“How Strange”

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“How Strange”

Lia Pas, writing about how strange it is that relatively new technology can suddenly feel very old in the face of the newest technology: How strange that technology that is only three years old feels cludgy in our hands now. How strange what high expectations we have for responsiveness from a thin board of glass

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Truth and Lies About Apple

Brian S. Hall, writing for Techpinions: That Google continues to develop and support services optimized for iPhone is all you need to know about those who scream that IPHONE IS DOOMED. They are either ignorant or they are lying to you. Why do you continue to reward them with your attention? Very smart piece about

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Personal Clouds: We Really Have Come Full Circle

In early 2012 I wrote a blog entitled, Mainframe, Distributed, Personal, Cloud – Back to Where We Started? My hypothesis was how we have come full circle – mainframe back to “mainframe-like” in order to access the applications we somehow cannot live without.  Except now these apps reside in a “cloud” somewhere in a massive server farm

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“Jony Makes Some of His Greatest Decisions While Having a Drink”

Fascinating article in Vanity Fair about how Jony Ive and Marc Newson collaborated for Product Red: In 2007, at Larry Gagosian’s town house, following the opening of the Newson show, Bono spoke to Newson about the possibility of doing something for Product (Red). Bono has also known Ive for years. They met through Steve Jobs,

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It’s Time for the C-Staff to Unite Around Platform Standardization

If your organization has more than one ERP platform, such as one for Human Capital Management (HCM) and others for Financials (FI) and Supply Chain Management (SCM), it is likely a good time for the C-staff to get together and agree on one standard platform. Why? Take it from my experience: because a lack of

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FAA Approves Most Electronics for Use During Flight

You’ve probably heard this news, and thought, “Oh good, finally.” The reality is that while the FAA has approved expanded use of personal electronics, it’s now up to the airlines to show the FAA its airplanes can handle radio interference. And, naturally, not many airlines have gone through that process yet. From the portable electronics

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PHRUG, MAOAUG, OHUG, & FSIUG December 12 Meeting

MIPRO Consulting Sponsoring & Presenting at the December 12th meeting of the PHRUG, MAOAUG, OHUG, & FSIUG Joint User Group November 2013   MIPRO Consulting is proud to be a Sponsor & Featured Presenter at the December 12, 2013 meeting of the PHRUG (Greater Philadelphia JD Edwards and PeopleSoft User Group), the MAOAUG (Mid Atlantic Oracle E-Business Suite

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FASB Discussed in AccountingWEB

MIPRO Consulting talks FASB changes & Solutions in AccountingWEB October 2013   Whether it’s real estate, machinery, or equipment, financial professionals encounter a broad spectrum of long-term lease liabilities.  Typically, these leases are accounted for as footnotes in financial statements.  However, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) intends to move ahead with plans to alter

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The Four Degrees of Understanding

If people are connected by six degrees of separation, then I contend that raw data and true IT wisdom are connected by four degrees of understanding.  Let me explain. (And this won’t involve Kevin Bacon at all. Promise.) For the past 25 years I have implemented ERP systems that essentially are a historical picture of

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