Cloud

I started kindergarten back in 1993, a simpler time for technology. Today’s brand names like Amazon, Yahoo, and eBay were still very nascent, and Internet pioneer Netscape was 3 years away from going public. For elementary schools like mine, simply having computers was an accomplishment and mine displayed theirs proudly. Throughout elementary school, computer curriculum […]

One of the perks of implementing Release 11 for your Fusion Cloud instance includes all the great new features that come with the Oracle Internet Expenses application. Last week I discussed the innovative Mileage Tracker, and this week I would like to present to you the ability to map your corporate card to your OIE […]

From the Home Page, the user can access the Payables landing page and work areas to perform tasks and monitor activities.  As you can see, there are three work areas under Payables: Invoices, Payables Dashboard and Payments.  Today’s blog will be about the Invoices work area. The Invoices work area allows the user to manage […]

Modern Marketing Experience (MME) 2016, what a four-day affair! Insightful, amazing and overwhelming…that would be what MME was this year. So much great content, it really is hard to put into words how great it was. It was described by an Oracle Service Cloud Consultant that when going to the 3rd floor, which was the […]

What are the key differentiators to determine Hadoop distribution for Big Data analysis on AWS? We have two choices: Amazon EMR or a third-party provided Hadoop (ex: Core Apache Hadoop, Cloudera, MapR etc). Yes, cost is important. But, aside from cost, other things to look for include ease of operation, controlling, managing, performance, features etc. 1. Cost […]

There’s lots of talk about the effect that FinTech (or, at least the artificial intelligence (AI) and smart machines it’s producing) will have on jobs in the financial services industry. Here are a couple of examples. In a recent CFA Institute survey, respondents indicated that automated financial advice tools will have the largest impact on […]

According to research firm Gartner, 50% of enterprises will have a hybrid cloud deployment by 2017. Hybrid cloud is currently the most popular type of cloud right now, offering a mix of public and private cloud services while serving as a transition for enterprises who are warming up to the benefits of cloud computing. For […]

Moving from traditional monolithic architecture to microservice architecture is a journey. There are many challenges moving towards the microservice culture and design. Microservices is an architectural style where a system is divided into a set of small services. As Conway’s law suggests, architecture and teams structure go in pairs. Microservice design pattern expects some organizational […]

Jeff Paxton from MetLife – the largest insurance company in the US – spoke about what they are doing in this area of cognitive computing.  MetLife has 100m customers. 3-4 years ago MetLife embarked on a customer-centric journey.  They wanted to give choice to the customer and make it easier for them to work with […]

Are you a technology leader looking for innovative solutions to your organization’s challenges around cloud? Are you sold on the cloud but unsure about how to migrate and with which solutions? Finally, do you enjoy a glass of beer while figuring out your information technology strategy? If you answered yes to all three questions and live […]

First, let me start by saying that this post isn’t about how to install and configure JDeveloper and WebCenter. There’s plenty of material out there on JDeveloper standards and WebCenter installation and configuration. Rather this post discusses where the software lives, the various development configuration options, and how to pick the one most effective for your circumstance. Configuration […]

As with most software applications, new versions come out every few months or so. With Oracle being one of the top software application and platform service creators, they are going to update their software frequently in order to stay at the top. Currently, Fusion Cloud ERP is in the midst of releasing R11. This means […]