Platforms and Technology

Even with the extraordinary popularity of Cloud Services, many clients still need to figure out how to get their hands on their data sets store into these services. There is no exception with Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (PBCS). Even with the reporting capabilities offered on this cloud service, there is still the need […]

Christmas came early this year for attendees at Amazon Web Service’s (AWS) ReInvent conference in Las Vegas. As 30,000 developers and business professionals descended upon The Venetian Hotel, the AWS team was busy unveiling new innovations to help further the cause and impact of cloud computing technologies. AWS CEO Andy Jassy took the stage on […]

One of the official signs that the holiday season has begun is Cyber Monday, which occurs on the Monday after Thanksgiving. On this day, retailers go out with their promotions, offering great deals for holiday shoppers seeking discounts. 2016’s Cyber Monday was once again another record, with an estimated $3.45 billion dollars spent according to […]

In 2005, Cyber Monday debuted to raise awareness of holiday shopping on the internet when that kind of thing was still unique. Retailers with shopping portals extended Thanksgiving weekend sales to anyone who could shop online at work to avoid the Black Friday crowds at brick-and-mortar stores. Now, Cyber Monday’s clock may be running out, […]

In a great article, Four Principles for Managing Technology Transformation, by Loren Mahon we learn first hand how she has dealt with the challenges of disruptive technology at Oracle for nearly 20 years while at the same time keeping on top of day to day operations. Mahon leads a team at Oracle focused on driving […]

Azure Traffic Manager is Azure PaaS service which is helpful in the following scenarios: 1. Directing incoming application traffic to the nearest Azure data center 2. Failover to the other Azure data center (DR) in case of a catastrophic failure 3. Distributing traffic between endpoints according to the assigned endpoint weight value In this blog […]

Most of you are probably thinking this is a tough topic during a holiday season, but we are all thinking 2017 at this point, even though we are all wondering where in the world did 2016 go! Moving on…2017, a year to make things connect.  Does your Eloqua connect to a CRM?  If you answered […]

Migrating content between disparate ECM systems can be a larger than expected challenge, are you ready? Enterprises today are often faced with multiple content platforms and repositories without a unifying strategy or technology to make the data actionable. They need the ability to quickly and easily access and repurpose information and make it available through […]

A year goes by extremely quickly, and now we are at the end of November, less than a month from Christmas and the New Year. This is one of the magical moments of the year, with the spirit of holiday cheer being absorbed into all parts of life. As we hit the end of the […]

In Part 1 of How to Make the Move to the Cloud, I covered the first three of five steps to ensure a successful move to the cloud. Having assessed your current application footprint, secured both business and leadership sponsors and developed a migration plan, it’s time to engage with your implementation team and execute […]

Making the move to the cloud is not a small undertaking and it’s advisable that you plan ahead. Talk to your peers, research what other companies are doing, attend key conferences and read as much as you can on the topic. If you haven’t had a chance to read some of my earlier blog posts […]

As you look to innovate with the cloud in 2017, what platforms are you considering? As you assess your options, examine the capabilities and how they will help your organization reach its goals. Notably, as we hit the holiday season and see technology resources increased due to spikes in traffic, it’s more important than ever […]