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NEWS & LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
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Larry Ellison is predicting is a “decade of coexistence,†whereby the three tiers of cloud computing—software, platform, and infrastructure as a service—continue to work alongside conventional on-premises software systems. “Everything is not going to move to the cloud by Friday.â€
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Oracle UK's Andy Campbell (HCM Strategy Director) was surprised to be repeatedly asked about Cloud security. However on reflection, he feels that it's a good challenge. Here's why ... (with a handy 8 point checklist).
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FUNCTIONAL
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In the eBusiness Suite and PeopleSoft worlds, we just had the 2-tier employment model. Avinash Patel explains how Fusion HCM brings the additional functionality of a 3-tier employment model if we wish to add extra flexibility to our deployments.
VIA FLOYD TETER
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Kashif Manzoor gives us seven reasons to move away from our on-premises systems towards Oracle ERP Cloud.
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Alex 'Apps Consultant' Antonatos gives 5 tips for creating the perfect Testing Strategy - something that is essential during the initial implementation, but also on an ongoing basis with each new release.
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TECHNICAL
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The Optimal HR Tech Stack is a report by Key Interval on the technologies that compose the operating environment for today’s HR Practitioners. Although we haven't seen the report, the listing of the 13 different areas that comprise a successful HR function.
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READING
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Strategy expert Rita McGrath says that traditional thinking on 'great HR' is giving way to new models which are more adaptable in line changing workforce dynamics. Shifting from traditional career progression to employees wanting to work from project to project, a relationship with the employer that is more mutually beneficial and the move to a “tour of duty†workforce will all have impacts.
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Sudoku seemingly came from nowhere to oust crosswords as the nation's favourite commute/coffee break pastime. But is beehive Hidato - invented by an Israeli mathematician - the new Sudoku? Some of these examples are easy to start, but challenging to complete (eg. this one).
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Netflix built a custom platform as a service (PaaS), a difficult feat. Facebook, Google and Oracle have done the same. While others strive to follow suit, it turns out that building a PaaS is awfully hard.
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INFOGRAPHIC
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Have you ever wondered where all the internet connected device hotspots are? John Matherly (an internet cartographer) collected the data by sending ping requests to every IP address on the internet, and storing the positive responses.
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WATCHING
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Bob Rhubart runs a YouTube channel of 2 Minute Tech Tips for OTN, and this week he's opened the floor to Debra Lilley to talk about PaaS4SaaS.
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Using a technique called “chip grafting,†Sam Van Aken (an art professor at Syracuse University) created what he has named the “Tree of 40 Fruit.†He has planted dozens of these magical trees around the U.S. If it wasn't on the National Geographic I'm not sure we'd have believed it.
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AND FINALLY
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A man has helped out the homeless by attaching hamburgers to his drone and dropping them on various people around San Francisco.
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