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Exclusive Interview : Oracle on AI and enterprise technology challenges

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 05:28:00 +0000

Oracle has been upping its AI and machine learning game of late, as the company continues to push its vision of using the technology to shift business’ time away from ‘mundane’ tasks.

The company has weaved AI and ML into a number of its offerings, including its security cloud, its autonomous database and most recently its wider cloud platform, clearly positioning automation as a core focus of the company.

We sat down with Oracle cloud platform VP of product management and strategy Siddhartha Agarwal to discuss how Oracle views AI technology development as well as what it sees as the big challenges for the enterprise space this year.

What do you see as the key technology challenges facing the enterprise for 2018?

There are certainly a number of challenges facing the enterprise space. Firstly, I would say there is a challenge around building serverless applications, where they want to be able to have things running just for the time that they are needed and they don’t have to worry about the infrastructure that it is running on.

The challenge here is that you are effectively doing distributor programming because you have a function that comes up and then goes away and you have to chain together a bunch of different functions. Then there’s the challenge of portability and being able to run these functions on containers without necessarily having to know or manage these containers.

There is also an emerging challenge around blockchain and where the enterprise could use blockchain in their applications. This can be difficult to determine as blockchain is generally for enabling transactions between multiple parties, where not all parties are fully trusted. Although it allows a secure transaction where third-party intermediaries, which introduces significant efficiency.

So enterprises need to ensure that they’re hyperledger fabric, ensure scalability, ensure it is integrated with identity management and maintain performance as the chains get larger. So the issue becomes about how to leverage blockchain without worrying about the infrastructure and management that goes along with the hyperledger implementation.

There is also another trend around IoT. A lot of folks have focused on building the platform for IoT in terms of how to ingest the data, run predictive analytics and integrate the data with backend applications. However, the challenge is that businesses don’t necessarily want to maintain a technology platform and then build extensions and enhancements. They just want to leverage Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) type capabilities where things like asset monitoring and predictive maintenance is visible to them as a SaaS service.

So there are a few challenges that enterprises will have going forward as new technologies develop, and that is just a few that we’re focusing on.

We’ve already been talking a lot about AI and automation in the enterprise space this year. How do you think attitudes to this will develop going forward?

I think the reason why AI or Machine Learning (ML) is becoming popular comes down to two things. First, there is a significant amount of data now available and in order for machine learning to be successful, you need to have a great deal of data. Second, we now have an increased amount of compute capacity that’s available on-demand and GPUs that can process ML algorithms much faster, to train model or to come up with the heuristics.

When you’re looking at implementing ML, you first have to assess how you would benefit from ML being embedded into the various capabilities that you get from software providers. Thinking about Oracle’s autonomous data warehouse, we are now using machine learning to be able to optimise queries and we actually turned off the ability for some personnel to turn off these queries. So there are numerous advantages - in our experience - of AI and being embedded in different platforms that organisations benefit from.

Do you think the A/NZ region is showing a good responsiveness to AI, or have we got a lot to learn?

No, I think that there are definitely customers in this region that are already leveraging AI in at least the consumption sense. An example is Adelaide-based National Pharmacies, who in the past had built a mobile application to be able to drive loyalty programs and various customer service offerings. They’re now experimenting with chatbots to drive customer service interaction and significantly reduce the wait time and enhance customer responsiveness.

I don’t think it’s about the Australian market not being advanced in AI implementations. What’s more relevant is thinking about business use cases and being able to consume technology without having to be AI experts. Oracle is looking to democratise AI, as opposed to having it in an inaccessible realm only accessible and valuable to data scientists.

What advice would you give to organisations looking to evolve their AI-driven offerings with the plethora of options available in different areas at the moment?

I think firstly I would urge organisations to identify business cases where AI would actually be able to help them. Then, look for solution providers that give you some AI out of the box, so you can actually benefit from it rather than having to build it from scratch. It would be troublesome to start with the attitude of wanting to build an AI or ML practice because there aren’t many people who have the expertise to deliver that, like data scientists or AI experts.

