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NEWS & LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
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Macmillan Science and Education have gone live with phase 1 of their Oracle HCM Cloud implementation, replacing multiple HR systems globally.
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The IDC MarketScape analysis of worldwide talent recruiting solution providers for 2015 has been published – and Oracle was announced as a leader in this space, inching ahead of SuccessFactors since the last report.
VIA PAM HELF
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Ringo Mobile (part of the ICS Group), a new mobile telephony operator which has just entered the Italian market, has chosen Oracle Cloud to guarantee flexible company management in total security. They chose a series of Oracle Saas Applications: Oracle ERP Cloud, Oracle EPM Cloud, Oracle Service Cloud, Oracle Marketing Cloud, Oracle Documents Cloud and Human Resources management with Oracle HCM Cloud.
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FUNCTIONAL
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Sarah Smart (Oracle Apps UX) concludes the 3rd part series on the strategy behind Oracle's UX by talking about the facets of a mobile experience that deliver "a mobile user experience that you won’t want to miss."
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TECHNICAL
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In the era of the cloud the areas where techs can add genuine value have changed. Instead of infrastructure and database tuning, it is Platform as a Service where we can deliver, binding services together to create systems that better fit the customer's needs.
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Starting from Oracle HCM Cloud Release 10, HDL (HCM Data Loader) will be the main tool for bulk loading data into the system. Volodymyr Faranosov has spent a week getting to grips with it and kindly shares his learnings with us.
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READING
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For many years, fights over Operating Systems have dominated - 1st it was MS DOS vs Apple II OS, then Windows vs Mac OS - today the shift has moved to mobile, where Windows iOS and Android are the operating systems. But there’s another fight brewing, too — the battle over artificial intelligence, or AI. Google Nox, Siri and Cortana are battling for supremacy.
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ZDNet reports on Tim Ebbeck (Oracle Australia and New Zealand MD) and his claim that Oracle is eyeing ERP as the next big push. Having made great strides in HCM and Sales, expect ERP to make large strides over the next 12 months.
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"Oracle has 10 product development centres across India, and of the 120,000 workforce globally, 31,000 are in India," Oracle president Thomas Kurian said last week. He also said that of the total worldwide workforce, 30% (36,000) are in product development worldwide and one-third of those (12,000) work in India.
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PODCAST
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Oracle TechTalks.tv provides an overview of the functionality in Oracle Financials Cloud. It talks about BPM, the structures of the Enterprise, Jurisdictions, Legal Entities, Chart of Accounts, Segments, Balancing, Ledgers and much more.
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WATCHING
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The first event of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series is in Portsmouth this Thursday. Jimmy Spithill leads the Oracle team against Ben Ainslie, the tactician who swung the last final in Oracle's favour.
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AND FINALLY
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Australian Mick Fanning was taking part in the World Surf League event in Jeffreys Bay, South Africa, when the shark approached him from behind. He shielded himself with his surfboard and punched the shark in the back, prompting it to swim away. It's a scary video.
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