Corporation Oracle, the second-largest independent software company (after Microsoft) was the dominant global provider of database software. Oracle also sells software applications, such as the popular enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management applications. This is considered to be less than one year, Oracle trimmed $ 1 billion in its internal cost structure. Almost every aspect of the business Oracle, including operations, sales and design, has been affected. While reducing costs, Oracle also tried to create a "pull" Environment for sale, touting the results of using their products as an example of the potential savings. By understanding how Oracle has reduced its internal costs through automation, standardization and centralization of their internal and external business processes, students explore the following questions: 1) When off ready software for implementation, and when the "best of breed" or special software more sense? 2) How to deliver applications hosting is different from traditional software development? "Hide
by Francis H. Frey, Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar Source: Harvard Business School 19 pages. Publication Date: November 15, 2000. Prod. #: 601043-PDF-ENG
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