I missed this a while back, but Vinnie Mirchandani always has interesting takes. Here’s what he saw when he watched Oracle CEO Larry Ellison give his keynote at this year’s Oracle OpenWorld: Larry Ellison could have been somber – if he knew of his friend Steve Jobs dying he did not let on. He could
Read More...Any smart company knows its success is largely predicated on the retention of its top talent. Get into too much of a brain drain, and your company’s outlook can change in a matter of months. Once A-players start leaving, other A-players take notice and are more likely to leave as well. The easiest way to
Read More...It’s the Big Daddy question: Why did our implementation fail? It causes a room to fall silent and eyes to focus intensely on meeting handouts and coffee cups. In our experience, there are some very key differences between PeopleSoft projects that have been successful and those that have not. Historically, we have been asked to
Read More...Finally, the shoe we all knew would drop dropped when Adobe announced it will no longer develop Flash for mobile devices. Instead, Adobe says it will focus on HTML5. Smart move, and one in which everyone wins. A few days later, RIM announced that it will continue to support Flash via its own implementations for its
Read More...A MIPRO colleague and I recently visited a client to conduct a post-project review. The standard procedure of asking our customer how we did on the engagement can be both enjoyable and painful, but it is always productive. This particular post-project review offered praise and critique which we take very seriously and do our best
Read More...From Gazelle.com, the popular service that offers cash for your old electronics as you prepare to upgrade: Earlier this month, the trade-in of BlackBerry devices climbed, but in the past week, the number of these trades skyrocketed by 80%. This spike coincided with the launch of the iPhone 4S, says Gazelle Chief Gadget Officer Anthony
Read More...From the In Case You Haven’t Heard Dept.: PeopleTools 8.52 is now generally available. Here’s the official Oracle announcement, just over a week ago on Oct. 28: PeopleTools 8.52 is important to PeopleSoft customers because it provides significant end-user value and demonstrates Oracle’s ongoing commitment to the PeopleSoft product family. The PeopleTools features and capabilities
Read More...Are you familiar with Oracle CFO Central? This is a site designed by Oracle with a focus on the CFO. The website contains white papers, podcasts, testimonials, case studies, solutions, articles, executive interviews. It’s new, and an excellent resource. If you are a CFO, VP of finance, or controller, CFO Central has a great amount
Read More...Today’s post is about mattresses, because they’re the only product that has ruined my brain. When I buy things, I research the everloving juice out of them. I compile so much data on pending purchases that Google sends me a bill for smoking their servers. After any given product I buy, I am capable of
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