Comments on: Why Oracle Collaboration Could Make Inroads http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2006/10/23/why-oracle-collaboration-could-make-inroads/ An industry analyst blog looking at software ecosystems and convergence Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:35:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James Governor http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2006/10/23/why-oracle-collaboration-could-make-inroads/comment-page-1/#comment-1952 James Governor Tue, 24 Oct 2006 21:12:08 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/wp/?p=761#comment-1952 Awesome thanks for the input Mike. its nice to see someone whose opinion i respect adding to the argument. i am really enjoying your coverage of late... Awesome thanks for the input Mike. its nice to see someone whose opinion i respect adding to the argument. i am really enjoying your coverage of late…

]]> By: Mike Gotta http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/2006/10/23/why-oracle-collaboration-could-make-inroads/comment-page-1/#comment-1951 Mike Gotta Tue, 24 Oct 2006 19:33:40 +0000 http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/wp/?p=761#comment-1951 James, I would agree completely with the concept of contextual collaboration (the integration and surfacing of collaborative services within the context of an application). The concept has been around since 1999 as I recall (the term is generally credited to Matt Cain, then of Meta, now with Gartner). Back then it took brute force. We've at the point where it is much more feasible as you point out. Collaboration platforms are becoming virtualized and services will be delivered in multiple application contexts as well as through a vendor's traditional product interface. I just posted some thoughts on Microsoft's Availability Service for Exchange 2007 along these same lines. You would think that Oracle, given its broad application portfolio, would aggressively define a collection of collaboration, communication and content service interfaces within that stack and highlight the deeper understanding its OCS solution has in terms of application context (e.g., process) and underlying meta models and meta data. James, I would agree completely with the concept of contextual collaboration (the integration and surfacing of collaborative services within the context of an application). The concept has been around since 1999 as I recall (the term is generally credited to Matt Cain, then of Meta, now with Gartner). Back then it took brute force. We’ve at the point where it is much more feasible as you point out. Collaboration platforms are becoming virtualized and services will be delivered in multiple application contexts as well as through a vendor’s traditional product interface. I just posted some thoughts on Microsoft’s Availability Service for Exchange 2007 along these same lines.

You would think that Oracle, given its broad application portfolio, would aggressively define a collection of collaboration, communication and content service interfaces within that stack and highlight the deeper understanding its OCS solution has in terms of application context (e.g., process) and underlying meta models and meta data.

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