Stephen E. Arnold: Excitement at Oracle — Amazon Effect

After reportedly butting heads with Larry Ellison, Oracle’s top cloud executive is leaving the company Kurian’s departure comes just weeks after Oracle announced he was taking a break from his position overseeing Oracle’s cloud efforts, and after Bloomberg reported that a conflict with Oracle co-founder, executive chairman, chief technology officer, and person whose opinion seems …

Penguin: Has Oracle of Oracle Lost His Mojo?

Oracle’s Autonomous Database Cloud is a Huge Technological Advantage vs. Investors Are Losing Patience With Oracle’s Opaque Cloud Growth ROBERT STEELE:  ORACLE has enough cash flow to beat Amazon (which at this time is poised to destroy IBM, Oracle, and Microsoft as well as Google and others). ORACLE appears to lack  the imagination and incentive …

Event: NSA & The Road to 9/11: Lessons Learned and Unlearned CATO DC Tuesday 4 September 2018 1000-1200 Luncheon Buffet to Follow – C-SPAN Present

The NSA and the Road to 9/11: Lessons Learned and Unlearned Featuring William Binney, Former Crypto-Mathematician, NSA; Kirk Wiebe, Former Senior Analyst, NSA; Edward Loomis, Former Computer Systems Analyst, NSA; Thomas Drake, Former Senior Executive Service Member, NSA; and Diane Roark, Former Professional Staff Member, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; moderated by Patrick Eddington, …

Stephen E. Arnold: Amazon and Special Data — PBI: The Future of Financial Fraud?

Amazon and Special Data Amazon Web Services is ubiquitous with cloud computing and big data power. We all know dozens of companies use these tools, but until recently it was all a little hazy as to who was and how. But, a Silicon Angle gives us some tea leaves to read. According to the story, …