Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 20, 2009

However, today’s news that Oracle is going to buy Sun Microsystems has some very important implications. Sun bought MySQL AB (the company behind MySQL) last year for $1 Billion dollars, and therefore, MySQL AB now becomes a part of Oracle, it’s primary competition. Tags: Open Source Software Technology Zen database mysql nptech oracle sun In general, the activities of the big tech corporations have somewhat limited and indirect effect on nonprofit technology.

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Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director

AUGUST 9, 2018

Oracle and PostgreSQL are the most powerful and popular object-relational DBMS. However, PostgreSQL has important benefit compared to Oracle: it is open source and has more liberal license than another database management system. In view of this fact many companies migrate their databases from Oracle to PostgreSQL to reduce total cost of the ownership. Export Oracle data into CSV files (one file per table).

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AFP Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

Foundation opens volunteerism Web site to nonprofits - Harwich, MA - Harwich Oracle: "Cape Cod —Cape Cod Volunteers, a Web site-based service that will link nonprofit agencies with potential volunteers, is open to nonprofits to post their volunteer opportunities.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 14, 2011

For those of us that depend on MySQL everyday, the buyout of Sun (which had bought MySQL) by Oracle did not bode well. A decidedly biased survey by the folks behind PostgreSQL suggests that many people worry about the health of MySQL in Oracle’s hands. I’ve mentioned this before, and I do think the conventional wisdom is that open source software (which includes OpenOffice.org, MySQL and Java) will not flourish at Oracle.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

But then … Oracle bought Sun. And just like the fears that many in the MySQL community have had about the future of MySQL under Oracle’s watch (Oracle shut down the OpenSolaris project, for example), people were worried about the future of OpenOffice.org. I’ve already been using LibreOffice, and intend to stick with it, since IMHO, a good bet is that anything FOSS will flounder and probably die in Oracle’s hands.

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AFP Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

MIT Technology Review recently cited Oracle’s definition: “Big data is the derivation of value from traditional relational database-driven business decision making, augmented with new sources of unstructured data.” What Does Big Data Have to Do With Me and My Organization? Without a doubt big data is one of the most talked about topics in nonprofit technology and IT in general this year. It was last year as well.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 10, 2017

The Oracle at Delphi told Oedipus “Know thyself!” If the Oracle were speaking to nonprofits today, it might say “Know thy supporters!”. For nonprofits interested in engaging supporters in online advocacy, this is especially true. These days, individuals receive a LOT of email and see a LOT of posts on their social media feeds.

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Mobile Commons

MARCH 22, 2012

Our CEO Jed Alpert recently sat down with Oracle’s Profit magazine to discuss how a mobile campaign can extend an organization’s existing communications – and what companies are doing wrong. He also gave some introductory thoughts for executives who are thinking of launching their own mobile campaigns: First, look at all the preexisting ways your brand touches customers. Think about how you can make these touches actionable.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 9, 2018

Places like the Stanford Design School’s approaches to journey mapping were adopted by companies like Oracle and Microsoft and this ‘structured empathy’ approach make incredible improvements to the customer journey. “A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it’s not open” Frank Zappa . OK, we know it’s hard to listen to someone who names their child Moonbeam but go with us on this for a few minutes and we think you will understand our concept… .

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Connection Cafe

JULY 9, 2010

Perhaps you are like me and are wondering if the Paul the oracle octopus will be right on his prediction for Spain to win the World Cup. Author: Amber Wobschall. I’m a huge NPR fan and not afraid to admit it. What I am often afraid to admit is when I am wrong - just ask my friends and family. He’s been right on so far. But he could be wrong.

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Beth Kanter

JANUARY 20, 2012

In September, they ran their 3rd social media challenge, in this case, the Oracle Online Action Challenge. Oracle made donations for all online actions (likes, comments, RTs, photos, etc) during Hunger Action Month , reaching a maximum donation of $25,000. One of the campaigns for the Oracle effort during Hunger Awareness Month was “Hunger: Put a Fork in It.”

