Buckle up, you guys. This is a long one. Right up front, let me be clear about bias, because that’s a word that can get tossed around after posts like this: I am an unabashed iOS/OSX user. My technology sprawl includes two 27 inch iMacs, a Thunderbolt Cinema Display, a MacBook Air, an iPad ‘3’
Read More...I have spent 25 years in the software implementation business. I have two principles for success that I’ve told each of my clients: Trial and error is not an implementation strategy, and Don’t do a terrific job customizing the new software to work the way your old software does. If you can follow these, you
Read More...Heads up in case you missed this: here’s a fantastic blog post by Oracle’s Mark Rosenberg talking about what happens when IT respects the users, the co-existence of PeopleSoft and Fusion and how next-gen business intelligence is the key to the future. Frankly, this is one of Oracle’s best blog posts, across any of its
Read More...Good information from Greg Kelly over at the PeopleSoft Technology Blog: The Oracle PeopleSoft PeopleTools 8.53 Release Value Proposition (RVP) can be found here. [NOTE: Oracle login required.] The PeopleSoft PeopleTools 8.53 release continues Oracle’s commitment to protect and extend the value of your PeopleSoft implementation, provide additional technology options and enhancements that reduce ongoing operating costs
Read More...MIPRO Featured in the July 2012 Edition of Health Management Technology MIPRO regularly works with healthcare organizations of all sizes to implement and optimize PeopleSoft applications to improve efficiencies and maximize productivity. We have a thorough understanding of the industry-specific needs and related pressures—from compliance regulations to public perception. One of the most
Read More...Slate’s Farhad Manjoo discusses the conceptual zenith of internet retailing: It’s hard to overstate how thoroughly this move will shake up the retail industry. Same-day delivery has long been the holy grail of Internet retailers, something that dozens of startups have tried and failed to accomplish. (Remember Kozmo.com?) But Amazon is investing billions to make
Read More...Imagine this. An adviser tells an employer that by introducing a working practice they could cut costs, reduce their carbon footprint, improve productivity and make life better for their workforce. Should the employer listen hard and think how to make it work for the organization? Or should they say, ’It sounds like a good idea,
Read More...Previously, we have discussed the real power of BI — making business decisions out of the oodles (that’s a technical term for a lot) of data within organizations), embedding BI into the business process and processing that data extremely quickly and efficiently. So, while we have talked about it and tried to explain the concepts and
Read More...We’re seeing this more and more: as Oracle’s OBIEE platform gains steam, many organizations are making the move to convert existing reports from Crystal, Actuate or Oracle Reports to BI Publisher. Report conversion can be a daunting task, not necessarily from the technology move, but moreso from simply understanding, cataloging and consolidating the current collection
Read More...It’s a weird week, what with the 4th of July falling smack in the middle of it, but I’m confident the following two videos will: Be entertaining Contain moving images Whiten your teeth as we head into the weekend. Enjoy. Wes Anderson’s American Express Ad Considered to be his finest commercial. (Best line — WES:
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