tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-943061409344261913.post5241665832655397690..comments2016-05-01T23:46:42.255-04:00Comments on IS 251 @ Loyola University in Maryland: Oracle Leading the CloudUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-943061409344261913.post-36717448430774895302015-11-18T16:04:09.708-05:002015-11-18T16:04:09.708-05:00I believe that this idea for a new cloud service c...I believe that this idea for a new cloud service could be very beneficial, however; as you mentioned, only one third of the customers are using it as of right now. One way that the company could get all customers to use the cloud would be to provide discounted products for people who chose to use the cloud. To add to Casey's statement, Oracle and Amazon have two completely different types of customers. This means that Oracle's strategy to attract customers to the cloud should be different than Amazon's. Oracle, unlike Amazon, does not attract everyday people. Both organizations attract businesses. However, if Oracle could find a way to be more attractive to businesses than Amazon, they could surpass them. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03707959068734599559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-943061409344261913.post-63734709005131961682015-11-18T13:46:39.178-05:002015-11-18T13:46:39.178-05:00Oracle's new cloud service isn't meant for...Oracle's new cloud service isn't meant for the same crowd as Amazon's AWS, where a developer can quickly get started after paying for it with a credit card. Rather, it's for Oracle's existing enterprise customers who want to shift existing workloads to the cloud. So their targeted customers are not the same as Amazon's. Furthermore, even if they were competing for the same customers, one of the more important factors for customers is usually cost. In order for them to truly compete with Amazon, they would have to make sure that their costs (at the very least) are the same as Amazon's prices. Another thing to consider, is that since it claims to have more levels of security, does that mean that it also takes more bandwidth, more data, and ultimately more time to load and operate? Furthermore, Amazon has already built up a lot of brand loyalty among every day people, as well as companies around the world, so it will be difficult for Oracle to compete with that well established familiarity. Casey Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06237322262858250060noreply@blogger.com