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Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Findings highlight that 63% of Chief Information Officers plan to do this at some point in the future (Oracle). Browse the infographic from IT support provider : TSG, to help you realise the wide range of benefits to be gained from moving to the cloud. Your business could welcome reduced storage and maintenance costs, flexibility, scalability and increased productivity, to name but a few. .

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 17, 2009

I think of the Sea Change posts as communications from the Oracle at Delphi - rich in meaning, posing more questions than answers, with the goal of getting you to think about the question in relation to your strategy, rather than spoon-feeding you the answers. Published on Wordpress and Typepad and others Insights from nonprofit sisters and brothers Keeping my online strategy from going to the dogs These are a few of my favorite blogs. It's Friday!

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Beth Kanter

OCTOBER 28, 2020

A team of four Google Fellows developed Delphi (named after the ancient Greek shrine that was home to an oracle who could predict the future) over the span of six months. As COVID accelerates innovative uses of AI in many areas, we are also seeing more development of AI-powered data mapping tools for philanthropic advising and to support donor investment decisions.

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Beth Kanter

JULY 24, 2018

AI at Work Study: Future Workplace, partnered with Oracle to interview 1,320 U.S. Here is a recent roundup of articles, blog posts, and research on the “Age of Automation” and what it means for nonprofits. Special Report: AI for Good: Earlier this month, Allison Fine and I wrote an op-ed for the Chronicle of Philanthropy on the age of automation and it implications for fundraisers. It is part of a special report on AI for Good.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

Whether we''re talking about Oracle, IBM, or a charitable organization, how you deploy your human resources is the key to success. What does digital strategy look like in your organization? We asked, and nearly 500 individuals from nonprofit organizations responded!

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Tech Soup Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2015

or from basically almost any database type out there: SQL, Azure, Access, Oracle, and more. Office 2016 includes powerful new Excel features. Here are three you should check out today. Try the New Chart Types. What's new with Excel charts? If you look carefully at the Excel 2016 "Insert" ribbon tab, you will notice the new chart types, which will help you better share your data with your audience. These new types are. Waterfall. Box and whisker. Treemap. Sunburst.

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NetWits

MAY 23, 2008

Forward thinking traditional software vendors such as Oracle and Blackbaud have invested in technologies to deploy their solutions over the web by providing hosting services, often called “OnDemand” services, while retaining the ability to offer full-featured, customizable, and data rich solutions. The technology world is full of buzz words that make up a language all their own.

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gokubi.com

OCTOBER 2, 2006

Former Oracle exec: ‘We will destroy Oracle’ [link] Kingsley Joseph | Monday, 02 October 2006 at 9:42 am What do I get, if after the keynote, you do think that that statement was warranted?

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SocialFish

APRIL 19, 2017

The ITA, which was founded in 1956, is comprised of nearly 1,700 men’s and women’s varsity coaches representing over 1,200 institutions, administers numerous regional and national championships and the Oracle/ITA College Tennis Rankings for over 20,000 college varsity student-athletes at NCAA Divisions I, II and III, NAIA and Junior College levels. Here are some cool jobs, hand-picked by me, that you can find via the SocialFish job board !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

And that’s why it’s critical that all those young geeks have the best, geekiest time that ever they had because happy, fulfilled Campuseros translates into positive brand identification for Movistar, Microsoft, The Mexican government, Ibm, HP, Asus, Nokia, Motorola, Nec, Opera, Noiselab, Volaris, Cisco, Oracle, Zte. Photos by Jamie Stobie and used with permission from the photographer.

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Tech Soup Blog

AUGUST 14, 2011

Robinson has over 19 years of information technology and marketing experience including a 13 year tenure at Oracle Corporation in a variety of sales and marketing roles most recently as the vice president of corporate marketing where he led the company's global marketing programs. Nat started with Oracle as a sales consultant in New Zealand where he was born.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 11, 2009

Oracle/PeopleSoft. I thought it might be useful to compile a list of all of the commercial donor databases I’m aware of. This list came from my head, my bookmarks, and lists compiled by NTEN and Idealware for their donor management software surveys (and I’m not certain all of these are actually donor databases). It does not include custom systems, of which there are many. I am not planning to keep this list updated — that sounds like a full-time job.

