My exposure to Master Data Management as a tool and all the surrounding process, organization and platforms dates back to 2005 in one form or another. MDM as a tool and its expected functionality are evolving constantly. I was curious to see what MDM tools and vendor landscape looked like in 2006 compared to MDM […]
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Yammer 101 Series – Groups
What are Yammer Groups? Groups are logical containers for sharing conversations, files and notes in Yammer based on a single business purpose or goal. What are the benefits of Groups? Groups are the foundation for organizing content in Yammer networks, providing immediate business value when collaborating. Some of the benefits include: 1) Targeting your message […]
Upcoming Webinar: Going Mobile with Your Liferay Portal
Next week, on June 12 at 1 pm CDT, I will be presenting a free webinar on Going Mobile with Liferay Portal. Below is a description of the webinar and a link to register. If you have Liferay Portal or are considering it, you will want to see what are your options for making sure that […]
Updates on SharePoint and Yammer SKUs
SharePoint SKU Retirement July 1st, the following SKUs will be retired: SharePoint Plan 1 w/ Yammer SharePoint Plan 2 w/ Yammer Office Online w/ SharePoint Plan 1 Office Online w/ SharePoint Plan 1 This retirement aligns with Microsoft’s previous announcement of OneDrive for Business and the broader SKU strategy of eliminating mini-suites. More information on […]
Webinar: SharePoint 2013 Hybrid Scenarios That Make Sense
As many organizations are in the process of moving to the cloud, or even considering a move, and a large portion of those organizations use SharePoint, it can be difficult to determine if and when a SharePoint on-premises and a SharePoint Online hybrid solution will provide value. This isn’t surprising, given the fact that questions […]
Document Conversations – Yammer, SharePoint, OneDrive Integration
In really exciting news today, Microsoft announced new integrations between Yammer, SharePoint Online, and OneDrive called document conversations. We had a sneak peak of this functionality back in March at the SharePoint Conference. At the time, Microsoft announced these changes would come “sometime this year” and I am really happy to start seeing this functionality early […]
Purge Cache Automation in OBIEE 11g
Why do we Purge Cache Automatically? The cache option in OBIEE 11g can help us to improve query performance greatly. But sometimes when we refresh the data mapping or reload the transaction data, the result over report will be out of date and not refreshed immediately due to cache. The best way is that we […]
Stages of MDM…
MDM is a popular topic and many organizations are in different stages of MDM journey. Many times clients (primarily IT) want to engage consultants who can recommend a MDM tool and start the implementation, bypassing the Planning / Pre-planning stages. Typically this leads to a MDM solution which is not thought through completely or end […]
Microsoft and Salesforce… in a Partnership?
From yesterday’s announcement: Salesforce will support Windows, Windows 8.1, build “interoperability Salesforce and Office 365,” Microsoft’s subscription-based productivity suite, and integrate OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online, and Outlook in various capacities. Salesforce will use Microsoft’s Azure broadly. Who would have ever thought there would be a picture containing both a Microsoft CEO and Mark Benioff […]
Innovation in IT?
I was reading the interview of Jamie Miller, the new CIO of General Electric. Please do check out the interview. Some of the key focus areas she was describing are: Innovation Simplification Employee experience Cyber security Investing in our IT talent The innovation explained in this interview revolves around the mobile technology, and big […]
Lessons Learned from Cisco Pulling The Plug on Quad
Kashyap Kompella has a short but really good article on the Lessons Learned from Cisco Pulling the Plug on Quad. I’ve followed Cisco’s Quad / Webex Social for a while and even had the chance to see a demo while working at a client. I was impressed by their vision of integration portal, social, and […]
Do you share your Master Data with your Partners?
The importance of maintaining accurate Master Data is vital to running the business efficiently. You have your Master Data under control at your end, but what about your partners, suppliers and award/reward programs? Are they ready for timely integration of Master Data? What is their commitment to your success? Let me tell you my personal […]