Oracle Red Radio Show

Our final episode of Series 1 sees the return of Dermot O’Kelly, SVP UKII Technology and UK Country Leader and Simon Hill, Head of Alliances and Channels UKI. DJ Depledge will be asking for Dermot and Simon's views on the H1 highlights, the outlook for H2 and what Oracle and the Partner Community need to do to ensure a stellar fiscal.

This week we’re looking at the opportunity in the Big Data market with Mike Connaughton, Oracle Big Data Leader for EMEA. DJ Depledge will be asking Mike questions on what Big Data really means, the benefits of Big Data and what’s happening in the industry. We’ll also look at Oracle solutions for Big Data, the size of the opportunity and how we can jointly go to market in this exciting information age.

DJ Depledge will be discussing Oracle’s strategy for Systems with Greg Dopson, Partner Development Director for Systems in the UK and Ireland. Greg will talk about the latest product announcements from OpenWorld, how we’re positioning both on-premise and Cloud systems in the marketplace and the opportunities, incentives and revenue potential for partners.

This week we’re bringing you the very latest Oracle announcements from Oracle OpenWorld! Whether you were there or not this show will provide you with the key messages from senior Oracle and Partner executives and what they mean for Oracle, our partners and our customers. Join DJ Depledge and Simon Hill, UKI A&C Cluster Lead to discuss their impact and the exciting opportunities ahead of us.

Steve Fearon, Oracle Vice President for Midsize Enterprises, Western Europe and Mark Littlewood, Alliance and Partner Director, UK join DJ Depledge on the show to discuss Software as a Service. We take a look at why customers are adopting it and how they are delivering superior experiences with Oracle’s SaaS platform. We also discuss the opportunities for Oracle partners to make money out of this and how we can go to market together at the pace our customers need to move at.

Andrew Palmer, Oracle Director of Digital Transformation and Programs, EMEA and DJ Depledge discuss the growing usage of digital technologies and their profound impact on the way organisations can now operate. We also look at Oracle's Digital platform and how our partner program enables how we get ready for this opportunity and bring huge value to our customers.

Don Mowbray, Director, Cloud Application Foundation and Service Integration, EMEA talks about the impact of Cloud and how Oracle Fusion Middleware Cloud services can deliver organizations substantial benefits whilst achieving cost savings and higher utilization of a shared platform. Niall Depledge will also be asking Don how we can get ready for this joint opportunity and go to market together to ensure continue revenue opportunities and deliver innovation to our customers.

Alan Hartwell, VP, Security, EMEA joins the show to talk about the need for better Security, the proliferation of threats in the market place and how Oracle is best placed to address them. Niall Depledge interviews Alan on security best practice, and how you can grow your business using Oracle Security solutions.

We’ll be in conversation with Chris Wilson, Sales Director for Red Stack Tech members of the Oracle Partner Community to hear first hand their experiences of working with Oracle. We will also be joined by Tim Birch Oracle Sales director of the managed Partners team who outlines his teams role.

John Abel, Engineered System and Public Cloud Technology Leader for the UKII region and Jason Rees, Director of Engineered Systems, UKI, discuss Oracle Database as a Service and how your customers can consolidate and manage databases as cloud services to achieve new levels of efficiency, security, and availability. Niall Depledge will be interviewing our guests on how we can get ready for this opportunity and go to market together to ensure that our Partners can continue to grow revenue streams using this service.