Connected, 24 x 7: Boon or Bane?

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Connected, 24 x 7: Boon or Bane?

At a recent meeting with our sales team, one of our regional directors commented that he receives emails from me at crazy times — late at night, early in the morning, all hours of the day and night. This comment prompted a response from one of the partners that I was “connected 24 x 7″.

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Want to Create a Great User Experience for PeopleSoft?

The answer is yes, yes you do. Who doesn’t? Many folks we talk to don’t know much about creating a modern, fluid, rich website experience with PeopleSoft. In fact, it’s something that, in this day and age of SaaS and web access, doesn’t get more play. And that’s too bad, because with PeopleSoft, Applications Portal

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Linkology: The Best of the Internet for 2/17/12

The Unasked-For, Unawaited ‘Best Of’ Edition Because I am a “writer” (note the apologetic quotes) and use a rather disgustingly dirty keyboard to post words on the Internet’s bloggertubes, I sometimes get asked questions about what I feel is best. What apps, what restaurants, what whatevers. I’m not kidding. Just because I can sit here

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Come Join Us at Oracle’s 6th Annual Maintenance Summit (March 27-29)

It’s the time of year when everyone who’s implementing a maintenance solution or considering doing so perks up and pays attention. As well they should, because we’re on the cusp of the biggest maintenance show of the year. From March 27-29, MIPRO would like to welcome you to Nashville for the 6th Annual Oracle Maintenance

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Apple’s Dominance, In Context

We all read the headlines today that position Apple as one of the most powerful companies on earth. Most everyone understands the magnitude of Apple’s ascent from the doldrums of the late 1990s and early 2000s. But do you really understand Apple’s power in the market? If you’re not a hopeless Apple nerd like me,

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Linkology: The Best of the Internet for 2/10/12

So what’s been going on? Funny I should ask myself that under the auspices that you’re asking. I know many of you have followed the cat tales that occasionally get posted here, and if you do, you’re familiar with this guy, who is basically a shrunken jungle cat who roams around the house and reminds

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The Six Laws of Customer Experience

As many of our longtime readers know, our company uses the Net Promoter Score (NPS) to gauge customer satisfaction. The NPS focuses on one simple question: “How likely are you to recommend MIPRO Consulting to a friend or colleague?” That’s it. That’s the central focus and the key metric with respect to how good a

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The Happy Secret to Better Work

I know it’s Monday. I know. But you have 12 minutes to spare, and I encourage you to spend them watching this talk by Shawn Achor about why we’ve been viewing happiness — and success — completely backwards. Trust me. It’s a great way to start your week. ### More links: MIPRO Consulting main website. MIPRO

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Linkology: The Best of the Internet for 2/3/12

A Neverending Stream of Hilarity At least for me. I can count on one hand how many sites on the internet have left me reduced to hysterical tears and shuddering, mouth-breathing gasps simply because they were that funny. Granted, I have a very strange sense of humor, some colleagues might even call me strange period,

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Why PeopleSoft Implementations Fail, Part 2

In part one we identified some of the main reasons large PeopleSoft projects fail.  Now let’s discuss how we mitigate these risks and implement for our clients successfully. Risk: The solution is not tied to the business objectives. As outlined in previous blogs, one of the first activities we conduct is the BluePrint Workshop. The

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