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  • Implementing Fusion Apps

    ORCLville
    27 Feb 2012 | 6:46 pm
    Seems like lots of customers and potential customers are struggling with a good approach for implementing Fusion Applications. With the discussion starting to build momentum, I thought I'd throw in my two cents.Approach the implementation project as a solution-driven implementation rather than a requirements-driven project.1. Install the apps, which is an entirely different discussion in and of itself.2. Use Oracle Fusion Functional Setup Manager to configure and setup the applications. Nothing fancy here...just follow the directions.3. Enter some seed data, execute the business processes as…
  • Oracle Faces of Fusion -- Arin Bhowmick, Fusion Apps User Experience

    Oracle Human Capital Management
    Jay Richey, HCM Product Marketing
    26 Apr 2012 | 5:46 am
    Meet one of the key innovators behind Oracle Fusion Apps. Fusion Applications User Experience (UX) team member Arin Bhowmick helped design Fusion's user experience from the ground-up. Hear what customers told him about Fusion Applications when they first saw it and how Oracle integrated consumer technologies, concepts, and user expectations into the Fusion UX.  http://bit.ly/FofArin
  • New Free Report Available: 28 pages on Oracle’s Enterprise PLM Solution

    Agile PLM
    Kerrie Foy
    8 May 2012 | 12:14 pm
    Featuring seven customer case studies and enriched with industry-specific best practices throughout, this Oracle Enterprise PLM Report is most definitely a “one-stop-shop” for anyone looking for a solid overview of Oracle’s Agile PLM and complementary solutions. Here’s a brief summary of the almost 30 pages of content: The Origins: From Agile Software to Oracle As part of its commitment to providing the most complete, most integrated and most industry-oriented range of applications available, Oracle in 2007 acquired Agile Software Corp., a leading provider of Product Lifecycle…
  • Watch the Demo on Fusion Financials' Close Status Monitor

    Oracle Financials Product Marketing
    Theresa Hickman
    11 May 2012 | 11:17 am
    Would you like to see how Fusion Financials allows you to close your books faster by having better visibility about your subledger transactions? Watch this one minute YouTube video to learn about the Close Status Monitor that identifies things like  which subledgers haven't been closed, what transactions have not been accounted or posted, and more.  
  • Oracle Fusion Applications Customer Spotlight

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    Brian Dayton
    2 May 2012 | 3:03 pm
    Life as a Fusion Applications customer is exciting. You’re working with Oracle and your systems integrator to get the implementation right, ensuring that business and IT stakeholders are prepared. As you implement the systems it becomes more and more clear that the way you do business is about to be transformed: You and your people have more information for decision-making, at the point of decision, than you’ve ever had before (See David Haimes’, Director Fusion Applications Product Development, recent blog on this) Individuals and teams are sharing more actively and collaboratively and…
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  • New Free Report Available: 28 pages on Oracle’s Enterprise PLM Solution

    Kerrie Foy
    8 May 2012 | 12:14 pm
    Featuring seven customer case studies and enriched with industry-specific best practices throughout, this Oracle Enterprise PLM Report is most definitely a “one-stop-shop” for anyone looking for a solid overview of Oracle’s Agile PLM and complementary solutions. Here’s a brief summary of the almost 30 pages of content: The Origins: From Agile Software to Oracle As part of its commitment to providing the most complete, most integrated and most industry-oriented range of applications available, Oracle in 2007 acquired Agile Software Corp., a leading provider of Product Lifecycle…
  • New Podcast Available: Product Value Chain Management: How Oracle is Taking the Lead on Next Gen Enterprise PLM

    Terri Hiskey
    11 Apr 2012 | 9:35 am
    A new podcast on how Oracle is taking the lead in Enterprise PLM with our Product Value Chain solution is now available. In case you're not yet familiar with the concept of Product Value Chain, its an integrated business model powered by Oracle that offers executives the ability to collectively leverage enterprise Agile PLM, Product Data Hub, Enterprise Data Quality and AutoVue Enterprise Visualization and other industry-leading Oracle applications for incremental value. In this quick, 10 minute podcast, you'll hear John Kelley, VP PLM Product Strategy, and Terri Hiskey, Director, PLM Product…
  • Agile PLM on Developing Agile PLM: Software Lifecycle Management

