation, as many PPM vendors transform themselves to support software as a service and other changing user requirements. The 2010 Magic Quadrant also acknowledges additional emerging and reinvigorated PPM players in the space.

via Magic Quadrant for IT Project and Portfolio Management.

For buyers of emergency restoration systems in the energy and utilities market, we provide an update of vendor positioning for outage management systems.

via Magic Quadrant for Outage Management Systems.

This research examines Oracle’s point-of-sale solution. We provide recommendations for retailers researching the solution market for a POS upgrade or update.

via Oracle Point of Service: Oracle’s Point-of-Sale Solution.

Magic Quadrant for CRM Multichannel Campaign Management

via Magic Quadrant for CRM Multichannel Campaign Management.

Wouldn’t it be great to provide APEX applications as an iPhone app?

APEX on the iPhone

Skype has released an update to its iPhone app that takes advantage of iOS 4′s multitasking capabilities. You can now make and receive calls while working outside the app, and even when the iPhone itself is locked.

via Skype for iOS 4: Multitasking mobile madness, with no extra 3G charge | Crave | CNET UK.

Oracle ORCL will spend $70 billion in acquisitions over the next five years, Oracle president Charles Phillips said at the Brainstorm Fortune Tech conference in Aspen. “It’s early in the game, and there’s plenty left to do,” he said.

via Oracle plans to double acquisition budget – Fortune Tech.

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Our Applications Technology Group has released new versions of Application Management Pack 3.1 and Application Change Management Pack 3.1 for Oracle E-Business Suite:

via Application Management Pack and Application Change Management Pack 3.1 Now Available (Oracle E-Business Suite Technology).

Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g (OEM 11g) was announced in April 2010. The new systems management features in this latest release have generated a great deal of interest from existing and prospective users of our Applications Management Pack (AMP) and Applications Change Management Pack (ACMP) for Oracle E-Business Suite. We covered our roadmap for AMP and ACMP at OAUG/Collaborate earlier this year, which triggered some lively discussions about our priorities.

via Statement of Direction: Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g + Oracle E-Business Suite Packs (Oracle E-Business Suite Technology).

IBM has announcemed its acquisition of BigFix, an established client and security management suite vendor. Beyond gaining BigFix’s core competencies in securing and managing client devices and servers, the acquisition adds PC power management* to IBM’s already broad portfolio of green IT products and services.

via What BigFix adds to IBM’s portfolio of Green products and services – Community – ComputerworldUK.

Lest we forget SAP – Community – ComputerworldUK.