Recent Posts by Matthew Bickham

The OPA product management team held their first OPA Focus Group event in EMEA this year in Oracle’s central London offices. The event was extremely well attended with guests from a range of customers and partners. The event started with an OPA showcase from The Prince’s Trust. The well-known charity began its largest ever change programme (called Insight) in 2015 and Oracle applications including OPA and Service Cloud are at the heart of this programme. The Prince’s Trust...

David Heagren | OPA Rules Consultant (Europe) Welcome to the Oracle Consulting Summer Newsletter (2016) Please click on the newsletter preview image below to download a pdf (full) version: In this issue: OPA New Features (May 2016 The new May 2016 release has some exciting new features developed from feedback and experience on previous and current projects. Find out more on page 2 of the newsletter OPA Enablement Update Our OPA SmartStart enablement team gives us an update of the...

Welcome to the Oracle Consulting Spring Newsletter (2016) Please click on the preview below to download a pdf (full) version: In this issue: Latest OPA release - Spring 2016 The new February 2016 release has some exciting new features developed from feedback and experience on previous and current projects OPA HR Policy Automation for Employee Self Service The latest version of the solution is now available and news on the latest implementations is provided on the front cover. Upgradi...

Welcome to the Oracle Consulting Winter Newsletter (2015) Please click on the preview below to download a pdf (full) version: In this issue: Go Live! Prince’s Trust The Prince’s Trust are now live with a new OPA and Service Cloud based solution to support the development of a new web site and CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system. OPA Enablement Update Our OPA SmartStart enablement team announce a new v12 accelerator programme and provide links to our Blog site which lists...

Rob Bradford | OPA Rules Consultant (Europe) OPA version 12 has been with us for a few months now, and our products team are continuing to work hard on adding even more exciting features to future releases. As a reminder, this is the first version of OPA that combines the previously separate Cloud and On-Premise versions of the software into one product. Version 12 can be run using: Oracle Service Cloud - where policy models are managed by Oracle Cloud operations Private Cloud...

Ulrich Scheuber | OPA Solution Specialist & Matthew Bickham | OPA Consulting Practice Manager   HR policies built using Oracle Policy Automation increases and sustains Employee Experience for companies who want their HR professionals to be able to build employee Self Service capabilities "Automation of HR/HCM policies, decisions and calculations is a key element for optimization of HCM processes and reduction of complexity plus associatedoperational costs” is a phrase we often...

Matthew Bickham | OPA Implementation Manager (Europe) The Oracle Policy Automation (OPA) UK Cross Government Group is celebrating its 3rd birthday this May and was formed by OPA users from Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC), the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP), the Home Office and the Legal Aid Agency. The group actively demonstrates the Cabinet Office wish for greater cross departmental working by facilitating strong collaboration. The departments share learning,...

Max Hill | OPA Rules Consultant (Europe) Version 12 of Oracle Policy Automation is now upon us and our customers are asking us about upgrading their existing rulebases to the latest version. In this Blog, we will be introducing some of the new OPA features and considerations for upgrading before you do so. At Oracle, we have conducted a number of upgrades already and more than happy to support you in your process so you can conduct the upgrade efficiently and make the very...

Welcome to the Oracle Consulting Services Winter newsletter (2014/15). Please click on the preview below to download a pdf (full) version: In this issue: Prince’s Trust Oracle has just started work on a new Cloud based project to support the development of a new web site and CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system. OPA Training Update Our training team has been hard at work preparing new training materials for the upcoming v12 release. OPA Top Tips & Modelling Sean Reardon, our...