Comments on: Oracle and Sun – An Acquisition Review http://rgsmanagement.com/SeveriniBlog/2009/04/oracle-and-sun-how-goes-the-sales-and-marketing/ Issues & Commentary Sun, 08 Jan 2012 11:58:15 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Aaron from NJ http://rgsmanagement.com/SeveriniBlog/2009/04/oracle-and-sun-how-goes-the-sales-and-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Aaron from NJ Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:19:20 +0000 http://rgsmanagement.com/SeveriniBlog/?p=98#comment-13 I agree, I still think the super deal out there is Oracle buying Adobe! That would give them a super set of web 2.0 tools & servers for their middleware & apps They should buy Tibco & Informatica to finish their core middleware stack. I agree, I still think the super deal out there is Oracle buying Adobe!

That would give them a super set of web 2.0 tools & servers for their middleware & apps

They should buy Tibco & Informatica to finish their core middleware stack.

]]> By: Ralph Severini http://rgsmanagement.com/SeveriniBlog/2009/04/oracle-and-sun-how-goes-the-sales-and-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Ralph Severini Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:38:07 +0000 http://rgsmanagement.com/SeveriniBlog/?p=98#comment-12 You have some notable facts and figures - thanks Aaron I don't see this putting as much pressure on Dell as on HP and IBM, as they directly compete in the mid to hi-end server space. But it wouldn't surprise me either as Dell is trying to move up further into the server markets. Most of all I think this is much better culturally for the Sun employees and I hope that goes a long way to making to this work for everyone concerned. Sun has (and has had) some great talent and let's hope Oracle keeps as much as possible. You have some notable facts and figures – thanks Aaron
I don’t see this putting as much pressure on Dell as on HP and IBM, as they directly
compete in the mid to hi-end server space. But it wouldn’t surprise me either as Dell is
trying to move up further into the server markets.

Most of all I think this is much better culturally for the Sun employees and I hope that
goes a long way to making to this work for everyone concerned. Sun has (and has had) some great talent and let’s hope Oracle keeps as much as possible.

]]> By: Aaron from NJ http://rgsmanagement.com/SeveriniBlog/2009/04/oracle-and-sun-how-goes-the-sales-and-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Aaron from NJ Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:13:39 +0000 http://rgsmanagement.com/SeveriniBlog/?p=98#comment-11 The services business will be huge. Oracle has $4.5 bn a year in services. And Sun has about $5bn a year in services they together will be a $10bn in services company with huge footprint of Channel /Var that is huge in the mid to large enterprises. The hardware is a big market also for them as Sun enterprise class servers can be optimized for Oracle products to run 10-200% faster, solid state apps etc.. tuning the technology to Solaris. It will give Solaris a huge boost when you look at the Software stack that will be first built on it release to release over the next 3 years. The HP Oracle deal is not a big deal its in the long line of Hardware deals Oracle has done over the last 10 years (IBM, DELL, HP, SUN) etc.. Oracle /Sun in the next 3-5 years could increase hardware sales by $5Bn a year to $10bn a yr. This could put huge pressure on Dell and focus 25% of Oracle's customers on Sun servers. The big gain is Oracle tech servers are in 150k organizations of which Sun has about 10% of those if Oracle can increase that to 15-20% that would be an increase of 25k+ servers Oracle apps ERP & edge are in 50k organizations. Sun is about 15% of those servers. If they increase that to 25+% The services business will be huge. Oracle has $4.5 bn a year in services.

And Sun has about $5bn a year in services

they together will be a $10bn in services company with huge footprint of Channel /Var that is huge in the mid to large enterprises.

The hardware is a big market also for them as Sun enterprise class servers can be optimized for Oracle products to run 10-200% faster, solid state apps etc.. tuning the technology to Solaris. It will give Solaris a huge boost when you look at the Software stack that will be first built on it release to release over the next 3 years.

The HP Oracle deal is not a big deal its in the long line of Hardware deals Oracle has done over the last 10 years (IBM, DELL, HP, SUN) etc..

Oracle /Sun in the next 3-5 years could increase hardware sales by $5Bn a year to $10bn a yr. This could put huge pressure on Dell and focus 25% of Oracle’s customers on Sun servers.

The big gain is Oracle tech servers are in 150k organizations of which Sun has about 10% of those if Oracle can increase that to 15-20% that would be an increase of 25k+ servers

Oracle apps ERP & edge are in 50k organizations. Sun is about 15% of those servers. If they increase that to 25+%

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