Exadata database - OpenWorld Opportunities- HP & Oracle

Two iconic organisations coming together ..wow! Today, when I logged on to our internal website, the " Breaking News " was the unveiling of the new HP Oracle Exadata database machine – in fact, the world’s fastest database machine — at the recently held Oracle OpenWorld convention in San Francisco, California.
This is to me the epitome of knowledge management. Two organisations , with a combined turnover greater than the economys of most countries coming together to create something through sharing knowledge and expertise is infact a reveloution. That brings two critical questions
1. Who gains from sharing knowledge: EVERYONE GAINS. THERE ARE ONLY WINNERS. Its only a WIN WIN situation for all people
2. What prompts the selection of partners? Values? Synergies? Willingness to collaborate? Shared hopes? Shared vision? Must be all.

I am also attaching another blog for those truly interested in this.

http://blogs.simba.com/simba_technologies_ceo_co/2008/09/oracle-openworl.html