Executive Summary Vendors consistently push their customers to purchase immature applications. Considering the implications of implementing immature applications. Introduction IT buyers often fall into the lab rat trap. They adopt new technology too early and end up with a test lab for vendors and a training course for consultants. Our References for This Article If…
Executive Summary Exadata is central to Oracle’s cloud strategy. Learn why this is a severe problem as Oracle is betting on proprietary designs to defeat open source. Introduction This article will cover the major modalities of computer hardware. Our References for This Article If you want to see our references for this article and other…
Executive Summary Oracle has made a significant commitment to appliances after its acquisition of Sun. Find out how much sense these appliances like Exadata make to use. Video Introduction: How to Understand Exadata and Exadata Cloud Services Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) Oracle makes exaggerated claims for its Exadata product. Exadata is…
Executive Summary The 40% rule is what investors use to evaluate software companies. How to use the 40% rule and evaluating its accuracy. Introduction The 40% rule is a simple rule of thumb investors often apply to judge software companies’ attractiveness. The rule is that growth rate + profit should add up to 40%. The…
Executive Summary Oracle makes a curious argument that virtual CPUs on AWS EC2 or RDS. How valid is this argument against the cloud from Oracle? Introduction Oracle argues that if the number of vCPUs or virtual CPUs on Amazon EC2 or RDS is reduced, The licenses to be purchased should be the total of CPUs…
Executive Summary Oracle makes the argument that AWS does not provide sufficient uptime. How valid is this argument against the cloud from Oracle? Introduction Oracle has questioned these SLAs, as is presented in the following quotation. Our References for This Article If you want to see our references for this article and other related Brightwork…
Executive Summary Oracle makes the argument that AWS has a problem with scalability. How valid is this argument against the cloud from Oracle? Introduction The next argument moves to the scalability argument. Our References for This Article If you want to see our references for this article and other related Brightwork articles, see this link….
Executive Summary Oracle makes the argument that AWS has noisy neighbors. How valid is this argument against the cloud from Oracle? Introduction Noisy neighbors are when different customers share computing resources interfere with one another causing performance to degrade. This is another of Oracle’s critiques against AWS. The following quotation explains this “concern.” “The other…
Executive Summary Oracle makes the argument that AWS is inappropriate for enterprise workloads. How valid is this argument against the cloud from Oracle? Introduction This article covers Oracle’s argument on AWS being wrong for “the enterprise.” Our References for This Article If you want to see our references for this article and other related Brightwork…
Executive Summary Oracle makes the argument that bare metal is preferable in most circumstances to the cloud. How valid is this argument against the cloud from Oracle? Introduction Now let us get to a second Oracle argument against AWS: a more direct argument for bare metal versus cloud. Our References for This Article If you…
