Home power users have known about solid-state drives (SSDs) for a few years now. At 18 times the cost of a standard hard drive, they are expensive. They have nowhere near the storage capacity (yet) that HDs can offer. They’re way up on the commoditization curve, and won’t be down with HDs for quite some
Read More...Last week I told you I would help you write a compelling letter or email to help you ask your coworkers to sponsor your kid in his or her fundraising event. So here goes. You may think this advice is nutty, but trust me: since I’ve been using it, I’ve been very successful in having
Read More...Bill Kutik talks about Oracle’s perception problem with Fusion after their five years of secrecy, what the early adopters so far look like, and how customers are slowly looking at Fusion in earnest. But an interesting subplot is the Oracle v. Workday cage match that’s going on, one that will be ultimately considered a function
Read More...The PeopleSoft Blog has a nice reminder that you can search object navigation via a customizable search function under ‘Enterprise Components’. Some of you may know about this, but we find many don’t. A picture is worth a thousand words, so here’s a screenshot: (Click to enlarge) Give it a shot if you haven’t already.
Read More...The best part about working in an office is where your colleagues bring in their children’s fundraising projects and ask you to chip in, acting as if you have any choice in the matter. What are you going to say, no? Are you going to say, “Listen, your kid is an nearly 100-degree assemblage of
Read More...In these days of tight times, the most common modus operandi/strategy of IT and Business Process re-engineering or Optimization projects has been twofold: Keep the wheels on the wagon, or Fund only projects that have a good opportunity for real ROI. If you have had problems getting funding (like everyone else) for worthwhile projects, consider
Read More...Prelude You should never, ever, allow somebody you don’t know to build something for you where your safety is actually up for grabs. Invariably, when you are not looking, they will flub the job just enough to send you to an emergency medical establishment, where their uncles work and will pay them a handsome fee
Read More...Initially I thought Twitter was some gimmick through which celebrities (insert your own definition of celebrity) fed their own egos by posting snippets of their life. I didn’t care, so Twitter did not interest me much. I did not even watch Entertainment Tonight, so following some “celebrity du jour” as they tweeted arcane details of
Read More...I used to be able to read a big book easily, in a matter of days. I tore through The Shining in 48 hours, The Stand in a week and I would read long memoirs like Oh The Glory of It All in three nights. I used to write longhand — in pencil, no less,
Read More...As I begin my 26th year in this business, it surprises me how many companies fail at a successful vendor selection. The primary objective of a vendor selection is to find an organization that can assist your team in reaching your project goals and, ultimately, your company objectives. Unfortunately, cost is often one of the
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