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
Read More...ZDNet’s Phil Wainewright, in an especially interesting post, explores the value of SaaS beyond the standard marketing fare of lower cost and faster time-to-live: Today, I’m at a NetSuite customer event in London and CEO Zach Nelson has just displayed a chart quoting IDC and Gartner data that shows on-demand ERP sales are growing at
Read More...Having practical experience in supply chain, PeopleSoft ERP (SCM) and Business Intelligence (BI), I am naturally drawn to anything that combines the attributes of all three. Oracle BI applications for procurement and spend can do just that. We have spoken previously about how PeopleSoft query tools are BI tools and not a full-on BI enterprise product.
Read More...Quick moment of self-indulgence: if you are in the St. Louis area and planning to attend the St. Louis Oracle/PeopleSoft RUG meeting, come by and see us. Larry Zagata, our Business Intelligence practice director, will be there speaking about turning enterprise data into actionable, useful business intelligence. It’s been a huge hit at prior conferences,
Read More...Quick update: Oracle has now officially released PeopleSoft Portal 9.1. This is a highly-anticipated release due to the app’s adoption of Web 2.0 features and tight integration into the core PeopleSoft products. In addition, PeopleSoft Portal 9.1 includes collaborative workspaces and very strong (and very smart) tagging capabilities. I previously blogged about some of the
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