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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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Technology Projects are *Always* Interesting. Right?

When titling this post, I reminded myself of the ancient Chinese curse, “May you live in interesting times.”  Actually, what we strive for at MIPRO are uninteresting implementations and upgrades.  So, that said, before beginning a project, one should always review the following: MURPHY’S LAWS OF COMPUTING For every action, there is an equal and

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Linkology: The Best of the Internet for 1/27/11

Unabashedly Waxing Poetic on Apple From a User’s Standpoint I started using Macs when they were powered by the Motorola 68000’s and Berkeley Breathed anthropomorphized one in Bloom County. Even back then, in the miasma of the awakening WinTel juggernaut and whiffs of Amigas and Atari STs, Macs were considered niche machines. I wrote my

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PeopleSoft 9.1 Feature Highlight: Forms and Approval Builder

OVERVIEW PeopleSoft Forms and Approval Builder is part of Common Components 9.1, therefore available for use throughout all of the PeopleSoft HCM and FMS modules.  It allows a business analyst or other non-developer PeopleSoft application expert to create simple forms and establish an approval for the content. HOW-TO Begin with creating the form using the

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