I was manning the booth at this year’s Oracle OpenWorld. The IT Director from a prospective customer approached and saw our sign that said “The PeopleSoft Experts.” He said, “So you guys are PeopleSoft experts?” “Yes sir, we are,” I replied. “Have you helped any customers upgrade to 9.2?” Yes sir, we have. How can
Read More...We have written several times about the new PeopleSoft Update Manager (here, here and here) and Continuous Delivery Model (here and here), because they drastically transform the PeopleSoft delivery and update image administration experience. At this year’s OpenWorld, they constituted headline-grabbing educational sessions for the PeopleSoft community. You could say they’re sort of a big deal.
Read More...While we’ve written some thoughts about Marc Weintraub’s OpenWorld 2014 roundup blog post, it’s always interesting to see the show through another’s eyes, particularly as it relates to PeopleSoft. Matthew Haavisto, whom we consider an observant eye in the PeopleSoft space, posted his thoughts on OpenWorld 2014 over at his blog, the PeopleSoft Technology Blog. The good news? Haavisto
Read More...I’m here to talk about the January 2015 1099 season. It’s not quite officially here yet, but it is fast approaching. I always tell our clients that Oct-Dec is the time to review your 1099 data. By starting the data cleanup process now, it will give you more time in January to focus on creating the
Read More...First, some key figures from this year’s OpenWorld: 50,000+ attendees 135 PeopleSoft-relevant sessions 12 PeopleSoft demonstration stations It was, in a word, vibrant. We were excited by the energy surrounding PeopleSoft, and Oracle did indeed focus on the two areas we’ve been writing about on this blog for the past few months. Continuous Delivery – new
Read More...We have weekly talks with clients about PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 and why it’s such a worthwhile upgrade. In the most recent version of PeopleSoft Talk with Marc Weintraub, Director of PepleSoft HCM Product Strategy Maria Ana Santiago gives a great 12-minute rundown on what makes PeopleSoft HCM so effective. Topics covered include: HR transformation How
Read More...As we hear increasing buzz about the PeopleSoft Fluid User Interface (which we’ve written about several times before), Oracle is doing a nice job of providing overview videos to help spread the word and allow organizations to see the new look and feel of PeopleSoft powered by version 9.2 and PeopleTools 8.54. Below are three videos
Read More...We have written quite a bit about the new PeopleSoft release model, but we have conversations about it weekly. We still find that many customers have high-level questions about the new model and how update images are released and deployed (in contrast with how they used to be released). That’s the crux here: organizations are used
Read More...In case you missed it: here is Larry Ellison’s keynote speech at this year’s Oracle OpenWorld, presented last week on Sunday, September 28, 2014. Definitely worth an hour of your time.
Read More...Oracle has released a very well-written white paper on the continuous delivery model associated with PeopleSoft 9.2. The paper does a good job of describing how the new continuous delivery model requires organizations to change. How so? Change in the manner they view upgrades, change in the manner they analyze updates and new features, change in
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