Android 4.2 On The Nexus 7: First Impressions
Google recently pushed Android 4.2 Jelly Bean to the Nexus 7 and other devices. Here's a first look at the newest version of Android on Google's 7-inch tablet.
View ArticleScottish News: 'Yes' group in Commission warning
The chief executive of independence campaign group Yes Scotland has refused to commit to taking all advice given by the Electoral Commission on the staging of the referendum before findings have been...
View ArticleSAP and VMWare Expand Collaboration to Bring Support for vSphere in HANA
SAP and VMWare will now offer another deployment architecture for SAP HANA. During the SAPPHIRE NOW conference in Madrid, SAP announced the upcoming availability of SAP HANA on VMWare vSphere 5.1 for...
View ArticleFacebook to Use Secure Web Protocol by Default
Users will now access the social networking site via HTTPS, unless they purposely opt for HTTP.
View ArticleVideo testimonial from Dell on their use of RTD
Dell Director Mark Sucrese, describes how Oracle’s Real-Time Decisions dynamically personalizes products and services through predictive and optimization analytics across many customer facing vehicles...
View ArticleEpicor ICE Business Architecture Now Extended to Wholesale Distribution ERP...
Epicor Prophet 21 Users to Benefit From Enhanced Mobility, Accessibility and Interactivity Epicor Software Corporation, a global leader in business software solutions for manufacturing, distribution,...
View ArticleATG Live Webcast Nov. 29th: Endeca "Evolutionizes" E-Business Suite
If you have ever wanted any of the following within Oracle E-Business Suite: Complete Data View Advanced Searching Across Organizations and Flexfields Advanced Visualization including Charts, Metrics,...
View ArticleOracle on Oracle: Is that all?
On October 17th, I posted a short blog and a podcast interview with Chirag Andani, talking about how Oracle IT uses its own IDM products. Blog link here. In response, I received a comment from reader...
View ArticleDescartes Acquires Exentra
Since righting its ship in 2004 or so, Descartes Systems Group (DSG) has made nearly 20 tuck-in acquisitions to address the needs of multi-modal logistics, global trade, and routing and mobile tracking...
View ArticleInterrogatory Configuration And Workday’s Tech Summit 2012
You may have thought that everything that could be said about Workday’s Tech Summit 2012 had already been posted, but you were wrong. There was another announcement made there quietly, as befits the...
View ArticleITC to Review Earlier Decision in Samsung v. Apple Case
The original decision found that Apple had not infringed on Samsung's patents.
View ArticleWhy are Salesforce hiding the emissions of their cloud?
The lack of transparency from Cloud computing providers is something we have discussed many times on this blog – today we thought we’d highlight an example. Salesforce dedicates a significant portion...
View ArticleScottish News: US 'madam' handed jail sentence
A British mother who admitted promoting prostitution in New York has been sentenced to six months in jail.
View ArticleScottish News: Anti-split bosses 'face SNP bile'
Business leaders in Scotland are unwilling to question Alex Salmond's independence drive because of the "bile and ire" they receive, the boss of one of the country's most successful firms has warned.
View ArticleAnonymous Claims it Sabotaged Rove Election Hacking
Can anyone make heads or tails of this story? (More links.) For my part, I'd like a little -- you know -- evidence. Remember that Ohio was not the deciding state in the election. Neither was Florida or...
View ArticleWhy Your 'Weak' Relationships Pack Strength
The tightest relationships are not the most powerful when we need to broaden our reach within the organization.
View ArticleMore than software, as a service
Cloud services are much more than software alone. Cloud providers should focus on delivering business outcomes.
View ArticleFollow Me on LinkedIn!
I’ve recently started posting on LinkedIn as part of LinkedIn’s thought leadership program. My first two posts as an “influencer” are a bit meta: Influence and the Attention Economy Measuring Influence...
View ArticleUsability issues in ERP systems
Being an enterprise resource planning (ERP) analyst, I spend lots of time watching demos provided by different ERP vendors during certification programs or other events of this nature. At those...
View ArticleUnderstanding Multi-node writing conflict metrics in Percona XtraDB Cluster...
I have addressed previously how multi-node writing causes unexpected deadlocks in PXC, at least, it is unexpected unless you know how Galera replication works. This is a complicated topic and I...
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