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PeopleSoft Event & Notification Framework

From Oracle.com [PDF link]: The PeopleSoft Events and Notifications framework provides three features that can be configured and used to monitor business processes and create messages when unusual situations or errors occur within a PeopleSoft process or table. These messages can be routed to different users (PeopleSoft or non-PeopleSoft) to prompt the user to resolve the issue.

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Linkology: The Best of the Internet for 9/30/11

Warnings are in order. I have a head cold right now and my sinuses are filled with what I believe is construction glue, and I can focus on things for about 7 seconds before I cough or sniffle or reach for more Sudafed. Plus, I am traveling abroad currently, and this was written in the

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Vladimir Putin, Man of Action

This made the rounds about a week ago, but it’s too good to ignore. The Atlantic’s In Focus with Alan Taylor has a collection of 34 photos that underpin Vladimir Putin’s dashing social image. The former president and current prime minister of Russia has always had a colorful public face, but frankly, I had no

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Upgrade: Obligation or Opportunity?

Some folks rank an upgrade right up there with routine maintenance on your car and a trip to the dentist.  You know it has to be done, and everyone can tell you why you should do it, but it is just so darn hard to get motivated about it.  Let’s be honest, you have heard

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Are Top Salespeople Born or Made?

Steven W. Martin, writing for Harvard Business Review Blog Network: Based upon my research, experience, and observations, I estimate over 70 percent of top salespeople are born with “natural” instincts that play a critical role in determining their sales success. Conversely, less than 30 percent of top salespeople are self-made — meaning, they have had

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Batmanning

First, there was planking. Today, there’s Batmanning. If you didn’t have weekend plans, you do now. ### More links: MIPRO Consulting main website. MIPRO on Twitter and Facebook. About this blog.

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Linkology: The Best of the Internet for 9/23/11

I’m traveling during this week and next, so because of that, the next few Friday posts are going to seem…um…random. I’m typing this post on my iPhone (not really) in a cold European coffee shop (no), and the Internet connection is unreliable (not true). So before my iPhone battery dies (lie) or the dampness fries

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Customization: Heads=You Win, Tails=You Lose

The customization equation has always been a difficult recipe – a subtle mix of three parts regulatory requirements mixed with two parts user-adoption and then simmered to perfection by a competent group of developers to be consumed by a team of end-users.  The process was almost always a journey from disdain (“What do you mean

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IBM Builds Biggest Data Drive Ever

Tom Simonite, writing for MIT’s Technology Review: A data repository almost 10 times bigger than any made before is being built by researchers at IBM’s Almaden, California, research lab. The 120 petabyte “drive”—that’s 120 million gigabytes—is made up of 200,000 conventional hard disk drives working together. The giant data container is expected to store around

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