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COLLABORATE 12 - Special Keynote
Mark Kelly is an American astronaut, US Navy Captain and an experienced naval aviator who flew combat missions during the Gulf War. The winner of many awards, including the Defense Superior Service Medal and Distinguished Flying Cross, Kelly was selected as an astronaut in 1996. He flew his first of four missions in 2001 aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour, the same space shuttle that he commanded on its final flight in May 2011. He has also led Discovery and is one of only two individuals who have visited the International Space Station on four different occasions. Mark Kelly is an American hero who inspires others to be their best while remaining true to their core values. He exemplifies leadership, the importance of teamwork, and courage under pressure. Leadership, Teamwork And Courage On January 8, 2011, Captain Mark Kelly would face the toughest challenge of his life when an assassination attempt was made on his wife, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. His dedication to family and Giffords' road to recovery would captivate the nation. For Mark Kelly, focus equals success-even in the face of adversity. Personifying the best of the American spirit, Kelly is a homegrown hero who was a combat pilot in Iraq, an astronaut on four space shuttle missions, and commander of the final flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour. He has combined teamwork, leadership, communication, and family in an unwavering commitment to succeed. Kelly shows audiences how to accomplish their mission while maintaining the love and devotion to family that is the foundation of true success. Oracle Roadmap Sessions and Keynotes Want to know where Oracle’s headed? Looking to see what Oracle products and releases are headed down the pipeline? Attend COLLABORATE’s keynote and Oracle Roadmap Sessions throughout the week to hear directly from Oracle executives. Mark Sunday is Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President at Oracle, responsible for the company's information technology used globally, as well as the operational infrastructure for Oracle's On-Demand product offerings. Prior to joining Oracle, Mark was Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Siebel Systems. With more than 30 years in the high tech industry, he has also served in various IT leadership positions at Motorola, ST Microelectronics and Texas Instruments. Mark holds a BSE degree in Engineering from the University of Michigan, and an MBA from Southern Methodist University. He served on the board of Altiris (which was acquired by Symantec), is on the board of Infopia, and is also a Trustee of the Utah Technology Council (UTC) and Economic Development Corporation of Utah (EDCUtah). IT at Oracle: The Art of IT Transformation to Enable Business Growth In this session you will hear how Oracle, on its journey to become one of the leading enterprises in the world, has been able to achieve this balance between technology, cost, and efficiency through its ongoing innovation and commitment to simplify, standardize, centralize and automate their core business process. Mark will also share how the Oracle IT transformation has helped to enable the successful execution of Oracle’s business strategy, as well as the lessons learned over the last 10 years and how these are critical to creating business advantage for the next 10 years of the journey.
Oracle has been rapidly advancing its business intelligence and performance management products over the past year. Hear directly from Balaji Yelamanchil, Oracle's Senior VP of Product Development, about Oracle's strategy and direction with regard to in-memory analytics, mobile intelligence, information discovery, performance management applications, and much more. If you are an Oracle Business Intelligence or Hyperion customer, or if you have a general interest in how Oracle can help your organization dive better business performance using analytics, you will not want to miss this session.
Introducing Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c, the only complete cloud management solution built and engineered to help you reduce IT complexity and improve your agility to changing business needs. Join us for an in-depth look at the new and unique benefits Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c has to offer. See first-hand how Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c brings together three essential capabilities we call Total Cloud Control:
So whether you are embarking on a cloud transformation or simply interested in better management of your applications, middleware, databases or systems, no other solution in the marketplace can simplify managing your IT environment better than Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c. IBM Keynote Smarter Analytics: Business transformation in the Era of Big Data & Analytics Recent studies confirm that leaders who use analytics have 33% more revenue growth and 12X more profit growth than laggards – and that gap is widening. These outperforming organizations make analytics personal and pervasive, infusing intelligence into every decision and every business process to ensure they can anticipate and shape business outcomes faster than the competition. In the era of Big Data, there are limitless opportunities to harness existing and emerging information channels such as Social Media (twitter, facebook), sensors, video and audio and more into insight previously thought unimaginable or attainable. Additionally, IBM Watson Solutions are transforming expectations for how computers can help us live and work more productively. These new solutions leverage natural language, hypothesis generation, and evidence-based learning to fundamentally change the way businesses look at quickly solving problems. More information coming soon! |