This is hardly tech related, but it’s a passion of mine, so please bear with me while I climb atop a nearby soapbox. Ah, there’s one. Ahem. Formula 1 racing is the pinnacle of autosport. It’s widely regarded as the absolute top of the heap, attracting the best of the best, and is not comparable
Read More...Vinnie Mirchandani (@dealarchitect on Twitter) with a nice synopsis of Oracle’s new ‘choice’ messaging. Given Oracle’s incredibly wide (and premium) stable of offerings, combined with its recent cloud-facing announcements, this is smart, solid positioning: He emphasized choice in other ways as he discussed Fusion apps – more choice in portfolio of ERP apps versus competitive
Read More...CFO/CIO alert! Have you reviewed the cost of your custom interfaces lately, particularly those associated with your “third party” software systems? Best-of-breed app systems have been on the decline for years, as clients realize enormous savings in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by going to mature, integrated ERP software add-on modules, by such providers as
Read More...Know This Longer body, longer life? Amazon introduces $114 ad-supported Kindle to combat Apple’s iPad. A $25 discount to have your reading experience smattered with ads? How about a free Kindle with ads? That’s more like it. I don’t see the $25 incentive as being anywhere near worth the intrusion of ads while you try
Read More...CIO.com’s Kristin Burnham outlines a Forrester Research report that details whether Gen Yers or Gen Xers are more problematic to a smooth running IT department. Despite how the question is positioned, it turns out they’re not as dissimilar as one may think: You’ve heard the Gen Y stereotypes before: They’re lazy workers, exude entitlement and
Read More...Oracle’s Mark Rosenberg with a nice recap of Oracle’s 5th Annual Maintenance Summit, easily the premier conference for anyone interested in maintenance management and enterprise asset management (EAM): Third, we on the Oracle team responded to participant feedback from the last Summit, and the increased attendance and survey ratings this year proved we got it
Read More...Stumbled across this post about how to create charts in PeopleCode with a nice, clean approach. From The PeopleSoft Blog: For those who haven’t tried creating a chart using peoplecode. I do not have the code which I did while I was working with my first company. But this example below from peoplebooks will give
Read More...Cisco CEO John Chambers last week wrote a candid and public admission about the company’s recent struggles, many of which have done their fair share of damage to the stock price. Chambers’ note was interesting in that it was refreshingly honest: a mea culpa taking full responsibility for the company’s performance. That said, today we
Read More...It’s Spring, and you know what that means: sometimes-incoherent preambles here on this blog, especially on Friday when most aren’t looking and I get to use the computer by myself. So here are some random thoughts, in no order whatsoever, hastily blurted forth before I get in trouble: I still can’t find an iPad 2.
Read More...Recently, it was reported right here on this blog that I purchased an iPad. For those who know me, yes, this was a significant event. Now that a few months have passed, I’d like to offer an update. Because here’s the backstory: even though I live and breathe PeopleSoft and ERP and professional services, I’m
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