In August, we posted “25 Twitter Feeds Every Oracle User Should Follow,” which contained our first collection of social-technology A-listers. Now, we’re going back to the 140-character well one more time—call it our celebration of Twitter’s recent initial public offering—to connect you with more worthy experts who can take Oracle social in a meaningful way.
The folks I’ve listed below join our earlier group in delivering the best insight anywhere on analytics, big data, cloud, customer experience, engineered systems, and human capital management.
You’re probably wondering where I uncovered the new crop of tweeters-come-lately. Quite frankly, some of the names came from colleagues who e-mailed me pointing out great Twitter users who weren’t in the first list. Others emerged by clicking through various folks’ followers. (You can call that Twitter’s version of six degrees of separation.)
As with last time, today’s list isn’t limited to internal Oracle authorities. We’ve corralled socially savvy experts across the board--some work at the company, others are independent. Our twitterati range from vice presidents and a startup founder (or two) to consultants with the deep-tech credibility of Oracle ACE certification. I’ve also included several worthy corporate feeds in hot areas like virtualization, healthcare, and financial services.
Thanks to Twitter’s “embed” feature, you can click on the actual links in the graphics throughout this article to follow the people I’ve mentioned. As always, the opinions expressed on Twitter by people who work for Oracle are entirely their own and not necessarily those of Oracle Corp.
Let’s meet our latest twitterers:
Name: Ray Wang
Handle: @rwang0
Position: Chairman and principal analyst at Constellation Research.
The building blocks of successful tech requires you to know your org's innovation DNA. http://t.co/yV77ZLefRr #df13 pic.twitter.com/NnAmPNDqrT
— R Ray Wang (@rwang0) November 20, 2013
Name: Anand Akela
Handle: @aakela
Position: Oracle senior marketing director, enterprise manager and private cloud.
Ten Myths of #Cloud Computing : A Q&A with Rex Wang, VP of Product Marketing at Oracle | Cloud Computing Expo http://t.co/qXWptqjhfB
— Anand Akela (@aakela) November 16, 2013
Name: Four Cornerstone
Handle: @fourcornerstone
Position: IT consulting firm and Oracle Gold Partner in Forth Worth, Texas
Check out the 1 minute video overview of Oracle Service-Oriented Architecture (#OracleSOA) 11g (11.1.1.8) Platform. http://t.co/YKxq19UDhp
— Four Cornerstone (@fourcornerstone) November 20, 2013
Name: SearchOracle.com
Handle: @SearchOracle
Position: TechTarget’s technology news web site devoted to all things Oracle.
Implementing Oracle 11g data guard and data guard protection modes: http://t.co/aPZRbHoQeH
— SearchOracle.com (@SearchOracle) November 18, 2013
Our list of Oracle authorities on Twitter continues:
Name: Sonny Singh
Handle: @SonnyHSingh
Position: Senior vice president and general manager, Oracle Financial Services Global Business Unit.
My first guest post on @Forbes: What Banks can learn from an English Teacher http://t.co/Loav1XvdsE
— Sonny Singh (@SonnyHSingh) November 14, 2013
Name: Vinnie Mirchandani
Handle: @dealarchitect
Position: Independent analyst and consultant; author, “The New Technology Elite.”
Nike - a sweaty version of Apple http://t.co/rIwEx3RLm9
— Vinnie Mirchandani (@dealarchitect) October 19, 2013
Name: Jill Rowley
Handle: @jill_rowley
Position: Oracle social selling evangelism and enablement.
Listening to @Britopian, author of Your Brand: The Next Media Company, at #SVESMC event. #socbiz #Social pic.twitter.com/3h64hfXWAq
— Jill Rowley (@jill_rowley) November 15, 2013
Name: Martin Bach
Handle: @MartinDBA
Position: Independent database consultant, Oracle ACE member, and Oracle Certified Master.
Applying PSU 12.1.0.1.1 in the lab environment http://t.co/Hsx8vFyofT
— Martin Bach (@MartinDBA) November 13, 2013
Name: Amanda Batista
Handle: @AmandaF_Batista
Position: Content marketing manager (and blogger) at Oracle Eloqua.
How to Sell #contentmarketing to Your CEO http://t.co/vJdVB2McBX via @Compendium
— Amanda F. Batista (@AmandaF_Batista) November 18, 2013
But wait; there's still more to our list of Oracle authorities on Twitter:
Name: Floyd Teter
Handle: @fteter
Position: Independent Oracle ACE director, blogger on EBS & Fusion Apps.
The Product Design Sprint: A 5-phase step to kick off your next big project http://t.co/L4HiDEJmQ6 via @feedly
— fteter (@fteter) November 11, 2013
Name: Reggie Bradford
Handle: @ReggieBradford
Position: Oracle Senior vice president of product development; founder & former CEO of Vitrue Inc. (acquired by Oracle in May 2012).