    Kerrie Foy
    6 Apr 2012 | 6:59 am
    Change is constant.  That saying couldn’t be truer when applied to software development.   And with all that change comes extensive product complexity.  How do you manage it all?  As software developers ourselves, we can certainly empathize with the challenge. On April 3, 2012 Stephen Van Lare, VP of PLM Product Development, hosted a webcast to share how Oracle uses Agile to develop Agile – a PLM solution for managing a PLM solution!   Stephen passionately shared his unique insight based on 10 years of using Agile PLM to manage the development process,…
  • The Oracle OpenWorld 2012 Call for Papers Closes April 9

    Kerrie Foy
    4 Apr 2012 | 10:45 am
    It is On! Oracle OpenWorld 2012 Call for Papers is closes April 9.   This year's OpenWorld event is September 30  - October 4, Moscone Center, San Francisco. Oracle OpenWorld is among the world’s largest industry events for good reason. It offers a vast array of learning and networking opportunities in one of the planet’s great cities.  And one of the key reasons for its popularity is the prominence of presentations by customers. If you would like to deliver a presentation based on your experience, now is the time to submit your abstract for review by the selection…
  • The Latest from Agile PLM Customers

    Kerrie Foy
    13 Mar 2012 | 2:55 pm
    We’ve heard from several Agile PLM customers in the news lately, so in case you've missed these, here are a handpicked few to know: Herbalife was the focus of the “Best Practices in Innovation” feature in the February 2012 edition of the Consumer Goods Technology publication.   Herbalife is a consumer goods companies offering products for weight management, targeted nutrition, energy and fitness, and skin and hair care.  The company achieved record sales in 2010, and continues to face growing product complexity as they delve into new markets and improve their…
 
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    Oracle Financials Product Marketing

  • Watch the Demo on Fusion Financials' Close Status Monitor

    Theresa Hickman
    11 May 2012 | 11:17 am
    Would you like to see how Fusion Financials allows you to close your books faster by having better visibility about your subledger transactions? Watch this one minute YouTube video to learn about the Close Status Monitor that identifies things like  which subledgers haven't been closed, what transactions have not been accounted or posted, and more.  
  • Must See YouTube Videos on Fusion Financials

    Theresa Hickman
    10 May 2012 | 12:01 pm
    Would you like to learn more about Fusion Financials from the folks who design and develop our applications? I encourage you to review the following YouTube videos that are only about 2 minutes each: You can see what Seamus Moran (our resident accounting expert and walking encyclopedia) looks like and hear what makes him excited about Fusion Financials. Seamus Moran on Fusion Also meet Rob Zwiebach who is our VP of Financial Applications Development and my former manager talk about the core financial products. Rob Zwiebach on Fusion And lastly, meet Usha Thothathri, Sr. Director of…
  • Learn about Embedded Business Intelligence (BI)

    Theresa Hickman
    3 May 2012 | 12:10 am
    I wanted to repost a blog posting from David Haimes whom I worked with in Product Development for many years. The topic of his blog describes what embedded BI means. In Fusion Applications, such as Fusion Financials, we have embedded business intelligence within the context of transactions to help users make better decisions about how to complete that transaction. I encourage you to read David's blog post.
  • Oracle Applications Support the Latest XBRL Taxonomy

    Theresa Hickman
    2 May 2012 | 12:36 pm
    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted the new 2012 U.S. GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy used for creating and submitting financial reports using eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL). Oracle Hyperion Disclosure Management supports the latest taxonomy, enabling financial managers to easily comply with the latest filing requirements. The taxonomy is a list of computer-readable tags in XBRL that allows companies to annotate the voluminous financial data that is included in typical long-form financial statements and related footnote disclosures. The tags allow…
  • Will IFRS' “Revenue from Contracts” Meet General Acceptance this year?

