Workday was founded seven years ago by two guys with the best imaginable pedigrees, deep pockets, and networks to call on to get stuff done quickly. Duffield and Bhusri raised a reported $250 million to get the company humming and grew steadily to reach $134 million in annual sales as of last January. That’s impressive, but by contrast consumer-focused file-sharing site Dropbox was founded two years after Workday and in that shorter stretch also raised $250 million and reached $240 million in sales.

Workday was founded seven years ago by two guys with the best imaginable pedigrees, deep pockets, and networks to call on to get stuff done quickly. Duffield and Bhusri raised a reported $250 million to get the company humming and grew steadily to reach $134 million in annual sales as of last January. That’s impressive, but by contrast consumer-focused file-sharing site Dropbox was founded two years after Workday and in that shorter stretch also raised $250 million and reached $240 million in sales.

What I’ve come to realise is this. Oracle’s strategy hinges on one simple argument: investing in a complete integrated stack of Oracle technology (from server and storage hardware up through middleware to enterprise apps) will deliver you more value than investing in technology from a variety of suppliers. The integration strategy

What I’ve come to realise is this. Oracle’s strategy hinges on one simple argument: investing in a complete integrated stack of Oracle technology (from server and storage hardware up through middleware to enterprise apps) will deliver you more value than investing in technology from a variety of suppliers. The integration strategy

What I’ve come to realise is this. Oracle’s strategy hinges on one simple argument: investing in a complete integrated stack of Oracle technology (from server and storage hardware up through middleware to enterprise apps) will deliver you more value than investing in technology from a variety of suppliers. The integration strategy

Ed and I discuss VMware, a fascinating company for many reasons. Click play below to listen: Click here for episode MP3 …or download it directly here or subscribe to the podcast feed.

Ed and I discuss VMware, a fascinating company for many reasons. Click play below to listen: Click here for episode MP3 …or download it directly here or subscribe to the podcast feed.

Ed and I discuss VMware, a fascinating company for many reasons. Click play below to listen: Click here for episode MP3 …or download it directly here or subscribe to the podcast feed.

In this episode, we discuss what's up with Oracle and the ASF, which leads us to also discuss that weird world of "enterprise software." There's probably more too. If you don't like the video, you can get the audio by downloading it directly orsubscribing to the feed.

In this episode, we discuss what's up with Oracle and the ASF, which leads us to also discuss that weird world of "enterprise software." There's probably more too. If you don't like the video, you can get the audio by downloading it directly orsubscribing to the feed.