Summary
This IDC Perspective focuses on Oracle's next-generation platform for digital business, which combines powerful business applications functionality, comprehensive core services, and a sophisticated cloud infrastructure to support value streams."In a cloud-enabled digital economy, business value more than TCO drives technology buying decisions -- from cloud infrastructure to innovative technologies like AI and IoT and the powerful SaaS applications that help manifest the future of work. The concept of a digital business platform describes a collection of next-generation capabilities that seamlessly combine across infrastructure, core services, and business applications to facilitate multiple streams of value to empower organizations on the digital transformation journey," according to Frank Della Rosa, research director, SaaS and Cloud Software, Business Platforms, and Ecosystems at IDC.