Richard Davies wrote: The UK has a good crop of technology pioneers in cloud computing - for example ElasticHosts, FlexiScale, Flexiant, OnApp - and also some strong government initiatives such as G-Cloud.
We will have to see whether this kind of technical leadership converts into swift mass-market adoption or not.
In many cases, the end of the year gives you time to step back and take stock of the last 12 months. This is when many of us take a hard look at what worked and what did not, complete performance reviews, and formulate plans for the coming year. For me, it is all of those things plus a time when I u...
As part of today's Oracle(R) Fusion Middleware 11g launch, Oracle announced that Oracle Fusion Middleware remains the Company's fastest growing business.
Oracle's commitment to delivering innovative products strengthened Oracle Fusion Middleware's position as an industry leader in vendor share, growth, performance, partner ecosystem and developer communities.
Oracle Fusion Middleware: Leadership and Innovation
In Oracle's Fiscal Year 2009, Oracle Fusion Middleware achieved the following milestones:
Analysts:
Leadership position in 11 Gartner Magic Quadrants
Leadership position in 12 Forrester Waves
Customers:
The world's leading companies use Oracle Fusion Middleware; including:
90,000 customers worldwide
29 of the Dow Jones 30
98 of Fortune 100 Global
10 of the top 10 companies in major industries including Financial Services, Communications, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Retail, Oil & Gas, Chemical, High Tech, Consumer Products, Industrial Manufacturing, Utilities, Automotive and Aerospace & Defense
More than 1,500 Public Sector organizations
Oracle Fusion Middleware also experienced significant adoption within the Oracle Applications installed base.
Released Oracle version of all BEA products within six months of acquisition close. With Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g, BEA and Oracle product integration has been completed.
Partners:
More than 40,000 System Integrators (SIs) trained on Oracle Fusion Middleware products
More than 5,000 Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) building, running, integrating and securing their products with Oracle Fusion Middleware.
Communities:
One million+ Java developers participating in the Oracle Technology Network (OTN) community
120,000 software architects in the OTN "Arch2Arch" program
100 million OTN page views in Fiscal Year 2009
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