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It’s happened in more places and implementations than I can count. A client uses Maximo, and a user, we’ll call him Bob, comes up with some great and useful queries. The easiest way to share it? Make it PUBLIC! This is great that Bob can share the query with everyone that uses Maximo. And then […]

Anyone who is single understands the exhaustion and frustration of modern dating, especially with so many different online platforms and mobile applications. Without the right strategy, finding love becomes an overwhelming and thankless experience. Developing a dating application is also a challenging endeavor, especially with the nuances of digital transformation. Akin to modern marketing challenges […]

Years ago on a large project to implement Maximo SmartCloud Control Desk [SCCD], now IBM Control Desk [ICD], we all had our own instances for developing that we could refresh at any time. Even the architect team had their own instance. One of their team members tinkered around quite a bit. Since we became friends […]

I’m sure the social world is exploding with “upgrade now” messages and for reasonably good reason. The end of support for IBM Maximo versions 7.5 and earlier is April 2018. You can click here for details and additional links from last year when IBM first announced the end of support. Last I spoke with IBM […]

In today’s constantly changing and mobile world, the only constant is change, right… Within all these changes comes some cool new stuff. Well, IBM and Samsung have put together something very neat that many Maximo clients have asked me about.  “What device should I use to go mobile?,” they ask. Well, the answer may just […]

The IBM Unified Data Model for Healthcare (UDMH) v9.3, released in fall 2017, delivers a number of new or updated features for clinical users – new HEDIS 2017 measures, additional NDNQI Nursing HR metrics, GDPR support, and more. This blog will focus on what I think are the three most important changes for Payer clients […]

Earlier this month I put together a quick video about IBM Maximo Work Centers and Inspections in Maximo 7.6.0.9. This was a follow-up from a previous presentation on Maximo 7.6.0.8 I had delivered at the IMUG (Indianapolis Maximo Users Group) before all of the pieces became fully functional. Check out this short video or open […]

Retail media continues to announce the arrival of blockchain, but there is still work to do. Even though the decentralized ledger is the technology behind bitcoin, there are still many use cases stemming beyond financial transactions. Swiss bank Credit Suisse looked in depth at the growth of blockchain and collaborated with the World Economic Forum […]

January is the busiest month of the year for hiring and restructuring, leading to busy human resources (HR) and recruiting departments across all organizations. Add a robust economy into the mix and you have the perfect recipe for an overwhelmed few weeks at work. Luckily, the digital transformation wave applies to HR, with a bevy […]

Spreading the news to the larger audience to include the rest of y’all that weren’t able / didn’t attend the IMUG last year. We started with a brief presentation of the new Work Centers capabilities (Work & Inspections) and now would like to include the latest update. IBM improved the capabilities in the new release […]

Though many think the rise of cloud is a forgone conclusion, there is still tremendous room for growth especially as we head into 2018. Here are some of the top predictions we found combing the web for cloud predictions in the New Year. Prediction #1: Hybrid Cloud Continues to Accelerate Mixing and matching cloud services […]

If you have ever stepped into the offices of a finance or accounting team, you may notice piles of invoices and documents concerning payments. Even though enterprise resource planning (ERP) and software systems do close the gap for month-end and year-end close, there remain inefficiencies resulting in delayed payments and incorrect payment amounts. Invoice processing […]