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Ellison wants to model new Oracle after T.J. Watson Jr.'s IBM

Summary: At a Churchhill Club event, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison talks to former Sun Microsystems President Ed Zander about Oracle's recent acquisition of Sun Microsystems. He says he’d like to pattern the new Oracle after T.J. Watson Jr.'s IBM, combining both hardware and software systems.

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  • RE: Ellison wants to model new Oracle after T.J. Watson Jr.'s IBM

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      • RE: Ellison wants to model new Oracle after T.J. Watson Jr.'s IBM

        Oracle?s hardware business fell short of expectations in the fourth quarter and executives had a parade of answers to allay any concerns.

        In an otherwise strong quarter, Oracle?s hardware business delivered revenue of $1.2 billion, down 6 percent from a year ago. Analysts were expecting anywhere from $1.29 billion to $1.35 billion. For lesser companies, these hardware worries would have been a big deal. Bluster aside, Oracle?s explanations almost sound plausible, but future quarters will tell the tale.
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      • RE: Ellison wants to model new Oracle after T.J. Watson Jr.'s IBM

        Let?s look at the top reasons why Oracle?s hardware revenue wasn?t up to snuff and the explanations behind the shortfall.
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      • RE: Ellison wants to model new Oracle after T.J. Watson Jr.'s IBM

        The we?re ?more profit aware? answer. Safra Catz, Oracle president and CFO, said that the company is running Sun?s business in a way that makes sense.
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      • RE: Ellison wants to model new Oracle after T.J. Watson Jr.'s IBM

        Compared to Q4 a year ago, we have made a big move away from selling products at a loss
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      • RE: Ellison wants to model new Oracle after T.J. Watson Jr.'s IBM

        or reselling other companies? products. Rather, we are focused on selling value-added systems, where Sun?s differentiation is very clear to our customers. For example, non-Sun
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      • RE: Ellison wants to model new Oracle after T.J. Watson Jr.'s IBM

        storage was down significantly; Sun storage in tape grew very well. And of course, Exadata and Exalogic continue to show fantastic growth.
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      • RE: Ellison wants to model new Oracle after T.J. Watson Jr.'s IBM

        Oracle?s hardware growth will become obvious later this year, said Catz. We?ll be waiting.
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      • RE: Ellison wants to model new Oracle after T.J. Watson Jr.'s IBM

        Larry Ellison said that the company will unveil a bevy of Exadata appliances at its Oracle OpenWorld powwow in the fall. That?ll get growth going.
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      • RE: Ellison wants to model new Oracle after T.J. Watson Jr.'s IBM

        Exadata and Exalogic hardware revolves around the attach rate. Oracle president Mark Hurd
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        said that the attach rate?extras such as software, services and maintenance?is promising for the
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        company?s hardware business. Hurd wasn?t going to cough up a lot of detail, but that didn?t stop
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      • RE: Ellison wants to model new Oracle after T.J. Watson Jr.'s IBM

        So we actually sell more database software because of Exadata. We sell more middleware software because of Exalogic. It?s a virtuous circle that we plan to fully exploit this current fiscal year.

        The ?why sweat hardware now because we?re riding big data wave? answer. Ellison said:

        There?s a lot of misunderstanding about what Hadoop is and is it a replacement for a database? So, Hadoop is not a replacement for a database. It?s an adjunct to the database, which we think is very, very important. It really is a tool for Java programmers. And we?re the world leader in Java technology, and we are building a big data accelerator to attach to our Exalogic box, which comes out also this fall.

        One analyst quipped that he can?t wait for the ?Exadoop? box later this year.

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  • RE: Ellison wants to model new Oracle after T.J. Watson Jr.'s IBM

    Our complete lineup isn?t out yet. Oracle CEO
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