We have written a number of times about PeopleSoft Update Manager (PUM) before. In our daily conversations, it’s a major topic with clients and prospects alike. If there’s a game changer for a suite of mature software that businesses rely on for key functionality, PUM is it. But don’t simply take our word for it.
Read More...This is ‘Stickers’, the new TV ad for Apple’s MacBook Air. It’s interesting on several levels. Watch: I watch and dissect all Apple ads, and this one jumped at me. Why? It breaks from their traditional style. Most Apple ads show what you can do with the product, not 30 seconds of the product itself
Read More...Steven Norton and Clint Boulton, writing for the WSJ: While many larger companies have turned to cloud software to manage systems like human-resources management, they are slower to adopt the cloud for applications that handle inventory management, billing and other processes they rely on to run their businesses on a daily basis. For companies using
Read More...Part One I have become a bit obsessed about the daily work patterns of famous people. I liken this interest to my interest in biographies: it’s fascinating to see how someone who changed the world thinks and acts on a daily basis. Voyeuristic? Maybe. Informative? Like you wouldn’t believe. My new morning habit is to
Read More...Oracle’s PeopleSoft Talk with Marc Weintraub is truly excellent. We’ve linked to them in the past, and we’ve had customers comment on how useful they are. The most recent, regarding the progress, evolution and direction for PeopleSoft financials, is another one not to be missed. Oracle’s investment and roadmap efforts for PeopleSoft is incredibly solid. Take
Read More...It’s links day, because it’s that time again. And there’s some pretty great stuff out there. Since my brain was not functioning last week and I posted something on the 4th of July, which, here in the states, meant exactly three people were on the internet, I’m going to re-link to OK Go’s latest music video.
Read More...If you’re going to Reconnect 14 (and you should be, as it’s quickly becoming a great conference for PeopleSoft thought leadership), here’s a session you don’t want to miss: SESSION ID:#2014PSFT-102590 Date: Thursday, July 24 10:30 am – 11:20 am Location: Florence Description: PeopleSoft Talk is a series of interviews, conducted by PeopleSoft Senior Director Marc
Read More...Matthew Haavisto, writing for the PeopleSoft Technology Blog: We’ve just published the Release Value Proposition for the PeopleSoft Interaction Hub 9.1/Revision 3. The RVP provides an overview of the new features and enhancements planned for the upcoming release, which is aligned with PeopleTools 8.54 . The release value proposition is intended to help you assess
Read More...OK Go is known for music videos that surpass even the most liberal definition of what a music video can be. Their latest video, for a song entitled The Writing’s On The Wall, is downright mind bending. The video is below, but you should know a few things: No CGI or effects are involved. It
Read More...Great writeup from Maria Ana Santiago over at PeopleSoft Apps Strategy discussing the buzz around “modern HR systems” and how PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 fits within that label. We’ll be the first to say that pandering to an ambiguous marketing term like “modern HR system” is a slippery slope, but indeed that’s what we hear our
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