Last week, Oracle released version 12c of OBIEE (Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition). There are several features that are new to 12c, among which is the UI which has now been updated to become more modern compared to the prior 11g interface. The most interesting feature that has been added is the new Data Visualization […]
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Digital Transformation in HR at OOW15
At Oracle OpenWorld 2015, Mukesh Nakra from Infosys talked about Reinventing HR as part of digital transformation. There are several imperatives driving HR to change: Working with millennial employees and a digital workforce – we can’t support this group with traditional Human Capital Management system Improving employee reach globally with multilingual HR applications Adopting social […]
24 Hrs BI availability using Oracle Partitioning/Swap methodology
This blog deals with Global Organizational Data needs where there is insufficient window of non-Business hours to run heavy batch loads and at the same time a provision to access the data 24 hours with negligible or no interference. Why 24 hours availability is needed? Organizations have a high need for 24 hour availability of […]
Bridging the Gap Between Marketing and Commerce at OOW15
Kiumarse Zamanian and Kaila Garrison of Oracle Responsys talked at Oracle OpenWorld about the integration of Responsys with Oracle Commerce. Kaila started by talking about the Rise of Digital Darwinism or what we like to call Digital Leaders vs Digital Prey. Since 1955 only 12% of the Fortune 500 are still in business. Offline purchases […]
5 Ways to Understand Your Audience Better at OOW15
Aaron Lowe and Steve Papa with Oracle’s Marketing Cloud team talked about how marketers can use the Oracle Marketing Cloud to harness known and anonymous customer data to better understand audiences. Audience management is complex and there isn’t a silver bullet available to solve your audience problems. Steve talked about a 5 step cycle to […]
Advocates and Agitators: The Art of Social Influence at OOW15
Here is an interesting stat: 5% to 10% of social users are responsible for 60% to 80% of influence. Reaching those 5%-10% of people on social networks is paramount. In this session, we heard from a panel of social media practitioners about this topic. How should companies respond to agitators? You have to pay attention […]
Ray Wang on Disrupting Digital Business at OOW15
Ray Wang, Chairman of Constellation Research spoke at Oracle OpenWorld about “Inside The New Post-Sale, On-Demand, Attention Economy”. Ray wrote a book called Disrupting Digital Business: Create an Authentic Experience in the Peer-to-Peer Economy. The presentation covered many of the topics in his book. 52% of Fortune 500 firms since 2000 are gone. That is an amazing fact. […]
Is Hybrid Cloud the Real Story at OpenWorld?
“Hybrid cloud is our foundation and focus.” – Oracle SVP Steve Daheb After keynotes from Larry Ellison and Mark Hurd, there’s no doubt that Oracle is confident about its future not just as a leader in the cloud space, but as THE leader. They unveiled a long list of product launches and upgrades. But a […]
Perficient Exceeds Goal for #OOW15 #OOWFightCancer Tribute Wall
On the second day of Oracle OpenWorld 2015, our team at Perficient exceeded their goal of collecting 1,000 signatures on a special breast cancer awareness tribute wall – with 1,100 and counting. In the video above, Emil Fernandez, Vice President, Perficient’s Oracle practice, delivers an update from the conference floor and a special thank you […]
What Cloud Integration Challenges are Businesses Facing? #OOW15
From the Oracle OpenWorld 2015 conference floor, Steven Bricker, director of business development for Perficient’s Oracle practice, explains key cloud integration challenges businesses face. Steven fills you in on the biggest theme at Oracle OpenWorld 2015 here via our Perficient Oracle YouTube channel, and he shares the releases he’s most excited about here. Click here for more of […]
Oracle WebCenter Portal Strategy at OOW15
Oracle talks about WebCenter Portal and BPM as a portfolio to enable digital business. Portal provides the self-service capabilities through multiple channels and is enterprise ready. Oracle said they had a good year this year with the 11g version of portal. For the strategy, Oracle looks at who is the portal developer and what tools […]
Oracle OBIEE 11g Patches (11.1.1.9 and 11.1.1.7)
Although OOW15 is getting all the headlines, including the announcement of OBIEE 12c (more info to come), Oracle has announced two new Patch Set Updates (PSU) for OBIEE 11g. OBIEE 11.1.1.7.1 Bundle Patch 11.1.1.7.151020 is available for Windows64, Linux32 and Linux64; this document details the installation and bug fixes. OBIEE 11.1.1.9 Bundle Patch 11.1.1.9.5 is available […]