We’ve posted a lot about PeopleTools, but we still get questions about its high-level value to organizations as well as PeopleTools’ future direction. Here we have Marc Weintraub (PeopleSoft Product Strategy) interviewing Jeff Robbins (Sr. Director, PeopleSoft Development) about everything PeopleTools entails, and it’s great. Worth your time if you use or are expanding your
Read More...In our daily discussions, we often get asked about what’s the best way to get the most dashboard functionality out of PeopleSoft. Dashboards make organizations more efficient, allow the right analytics to be displayed in the right place, and help data turn into actionable information. Plus, they’re far more engaging for the end user. The
Read More...Paul Thurrott: As for how powerful these apps are, consider this. I loaded up my 575 page Windows 8.1 Field Guide Word document, and while it took a while to download originally (it’s stored in OneDrive for Business as part of my Office 365 Small Business Premium subscription), the performance reading and editing the document was impressive.
Read More...I recently turned 45. While it was a disappointingly ho-hum event (Ryan Seacrest did NOT show up at my house, if you can believe that nonsense), I caught myself wondering what I’d tell my 20-year-old self if I were able to go back and dispense the modicum of “wisdom” (do finger airquotes here) I’ve picked
Read More...I’ve had this article hanging around my Pinboard (please don’t confuse that with Pinterest, by the way) for a few months now, and it’s time I gave it its due. It’s an excellent piece, as is par for the course with Harvard Business Review’s op-ed content. Here’s HBR’s John Butman, talking about four often-seen “impossible”
Read More...Here’s Marc Weintraub, writing for PeopleSoft Apps Strategy: A focus area for sessions at Oracle OpenWorld 2014 in San Francisco is to highlight customer successes with the latest PeopleSoft release, PeopleSoft 9.2. With PeopleSoft 9.2 available for a year now, more and more customers are upgrading and deploying PeopleSoft 9.2 every day. If you are one of these customers, we
Read More...Earlier this week, Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey took to Reddit to defend the sale of his company to Facebook for $2B. Oculus VR is mainly known for a product called Rift. If you don’t know what Rift is, it’s essentially the most promising next-generation thing for gaming and interactive digital experiences. It’s the virtual
Read More...Oracle’s John Webb has an outstanding series of blog posts that is probably the most comprehensive collection of punchlist advice for any organization looking to upgrade to PeopleSoft 9.2. It’s truly excellent. If you’re considering or planning your organization’s move to 9.2, make sure you read Webb’s four-part series: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.
Read More...Stop by here most Fridays and you will see a personal story, a parenting lesson I clumsily try to tie to something that happened the previous week, or our thoughts on leadership, grit and management culture. Sometimes, even though I can’t believe it myself, cat stories. Not today. Today is a different kind of tangent.
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