Oracle recently made a substantial announcement around its autonomous platform service, How have you found the response to this so far?

The response from the customer community has been really good. Our vision for the autonomous PaaS is that software should be able to configure, manage, scale and tune itself, while automatically fixing and avoiding problems. Customers are generally experiencing lower cost and increased productivity because they feel they can eliminate a significant amount of human labour.

They are also experiencing increased agility, as traditionally if they wanted to set up a new data mart, they would need to get data into the data mart, get the data mart stood up and then run analytics through it. That process would have taken from 6 - 9 months if those customers were lucky.

Now you can easily get an autonomous data warehouse running where you don’t need the Oracle DBA skills to be able to do things like optimise queries and set up and scale the data warehouse. You’re able to consume it, use it and set up a functional data mart with analytics running on top of it within a month.

The autonomous cloud platform also alleviates the issue of patches being available but not applied as once it realises the patch is available, it automatically applies the patch while the application is running, without experiencing significant downtime.

So I think the customer reaction has been extremely positive and we actually think autonomous should be the de facto standard for all PaaS vendors out there.

Article Source: IT Brief

AMERI Holdings, Inc. (AMRH) EPS Estimated At $-0.20; Ingles Markets (IMKTA) Has 1.54 Sentiment

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 04:44:00 +0000

Ingles Markets, Incorporated operates a chain of supermarkets in the southeast United States. The company has market cap of $676.68 million. The Company’s supermarkets offer various food products, including grocery, meat and dairy products, produce, frozen foods and other perishables, and non-food products; and non-food products, such as fuel centers, pharmacies, health and beauty care products, and general merchandise, as well as private label items. It has a 7.94 P/E ratio. The firm modern stores provide home meal replacement items, delicatessens, bakeries, floral departments, and greeting cards, as well as various selections of organic, beverage, and health-related items.

Analysts expect AMERI Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMRH) to report $-0.20 EPS on April, 5.They anticipate $0.02 EPS change or 11.11% from last quarter’s $-0.18 EPS. The stock decreased 7.18% or $0.14 during the last trading session, reaching $1.81. About 153,495 shares traded. AMERI Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMRH) has 0.00% since March 19, 2017 and is. It has underperformed by 16.70% the S&P500.

AMERI Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides SAP cloud and digital enterprise services. The company has market cap of $31.37 million. The firm offers cloud services, including public, private, and hybrid SAP cloud services, as well as SAP HANA cloud migration and cloud automation solutions. It currently has negative earnings. It also provides digital services, such as SimpleAPO mobile application, a advance planning and optimization application that provides sales professionals with real-time collaboration capabilities and customer data on their mobile devices; SAP IBP mobile app, which enables the real-time management and analysis of Sales and Operations Planning related data from mobile devices; and Robotic Process Automation, which leverages the capability of artificially intelligent software agents for business process automation, as well as for reporting and analysis, and deliver insights into business functions by translating large data into structured reports.

The stock increased 0.60% or $0.2 during the last trading session, reaching $33.4. About 210,009 shares traded or 83.94% up from the average. Ingles Markets, Incorporated (IMKTA) has risen 2.10% since March 19, 2017 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 14.60% the S&P500.

Article Source : MTAStar

Red Hat Downgraded, Price Targets Hiked On Salesforce, ServiceNow

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 06:41:00 +0000

The big run in enterprise software stocks still has legs, says a Mizuho Securities analyst, who hiked price targets Monday on a number of stocks in the sector but downgraded Red Hat (RHT).

Mizuho's Abhey Lamba elevated prices for Salesforce.com (CRM), ServiceNow (NOW), Splunk (SPLK), and Ultimate Software (ULTI). Lamba hiked Salesforce.com's price target to 160 from 140, ServiceNow to 190 from 160, Splunk to 120 from 110, and Ultimate Software to 270 from 250.

