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Observations on Oracle Open World 2006

Miro Newsletter Volume #37

November 7, 2006

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in this issue

-- Observations on Oracle Open World 2006
-- Oracle’s sweet on Linux…
-- ...and so what about the Red Hat announcement?
-- Will Oracle eventually acquire Red Hat?
-- Deloitte Names Miro As One Of The 500 Fastest Growing Technology Companies in North America
-- Inc. Magazine Announces Miro To Their 2006 Top 500 List
-- Deloitte Names Miro to Their List of 50 Fastest Growing Technology Companies in New Jersey
-- NJBIZ Recognizes Miro Consulting As One Of New Jersey's Fifty Fastest Growing Companies For 2006
-- Miro's Upcoming Speaking Events
-- About Miro Consulting
-- Miro's Guide to Smarter Oracle Software Licensing; It's Free for the Asking
-- Unsubscribe

Greetings!

Observations on Oracle Open World 2006
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“Anyone who disappears is said to be seen in San Francisco” quipped the late Oscar Wilde.

An estimated 45,000 Oracle devotees “disappeared” last week and descended upon San Francisco for Oracle’s Open World extravaganza, many spending upwards of $2,000 to get in the door. Every day and night there was a party, and food and beverage flowed. Reporters I ran into say they never saw anything like it before.

The streets between San Francisco’s Moscone convention center were closed so huge food tents could be set up to feed the attendees, and rumor had it that Oracle gave the city of San Francisco $15 million for the rights to do so.

The energy was high at the event and everywhere you turned within a several block perimeter you saw an Oracle Open World conference attendee (the conference issued name tags and back packs were a dead give away).

We came away from the event very impressed.

Oracle’s sweet on Linux…
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Industry insiders say the love affair between Oracle and Sun has cooled. Witness what goes on internally at Oracle itself. According to Wim Coekaerts, Oracle's director of Linux engineering*, Oracle's own production servers are rolled out with Linux -- not Solaris -- and Linux is now the de facto standard platform for +8,000 Oracle developers.

...and so what about the Red Hat announcement?
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In his keynote, Oracle’s CEO Larry Ellison said Oracle plans to offer an upper tier of support for Linux beyond what Red Hat provides. And with Oracle throwing its weight behind providing Linux support and the fact that a baseline Linux support contract will be priced at half what Red Hat charges, we think Oracle will be successful.

And that begs the question....

*Mr. Coekaerts is also known as “Oracle’s Mr. Linux”

Will Oracle eventually acquire Red Hat?
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Remembering Oracle’s moves leading to its acquisition of Peoplesoft, it may well be that Oracle might be waiting for Red Hat's stock price to sink low enough before moving in for the kill, meaning an acquisition. Stay tuned.

Deloitte Names Miro As One Of The 500 Fastest Growing Technology Companies in North America
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Deloitte named Miro Consulting, Inc. one of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in North America. Miro was ranked #186. The Deloitte Technology Fast 500 is a ranking of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in North America based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth over five years (2001-2005).

Inc. Magazine Announces Miro To Their 2006 Top 500 List
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Inc. magazine recently announced its 25th annual Inc. 500 ranking of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the United States. Miro ranks No. 397 on the list, with a three-year growth of 362 percent.

Deloitte Names Miro to Their List of 50 Fastest Growing Technology Companies in New Jersey
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Miro Consulting was recognized and honored at Deloitte's awards ceremony held at The Sheraton at Woodbridge, Iselin, NJ on August 10, 2006. Deloitte chose Miro Consulting as #15 on their prestigious list of fifty.

NJBIZ Recognizes Miro Consulting As One Of New Jersey's Fifty Fastest Growing Companies For 2006
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For the second consecutive year, NJBIZ announces Miro Consulting as one of the fifty fastest growing companies in New Jersey.

Upcoming Miro Speaking Engagements
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November 14, 2006
Miro's Ken Saloway to speak about software licensing to the ISACA Charlotte Chapter to be held in Charlotte, NC.
www.charlotteisaca.org

December 5, 2006
Miro’s Ken Saloway to speak about software licensing to the ISACA San Antonio/South Texas Chapter to be held in San Antonio, TX.
www.saisaca.org/

January 10, 2007
Miro's Scott Rosenberg to address the Society for Information Management's Wisconsin (SIM- Wisconsin) meeting to be held in Wauwatosa, WI.
www.simnet.org/wisconsin

About Miro Consulting

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Miro Consulting specializes in helping clients negotiate Oracle and Microsoft licensing contracts for its 200+ clients located primarily throughout North America. Founded in September 2000, Miro Consulting is based in Fords, New Jersey. For more on Miro Consulting, please visit the company’s website at www.miroconsulting.com.

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