Nick Bilton, writing for the NYTimes: According to the F.A.A., 712 million passengers flew within the United States in 2010. Let’s assume that just 1 percent of those passengers — about two people per Boeing 737, a conservative number — left a cellphone, e-reader or laptop turned on during takeoff or landing. That would mean
Read More...It is not too awfully uncommon to be expected to create a detailed project plan without having all of the details. Weird, right? Not really. It’s completely understandable why this may expected. If you aren’t a project manager or practioner, then it would be challenging to understand what is actually required to develop a detailed
Read More...Barb Darrow, GigaOm: Wolf’s numbers show that a select group of SaaS companies saw their values grow 313 percent from January 2009 to October 2011, compared to 154 percent growth for other software companies over the same period. No wonder Oracle shelled out $1.5 billion for RightNow Technologies and Salesforce.com keeps snapping up smaller SaaS players every month. “With
Read More...It’s strange what open-ended, odd memories your brain holds on to. We were 11. Our friend Shawn had this thing about putting tinfoil boots on his cat. He’d talk about it more often than one would expect, to the point where you realized, He’s not kidding. He really wants to put tinfoil boots on his
Read More...MIPRO Attending the 2011 Michigan Oracle Users Summit Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 Time: 8am – 5:30pm Location: Schoolcraft College-VisTaTech Center, Livonia, MI MIPRO will be in attendance at the 2011 Michigan Oracle Users Summit. Come meet our own Gayla Burns. Gayla will be available to tlak with you about your project needs
Read More...With all of the talk focused on the new Oracle Fusion HCM applications with their on-premise, on-demand and SaaS options, it seems that the old PeopleSoft workhorse of 9.1 HCM applications may have been forgotten. But wait! Here comes the latest feature pack (v2.0) which shines some new light on the PeopleSoft HCM suite. PeopleSoft
Read More...In case of death, do you know who gets your retirement account? Before answering, think about it. Do you really know? In many cases, this amounts to a person’s life savings. It’s worth knowing. As it turns out, the rules are more confusing that you might think. Carolyn Geer, writing for the WSJ, provides one
Read More...As I talk to customers about their PeopleSoft solution, it is interesting to me how often the discussion now seems to involve some flavor of a global solution. For one project, it’s as “simple” as a single location in Ireland, but it drives a need for consolidations and multiple currency calculations. For another project, we are engaged
Read More...As a guy who spends 90% of his work life on the web, I’ve noticed long ago that reading content — really reading, not just clicking and scanning — has become nearly impossible. The prevalence of content spread across a dozen pages, ads, social sharing buttons, and unrequested pre-content videos has turned some major websites
Read More...Think William Shatner, turkeys, metal, oil and fires. No seriously, think about them, because that’s what’s about to happen. As we ease into Thanksgiving here in the U.S., enjoy this little video to help you along your way. Have a happy and safe Thanksgiving, everyone. ### More links: MIPRO Consulting main website. MIPRO on Twitter and Facebook. About
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