But Lamba wasn't so hopeful for Red Hat and brought down his rating to neutral from buy. Red Hat reports fiscal 2018 fourth quarter earnings on March 26.

"We expect modest upside to fiscal (fourth-quarter) expectations," Lamba said in a note to clients. He added fiscal 2019's revenue outlook could come in line to modestly above analyst views.

Red Hat is ranked No. 17 in the IBD 50 roster of growth stocks, while ServiceNow is ranked No. 9.

Red Hat's Linux software runs computer servers in corporate data centers. IBD's Computer-Software Enterprise group is ranked No. 5 out of 197 industry groups. Salesforce.com, ServiceNow, Paycom Software (PAYC) and Upland Software (UPLD) have the highest composite ratings, which combine earnings and other key technical ratings.

On ServiceNow, Lamba said: "Recent results indicated sustained momentum in new customer additions."

UBS last week hiked its price target on ServiceNow to 180 from 168.

Red Hat fell 0.3% to close at 155.08 on the stock market today. ServiceNow gained 1% to 174.43, while Salesforce.com lost a fraction to 126.78. Ultimate Software slipped 0.9% to 251.55. Splunk was up 0.6% to 107.90. Upland fell 1.6% to 29.55.

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Google Reviews Disappeared - Why?

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 05:47:00 +0000

First things first: you are not alone. Thousands of businesses have found this blog post after discovering that their Google reviews have disappeared.

Here’s what we know: A number of Google My Business pages have become “unverified” without notice, causing their hard-earned reviews to be removed from their Google profiles, Google Maps listings, and the search results page. Unfortunately, this is not an April Fool’s Day joke.

We believe this is related to a few changes that Google has been testing out recently, and we advise you to check all the Google profiles you’re currently managing.

Help! My Google reviews have disappeared

Has this issue affected your business? Don’t panic. We’ve got you covered. Follow these steps to get your Google reviews back.

Log into Google My Business.

In the upper left corner, open the menu and choose “All Locations”.

If prompted, verify that you are authorized to manage this business and agree to the Terms of Service.

Click “Manage Location”.

From the Location page, click “Edit”.

Open the Maps section.

Click “Edit Marker Location”.

Wiggle the map marker just a tiny bit and save.

This should refresh your business’ Google profile, after which it should be back to normal within a few minutes. If your reviews still don’t appear, try clearing your cache.

If this doesn’t solve your issue, the rest of this article explains how to restore your Google reviews based on other potential causes of reviews disappearing.

Online reviews and ratings on local Google+ pages are among the most powerful tools a digital marketer can take advantage of. Not only do Google+ reviews influence consumer behavior and brand reputation; they also significantly affect search performance: where and how a business can be found in search results, and whether or not the business is able to convert visitors into customers.

Keep in mind that there have been cases of Google-listed businesses experiencing technical issues with their reviews on Google. As in: reviews have disappeared, or are no longer displayed on their pages.

Here’s a list of possible reasons why your reviews have disappeared from your Google+ page. Hopefully, this helps you determine the ways you might be able to get your Google reviews back.

Reviews labeled as spammy

Google has been very aggressive in fighting spammy reviews to ensure the quality of the Google+ platform. So if some of your Google+ reviews have disappeared, chances are that the ones that disappeared have been labeled as spammy, or against Google’s content policy guidelines. (You can read the guidelines here.)

Note that, much like Yelp’s, Google’s review filter may sometimes work in ways that flag and remove legitimate reviews. (Unfortunately, there isn’t much you can do about this, other than to keep engaging with users on Google+ in hopes of generating new reviews.)

Reviews contain links / URLs

This is related to the above item: Google+ reviews with links / URLs in them will automatically be marked as spam and removed from a business’ local Google+ page.

Long period of inactivity on Google+

An inactive Google+ page might also affect the way that page is displayed.

Recently, Google confirmed that it is reaching out to owners of local Google+ pages that have been inactive for 6 months. According to the company, owners who have not logged into their Google My Business dashboard (the dashboard for managing Google+ business pages) or shown any activity – such as post updates, upload / share photos, respond to reviews, etc. – in the last 6 months are at a risk of having their page unverified.

