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Open Source Enterprise applications

http://www.enterpriseappstoday.com/erp/slideshows/ten-open-source-erp-options.html

The Failures of Enterprise Application

So why are enterprise applications hated so much ? Ever seen an employee wanting to try Oracle or SAP ERP as much as he/she wants to play around with the apps on their mobile phone ? Why is that so ?

Enterprise Applications have failed to embrace mobile. Business software has always been way behind consumer software when it comes user friendliness. Thats why scenarios like the above keep happening. No wonder business software did not care about mobile devices - despite mobile devices being the most common point of information consumption in the world. But then was business software ever written keeping the user in mind ? Or was it written keep central, administrative units in mind ?

End users are now used to slick applications like gmail and messenger - on desktop and even more on their mobile devices. A quick introspection of your usage behavior will reveal how much you are addicted to mobile devices and their apps. Hence such users, gen Y and later, will expect the same level of user friendliness from the applications they use at work to do their business. But current ERP players hardly have any mobile capability. Their Consumer counterparts have left them far behind in terms of mobile experience.

Apart from salesforce there seems to be not other enterprise companies which have been able to integrate themselves with mobile applications a lot. It took about a day to figure out how to configure Oracle Taleo and Fusion mobile app for Iphone. It was not supported yet on Android at the time of testing.  Oracle Ebusiness suite is more or less not app-supported on mobile devices. Even after configuring the Oracle Tap app it was distressing to see how little functionality has been given on the app. It is pertinent here to note how Yahoo, that internet behemoth and icon. struggles simply because it missed out on the mobile revolution.


With so much enterprise data and history and information stored in those gigantic ERP databases it is a shame that they are not available for mobile consumption. A simple way to bring down Oracle ERP or SAP is to make your ERP utterly mobile friendly - that alone will increase consumption of your ERP data. Will Google rise up with a new ERP ? Maybe Open source players ?

Crucial limitations of competency model in Fusion

Why Social HR will not take off

Taleo Enterprise Cloud service details.

http://ilearning.oracle.com/ilearn/en/learner/jsp/player.jsp?rco_id=1219560945&classroom_id=1219562522&scorm_attempt=1430340607747&sessionId=-7025338551430340607785&home_url=http%3A%2F%2Filearning.oracle.com%2Filearn%2Fen%2Flearner%2Fjsp%2Fuser_home.jsp

A employee's perspective on HR data

A radically new perspective on how to use employee activity for HR input :

http://www.hreonline.com/HRE/view/story.jhtml?id=534358134


If worklife solutions are implemented then HR decisions are going to be based on Big Data than anything else.

Learning & Fusion

http://fusionappshcm.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/oracle-hcm-world-2015.html

Herbert George's webinar on Fundamentals of Cloud HCM

Fundamentals of a Cloud HCM - Taleo Implementation 

Thinking of moving your HCM applications to the Cloud? 
Do you have valid business case to do the same ? 


This webinar , on Thurs, Feb 26, 2pm, EST will be an introduction to those considering a Taleo implementation or enhancements. We will discuss...more https://lnkd.in/eY5esnQ

Methodology to walk in the shoes of a employee

https://blogs.oracle.com/OracleHCM/entry/the_joy_of_ex_or

How IT Consultants prevent HR from growing up

Managers should be on top of their workers' data. When they dont do it HR tends to centralize their operations so that they are not questioned. Over time operations managers slowly shift data responsibility to HR who only gladly accept it instead of pushing back.
Are IT consultants guilty of pampering HR and give them all they want thereby facilitating their centralizing culture and tendencies ? 

Fundamentals of a Cloud HCM - Taleo Implementation

 Thinking of moving your HCM applications to the Cloud? 

This webinar will be an introduction to those considering a Taleo implementation. We will discuss Taleo Recruiting, Data Importing, Integrations, Mobility, Business Intelligence (BI), and Reporting for Taleo. 

Topics covered in this webinar will be: - Taleo Offerings - Functional Architecture - Cloud Licensing - Implementation Effort - Project Management We will discuss your questions along the way. Register at https://lnkd.in/eY5esnQ

How will you make an application popular ?

In my opinion this is not an IT interview question . Its a marketing question. Why ?

Because more the people who access your application/website/app and more the usage, then more the sales/results/profitability.

So what factors in technology supports more access to your application ? Does open source software support it more or proprietary software support it more ? Will 3rd party developers or integrators be able to access your application if you use proprietary software ? Will stateless connections help access your application more frequently than stateful ones ?

This is the fundamental difference in using a cloud based HCM and on premise HCM. Taleo vs IRecruitment. More to come. Make sure you get onto my webinar yo share your thoughts about it with others who grapple with this.