    Theresa Hickman
    1 May 2012 | 7:53 pm
    As I was getting my daily triple espresso, I ran into my good friend Seamus Moran, our resident accounting expert and walking encyclopedia. Me: "What's up, Seamus? What's going on with the exposure draft for Rev from Contracts?" Seamus: He says in his very professor-like, Irish accent: The comment period on the IASB & FASB Exposure Draft “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” closed in the middle of March.  The Boards had received a little over 20 comment letters. The staff in London, UK and Norwalk, CT  will complete their report on the comment letters by…
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  • Oracle Fusion Applications Customer Spotlight

    Brian Dayton
    2 May 2012 | 3:03 pm
    Life as a Fusion Applications customer is exciting. You’re working with Oracle and your systems integrator to get the implementation right, ensuring that business and IT stakeholders are prepared. As you implement the systems it becomes more and more clear that the way you do business is about to be transformed: You and your people have more information for decision-making, at the point of decision, than you’ve ever had before (See David Haimes’, Director Fusion Applications Product Development, recent blog on this) Individuals and teams are sharing more actively and collaboratively and…
  • What Happens in Vegas, Doesn't Always Have to Stay in Vegas

    Kathryn Perry
    2 May 2012 | 8:55 am
    Sorry I don't have anything steamy to report from my trip to Las Vegas for Collaborate 2012 last week. But there was plenty happening – 6,000 people and lots of Fusion buzz. The flash mob during Mark Sunday's keynote was something to see. It descended on the audience wearing red Fusion t-shirts whooping and hollering, passing out Fusion buzz cards and giving away coveted Fusion swag. I loved hearing people trade Fusion stories and watch them pack the Fusion sessions. I was at the conference to work with a camera crew to capture what people are saying about Fusion Applications…
  • What is Embedded BI?

    Natalia Rachelson
    1 May 2012 | 9:57 am
    A guest post by David Haimes, Director Product Development, Oracle I've been working with customers since we started Fusion; gathering requirements, reviewing designs and more recently planning their implementations and helping them successfully go live.  One question that often comes up is exactly what do we mean by Embedded Business Intelligence (BI).  I normally answer it with reference to a blog post I wrote inspired by an Oracle Ace Debra Lilley. What is Embedded BI? Let's start with a working definitions, Embedded BI is embedding BI in the operational process that drives your…
  • Financial Management in the Cloud: Is It Right for Your Business?

    Kathryn Perry
    25 Apr 2012 | 10:27 am
    A guest post by Terrance Wampler, Vice President, Financials Product Strategy, Oracle In my last post, we explored the pros and cons of SaaS as compared to the traditional software delivery model. Now, here are some proof points to help you make the decision about moving to the cloud. Start by asking your IT department what they’ve done with cloud services. What worked, and, more importantly, what didn't work? If there was a problem, was it about service levels? Cost negotiation? Or was the provider not good? What they learned can help the success of future projects. The second thing…
  • HR, The Cloud, and Flexible Options

    Natalia Rachelson
    19 Apr 2012 | 5:29 pm
    A guest post by Steve Boese, Director, Talent Strategy, Oracle One of the most helpful consumer technology breakthroughs in the last 15 years or so, (no I am not going to say the iPhone), has been the consumer’s ability to track the movement and delivery of packages at just about every step along the shipment process. Think about it, it was not that long ago when ordering some new clothes or a holiday gift from a mail order catalog, (anyone under 30 may have to ask an older colleague how that worked), resulted in an almost daily ritual of wondering when the package would arrive; and for…
 
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    Oracle Human Capital Management

  • IDC Names Oracle HCM and Taleo as Leaders in their latest Talent Management Vendor Assessment

    Jay Richey, HCM Product Marketing
    14 May 2012 | 4:18 pm
    Oracle HCM and Taleo named in Leaders category in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Integrated Talent Management 2012 Vendor Analysis.  To read the report, please visit this link
  • New Research from CedarCrestone - Lessons Learned from Going Global

