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- Oracle consulting layoffs: but what's the number?
- Your "facts" are wrongThe quotes you cite are in the wrong chronological order. In addition, this is just a lot of repetition of speculation from other bloggers, interspersed with quotes from their speculation, with a tiny sprinkling of your own thoughts.Did you see the update?The chronology of the comments ...
- Tags: layoff
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- Oracle consulting layoffs: but what's the number?
- It looks like Oracle is on yet a onther round of headcount reduction. This time it's the consulting organization that's being hammered. Rumors are flying as to the numbers but of greater concern should be the impact on morale among those left and customers whose projects might be impacted. by...
- Tags: Layoff, Oracle Corp., Consulting, Rumors, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-11-15
- Stallman admits GPL flawed, proprietary licensing needed to pay for MySQL development
- You really believe that?Look at Red Hat. $5.1 Bln market cap and they're not making *any* money with free software? There is plenty of money out there for consulting services and support. Just ask IBM.Proprietary software is not religion.The problem with Sun was that they couldn't commit either...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Websters, MySQL, GPL, Stallman
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- News to know: Nook; Yahoo; Sun; Net Neutrality; Apple; Windows 7
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Burnette: Meet Nook: Barnes and Noble's sexy new book reader Matthew Miller: B&N Nook ebook reader revolutionizes...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Sun Microsystems Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Apple MacBook, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Net Neutrality, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, E-books, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Notebooks, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- News to know: T-Mobile; Cloud computing; Oracle; HP; Apple
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Andrew Nusca: HP revamps TouchSmart PCs with Windows 7; starts $899; will you ditch your desktop PC, HDTV? HP...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Cloud Computing, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., PC, T-Mobile, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Desktops, Palm Pre, Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-13
- Driving Enterprise Software Financial & Business Value
- While my day job is very much designing social business design with my colleagues at the Dachis Group, today we're announcing a loose federation of experts we've named 'enterprise advocates'. The intent, as outlined on the site, is to be advocates for the...
- Tags: Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-10-06
- The troubling thoughts re: outsourcing
- Some facts and inferences should be updatedAccenture's Consulting revenue dropped 12% and Outsourcing grew by 1%http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2009/Accentures-Future-Remains-Bright-ACN-IBM-HPQ1005.aspxSome of the issues you highlighted around process innovation, dated technology, etc will continue to remain. However, the nimbler players will also adopt the benefits of innovations like SaaS and Cloud platform.Underlying platform is an...
- Tags: Managed hosting, Business process outsourcing (BPO), Programming languages, outsourcing, BPO, COBOL, outsourcing company
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- AT&T Inc. Upgrades to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 to Centralize Accounting Processes
- AT&T Inc. wanted to upgrade the company's existing Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning ERP system to accommodate recent communications industry acquisitions and more easily incorporate international operating companies. The challenge was to support centralization of business operations to achieve greater consistency, data reliability, and global visibility. AT&T Inc. worked with Oracle...
- Tags: Accounting, Oracle Corp., Oracle E-Business Suite, AT&T Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Operational Accounting, Corporate Law, Enterprise Software, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Software
- Case studies 2009-10-01
- GGZ NHN Improves Performance and Availability of McKesson's Electronic Patient Dossier Horizon GGZ
- GGZ Noord-Holland-Noord GGZ NHN wanted to improve primary system performance and stability of McKesson's electronic patient dossier, Horizon GGZ, and enable interactive operations by users while the organization runs batch processes, including monthly invoice runs and improve availability during planned and unplanned outages. The challenge was to achieve a more...
- Tags: Patient, Oracle Corp., Performance, GGZ NHN, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies 2009-10-01
- Move over Enterprise 2.0, it's now Social Business Design
- Given the relatively friendly pounding I took over my Enterprise 2.0 - what a crock post, it's gratifying to see that it has stirred some interesting interpretations and thoughts on the topic. That's always good and especially pleasing when one considers that most blog posts are the equivalent of digital...
