Connections #023 - Oracle and Enterprise 2.0
Doug Hughes is Vice President, Customer Services for Australia & New Zealand at Oracle Corporation. Doug was the Keynote Speaker on the subject of ‘Sales Performance & Improvement‘ at a recent Networking Event, organized by myself and my colleagues at Expert Executive Search - in conjunction with our business associates from Oracle, Hewlett Packard & Ernst & Young Revenue Growth Services.
In addition to delivering a presentation on how Enterprise is using Web 2.0 tools & applications to achieve significant improvements in the Sales process, the event itself took Business Networking to a new level - with 3 Fortune 500 companies collaborating to present a message of mutual interest, to a gathering of over 100 members of the ICT and Business community.
This included representatives from a number of organizations, including Unisys, Intel, Accenture, CSC and range of smaller companies.
In this interview, Doug provides a recap of his presentation, outlining how Oracle is embracing some of the new concepts embodied by Web 2.0 companies such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Digg & Spock.
There’s also a very useful discussion on the impact that deployment of these Disruptive Technologies is having - flattening Corporate Heirarchies, enabling Collaboration and transforming Work Environments in the Enterprise.
This Episode is essential listening for Corporate Managers, CIO’s , CTO’s - and any business professionals interested in gaining productivity benefit from technology.
RESOURCES:
Sales Performance & Improvement with Enterprise 2.0 (SLIDE SHOW)
PICTURES of the Business Networking Event (SLIDE SHOW)
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Thank you
Stan Relihan
Expert Executive Search: www.expertsearch.com.au
February 25th, 2008 at 12:34 am
Hi Stan and Doug,
That must have been a very interesting event which was hosted in Australia.
Ever think about recording the event and putting it up on YouTube.com for individuals like myself (Canadian’s) that simply couldn’t make it there on time due to time distance constraints?
Also, interesting to learn about the Q&A session between industry suppliers. We refer to Q&A as Industry Panel Discussions. Really interesting to learn about the impacts to technolgies such as Web 2.0. Many customers would agree that less reporting and more action would be appreciated.
Great show. Thanks Stan and Doug.
February 25th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
Hi Stan,
Beautiful, I must say!
Congratulations!!
Doug Hughes has beautifully explained how even Fortune 500 companies are taking Web 2.0 technologies, along with it’s propellers (that again includes Social Networkers,i believe), seriously.
And yes, putting the pictures of the event made a great sense.
I must tell you that I eagerly wait for new episode of your podcast and you have a knack of pleasing yor audience.
Thanks Stan bringing out this gr8 episode!
Have a fabulous day!!
Rgds,
Prashant Koli
February 27th, 2008 at 10:34 am
Well done Stan. This was another powerful message with an exceptional guest. Littered with profoundly intelligent questions and useful answers.
Thank you for making this information so readily available and for communicating it in such an engaging way. Every time I listen, I learn!
February 27th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
Hello Stan and Doug,
Excellent podcast!!
Very informative and a joy to listen to.
Sheilah
February 28th, 2008 at 8:41 am
Hi Stan & Doug - really enjoyed listening. I’m wondering in this brave new world whether the CIO should be the one solely accountable for Web 2.0 and Corporation 2.0 decisions? They have sometimes been the ones that have blocked Facebook etc, sometimes without any consultation with the business.
Doug, you mentioned CRM and “the customer” quite a lot - should a lot of this sit with the Marketing dept of an organisation?
I work in the recruitment strategy and recruitment technology field and I’m not always convinced whether employer branding, talent sourcing strategies etc sits best with HR, Marketing, IT, or a whole new function reporting directly to the CEO and working cross-functionally. You got me thinking whether the same could apply in a broader technology sense.
Paul Jacobs (New Zealand)
February 29th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
Hello Stan,
Excellent job !
How exciting this event must have been in Australia.
On TPN, it’s a successful and exciting review, featuring a leading CEO.
This also shows how unpredictably and fast, changes are happening in the Web 2.0 world, and how reactive companies (including world-leading companies like Oracle) have to be.
Go ahead Stan, your contribution is essential.
Good luck, and best regards,
Eric (Noumea - New Caledonia)
ericv.nc@gmail.com
March 13th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Stan:
Your shows just keep getting better and better. What I liked about this one was the topic and perspective from Doug Hughes weaved against his actual presentation at your business event–complete with slide show and powerpoint. It was as-if I attended–putting the visual with the audio.
Doug summed it up well that the trend with these technologies is for “reporting less and doing more”.
Doug’s final comments were so true about contemplating these changes over wine…..the topic is endless as are the impacts these technologies will have on our future organizations and knowledge management.
Thank you Doug for sharing Oracle’s vision!
Stan, you have done a fantastic job at staying abreast of all these trends and causing us (the viewers) to reflect on these myraid technologies. At the same time, what is way cool is the way you are incorporating these technologies in your program.
Caryl