    Jay Richey, HCM Product Marketing
    30 Apr 2012 | 1:13 pm
    Lexy Martin, who for the last 15 years has run CedarCrestone's annual HR Systems Survey, has put together a new and very insightful whitepaper about going global and which management model contributes to the best financial performance.  Lexy looked at financial performance for over 338 organizations with global operations using Multinational, Global, International, or Transnational organization types and found that one outperformed all the others.  Read more on Lexy's blog and download the paper today. http://www.cedarcrestone.com/blog/?p=336  
  • Oracle Faces of Fusion -- Arin Bhowmick, Fusion Apps User Experience

    Jay Richey, HCM Product Marketing
    26 Apr 2012 | 5:46 am
    Meet one of the key innovators behind Oracle Fusion Apps. Fusion Applications User Experience (UX) team member Arin Bhowmick helped design Fusion's user experience from the ground-up. Hear what customers told him about Fusion Applications when they first saw it and how Oracle integrated consumer technologies, concepts, and user expectations into the Fusion UX.  http://bit.ly/FofArin
  • Customers Worldwide Choose Oracle Fusion Human Capital Management in the Cloud

    Scott Ewart
    25 Apr 2012 | 12:40 pm
    Customers Select Oracle Fusion HCM to Help Transform HR Processes in More than 85 Countries Expanding its leadership in human capital management applications, Oracle today announced that more than 90 customers have selected Oracle Fusion Human Capital Management (HCM) for implementation in more than 85 countries.  Read this press release to learn how customers worldwide have chosen Oracle Fusion Human Capital Management to run in the cloud.  See quotes from customers such as Herbalife and Zillow describing why they chose Fusion HCM and how they plan to take advantage of the benefits…
  • Webcast: Oracle and Taleo, Driving Exceptional Organizational Performance, Thurs Apr 26th

    Jay Richey, HCM Product Marketing
    19 Apr 2012 | 10:50 am
    Please join Mark Hurd and Oracle and Taleo executives on Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. PT for a webcast presentation on the product strategy for the combined Oracle and Taleo offering. Together, Oracle and Taleo will: Create a comprehensive cloud offering to manage Human Resources and employee careers Improve the employee experience through every stage of the employee lifecycle Deliver powerful intelligence and a complete social experience Featured Presenters: Mark Hurd, President, Oracle Steve Miranda, Senior Vice President, Applications Development, Oracle Jason Blessing, Executive…
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    Oracle Master Data Management

  • Best Practices for Eliminating Data Fragmentation through Mastering

    Dain C. Hansen
    10 May 2012 | 11:07 am
    How often has someone in your organization asked you for getting a complete picture of your data? Data that you can make sense of? Data that you can base the right decisions on? It’s one of the most challenging problems that organizations face today. How can you tap into your enterprise data, unify it, consolidate it, clean it, synchronize it, all the while maintaining it for high quality? The answer - master it. Mastering data is one of the best practices that organizations can use to improve the overall quality and consistency of their data. And this is especially relevant for…
  • Join us at the Gartner MDM Summit in LA on April 4-5

    Dain C. Hansen
    29 Mar 2012 | 5:11 am
    This year, we're proud to announce that Oracle is a Platinum sponsor of the Gartner Master Data Management Summit this April 4 – 5, 2012 in Los Angeles. The event will be a follow-on event from the Gartner BI Summit, so if you already attending that event, stick around on Wednesday and Thursday and don't miss it. Especially, don't miss our key session at 9:30 AM on Thursday April 4th, "Brace for Impact: Key Trends in Master Data Management" with Ford Goodman and Dain Hansen. Master Data Management helps organizations perform better by creating a single coherent version of…
  • Oracle Enterprise Data Quality Address Verification Server Makes its Debut and Joins Oracle Enterprise Data Quality

