UPDATE 10/22 10:08 AM EST: Google just announced its capability to show Twitter updates in its search results. So much for Bing having any substantial upper hand. Looks like Microsoft’s Bing gets the first shot at indexing the Twitter datastream, at least as part of the Bing brand itself (web nerds likely know there is
Read More...Interesting list. Of these, I see the biggest hitters being: Cloud Computing. Cloud computing is a style of computing that characterizes a model in which providers deliver a variety of IT-enabled capabilities to consumers. Cloud-based services can be exploited in a variety of ways to develop an application or a solution. Using cloud resources does
Read More...From swissmiss comes the following video, a great example of (exercise in?) modern culture-building. Performances like this illustrate a company’s culture and personality more than any website, blog or piece of marketing collateral could ever hope to.
Read More...Quick post to say that there has been a lot of interest in PeopleTools 8.5 recently (and I mean lots), and one of our partners is putting on a webinar this upcoming Wednesday (Oct 21) about some of the most prominent new features and improvements. If you’re interested in PeopleTools 8.5, it will be very
Read More...Aside from the sudden but obvious realization that summer is, in fact, dead, the best thing I have to share with you this week are some pretty fantastic links. Enjoy. Science does not back up the “cool down” theory of exercise/training, and likewise scientists say that ‘lactic acid theory’ is bunk. Like apples? Here’s a
Read More...UPDATE: Official press release is live here. I’m going to preempt our official press release by a few hours and announce something we’ve been working on with our partner, Citagus. We have had a massive influx in inquiries and blog hits about PeopleTools 8.5, and we hear from conference feedback that PeopleTools 8.5 sessions are
Read More...Some of the best tweets streaming across my HootSuite screen over the past two days. These were all under the #OOW hashtag. I will post more during the week, time permitting. (Other hashtags you can check out are #OpenWorld, and #OOW09, but #OOW seems to be the main player.) IntraSee: Big time stat of #oow:
Read More...The Washington Post’s Brian Krebs: An investigative series I’ve been writing about organized cyber crime gangs stealing millions of dollars from small to mid-sized businesses has generated more than a few responses from business owners who were concerned about how best to protect themselves from this type of fraud. I recommend to read some online
Read More...Now that I have provided my opinion and thumbs up approval of the Oracle BI apps, let’s discuss the nuances of implementing them. With all of Oracle BI’s pre-built ETL, data structures and reports, one would probably think it should be very straightforward. Well, if your shop is totally vanilla and you accept the metrics as
Read More...Some astonishingly good links for you today. But first I want you to understand that I recently bought a new table and chair set, and everything came packed in a 523 lb. box (yes, 523 lb.) that I had to wrestle to the ground and dissect with a box cutter, after which I settled in
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