They may block off Howard Street—but Oracle OpenWorld is a two-way street.
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by Jim Lein, Sr. Director, Oracle Accelerate for Midsize Companies
“Engineered to Inform and Inspire”—that’s the theme of
Oracle OpenWorld 2012. In early October, tens of thousands of attendees will
descend on the streets of San Francisco because they share one thing in common:
the desire to learn more about Oracle. You might think that’s the way we, Oracle
employees, look at this event—as just another opportunity for attendees to
learn about what we do. But it’s
really a two way street. Every year I’m amazed by how informed and inspired I
am by our customers and their companies.
Midsize companies buy Oracle to grow. As part of the Oracle
Accelerate for Midsize Companies team I get to talk with our partners and
business leaders at growing companies almost every day, usually via phone.
Oracle OpenWorld presents the perfect opportunity to meet some of them in
person, in an informal setting, and in one of the most beautiful cities in the
world. The stories our customers tell me about their businesses provide vivid
examples of how they have overcome the challenges of managing increasingly
complex global operations and growing during uncertain economic conditions.
It’s no secret that my favorite session at Oracle OpenWorld
(besides Larry Ellison’s keynotes and the Customer Appreciation Event, of
course) is the Oracle Accelerate Customer Panel. This year we’re featuring
executives from three companies who deployed Oracle ERP rapidly to support
their company’s growth:
Chris Powell, VP and Corporate
Controller of Beats by Dr. Dre, a California based designer and
manufacturer of premium headphones (sorry, no free samples),
Iñaki Zuazo, CIO of
Industrias Juno, a building materials provider based in Spain,
Kamran Moosa, Project
Coordinator for Spartan Engineering, a provider of engineering and
construction support services for an LPG storage project in Texas, and
That’s a pretty diverse lineup and it will be interesting to
hear the perspectives of both IT and financial project stakeholders. The
session, “Oracle Accelerate Customer Case Studies: Rapid Deployment of Oracle
Applications”, is at 3:30 pm on Wednesday, October 3, in the Concert room at
the Palace Hotel.
Oracle loves our hometown of San Francisco and it’s a great
place to host Oracle OpenWorld. It’s now San Francisco’s largest conference and
the city closes off Howard Street to better accommodate the attendees. Some Bay
Area commuters may be inconvenienced for a few days by this closure but the
conference brings about $100 million into the local economy. Now that’s a two-way street.
More Oracle
Accelerate at Oracle OpenWorld
“Faster, Better, Cheaper
Application Deployment with Oracle Business Accelerators”, Monday, October
1st, 10:45 a.m., Moscone West Room 3016
“Oracle Accelerate and
Oracle Business Accelerators for Midsize Companies”, (partners only),
Wednesday, October 3, 10:15 a.m., Marriott – Golden Gate B
Visit the Oracle
Accelerate and Oracle Business Accelerator Kiosk in the Moscone West
Exhibit Grounds
Download the Focus On
Oracle Accelerate for Midsize Companies Focus document
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