    Mala Narasimharajan
    27 Mar 2012 | 7:59 pm
    Data quality – has many flavors to it.  Product, Customer – you name the data domain and there’s data quality associated with it.  Address verification and data quality are a little different.  in that there is a tremendous amount of variation as well as nuance attached to it.  Specifically, what makes address verification challenging is that more often than not, addresses are incomplete, riddled with misspellings, incorrect postal codes are assigned to locations or non-address items are present.  Almost all data has locations, and accurate locations power a…
  • Oracle Enterprise Data Quality: A Leader in Customer Satisfaction

    Mala Narasimharajan
    27 Mar 2012 | 7:50 pm
    It’s always good to hear feedback from practitioners – the ones who are in the trenches who have experienced both the good and the bad sides of enterprise software. Gartner recently released a report which surveyed 260 data quality professionals from around the world and found that most expressed considerable satisfaction as a whole from their data quality tool vendors. However, a couple of key findings stand out which include, Datanomic (acquired by Oracle), leading the pack in terms of overall customer satisfaction among data quality tools. Read all about it right here…
  • All the Ingredients for Success: Data Governance, Data Quality, Master Data Management

    Dain C. Hansen
    6 Dec 2011 | 5:54 am
    Recently Oracle sponsored a study from an independent analyst firm, Dan Power, from Hub Designs, All the Ingredients for Success: Data Governance, Data Quality and Master Data Management. Please click to download this latest paper from our Oracle Master Data Management resource kit. This paper discusses the role the data quality plays as an equal component of an enterprise information management or master data management initiative, typical business considerations for data quality, as well as best practices for integrating multi-domain MDM with customer/party data quality and product data…
 
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    Oracle Supply Chain Management

  • Oracle at Gartner SCM event in Palm Desert - May 21 - 23

    John Murphy
    14 May 2012 | 3:42 pm
    Oracle is sponsoring Gartner's SCM event in Palm Desert, CA next week.  Hear from VP of Product Strategy, Jon Chorley as he talks about Oracle's SCM strategy and position in the market.  For more information about this event visit the Gartner event site. 
  • Last Week's ISM Conference

    David Hope-Ross
    14 May 2012 | 8:11 am
    This year’s ISM show was held this week at the Baltimore Convention Center from May 6-9th.  This year Oracle had a major presence with an event sponsorship and exhibit. But the real highlight was Ameren presentation on “Building, Implementing, and Evolving Strategic Sourcing”. Todd Richter and Aitor Bario did a great job of outlining Ameren’s procurement transformation. Especially interesting were details related to improvements of strategic sourcing processes. Over 70 attendees learned about the impact of assessing sourcing skills *and* the extent which those skills are applied…
  • Where are you on Transforming Your Value Chain? Attend this Webcast.

    Stephen Slade
    9 May 2012 | 11:39 am
    Leading manufacturing firms are transforming their traditional supply chains into Value Chains. It entails highly-integrated, closed-loop processes incorporating new product development, forecasting, engineering, production, quality, order status, delivery and service functions. Value Chains deliver greater much richer customer value characterized by closer collaboration between suppliers, users and partners. Plan on attending this Manufacturing Executive Webinar, “Value Chain Transformation,” Weds, May 30 at 11 am ET to learn how to devise, implement, and execute a winning Value Chain…
  • Oracle Supply Chain Wins President's Award at Manufacturing Leadership Summit

    Stephen Slade
    8 May 2012 | 9:24 am
    Heather Holst-Knudsen,  President of Manufacturing Enterprise Communications announced at the Manufacturing Leadership Summit:  "This year, it is my great pleasure to announce a new award: The President’s Award for Innovative Partnership. The Manufacturing Leadership Summit would not be possible without the support of our sponsors who not only allow us to provide a first class event to all our attendees through their sponsorship investment but who also help us continue to innovate and enhance the program. I am so very grateful to all our sponsors but there are a few that…
  • "Oracle eliminated my job....Best thing that ever happened to me"