What happens when my page has been unverified?

Being demoted to unverified status means that you will not be able to use Google My Business to manage or edit the business information that appears on the unverified page.

Unverified also means that you won’t be able to respond to reviews using the owner response functionality, or use other Google My Business features like post updates, check customer insights, and track your reviews and ratings over time.

If you are managing multiple business locations using Google My Business, the inactive pages or locations will be displayed with a notice of “Disconnected”.

What do I need to do to get verified?

Google will contact you and provide a 2-week notice of the pending unverification via E-mail.

If you are already using Google My Business to manage your local Google+ page, all you have to do is log in and/or publish a new Google+ update or post within 2 weeks of receiving the E-mail from Google.

If you missed the 2-week deadline and your page has been unverified, you need to contact support to restore verification.

If you have not signed up for Google My Business, then your local Google+ page has never been verified in the first place. We strongly recommend that you get verified ASAP. Follow the step-by-step guide.

Will my reviews disappear if my Google+ page is not verified?

We have observed cases wherein existing reviews are not visible on a local Google+ page, yet remain visible in search results snippets.

However, Google has not explicitly stated or confirmed that an “unverified” status or inactivity causes reviews to be hidden from a Google+ page.

Local search expert Mike Blumenthal says, “Reviews are independent of verification. They are attached to the business at that location NOT the (Google+) page. If the page becomes unverified then the reviews will still show IF Google thinks that the business still exists.”

There may be unusual cases when the Google+ page and the location data have become separated, causing reviews of the business location to disappear from Google+ but remain on search results and Google Maps. If you think this is what has happened to you, we recommend you contact Google support.

Whatever the problems or issues you’re experiencing with your local Google+ page, one of the safest bets is still to log into or sign up for Google My Business and be active in using the dashboard.

Reviews are from third-party sites

Another reason why some reviews might not be displayed on your page is that these reviews were originally posted on a third-party (non-Google) site.

Google used to pull review data from other sites and platforms like Yelp, Facebook, and Yahoo Local – a practice the search engine giant has since stopped.

Now, only reviews posted originally on Google+, Google+ Local, or Google Maps are displayed on local Google+ business pages. Google may sometimes still link to “reviews around the Web” below the reviews by Google users, but the links are generated algorithmically and may not always be 100 percent accurate.

Your business has duplicate listings

If your Google+ reviews have disappeared, double-check to see if there are duplicates of your business’ listing. If that’s the case, your reviews are being displayed on one of those duplicates.

You can check for duplicate listings by visiting maps.google.com and searching for your business location’s exact name or address.

If you have duplicate listings, you can get your reviews back on your original page by contacting support and requesting to have data – including reviews – from duplicates merged into one listing.

You moved to a new location

Typically, if your business changes location but keeps the same business name, Google will move the reviews to the new location. This change will be reflected on Google Maps.

However, if your business is the kind that’s heavily tied to a specific location – say, you’re running a hotel, a golf course, or a local attraction – then Google might not automatically move your reviews to your new location.

If this is the case, send a report to Google using the Report a Problem link and provide information on your new business location.

Reviews are marked as private or deleted by author

A simple reason why you might not see some of your business’ reviews on Google+ is that, when Google+ Local was launched in 2012, individual users were initially given the option to make their written reviews public or private. Reviews that have been marked as private or deleted by the author won’t be displayed on your local Google+ page.

Hopefully, the information above helps you identify the problem and resolve your issue with Google+ reviews. Need more help? Leave a comment below and we’ll try to answer your questions as best as we can.

Source: ReviewsTracker

How To Create A Ripple(XRP) Paper Wallet

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 08:42:00 +0000

To create a Ripple (XRP) paper wallet, kind of Cryptocurrency, go to https://jatchili.github.io/minimalist-ripple-client/ or download the client here: https://github.com/jatchili/minimalist-ripple-client/ then click "generate identity" or simply go to https://bithomp.com/ create or download this client:

https://github.com/tagawa/ripply-paper-wallet.

