I have spent 25 years in the software implementation business. I have two principles for success that I’ve told each of my clients: Trial and error is not an implementation strategy, and Don’t do a terrific job customizing the new software to work the way your old software does. If you can follow these, you
Read More...Heads up in case you missed this: here’s a fantastic blog post by Oracle’s Mark Rosenberg talking about what happens when IT respects the users, the co-existence of PeopleSoft and Fusion and how next-gen business intelligence is the key to the future. Frankly, this is one of Oracle’s best blog posts, across any of its
Read More...Good information from Greg Kelly over at the PeopleSoft Technology Blog: The Oracle PeopleSoft PeopleTools 8.53 Release Value Proposition (RVP) can be found here. [NOTE: Oracle login required.] The PeopleSoft PeopleTools 8.53 release continues Oracle’s commitment to protect and extend the value of your PeopleSoft implementation, provide additional technology options and enhancements that reduce ongoing operating costs
Read More...Imagine this. An adviser tells an employer that by introducing a working practice they could cut costs, reduce their carbon footprint, improve productivity and make life better for their workforce. Should the employer listen hard and think how to make it work for the organization? Or should they say, ’It sounds like a good idea,
Read More...Previously, we have discussed the real power of BI — making business decisions out of the oodles (that’s a technical term for a lot) of data within organizations), embedding BI into the business process and processing that data extremely quickly and efficiently. So, while we have talked about it and tried to explain the concepts and
Read More...We’re seeing this more and more: as Oracle’s OBIEE platform gains steam, many organizations are making the move to convert existing reports from Crystal, Actuate or Oracle Reports to BI Publisher. Report conversion can be a daunting task, not necessarily from the technology move, but moreso from simply understanding, cataloging and consolidating the current collection
Read More...It’s a weird week, what with the 4th of July falling smack in the middle of it, but I’m confident the following two videos will: Be entertaining Contain moving images Whiten your teeth as we head into the weekend. Enjoy. Wes Anderson’s American Express Ad Considered to be his finest commercial. (Best line — WES:
Read More...My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy! — Thomas Jefferson Politics and polemics aside, America enjoys freedoms no other country can claim. Let’s think about that today, and celebrate it. We’re luckier than we know. Happy July
Read More...This quote is from Ira Glass, and it’s about working hard in creative endeavors so that your output can eventually match your ambitions, but this is worth hanging on your wall no matter what your business. If more people kept fighting, even when things are far from where they’d like, everyone would be so much
Read More...Team members share the challenges of landing Curiosity — the Mars Science Laboratory, or MSL — on the surface of Mars. Suddenly, your ERP project doesn’t seem so daunting. ### More links: MIPRO Consulting main website. MIPRO on Twitter and Facebook. About this blog.
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