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...A good example of a core project Wolfe started was the re-architecture of the company's front-end Oracle ATG e-commerce platform to the Amazon Web Service (AWS) public cloud. This was key to enhancing customer experience across Shop Direct's retail websites, with availability the main area of focus. The retailer's entire e-commerce infrastructure now sits on the cloud - including ATG and Oracle's enterprise data discovery platform Endeca, as well as the AWS-provided Elastic Load Balancing and Relational Database services, which now support Shop Direct's database. "The migration was a good example of that drive to get service under control, and since our shop is always open, availability is critical to us and therefore the first thing to tackle," says Wolfe.

With the addition of Oracle Retail Insights and Oracle Retail Science, Oracle is now a "one-stop cloud shop"; with 17 different software-as-a-service (SaaS) cloud offerings available for large and mid-size retailers, explained David Dorf, Senior Director of Solutions Management in an exclusive interview with Retail TouchPoints. ..."The SaaS offerings are much more affordable for mid-tier retailers, in part because they are paying for what they use," Dorf noted. "We are now able to avail cloud science to smaller retailers."

The June 26 edition of Education Dive includes the following article featuring an interview with Dr. Sasi Pillay, CIO and associate vice president at the University of Wisconsin (UW). In the article, Dr. Pillay discusses how UW is using Oracle solutions, such as PeopleSoft Campus Solutions, to recruit students. With the ability to mine social media, Oracle helps UW target and recruit cohorts of students.

The June 23 broadcast of Federal News Radio includes the following segment featuring Aaron Cornfeld, vice president, pre-sales engineering, public sector, healthcare & higher education, at Oracle. During the interview, Cornfeld discusses how Oracle is reinventing itself as a cloud company and is helping federal government agencies make the transition to the cloud.

Oracle Commerce Cloud is designed to offer online merchants "simplicity, quick time-to-market and shorter implementation cycles," said Ian Davis, Senior Director of Product Management for Oracle Corporation, in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

On the back end, there is another large implementation - the company's core trading platform will be the Oracle Retail Suite, which will include sub-products Retail Merchandising System, Retail Sales Audit and RPM for database monitoring. "[With the Oracle systems] it's all about controls, stability, joining up - the usual things. We've got lots of heritage systems. So the idea is to get a back end that's solid, secure, reliable and less complex than other technologies we currently have," says Haywood.

Highlighting an interview with Guerry Waters, vice president for industry strategy, Oracle Utilities discussing how data analytics drives business transformation at an electric utility, how the electric utility industry can communicate the smart grid valu

The article is an interview with Bastian Fischer, VP and General Manager, Oracle Utilities, EMEA, where he discusses why a smart grid infrastructure will benefit customers of all sizes. In addition, Bastian also speaks about the role that Oracle Utilities

An interview with Sir Stuart Rose following on from his win at the Oracle Retail Week Awards 2011

An interview with Sir Terry Leahy following on from his win at the Oracle Retail Week Awards 2011

Interview with EMEA A&C Manager Stein Surlien: In EMEA Oracle introduced a new partner program in 2009. Oracle now has 500 partners who have chosen to specialize in one or more of the 50 specialist areas. The goal is to reach 2000 in the course of 6-9 m

The OPN Specialized effort is taking hold with channel partners. Oracle now has 1,000 specialized channel partners, and that figure will surpass 2,000 specialized partners by May. In an interview, Althoff provided clues about an aggressive ISV (independen

Interesting interview with Gordon Rawling on how competition in the mobile phone market is fiercer than ever, as a recent survey revealed that 77% of customers would be willing to switch to a provider with better pricing - despite 82% stating that their c

Interview with Raghav Sahgal, vice president, Asia Pacific & Japan, Oracle Communications

An interview with Jae Lee, senior vice president, KT Business and Information System Transformation (BIT) Center, highlighting the company's plans for billing, service delivery platform (SDP), and OSS following its recent investment in an integrated suite

"Our strategy is to be the most engaging retailer in the U.S.," Janet Schalk, executive VP and CIO of Kohl's, explained during an exclusive interview with Chain Store Age at the recent NRF 2015 Annual Convention & Expo in New York. "The Greatness Agenda involves initiatives across the spectrum - some front-end and some enabling." To support advanced customer engagement, Kohl's relies on a variety of Oracle Retail solutions....

Technology is an essential ingredient to the success of John Lewis, and the retailer is ploughing £100m into IT initiatives in 2015

In this exclusive interview, Janet Schalk, EVP and CIO of Kohl's, shares insights into the retailer's latest technology implementations related to an overall omnichannel focus.

Travis Russell, Director of Cybersecurity at Oracle talks to Telecoms.com at MWC2016 about cybersecurity trends and steps operators can take to avoid network hacks.

Travis Russell, Director of Cybersecurity at Oracle talks to Telecoms.com at MWC2016 about cybersecurity trends and steps operators can take to avoid network hacks.

…In 2011 the company partnered with Oracle to optimize planning and inventory. Says CEO Jim von Maur, "The Oracle solution greatly improved our average inventory turn, and it's done wonders for us. Our basic stock percentage has come down by 20 percent since we've installed it, so it's allowed us to turn those goods faster and just be more efficient."…