September 2008


Apologies for the recent disruptions and downtimes pertaining to my blog, email and web site. I am in the process of moving my virtual home to a new webhotel, which I believe will provide a more reliable environment in the future. The worst problems should be over now.

I was unable to attend Oracle’s BEA Strategy Briefing on July 1, but fortunately enough I made it to their respective BEA Day in Hotel Kämp, Helsinki, today.

Kimmo Vilen, CEO of Oracle Finland, opened the day on behalf of both companies. He referred to the previous successful mergers of Oracle in Finland (e.g. Siebel, Hyperion) and asssured that the coming integration with BEA will be “seamless”. In his opening note, Ari Pussinen, General Manager in BEA, also convinced the audience that the merger will be valuable.

The main presentations of the morning were given by two Martins of Oracle: Martijn Vlek, Solution Specialist Director, and Martin Percival, Senior Director, Product Management.

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