Platforms and Technology

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 […]

I know I’ve already highlighted the new Infolets found in Oracle R11 in the past two blogs, but I’m going to do it again.  I have to because they are the reason the General Ledger section of Release 11 rocks. Through the new pagination feature found on the Home Screen, R11 allows users to see […]

We’ve all been in this situation where we’re being asked to do something that takes us out of our comfort zone.  Whether you are being asked to volunteer to chair a committee at your child’s school, create a presentation on a topic you didn’t even know how to spell yesterday or deliver a speech in […]

Anonymous, an international network of hackers, recently pledged to take on the financial services industry in a 30-day cyberattack campaign called “Operation Icarus,” more commonly referred to online as #OpIcarus. While the information about the group’s plan is somewhat spotty, various videos (purportedly, the group’s very own) and news articles indicate that the group is […]