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gokubi.com

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

First they might have to deal with Oracle from here on, and second because the service is so bad! Facebook Linked In Twitter Home About Home Some problems with salesforce.com today Some problems with salesforce.com today Last Updated on Monday, 11 February 2008 10:30 Written by Steve Monday, 11 February 2008 10:30 I’m on an na5 instance that was upgraded over the weekend and about every 5th click gets me this. trust.salesforce.com is down right now as well.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

One of my favorite quotes in the Connect documentation is this one: “As long as you can invoke the API over HTTP, your application can be Microsoft, HP, IBM, Novell, Oracle, even Sun-based. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Platforms break open! October 15, 2007 If you are new to this site, you might want to read more , and subscribe to my feed.

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Tech Soup Blog

APRIL 26, 2013

Start off in SAP Visual Intelligence by pulling data from a broad range of sources: Excel spreadsheets ("personal data sources") as well as many types of databases (for example, Access, Oracle, SAP HANA, BusinessObjects). If a spreadsheet or database has ever made your eyes glaze over or your audience members slip into a haze, you're in for a real treat.

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Tech Soup Blog

MAY 4, 2016

After graduating from MIT, Wan Lik Lee served as a manager in Oracle Systems Limited and a project team leader in Versant Corporation (formerly Versant Object Technology Corp.) Nonprofit board members share a solid commitment to a common cause. Even with diverse backgrounds and busy schedules, each makes time and puts in effort to steer the organization in achieving its goals. Since action requires coordination, regular meetings are crucial to keep decision makers up to date.

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Tech Soup Blog

AUGUST 14, 2011

Robinson has over 19 years of information technology and marketing experience including a 13 year tenure at Oracle Corporation in a variety of sales and marketing roles most recently as the vice president of corporate marketing where he led the company's global marketing programs. Nat started with Oracle as a sales consultant in New Zealand where he was born. Join us HERE for Nonprofits Live: Great Presentations at 10am PT on August 26.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2008

There are many websites implementing OpenSocial, including Engage.com, Friendster, hi5, Hyves, imeem, LinkedIn, MySpace, Ning, Oracle, orkut, Plaxo, Salesforce.com, Six Apart, Tianji, Viadeo, and XING.??? Back in November when Open Social was announced, we had a round of discussions in the NpTech space that summarized on my blog. Just saw a press release from Yahoo, Google, and MySpace about OpenSocial Foundation.

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Tech Soup Blog

MAY 1, 2017

Austin, Texas: Oracle | NetSuite For Nonprofits. National Volunteer Week has come and gone, but I ask you to join me every week in celebrating the amazing contributions of TechSoup's NetSquared community. Our mighty army of volunteers hosted over 500 free nonprofit technology trainings last year, and we're on track to reach even more organizers this year. You like numbers? Well, the average NetSquared organizer spends 8.2

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Idealware

AUGUST 15, 2009

And Apple is catching it as much as Microsoft, Oracle and other hold-outs of the last decade. On Microsoft’s Bing what’s new in web search: By all accounts, Microsoft has a success with its re-crafted bing search site. I posted something about it mainly to say, competition can re-emerge even in a market as dominated as web search.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 6, 2007

Allan Benamer says : Obviously, Blackbaud is taking a page out of Oracle’s playbook and applying it to themselves. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Time to find a fundraising solution that can’t be bought August 6, 2007 Blackbaud , which is one of the big gorillas in the CRM/Fundraising space bought a littler guy, eTapestry.

