Sandra O’Loughlin

Oracle OpenWorld is more than just a mammoth technology conference that takes place over five days each October in San Francisco. According to Steve D’Alencon, senior director, global advertising at Oracle, it is a “waypoint” on a 365 day a year continuum of interactions with Oracle’s customers, prospects and partners. Furthermore, only a small percentage […]

Attendee engagement is a must at any B-to-B conference, especially for the millennial generation, those people born between 1980 and 2000 who are showing up in increasing numbers and giving business gatherings a different perspective. When this crowd attends keynotes and breakout sessions, they’ve typically got one eye on the speaker and the other on […]

PepsiCo next month is headed to Super Bowl 50’s Game Day Fan Plaza with NSPIRE, a restaurant-quality kitchen on wheels that will hand out samples of Tostitos Top ‘N Go tortilla chips and Korean beef barbecue, one of the dishes made by the company’s chefs and inspired by its food and beverage portfolio. The company’s […]

The Microsoft Retail Experience Center at CES 2016 took attendees on a journey through today’s complex retail landscape, one in which the physical and digital are converging, omnichannel is king and consumers are in the driver’s seat. Loaded with information on products, ratings and reviews, these denizens of the digital age often bypass the brick-and-mortar […]

The thought of somebody like me attending Oracle OpenWorld this past October at first seemed like a stretch. Oracle? Isn’t that some sort of prophesy? And “java,” the programming language, to me typically evokes the smell of strong, sweet black coffee. After all, I’m a business writer, not a developer. I use words, not code. […]