Your workforce has changed. It it will keep on changing. Enabling technologies—including the cloud, social, mobile, and big data—have made it possible for...
Your workforce has changed. It it will keep on changing. Enabling technologies—including the cloud, social, mobile, and big data—have made it possible for organizations of every size to operate globally. Global operations require global workforces. In the past, it was generally accepted that employees at the home office would have a few more perks than their remote coworkers. Not so anymore. Today’s mobile and dispersed workforce expects to have all the same resources made...
Your workforce has changed. It it will keep on changing. Enabling technologies—including the cloud, social, mobile, and big data—have made it possible for organizations of every size to...
Admit it. You’ve tried it. I’m one of the 70 million+. In fact, I was completely and hopelessly addicted to Train of Thought. A Company Created Via The Internet...
Admit it. You’ve tried it. I’m one of the 70 million+. In fact, I was completely and hopelessly addicted to Train of Thought. A Company Created Via The Internet of Things The big brains at Lumosity transformed a laboratory concept into a hugely adopted consumer product that could only be made accessible to the masses via internet technology—IoT. For Lumosity, Oracle was the right choice. The company is rapidly expanding, with localizations in 9 languages and an increasingly...
Admit it. You’ve tried it. I’m one of the 70 million+. In fact, I was completely and hopelessly addicted to Train of Thought. A Company Created Via The Internet of Things The big brains at Lumosity...
Integration is the most time-consuming element of customer implementation In the frenzy of adopting SaaS solutions, it’s easy to let the anticipated benefits...
Integration is the most time-consuming element of customer implementation In the frenzy of adopting SaaS solutions, it’s easy to let the anticipated benefits 'cloud over' potential concerns. But the lower costs and greater simplicity of individual solutions can be quickly gobbled up by the expense of building and maintaining integrations. SaaS vendors are concerned about integration issues. You should be too. Solairus Aviation deploys Oracle Cloud for Connected Finance,...
Integration is the most time-consuming element of customer implementation In the frenzy of adopting SaaS solutions, it’s easy to let the anticipated benefits 'cloud over' potential concerns. But the...
Employee disengagement is costing you big money. As I learned from reading this Oracle HR Workbook, Do Your Employees "Like" Their Work?, 20 percent of the US...
Employee disengagement is costing you big money. As I learned from reading this Oracle HR Workbook, Do Your Employees "Like" Their Work?, 20 percent of the US workforce is “actively disengaged,” costing the economy between US$450 billion and $550 billion annually in lost productivity. Roughly, the estimated cost of a disengaged employee is $25,000 per year. What’s the hurry to go social? In most industries, competition for the best talent is fierce. Today’s workforce is...
Employee disengagement is costing you big money. As I learned from reading this Oracle HR Workbook, Do Your Employees "Like" Their Work?, 20 percent of the US workforce is “actively...
If you’re trying to shape up your customer service practices, here’s a short and pithy video featuring Louis Ross, Beachbody’s VP of Coach Relations....
If you’re trying to shape up your customer service practices, here’s a short and pithy video featuring Louis Ross, Beachbody’s VP of Coach Relations. Beachbody’s the creator of the nation's most popular fitness and weight loss solutions. The company’s mission, as Ross relates, is, “to end the trend of obesity in America and, eventually, around the world”. Beachbody’s founders built a hyper growth company via their knack for developing brands that resonate with...
If you’re trying to shape up your customer service practices, here’s a short and pithy video featuring Louis Ross, Beachbody’s VP of Coach Relations. Beachbody’s the creator of the nation's...
A young couple stands in front of a jewellery store window, holding hands and gazing in wonder at the life changing purchase they are about to make—a stunning...
A young couple stands in front of a jewellery store window, holding hands and gazing in wonder at the life changing purchase they are about to make—a stunning engagement ring. It’s a timeless scene until the bride-to-be snaps a selfie with her smartphone to share on social media and the future groom checks the establishment’s reviews on Yelp. Welcome to buying jewellery in the digital age. A short time later, they emerge from the jeweller. She clinging to his arm and...
A young couple stands in front of a jewellery store window, holding hands and gazing in wonder at the life changing purchase they are about to make—a stunning engagement ring. It’s a timeless...
How does a hometown sporting goods retailer compete with specialty big box giants? The answer is: you exploit their weaknesses. Ohio-based Fin, Feather, and Fur...
How does a hometown sporting goods retailer compete with specialty big box giants? The answer is: you exploit their weaknesses. Ohio-based Fin, Feather, and Fur Outfitters has averaged 30-40% year over year growth since 2010 by doing what the big guys can’t. Shawn Gilronan, CIO at Fin, Feather, and Fur Outfitters, was recently an executive customer speaker in an Oracle OpenWorld session devoted to strategies for adopting Modern Best Practice in high-growth organizations....
How does a hometown sporting goods retailer compete with specialty big box giants? The answer is: you exploit their weaknesses. Ohio-based Fin, Feather, and Fur Outfitters has averaged 30-40% year...
Neil McFarlane, Managing Director of Chartered Insurance Brokers T H March had wanted to join the Royal Air Force as a pilot (“jet jockey”) but sadly his vision...
Neil McFarlane, Managing Director of Chartered Insurance Brokers T H March had wanted to join the Royal Air Force as a pilot (“jet jockey”) but sadly his vision let him down. Three decades on, however, it is his vision that is the driving force behind this highly successful company of British Insurance Brokers as it prepares to make a giant technological leap forward. On the surface, insurance might seem rather boring when compared with the glamour of jet fighters. But if you...
Neil McFarlane, Managing Director of Chartered Insurance Brokers T H March had wanted to join the Royal Air Force as a pilot (“jet jockey”) but sadly his vision let him down. Three decades...
I joined JD Edwards in 1999 and quickly learned a few ground rules. Think thrice before using the word “easy” to describe anything about ERP. The only constant...
I joined JD Edwards in 1999 and quickly learned a few ground rules. Think thrice before using the word “easy” to describe anything about ERP. The only constant in ERP is change. And customers hate surprises. Syntax—Specializing in Oracle JD Edwards and Oracle Accelerate From the Get-Go From the beginnings, Oracle JD Edwards enterprise applications have been known for having deep industry functionality and for being THE low risk and low TCO Top Tier option. Recently, I caught...
I joined JD Edwards in 1999 and quickly learned a few ground rules. Think thrice before using the word “easy” to describe anything about ERP. The only constant in ERP is change. And customers...
