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.

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

Extracted from Credit Suisse's "The Need for Speed" (March 2011) and David Rosenthal's S3 pricing history. See raw data as well.

Extracted from Credit Suisse's "The Need for Speed" (March 2011) and David Rosenthal's S3 pricing history. See raw data as well.

Extracted from Credit Suisse's "The Need for Speed" (March 2011) and David Rosenthal's S3 pricing history. See raw data as well.

“Data growth / excessive data growth and IT budget constraints were the most significant problems cited by respondents of the survey. Data protection/ disaster recovery / business continuity were also cited as significant issues, as were IT mis-alignment, mobility and getting a handle on cloud computing.” - http://servicesangle.