- Tags: BPR, Enterprise 2.0, Re-engineering, Cohen, Oliver Marks, Business Process Engineering, Organizational Structure, Business Process Reengineering (BPR), Human Resources, It Operations, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-09-21
- Does Oracle matter to open source
- only as long as Oracle fights M$the reason OSS is doing very well is because people hate M$ and proprietary software in general.As long as Oracle will fund this insurgency against the evil M$ empire everybody will be better off.Eventually M$ will collapse like the Soviet Union and great days...
- Tags: open source, proprietary software, OSS, Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-18
- JD Edwards certification woes
- Andy Klee takes a stern look at JD Edwards certification: I'm here to tell you that the JDE certification program is on life support. It barely exists. JDE employees cannot be certified, and neither can JDE clients. Only business partners are eligible to take certification exams. ...
- Tags: Certification, Oracle Corp., J.D. Edwards & Co., Andy Klee, EBS Certification, JDE World, JDE Customer, Quality, Training And Certification, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-09-03
- BT Retail Boosts Upselling and Productivity and Cuts Churn in Price-And Service-Driven Market
- A major force in the U.K. communications market, BT Retail offers a mix of innovative propositions, integrated offerings, and bespoke solutions that have won it 17 million business and residential customers. BT Retail has increased agility, improved customer service, and cut costs by consolidating enterprisewide performance management on Oracle's business...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., British Telecommunications, BT Retail, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management
- Case studies 2009-09-01
- Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe Leverages Centralized Intelligence to Reduce Field Services Costs
- Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe wanted to gain a holistic real-time view of the status of hundreds of jobs managed by communications field services teams in the U.K. and monitor subcontractor and partner workloads, optimize resources, and track Key Performance Indicators KPIs. The challenge was to give function heads and divisional managers...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Europe, Fujitsu Ltd., Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking
- Case studies 2009-09-01
- BRIS Supports Children's Rights With Advanced Business Intelligence Tools
- BRIS wanted to improve the organization's ability to harvest information from children's reports and analyze it effectively and reduce the time it takes to collect data and create reports. The challenge was to find a sponsor to help finance the solution. BRIS worked with Oracle Consulting to create and implement...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management
- Case studies 2009-09-01
- Chartered Cuts Time to Report a Bill of Materials From One Hour to Less Than One Minute
- The ability to respond quickly to customer requests is a significant competitive advantage and more important than ever in challenging economic times. However, the use of suboptimal systems to track and manage critical Intellectual Property IP and process attributes was hampering Chartered's ability to react quickly to design opportunities. Staff...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Semiconductors, Intellectual Property, Hardware, Research & Development, Business Operations
- Case studies 2009-09-01
- Gartner financial apps MarketScope
- Earlier today I saw Oracle crowing about getting a top slot in Gartner's Marketscope for financial applications. They weren't the only ones. SAP took a similar top slot. But then all the others Gartner looked at: Epicor, Lawson, Microsoft, Exact, Infor, Sage and Unit 4 Agresso scored 'positive.' Odd you...
- Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., Financial, On-demand, Gartner Inc., Sage, KashFlow, Managed Hosting, Smb/Sme, Cloud Computing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-08-17
- ERP sales are falling: here's one reason
- I'm on a small project that is typical of many: "I have a modest sized business but our complexities are no different to the Big Boys. Help." So off we trot so see if there's a solution that comes vaguely close to an 80% fit. As a 'day job sometimes'...
- Tags: Solution, Oracle Corp., ERP, Microsoft Corp., ERP Sale, Sales Strategy, Social Networking, Outsourcing, Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-08-04
- Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Reduces Inventory Costs by 15%, Cuts Reporting Time With Oracle E-Business Suite R12
- Al-Abbas Sugar Mills wanted to replace ageing accounting system with a more advanced platform to increase visibility into payables and receivables and automate procure-to-pay process and improve supply chain management. The challenge was to implement a system to track requisitions and approvals and ensure a transparent audit trail and reduce...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Oracle E-Business Suite, Al-Abbas Sugar Mills, Operational Accounting, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Finance, Software
- Case studies 2009-08-01
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