    Stephen Slade
    7 May 2012 | 3:29 pm
    On a recent factory tour, the guide said to our small group,  "Oracle eliminated my job, …and it was the best thing that ever happened to me". Of course that statement turned a few heads.  With eyes and ears focused on the next words, he went on to describe the 15 years he spent on the factory floor,  his role as shop-floor hero, becoming a key equipment operator and racking up significant overtime. He talked about the special codes that were needed for machine settings to make the proper parts. Over a period of time, he was able to memorize these complex…
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  • Collaborate 2012 wrap up - A Few Presentations Worth a Second Look

    mdonohue
    15 May 2012 | 6:58 pm
    It's been a few weeks and hopefully everyone is fully recovered.  Here are a few presentations that really stood out.  No offense to any not mentioned, there were too many to attend and describe here. Adam Crigger of Preferred Strategies presented "Using Oracle BI Publisher for JD Edwards Operations and Financial Reporting" He unveiled some fabulous layouts he built using BI Publisher 11.1.1.6 on top of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne data.John Peters of JRP JR, Inc showed us some very useful tips when modifying data templates in E-Business Suite in his presentation, "Adding…
  • Beyond the Conditional Dialog

    Tim Dexter
    11 May 2012 | 4:14 pm
    Interesting question today, asking how to conditionally underline and align text in an RTF template?Your first thought, the conditional dialog box in the Template Builder for Word right? Mine too, but I know that the dialog is limited to setting the background color, font color and font style. However, the XSLFO standard has a bunch of attributes that can be set. There is going to an intersect of what the standard offers and what BI Publisher has implemented. Ots also going to depend on what version of BIP you are running too as the boys and gals in the back room constantly add to the list of…
  • Port 80 Goodness for Publisher

    Tim Dexter
    8 May 2012 | 5:12 pm
    Do you ever tire of remembering what port BIP is running on when you enter the URL? Ever wish you could just type: http://tdexter-lap/xmlpserver and be done with it? Well its really not that hard to do. Its documented how to front the web logic server with a web server whether that be Microsoft's IIS or maybe Apache. Well with my success at getting BIP on to my Ubuntu laptop I thought I would give Apache a whirl being as I dont think IIS would run on my machine :) I did start off with the docs but as usual Googling got me faster, more concise instructions with some help if things went awry.
  • Running BIP on Ubuntu!

    Tim Dexter
    7 May 2012 | 10:36 am
    I am a complete Ubuntu (Linux) convert ... my work laptop runs 64 bit Ubuntu and Im very happy with it. Yes I do still need windblows for a few things and for testing but I would say 80-90% of my time is spent in Ubuntu. Not so good is Oracle's support for Ubuntu, some of that I guess, is around Ubuntu being seen primarily for the desktop and not for servers and also Ubuntu's interesting at times, implementation of Linux. Case in point, the recent release of the BI Publisher Trial Edition (see here) we state support for Linux but to be fair, we narrow that down to Oracle Linux Redhat and…
  • Conversion Experience

    mdonohue
    3 May 2012 | 2:31 pm
    On the heels of the great new, lightweight Trial Edition we are also happy to help you get to a better reporting experience. Please visit our Conversion Center where you can find loads of good information on how to convert from Crystal, Actuate or Oracle Reports to BI Publisher.  You'll find planning guidance, tools, best practices and pointers to Oracle Consulting and Partners if you want a personal guide to a higher reporting plane.
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    OracleApps Epicenter

  • 8 Core Beliefs of extraordinary bosses

    Sanjit Anand
    26 Apr 2012 | 10:45 am
    There are many kinds of bosses. Nice bosses, nasty bosses, power-hungry bosses, placid bosses, insecure bosses and so the list goes on. So what kind of boss are you? Does your boss fits the description? Great article written by Geoffrey James on 8 Core Beliefs of Extraordinary Bosses, from article in Inc Magazine: Business is [...]
  • Learn more about Oracle’s next generation applications, Fusion Applications

    Sanjit Anand
    23 Mar 2012 | 12:19 pm
    Want to learn more about Oracle's next generation applications, Fusion Applications.Here are some of the post , that helps you to understand better. ORACLE FUSION APPLICATIONS is the integration of Oracle applications such as E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards & Siebel into a set of next generation applications based on open industry standards.Fusion Applications is [...]
  • “Signal 11″ : Not So Scary Anymore..

