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Software development and DevOps trends are front and center for 2017 enterprises ready to put their customer engagement into overdrive. As we have seen over the past month, more and more trends are pointing towards an increased interest. One of the major surveys to hit the market in the recent week is RightScale’s State of […]

One of the challenges that I face at my job is supporting multiple clients that use different versions of Siebel Clinical (CTMS). Not only are they different versions, but each instance has been uniquely configured and enhanced. With many clients to support, plus internal product development efforts, I needed to find a way to run […]

The 2nd post in our Site Clusters series covers how to get started with this localization strategy–creating multiple websites that share 1 content tree. To recap – a Site Cluster is a simple way to create multiple websites that share a single content tree.

After teaching several HFM 11.1.2.4 Create & Manage Applications courses, I have found several functionality advantages of HFM 11.1.2.4. User Functionality Greatest user improvement comes in Smart View and the Journals Extension. Users now have to ability to create and manage journal entries in Excel. We know that any time functionality can be completed in […]

We’ve covered exports and validations so far in this blog series. Our next topic is centered on the ability to create attributes, or properties, in DRM. Some examples of properties include: – Address information for branch offices – FEIN numbers and currencies for legal entities – Account type for accounts in EPM and/or EBS applications […]

Healthcare organizations face a mountain of challenges with the management of their data. As put forth in the Health Insurance and Patient Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 and subsequent rulings on personal health information (PHI), health maintenance organizations must take specific precautions and care for patient data or face financial consequences. Additionally, healthcare organizations are […]

It’s well known that many organizations invest a tremendous amount of time and energy preparing the annual operating plan. Mature finance organizations have moved beyond the annual plan to more useful monthly forecasts, rolling plans, and predictive analysis. Regardless of frequency, the budget and forecast cycle is often beset with the same issues: Errors manipulating […]

SCORE’s Bootstrap UI layer delivers core functionality for the most commonly used components in web development. When the core offering does not satisfy your requirements, though, one option may be to extend SCORE components with custom functionality.

Following is a step-by-step process for installing IBM BPM v8.5.7 standard on Ubuntu 14.104: Downloads Install the latest VirtualBox software from Oracle – also download the Extension Pack. Download the software from the IBM Software Catalog Download the ISO file for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS – DESKTOP from Ubuntu **Note: You can download the Server version […]

Valentine’s Day, despite its retail foundations, is a great day to reflect on what we are grateful for and the things we love. Even though not all of us will be giving or receiving chocolates and roses, there are still many other things to embrace, including emerging technology philosophies like DevOps. With our swooning at […]

Oracle recently announced the general availability of the latest patchset for Siebel Innovation Pack 2016 (IP2016). Patchset 16.9 can be found on Oracle Support, although it is a little tricky to locate. Use these search terms to find it: For Windows, you would select this file: This takes you to the download window and the […]

Service virtualization is the process of creating imitation of real components with help of some service contract, which can, within the realms of real service contract, enable efficient performance advantages to complete service development itself. Different Ways to Create Virtual Services What is service virtualization: in any software delivery life-cycle, no two layers of services are […]