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NEWS & LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
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The Sierra-Cedar HR survey is the largest survey of its kind. Time is running out to enter, but it's not too late to complete it yet. It's well worth spending the time to fill it in as all respondents receive a full advance copy of the results in early October. This report is extremely valuable when planning your HR system roadmap.
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Matthew Haavisto has a short blog post covering the cost comparisons of running PeopleSoft and how it compares to SaaS offerings. He also says that you can run PeopleSoft as a Cloud service to get the best of both worlds. For further detail he links to a recent issue of Quest's magazine.
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NEW RELEASES
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EVENTS
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Maria Ana Santiago reports on feedback that she's received at the recent OHUG and HIUG events. It sounds like there are some great stories out there, of customer who are really making the most of the new enhancements in the product.
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FUNCTIONAL
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Australia-based ANZ has augmented its PeopleSoft ERP and HR systems with OBI EE and Oracle HCM Cloud (Performance and Compensation co-existence).
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Frederic Portal writes on the Ataway blog about the 8 new pivot grids from Absence Management that can be used in a number of combinations in dashboards to give new analytic power to your managers and administrators.
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TECHNICAL
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After the vulnerabilities around the PS_TOKEN cookie (in the last newsletter if you need a reminder) PeopleSoft guru Kyle Benson has created a Java servlet filter - called PSEatCookies - that will prevent a PS_TOKEN from being added to the ServletHttpResponse. As he points out, this will be particularly useful for clients with parts of their system externally facing.
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Chris Malek from the Cedar Hills Group discusses the Pros and Cons of exposing Component Interfaces as a Web Service. He also provides a solid alternative for the times when it's not the best solution.
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READING
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This week there has been a management reshuffle at Microsoft, and the new positioning of the Dynamics hierarchy poses interesting questions/doubts about the future of the product.
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Wars of the future might see swarms of cheap and deadly drones flying through the sky. Missiles would be no use against so many small targets, and lasers have been unable to stay focused on a moving target long enough to burn through it ... until now.
VIA HOLGER MUELLER
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In May, a group of techs at Disney were told that they would all be laid off, and to receive their severance they would have to train immigrants brought in by Cognizant how to do their jobs. Disney has now performed a U-turn and cancelled the layoffs.
VIA NANCY J HESS
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WATCHING
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Riding a bicycle in certain cities can be a little tricky, there’s always risk of accidents. LifePaint, by Volvo, was created to reduce the risk of accidents for cyclists and pedestrians.
VIA FRANS WILBRINK
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AND FINALLY
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Surfing history was made in Huntington Beach, California this weekend. On Saturday, 66 surfers rode a giant 1,300-pound board, setting a world record for the most people to ride a surfboard.
VIA NEXTDRAFT
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