As Oracle’s OpenWorld approaches and deck chairs shuffle, has Oracle finally figured out the cloud?

Grazed from GigaOm. Author: JonathanVanian.

Oracle’s OpenWorld is right around the corner and you can almost feel the collective frustration of the thousands in attendance who will more than likely be caught in horrible Bay Area traffic. But beyond the expectations of massive car pileups, I’m curious to see how Oracle attempts to position itself in the tech world as it continues to push its version of cloud computing, something it has been doing for the past couple of years to mixed results.

Last week’s surprise announcement that Oracle’s legendary co-founder Larry Ellison was transitioning from the role of CEO to CTO caused a stir when the news first came out, but for the most part, that’s not going to affect too much of Oracle’s technology direction, considering Ellison oversees over a quarter of the company’s shares and all of its engineers will continue to report to him…

Still, some Oracle observers are saying that with Ellison out of the CEO helm, that’s one less obstacle for the company to overcome when it comes to building out a cloud business that looks attractive. In the past, Ellison hasn’t been one to get too excited over what he sees as a not-that-interesting technology; keep in mind, this was before the advent of mobile really made cloud computing bloom…

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