Tech news and commentary for the week of August 4–8, 2014. In case you ever find yourself in a situation where you need to make a will (as in Last Will and Testament), like, right now, well, there’s an app for that. Your Last Will creates a video will for you, to be viewed after
Read More...Craig Douglas, writing for Boston Business Journal about the facility and building management issues mounting at Wellesley: In its recent vinyl fencing, the college said 82 percent of its buildings have not had a major renovation in more than 25 years, while 60 percent have been largely untouched for 50 years. Wellesley officials have warned that
Read More...The Feed will be a new weekly feature here on MIPRO Unfiltered. What is it? News and micro-commentary from this week in the tech industry that you were probably too busy to catch. We’ve all been there – trying to stay in the know, but real life has a way of interrupting. We hope this lets you
Read More...MIPRO Consulting Featured in DBusiness Daily News July 2014 Performing an implementation of or upgrading an existing business management application can be a daunting task. When properly done, the new system can give a real boost to your company’s efficiency, productivity and bottom line. MIPRO Consulting, a Milford, Michigan based consultancy specializing in Oracle’s
Read More...Oracle has announced the general availability of PeopleTools 8.54. Release information can be found right here. We’ve been following this release on the roadmap, and we’re very excited to see some of the new features available in 8.54 – specifically, the features designed to improve the user experience. With this release PeopleSoft introduces the “Fluid User
Read More...We have written a number of times about PeopleSoft Update Manager (PUM) before. In our daily conversations, it’s a major topic with clients and prospects alike. If there’s a game changer for a suite of mature software that businesses rely on for key functionality, PUM is it. But don’t simply take our word for it.
Read More...This is ‘Stickers’, the new TV ad for Apple’s MacBook Air. It’s interesting on several levels. Watch: I watch and dissect all Apple ads, and this one jumped at me. Why? It breaks from their traditional style. Most Apple ads show what you can do with the product, not 30 seconds of the product itself
Read More...Steven Norton and Clint Boulton, writing for the WSJ: While many larger companies have turned to cloud software to manage systems like human-resources management, they are slower to adopt the cloud for applications that handle inventory management, billing and other processes they rely on to run their businesses on a daily basis. For companies using
Read More...Part One I have become a bit obsessed about the daily work patterns of famous people. I liken this interest to my interest in biographies: it’s fascinating to see how someone who changed the world thinks and acts on a daily basis. Voyeuristic? Maybe. Informative? Like you wouldn’t believe. My new morning habit is to
Read More...We’ve talked about the RECONNECT event recently, and for good reason: it’s a great conference. But here’s another reason: we’d love to chat with you. To that end, join MIPRO Consulting at the third annual PeopleSoft RECONNECT Conference, July 23 – 25, 2014 in Rosemont, Illinois. Stop by Booth #1002, meet the MIPRO team and learn more about
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