Write down the secret key. It's recommended to keep more than one copy of the key in different safe places.

To send XRP from a paper wallet, From you computer that you trust with an internet connection you trust, go to https://jatchili.github.io/minimalist-ripple-client/ or download this offline client: https://github.com/jatchili/minimalist-ripple-client/ and enter your secret key then press set identity.

When you click set identity, your public key will be displayed.

Click connect to ripple and you will receive a response within another window. You can now query the balance of your cold wallet, trade, and send funds.

You can also import the secret key into https://gatehub.net/, trade your XRP for Fiat and withdraw directly to your bank!

Original Source : Steemit

BICS Lift and Shift from OBIEE

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 06:01:00 +0000

Recently I led a comprehensive analysis and POC for lift and shift of on-premises 11g to Oracle BI Cloud Service (BICS). The lift and shift approach is gaining popularity as it offers a hybrid BI Cloud without having to worry about data security and recreating metadata in the cloud. BICS can leverage the on-premises repository and databases to give users access to extensive BI Cloud functionality. Comparing pro and cons of lift and shift will help organizations determine the right approach.

POC Outcome:

BICS offers end users an enhanced analytics experience leveraging the latest Oracle BI platform including Data Visualization and Mashups against their own external data.

This hybrid approach of BICS with an on-prem data warehouse lowers infrastructure needs for servers, clustering, patching and upgrades.

On-going maintenance is needed for the administration of users and application roles.

Oracle’s future strategy is on Cloud for new feature releases and are available automatically to end users.

Report performance in BICS was comparable to on-prem report run times.

Challenges:

You will likely encounter some of these issues depending on your on-prem setup, I have shared some approaches to resolve them.

1. In order to connect BICS to an on-prem database via Remote Data Connector (RDC) we needed to establish a secure connection between BICS and the on-prem Oracle WebLogic Server.

One-time setup required coordination between Oracle Support and the Network Admin team.
This is no longer an issue for future dashboard migrations.

2. If you want to use the same Application Roles as on-prem, there are steps you will need to take based on the current setup.

Naming convention of OBIEE Application Roles, such as BI Author, is not supported on BICS (no spaces permitted).
Resolution required renaming and reconfiguring app roles as part of the migration process.
Requires configuring data filters (row-level data security) for application roles.
The new application roles need to be maintained only in BICS RPD version.
This is a one-time setup of the Application Roles during the migration.

3. Catalog, Dashboard, and Reports Migration is straightforward for the most part, however, the catalog permission didn’t migrate properly.

Manually assign catalog permission for dashboards and reports after migration as they don’t get migrated to BICS.

4. If your reports have drilldowns (Links to Detail Reports) you have to apply a workaround to get them working.

Adjust the catalog references to comply with BICS – the default folder path is different in BICS (/Shared vs. /Company_Shared). This can be modified using XML search and replace in catalog manager.
Drilldown links worked as expected after the adjustment was applied.

5. BICS to on-prem Essbase is currently not supported, but Oracle has confirmed it is on their roadmap.

Maintenance:

BICS, like any other application, requires some ongoing maintenance. IT will need to allocate time for support and maintenance.

1. Independent version control of the BICS repository (RPD)

Separate repositories (RPD) are version controlled for BICS vs OBIEE 11g

2. Administer Users and Application Roles

Role Management: Update, Add, or Remove
Application Role Management: Assign Roles to Application Roles
User Administration: Manage user assignment to Roles (bulk assignment supported via file upload)
User removal is manual process, bulk load option is not available at this time

3. Dual Maintenance of Subject Areas, Dashboards, and Reports may be required if they co-exist in both on-prem and BICS

If the requirement is to maintain the same dashboards and reports in both on-prem and BICS

Recommendations:

My recommendations are based on ease of setup, reduced maintenance, and issues encountered. The idea is to have BICS lift and shift up and running in a few weeks in order to take advantage of the new features and functionality.

