Recent Posts by Misha Vaughan

Pokémon GO has been a bit of a smash hit in the gaming world. It’s seen unprecedented popularity in the U.S. in initial downloads, and it appears to be very popular with women.   I’ll admit I was skeptical at first, but I finally decided to take the plunge and see what the experience was all about. The enterprise world is still working out what it wants to do with virtual reality and augmented reality. Perhaps I could learn something, and have fun in the process. Pokémon GO art...

For partners who want to know how to help increase their readiness on the Oracle Applications Cloud user experience, the Oracle Applications User Experience (OAUX) team’s Greg Nerpouni recently delivered a great video update.   What do you need to know from a product perspective?  - Oracle has developed user experience (UX) focus areas for the Applications Cloud products.  - If you learn where Oracle is investing, you can develop a position for yourself and your company that...

The Applications User Experience team is back from a jam-packed three days in Sydney, including a partner expo, partner UX strategy presentations, partner deep dives on UX tools, sales training on UX investments, a press tour, and customer deals. We covered: Oracle's investment in Applications Cloud user experiences for HCM, CX, ERP, and SCM Oracle’s UX tools capabilities out of the box with extensibility Oracle’s UX approach to PaaS4SaaS with our Rapid Development Kit The future...

Oracle hosted a landmark summit on the Oracle Applications Cloud for industry analysts in New York City on Jan. 19 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. It was an honor and a privilege for the Oracle Applications User Experience team’s Jeremy Ashley, Group Vice President, to take the stage along with the likes of Oracle executives such as Steve Miranda, Thomas Kurian, Mark Hurd, Shawn Price, Inderjeet Singh, Dibby Malakar, and Brandon Watson. The World’s Fair Clock at the Waldorf...

By Sarah Smart, Oracle Applications User ExperienceIn Release 10 of Oracle ERP Cloud, the Oracle Applications User Experience (OAUX) team is now focusing on the second part of our “Simplicity, Mobility, Extensibility” story for Release 10. The linchpin to that part of the story? Increasing the participation of users. We know that if users don’t find value in the application, they won’t use it, costing you time and money. 

You’ve seen how we’ve developed our UX strategy since...

By Sarah Smart, Oracle Applications User ExperienceAs you may have heard, the Oracle Applications User Experience (OAUX) team is shifting its focus to the second part of our “Simplicity, Mobility, Extensibility” strategy for Release 10. The linchpin to that part of the story? Increasing the participation of users. We know that if users don’t find value in the application, they won’t use it, which could cost you time and money. You’ve seen how we’ve developed our strategy...

By Sarah Smart, Oracle Applications User ExperienceWe want you to be able to run your business your way, including making your Oracle Applications Cloud look like your business. Changing the user experience to reflect your business needs is easier than ever with Oracle’s modern cloud extensibility tools. These tools are tools designed with simplicity and ease of use in mind.Our goal is to increase your users’ participation through a familiar and relevant experience, deliver...

By Sarah Smart, Applications User Experience The concept of the Internet of Things (IoT) might seem like an open-and-shut application. IoT is all about the services: transforming data from disparate devices into valued insights and actions. The recent task at the Oracle Applications User Experience (OAUX) IoT Design Jam was to get over that gut reaction to simply throw a chip into everything and come up with some enterprise apps use cases for the Oracle Applications Cloud.Laur...

If you are an IT manager or business systems analyst trying to get a view into how the IT skill set is evolving, you will want to check out these sessions. Greg Nerpouni, the shepherd of our Cloud UX Extensibility strategy and roadmap, and Tim Dubois -- standing in for our own Ultan O’Broin (@usableapps), who has spearheaded our PaaS4SaaS UX rapid development kit - will be sharing the road ahead.By attending the sessions below, attendees will understand that admin...