    Sanjit Anand
    11 Mar 2012 | 5:04 am
    ‘Signal 11’ is one of the most scary things in EBS developer/Apps DBA community . If you haven't encounter yet , after working couple of years in EBS, that means you are quite lucky ..kidding If you came from basic C programing skill, then you might be linking with malloc ..memory allocation , believe me, [...]
  • eAM/GIS Public APIs

    Sanjit Anand
    5 Mar 2012 | 2:36 am
    Geographical Information Systems (GIS) is software for capturing, managing, analyzing and displaying spatially referenced data. GIS makes it easier to: Locate and point to entities on a map Ask for information about the entity Enables use by company's maintenance users not skilled in IT when you are doing integration with any of GSI application, you [...]
  • Pre-requisities , Credit hold & credit check ….

    Sanjit Anand
    3 Mar 2012 | 11:32 am
    What is the main difference between Credit check and Credit Hold? Credit Hold is used to prohibit orders from being progressed beyond entry or booking, from a specific customer. It is not dependent on Credit Limit or Previous Balance or any criteria. This is normally used when you need to immediately stop all ordering for [...]
 
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  • Collab 12 Highlights

    3 May 2012 | 6:19 pm
    So I'm sitting here in my Salt Lake office, diligently working away, when the power goes out. Seems the power has gone done for most of the southwestern edge of the county this afternoon. No juice, no wifi, no nothing. Power company says we won't see power before 8 pm. Not too worried about keeping things going around the household (we've socked away hurricane lanterns, candles, and I have the mother of all generators to keep the fridge cold). So, sitting in the peace and quiet, it seems like a good time to update the blog. It's been some time since my last post, Collab 12 happened last week,…
  • Mismatch

    19 Mar 2012 | 11:22 pm
    Spent my weekend in Nashville, presenting a couple of workshops as part of an ODTUG-HEUG joint effort at Alliance. Learned that I really dig the Alliance conference. Had to bug out early this year, but stay for the entire conference next year.The hot topic in the audience? Service-based integration. That's mainly driven by the splitting of Peoplesoft HCM and Campus Solutions. Concerns over data stovepipes and maintenance costs of tightly- coupled integrations are also driving the interest here.This is not a small market of customers and users. In a time of reduced state and federal funding,…
  • Stunned

    12 Mar 2012 | 10:23 pm
    I'm stunned that 61 percent of Oracle E-Business customers are still on 11.5.10:http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/oaug-erp-upgrades-1531330.pdfIt's akin to 61% of the Titanic's passengers opting to play in the ship's band rather than get off the boat...after the stern is under water. Wow...just so much wow.
  • Implementing Fusion Apps

    27 Feb 2012 | 6:46 pm
    Seems like lots of customers and potential customers are struggling with a good approach for implementing Fusion Applications. With the discussion starting to build momentum, I thought I'd throw in my two cents.Approach the implementation project as a solution-driven implementation rather than a requirements-driven project.1. Install the apps, which is an entirely different discussion in and of itself.2. Use Oracle Fusion Functional Setup Manager to configure and setup the applications. Nothing fancy here...just follow the directions.3. Enter some seed data, execute the business processes as…
  • Mobile Wins

    20 Feb 2012 | 10:09 pm
    I'm flying a bit more these days. Mostly regional flights. Flying gives me the chance to see all types of behavior I'd otherwise never witness. I saw some behavior on a flight last week that really hit home.The plane for this particular flight had an in-flight entertainment system - screens built into the back of each headrest. The airline planned to show a few sitcom reruns, maybe a little exclusive-to-the-airline soft news, some advertising, the usual fare.Anyone familiar with in-flight entertainment systems knows that the big bug-a-boo for that industry is in-flight reliability. The…
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