1. Migrating from OBIEE 11g to BICS directly is recommended only when subject areas and reports are to be enabled on BICS alone and disabled in OBIEE on-prem.

2. Recommended approach is to do a gradual migration of different user groups/subject areas to BICS.

3. One-time setup and configuration effort is required for releasing additional subject areas.

4. New content for migrated user groups is created only on BICS (no dual maintenance for BICS migrated subject areas/reports)

5. If you want to mirror subject areas and reports in both OBIEE on-prem & BICS, I recommend you upgrade your on-prem OBIEE to 12c. Upgrading to OBIEE 12c avoids challenges with ongoing maintenance of mirrored content.

Repository version will be the same between OBIEE 12c and BICS.
Web catalog, dashboards, and reports can be migrated using a single (.bar) file.
OBIEE 12c upgrade includes renaming application roles to adhere to the OBIEE 12c/BICS naming convention. This avoids dual maintenance of separate lists of application roles.

Overall, it’s a great approach for OBIEE on-prem users to transition some of the reporting needs to cloud to leverage new features, Data visualization, reduce licensing, and infrastructure costs.

Source : PERFICIENT

Who is DC’s Hottest Showcasing Startup? [POLL]

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 04:32:00 +0000

Tech Cocktail has traveled the country, from Dallas to DC, Boise to Boston, uncovering the hottest startups in more than 20 cities. Now, the word is out: winning startups from each city will go onto the next round and get the chance to qualify for Tech Cocktail Celebrate, our new national startup competition held in Downtown Vegas on October 23 – 25.

DC, here’s your chance to show us what ya got! Join us at 1776 for an evening of DC’s hottest early-stage startups and cocktails with your neighbors and technophile friends.

– Register for the Event Here – We’ll have a gaggle of startups on hand showcasing their goods, but before the event kicks off, we want to know what you think: Who is DC’s Hottest Showcasing Startup? Let us know your thoughts by answering the poll at the end of this post (ends at 6:00pm local time on the day of the event – get the official rules here).

The winner will be announced live at the event and will receive the following: Invitation to Tech Cocktail Celebrate, additional time on stage to share what’s new with their startup, invitation to an upcoming Tech Cocktail Week, as well as the honor of being recognized as DC’s Hottest Showcasing Startup. Don’t miss out.

