Songini says some dissatisfied with Oracle

Despite a steady stream of love, propaganda and product releases for Oracle that came out of the firm’s OpenWorld 2006 conference in San Francisco this week, some Siebel clients still have axes to grind.

In what appears to be his debut piece for Computer World, Marc Songini tells of attendees of Oracle OpenWorld 2006 that are none too pleased, calling the big firm “slow to provide details on its pledge to integrate Siebel and Oracle products and to provide detailed information about its long-term plans for the CRM product line.”

While Songini writes that he spoke to six or so disgruntled Oracle/Siebel users, the best quotes are provided by a source who asked to remain nameless. (And isn’t that always the case?) Songini excellently has said dissatisfied user saying, “Ideally, I’d like a detailed road map about when all the [Oracle] products will converge and what the architecture will look like and how it will feel and how to navigate through it.” What, that’s it? Does Oracle have any road map at all?

In the unnamed source’s opinion, Oracle must “better integrate all of its products, including Siebel’s. The Chump’s summary, however, is only the tip of the iceberg of a nice piece by Songini. It’s on several versions of Computer World online, so let’s see … how about a link to … Australia? The Chump’s got no clue about Songini’s background, but a shout out to him and best of luck in the future…