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Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director

DECEMBER 18, 2008

Oracle Education Foundation. I compiled this list using the same methodology I used for my October 2007 list. Unfortunately, I still can’t compile a list of nonprofits outside the US. Quantcast and compete.com don’t do a good job of checking out international sites so I’m still limited by their inability to go outside US borders. Check out the list after the jump… Site URL. Monthly Traffic (in millions). Change (if available). Organization. Status. wikipedia.org.

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Idealware

JULY 14, 2011

If that's the case, you'll need an enterprise package tailored to your specific needs, such as Oracle’s JD Edwards World Financial Management , Microsoft Dynamics AX or Lawson Software. PublishDate: July 2011. Author: Laura S. Quinn. Jay Leslie. Is tax season a time of time of stress, chaos and panic, or a relatively trouble-free period?

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Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Good candidates are: Foxpro, SQL Server, Oracle, mySQL for a backend. I use Oracle, and it is licensed by type and number of CPUs. That is what Oracle is increasingly doing even with its own products like Oracle’s Enterprise Resource Planning suite (ERP). They have it set up and instead of companies setting up the software and infrastructure themselves, they simply pay Oracle for access, and have what appears to be their own private system.

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NTEN

JUNE 17, 2011

A seasoned software sales professional, JP came to RightNow from Oracle where he primarily focused on the state and local market. By JP Saint Louis, RightNow. Given the adoption of social media, the opportunity for nonprofits to capitalize on low cost means to improve engagement with members and potential donors is greater than ever before.

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Tech Soup Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2011

What hardware, operating system, RAM, DRAM, SAN, UPS, NAS, SSD, IPV6, Ubuntu, Linux, Windows, SQL, MySQL, SAP, Oracle (and any other acronym you wish to come up with that I don't give a twopenny stuff about) do we need? During the month of October, join TechSoup.org and the TechSoup Global Network for our Cloud Computing Worldwide campaign.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2010

This can mean purchasing of open source development companies (Sun MIcrosystems -- now owned by Oracle -- purchased open source database developer MySQL AB in 2008). By Dave Greenberg, CiviCRM Team. Based on my informal assessment of attitudes and interest in the NTEN community about open source software, I think there's a significant and growing number of folks and organizations who are either interested in, already using, or even evangelizing open source solutions.

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Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director

SEPTEMBER 3, 2008

Good candidates are: Foxpro, SQL Server, Oracle, mySQL for a backend. As you may have guessed, I have seen the demo of Mpower Open and I was very pleased. So pleased, in fact, that it’s now on the Leaderboard. I’ve had to create a new category — Desktop Donor Management System as opposed to an Online Donor Management System which will be populated soon.

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gokubi.com

SEPTEMBER 1, 2006

While at Oracle, Benioff was in charge of a philanthropy project to give away $10 million in computer hardware. Benioff left Oracle and started Salesforce.com in the mid 1990′s. If Oracle/Google/Microsoft bought Salesforce.com would the donation program go away?

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Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director

JULY 23, 2008

You can choose to sell Model 1 and Model 4, which is what Oracle did. emphasis mine] This may be another Timothy Chou but it’s highly unlikely that an article that talks about Software as a Service and basically namechecks Timothy Chou’s past business relations (he works for Oracle, shilled for Callidus and again, is on Blackbaud’s board) is not going to be written by him.

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Frogloop

MAY 29, 2007

Using several of their own pieces (such as the big hit Store Wars , The Meatrix , Friends with Low Wages , Hybrid vs. Hummer ), the duo reminded everyone about the five key characters in the common myth: Hero Nemesis Mentor Oracle Animal familiar With these elements, a nonprofit can create a story for their issue that will tug at the hearts of potential donors and volunteers.

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Frogloop

MAY 17, 2007

Using several of their own pieces (such as the big hit Store Wars , The Meatrix , Friends with Low Wages , Hybrid vs. Hummer ), the duo reminded everyone about the five key characters in the common myth: Hero Nemesis Mentor Oracle Animal familiar With these elements, a nonprofit can create a story for their issue that will tug at the hearts of potential donors and volunteers.

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