IBM's WebSphere, BEA's WebLogic and Sun Microsystems' ONE Middleware Developer (formerly iPlanet) are currently the most widespread of these toolsets. He is an acknowledged authority on the IT organisation, business value of IT, adaptive...
He points to Siebel, which he believes has a best-of-breed CRM suite - although it is expensive to implement since it lacks other applications. The reason is that integration, services and maintenance cost more than just purchasing a software...
Oracle is currently undertaking a major effort to integrate PeopleSoft, and later Siebel, software into its open source, standards-based Project Fusion architecture. Oracle is interested in markets like hosted services and believes its acquisition...
Among the tasks Oracle checked off in 2005 were defining the Fusion architecture, certifying numerous products on Fusion middleware, defining new product requirements, enhancing support and building upgrade tools, executives said.
But the company did say Oracle-Siebel CRM will form "the centrepiece of the next-generation Oracle Fusion CRM applications strategy". The company has set a long timetable for the development of Oracle Fusion CRM, which is not expected to arrive...
Apart from whether there will be another an acquisition, or confirming rumours that Oracle will offer its own Linux distribution, perhaps the most pressing question for Oracle's top brass is the status of its Fusion Middleware.