How serious? Serious enough to take on IBM directly in no uncertain terms. Here’s Quentin Hardy writing for the NYTimes Business Day Technology column, regarding Larry Ellison’s OpenWorld opening remarks: “We want to take I.B.M. on in their strongest suit, microprocessors,” he said at Sunday’s opening of his OracleWorld trade show. The benchmark would be pure
Read More...This time, Apple has done a good job of keeping the next-gen iPhone a secret. Aside from some hints purportedly provided by Asian case-makers, a slip in iTunes code that suggest an ‘iPhone 4S’, and some wishful thinking about a new iPhone 5 that predicts the same approximate form factor as the MacBook Airs, we
Read More...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.
Read More...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
Read More...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
Read More...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
Read More...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
Read More...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.
Read More...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
Read More...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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