A letter for your CEO about #social marketing's future. #smm http://t.co/Uvddhy9Bhh
— Reggie Bradford (@ReggieBradford) November 12, 2013
Name: Chris Leone
Handle: @chrismleone
Position: Oracle senior vice president for applications development, with focus on HCM and Financial Apps.
4 additional data centers for HCM Cloud including Canada and Germany http://t.co/S49vsESaEs
— Chris Leone (@chrismleone) November 12, 2013
Name: Markus Eisele
Handle: @myfear
Position: Independent Oracle ACE director and Enterprise Java consultant, based in Germany.
Top 10 Movies for Programmers http://t.co/rUzQYYsuoW
— Markus Eisele (@myfear) November 10, 2013
Name: Meg Bear
Handle: @megbear
Position: Group vice president, Oracle Social Cloud.
Strategies for Customer Experience #CX success and lessons learned here => http://t.co/5gUNUPMkXN
— Meg Bear (@megbear) November 21, 2013
OK, you know the drill by now:
Name: Kellyn Pot’Vin
Handle: @DBAKevlar
Position: Independent Oracle ACE director, database expert, and “Expert Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c” lead author.
When you create databases in 11g and use #EM12c, just set the dbsnmp to an appropriate profile, password and secure... #SaveWorkLater
— Kellyn Pot'Vin (@DBAKevlar) November 19, 2013
Name: Steve Walker
Handle: @spwalker
Position: Oracle vice president of corporate communications, technology, for EMEA.
In this @Forbes interview AT&T #CFO John Stephens shares path to business transformation: http://t.co/YLB2zUsf0u via @OracleAnalytics
— Steve Walker (@spwalker) November 18, 2013
Name: UK Oracle User Group
Handle: @UKOUG
Position: Independent user organization serving the Oracle community in the UK and Ireland.
The digital edition of UKOUG's magazine Oracle Scene is out now - 'Welcome to the future of 12c!' http://t.co/GkRO8UqJza
— UK Oracle User Group (@UKOUG) November 18, 2013
Name: Lydia Smyers
Handle: @lydiasmyers
Position: Oracle vice president of analyst relations.
Customer digital body language captured w best #analytics for sales reps w @oracle sales cloud #smarterselling http://t.co/5ATFiLxZVo
— Lydia Smyers (@lydiasmyers) October 22, 2013
Name: Flora Baik
Handle: @FloraBaik
Position: Oracle Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions sales rep.
3 EASY ways to nutrure customer relationships! #listen #customersfirst http://t.co/M6Pg0prCZg via @mspbjnews
— Flora Baik (@FloraBaik) November 5, 2013
From The Source
In response to the dozen Oracle feeds I listed in the first Twitter article, I received numerous e-mails suggesting feeds I left out. Space only allows me to include a smattering of those recommendations; we’ll spotlight more in subsequent posts.
Name: Oracle Utilities
Handle: @oracleutilities
What: Corporate feed from Oracle Utilities Industry Solutions group.
According to a new study from @sgconsumer, #smartgrid benefits outweigh costs @smartgridnews #value http://t.co/vZiFI9EHUb
— Oracle Utilities (@oracleutilities) November 12, 2013
Name: OracleHealthSciences
Handle: @OracleHealthSci
What: Oracle Health Sciences Solutions corporate feed.
#Medical researchers predict predict battles against #Alzheimer's, #Cancer find out more via @Forbes http://t.co/TsQsmwSbSz
— OracleHealthSciences (@OracleHealthSci) October 29, 2013
Name: Oracle Retail
Handle: @OracleRetail
What: Corporate feed for Oracle Retail solutions.
Nearly 250 million credit or debit cards to be used for contactless payment next year (via @RetailBulletin) http://t.co/Lq08AJlnXN ^JD
— Oracle Retail (@OracleRetail) November 19, 2013
Name: OracleVirtualization
Handle: @ORLC_Virtualize
What: Oracle Virtualization corporate feed.
@ZDNet takes a look at #Oracle VM @virtualbox #virtualization http://t.co/a2HwIvFLev
— OracleVirtualization (@ORCL_Virtualize) November 8, 2013
Name: Oracle Business Analytics
Handle: @OracleAnalytics
Position: Official account for Oracle's Business Analytics solutions.
Did you know? Only 13% of #HR officers say they have the analytics and tools needed to drive their functions http://t.co/iDewJLIWW9
— Oracle Analytics (@OracleAnalytics) November 14, 2013
Name: Oracle Eloqua
Handle: @Eloqua
Position: Modern marketing leader; centerpiece of Oracle’s marketing cloud.
Learn how #marketingautomation can help you work smarter, not harder. Marketing Automation Simplified [SlideShare] http://t.co/Jwr5hpN8sC
— Eloqua (@Eloqua) November 16, 2013
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