The new HR thinking ?

wonder how many HR depts will care about these though...(is your basic demographic in place, did you rethink about the outcome or are still stuck with the process, how managers want to use mobility, do you want your new software to behave as your old process and still fix old problems ?)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/steve-boese/2013/12/20/hr-happy-hour-174--oracle-hcm-world-modern-hr

HR policy vs HR Technology

With so much great technology floating about now one would think we are headed for modern times. But here is the bite - HR and company policies do not change as fast as technology does. I know many orgs that have world class software yet wouldnt let employees use them for fear that they maybe abused eg...a learning management software has excellent features for online chat with trainers and running online discussion groups for trainees. But these features are unused since administrators fear employees may abuse them. Whats the point having advanced software if you wont use it ?

How should 'Employee Engagement' not be.

https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140407153928-131079-why-the-concept-of-employee-engagement-has-to-change?trk=eml-ced-b-art-M-0&midToken=AQFB-NtOzfveDQ&ut=01g4KIF2MMh6c1&_mSplash=1

Talent management strategy at Infosys in a time of crisis

http://profit.ndtv.com/news/corporates/article-infosys-eyes-b-school-graduates-entry-level-engineers-to-boost-sales-margins-383109?pfrom=home-otherstories

Must Read. How Healthcare.gov was rescued

http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2166770-1,00.html

Mistakes they made

 1. Keeping IT out of policy decisions.
 2. Not planning for control
 3. No steering committee/ tech managership - everyones work became no one's work.
 4. Poor load-ignorant, architecture
 5. I love Dickerson's rules.
 6. Poor, poor testing.

A First Look at Oracle HCM Fusion - part 1

So I had my first test drive on Oracle Fusion. Version 7. HCM today.
What is the segmentation and positioning of this product at this point in time - 2/10/2014 ?

Fusion is cloud-based , for the most part of its sales. The hardware cost of Fusion alone could be upto a million $. That rules out on-premise implementations for the most of us till Oracle corp does something about it. Which means only cloud versions are saleable immediately.  (And hola, by a rich coincidence , look at the slew of cloud products that Oracle has released at HCM world today !!

http://www.forbes.com/sites/oracle/2014/02/05/oracle-ups-its-hr-cloud-game-at-hcm-world/  )

However multiple factors are to be considered before we make up our minds about cloud vs on-premise and ERP vs bolt-on solutions :

1) Multi-Tenancy Issues : Security issues can be rampant for a shared database on the cloud. This is largely because they used shared schemas for different and multiple enterprises and businesses. They dont have a unique schema for every business. If users know the name of a schema (eg. APPS) and know the components of their schema and know that others could be having their data also on the same database can they get serendipitiously access to such data ? DBA's have been able to restrict access to specific schemas too along with VPN based and application login based access to data but it maybe too hard to restrict access to just one business group or enterprise within the schema.

2) Application issues - how much do existing ERP and non ERP applications support  a multi-tenancy model even if their databases become fancy enough to support multi tenancy? For eg...Taleo cannot meaningfully carry a full fledged, integrated core HR system for a multi national corporation. It can support a recruitment organization at this point. So despite its cloud and bolt-on application success  it may not be a single stop ERP. PeopleSoft, EBiz suite, JD Edwards all can support multi-org, shared service models but will possibly falter on the multi-tenancy issue. For those clients who will be satisfied with whatever security that hosted, cloud based service providers give, along with the 'coexistence' option, plug in applications like Taleo may do the job, especially for its low cost rather than a full blown ERP purchase.
Not many people know that Oracle has a 'Oracle Business Accelerators' program that deployed a powerful core HR suite pretty rapidly like the cloud application. Yet it could not take-off in the face of cloud applications . Why ? Was it because its application and database was simply not geared for virtualization and the underlying security issues ?

3) Scope : Oracle Fusion has great scope. I like many of the best practices built into the application. It has a great, robust architecture, 3 tiered which can support cloud and on-premise deployments, and deals with many application issues succesfully.
It does not have some of the rigid data integrity issues that Ebiz has. It has let go of some of the painful issues in Peoplesoft. And it has its own identity . It can manage a multi-org based, multi-tenant based setup.
However it doesnt have all the modules expected of a ERP at this point. Its hardware requirement is not affordable by everyone at this point. Hence its cloud version, aka the cheaper version, and bolt on modules which are cloud ready such as Compensation management, Performance Management and Payroll, are the ones that can be bought and used by new customers immediately. Of course this suite is going to grow and we will see much more of this competing with Ebiz and People Soft shortly. And a strategy for On-premise deployment too.

So the challenge for Oracle sales & delivery folks is to get new and old customers ( and the entire support and partner bite into the cloud solution ( and make it work), make it co-exist with other systems of customers while re-branding the on-premise solution . I believe these are the issues that the tech world is going to be occupied with over the next 3-4 years. More to come....

Taleo vs oracle business accelerators

Why did taleo succeed where oracle business accelerators program failed ? After all both deal with rapid implementation. Does mere lower upfront cost and rapid implementation alone cause taleo to succeed or is there something more than that ?