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Tonight, Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Four Corners program aired a terrific special, "Privacy Lost" written and produced by Martin Smith from the US public broadcaster PBS's Frontline program.
Here we have a compelling demonstration of the importance and primacy of Collection Limitation for protecting our privacy.
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Platforms – can’t live with them… pass the potatoes. I know, we all hate platforms. The crux of the problem is explaining what a platform is and how it works, I can write for ages about the details and go into nitpicking details – and never publish. The closest I got to it was the […]
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The video recap of the week ending October 3rd - enjoy: Here is what I am talking about in the recap:My takeaways form the Oracle HCM Analyst Meeting (read here)
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Three industries provided connectable dots today.
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Listen to Natalie, Guy, Holger & Ray on their takeaways of Oracle OpenWorld. It was both a technology challenge (Holger lost network as moderator and could not rejoin in video & audio, Ray did a good jop roping him in via chat) and a bad hair day as Guy did not turn on his camera... Enjoy and let us know what your Oracle OpenWorld Takeaways have been!
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Why is CX or Customer Experience So Important Today? Attending OpenWorld 2014 brought to mind the importance of making sure your customer-facing organizations are really focused on the customer. While this may seem like a very obvious thing to say, most studies show a large gap between what customers think about the experiences they have […]
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The "Right to be Forgotten" debate reminds me once again of the cultural differences between technology and privacy.
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This is the first in a weekly series of articles that will highlight three marketing case studies that have captured our attention and should capture yours as well.This week’s theme is corporate branding.1. Starbucks Launches First Brand CampaignStarbucks has always shined a light on its products – never its brand – in advertising campaigns. Until now.
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If you follow the conference circuit you’d know that Oracle held its user group conference this past week – Oracle Openworld 2014 was held at the Moscone Center between Sunday afternoon and — well, today officially.
This post is designed to address two questions: 1) Does Oracle's Approach Make Sense? 2) Why Does the Oracle Approach Suck?
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I think I have just seen the next generation of cloud technology that brings CIOs and their enterprises closer to their real requirement for not just everything as a service, but as a recognizable business service rather than as technology service. But as with all innovation or radical moves it does mean taking a moment to consciously open your mind to the new and not to start by trying to fit what you hear to what you know. I suspect Cisco knows it has a challenge in this, but sheer necessity is likely to be on their side.
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Create a Better Customer Experience By Treating Customer Service Agents Better Plantronics today announced a new family of contact center headset solutions designed for the future and built on experience. Most people who have worked in call / contact centers know how difficult the job of a customer service agent can be. And that there is […]
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Teradata, the big data analytics and marketing applications company, today announced thatTeradata® QueryGrid.™ Now seamlessly orchestrates analytic processing of data between Teradata and Oracle databases, enabling Teradata data warehouse users to leverage data sitting in Oracle databases to enhance their analytics.
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Whilst various aspects of the digitally based society with its impact on new business behaviors, and models, get the attention the really big question is how will the people in enterprises be working. It’s a strange omission given that the digital revolution is seen as being driven by peoples’ use of technology as consumers, arguably the counter balance must be that enterprises changing the working capabilities of their staff to support these new business environments.
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The Enterprise Technology Buyer's Guide to Changes in the Systems Integrator Landscape
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This best practices report provides a portfolio of strategies for buyers to holistically evaluate system integrators.
R "Ray" Wang explains why simplifying the ERP user experience is essential to modern business.
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R "Ray" Wang explains why mobility is essential to modern business.
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The European Court of Justice recently ruled on the so-called "Right to be Forgotten" granting members of the public limited rights to request that search engines like Google suppress links to Personal Information under some circumstances. The decision has been roundly criticised by technologists, by American libertarians, and even by some privacy advocates.
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Shift Has Happened As I listened to the keynotes, the executives – both Oracle and its customers told the stories of how they now realize that IT and the “business” must collaborate, I am refreshed. Oracle is the database backbone of many companies, no doubt. But for Oracle to stay in the current game, it itself has to transform.
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Amidst a packed standing room only crowd at Moscone North, Founder, Executive Chairman, and CTO, Larry Ellison took to the stage to clarify Oracle’s company and cloud strategy. Key points from his keynote include how Oracle is:
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We had the opportunity to attend the Oracle HCM analyst session that was held before the official start of Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco. Together with almost two handful of analyst colleagues we got a great insight into where Oracle HCM is and what will be announced at OpenWorld.
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Over 60,000 physical attendees from 145 countries gather in San Francisco for the 2014 Oracle Open World. In addition, Oracle expects 7.1 million online attendees to join the live stream of one of the largest events in enterprise software. Amidst the usual partly cloudy San Francisco weather, attendees appear upbeat and interested in what Oracle has to say about the cloud as well as what Oracle will do next in a world of digital transformation.
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Bad (Slow) Driving On 280 Is Just Not Acceptable Anymore
For those outside the San Francisco Bay Area, Interstate 280 is also known as the Junipero Serra Freeway. Completed in 1955 as part of the Eisenshower Interstate Highway system, the 57 mile four to five lane freeway connects San Francisco and San Jose. To residents, the freeway is often affectionately known as “The Autobahn” mainly because of the higher speeds and less congested travel when compared to other freeways in the Bay Area. In non-rush hour times, vehicles often zip by easily at speeds of 85 miles per hour or more.
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Frictionless Signatures Key To Matrix Commerce SuccessOn September 16th, 2014, Adobe EchoSign announced native mobile e-signature capability for Android devices. While EchoSign has been in the cloud for some time, and the iOS app has been out since December 2011, the native capability in mobile allows over 37 million users to send documents for signature, receive e-signatures, e-sign documents, and track documents.
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