The Startups

Andelion – Andelion is an online shopping community that connects gadget shoppers with shop savvy gadget geeks. It helps people find the right product at the deal price while buying electronics, computers etc.
Bracketeers – A web platform for connecting businesses to consumers through March Madness-style prediction & voting contests.
Fortique – Fortique is an online marketplace to buy and sell local creative services like interior design, event planning, graphic design, and more. By curating and promoting up-and-coming and freelance talent, we present consumers with reliable, affordable options when sourcing creative talent while helping build the businesses of talented entrepreneurs.
Fund the Republic – We operate an investment crowdfunding platform where established Main Street businesses raise capital, gain market insight, and grow their business. Our mission is to empower everyday Americans (the crowd) to support Main Street with capital funding.
GitBadger – GitBadger speeds up development cycles by providing real-time information and data visualizations to your entire development team.
ImpactHub – Impact Hub is an online marketplace for socially responsible outsourcing. We connect small and medium enterprises with talented offshore teams that collect and manage digital content. We represent 30+ service providers that are transforming poor and vulnerable communities around the world.
Jhoombox – Jhoombox is a new kind of console that brings the power and openness of Android to your TV. You can browse the Internet, watch movies, perform karaoke, play games, Skype with anyone, and much more.
My Study Rewards – My Study Rewards is a social platform that allows individuals to build and test knowledge, while being rewarded for their effort. Users can watch educational videos to earn points and rewards or purchase and play PopQ, our trivia game, to earn more points and rewards. Rewards are discount offers to national brands and retailers.
NervEight – The NervEight app solves the ‘struggling artist’ problem of spending excessively to increase their market exposure. The app provides free and premium promotional services for all musicians, a unique and direct user base for support and feedback, and analytic’s musicians can utilize to better inform them of how to sell to their music to fans from anywhere.
nvite – Redesigning and reimaging the event experience; focused on events beyond the RSVP, the before, during and after experience … providing social relevancy to content with respect to social content curation.
Recoup.com – Consumers want to purchase products ranging from everyday items to luxury travel deals online and also want to make an impact when making the purchase, however, there are not many options in today’s e-commerce space. With Recoup, consumers can make these purchases and also select a non-profit to which they want to make an impact for.
retrievRE – retrievRE is one-stop-shopping for commercial property information, property listings, lease comparables, and tenant requirements – a commercial real estate (CRE) marketplace.
Silith.io – Silith.IO’s first product, AnnoTree, is a tool for collaborative mobile development which brings together designers, developers, managers, and testers onto a single, intuitive platform where they can view and collaborate on the application development process — providing tools that allow everyone in this process to give feedback and collaborate directly from their web or mobile application by leaving a drawing or text annotation directly on top of your application.
TechChange – We provide online learning solutions for international development. This includes government and nonprofits looking to build an online learning network require simple solutions. or tech firms seeking to build a community of practice around their tools.
TourCommand – TourCommand provides all the tools necessary for a musician to develop and market his career from entry level to national touring act. From custom drag and drop websites to marketing campaigns and tools, TourCommand gives a musician the ability to manage themselves and their brand in a simple, efficient, and effective manner. Once the artist is ready to start touring, TourCommand provides innovative software solutions for their touring needs as well from hotel management and booking to team management and collaboration.
TripTuner – TripTuner® is a patent-pending recommendation engine that finds ideal travel experiences based on traveler tastes. An addictive design invites users to fine-tune preference sliders like “beach” vs. “mountain” or “relaxing” vs. “active.” Images of matching options update instantly, with no typing, text links or lists. Over half a million user preferences in 145 countries have been fine-tuned to date. Revenue comes from licensing partners such as national tourism board Brand the USA, online travel agency Havas Voyages in France and the luxury Kempinski Hotels brand.
Yopine – Have a question and need answers/ideas? Call a brainstorm. Have ideas and need a decision? Call a poll. Wanna share your opinion? Explore. Yopine is a fun, quick and easy way to gather and share opinions with contacts, friends and the world.

Architecture of Blue Prism Product

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 06:53:00 +0000

1 Introduction

This document describes Blue Prism’s Robotic Automation Software Platform. The document explains the operational context in which clerical robotic automation is applied to automate back office, rules based processes and explains the functions and features of the Blue Prism technology platform and the associated operating models, development and deployment methodologies.

The document is intended for both technical and business audiences who want to understand:

1. What robotic automation means in the context of the clerical back office?

2. What benefits can robotic automation provide?

3. How robotic automation supports operational agility?

4. What is different about robotic automation and how does it complement traditional BPMS and IT programs?

5. How an organisation should adopt robotic automation and change the way work is done to gain the best returns?

6. The functions and components of the Blue Prism platform, how they fit together and what they do

7. How the technology is configured and deployed in the enterprise?

8. What services, methodologies, training and accreditation are available to support the deployment of robotic automation software?

2 The Blue Prism Robotic Automation Platform

2.1 What is Robotic Automation?

Manufacturing and supply chain industries throughout the world have employed robotic automation to deliver quality, efficiency and productivity through automating repetitive and manually intensive tasks. Blue Prism has taken this concept and developed a robotic automaton software platform for clerical, administrative, back office process automation.

The technology enables non-engineers to automate certain business processes quickly and cost effectively. The technology is best-suited for processes which are highly rules- driven, and/or are needed urgently, and the requirement for which is too tactical or short- term to be developed using IT approaches such as service-oriented architecture (SOA) and business process management suites (BPMS).

Processes most suited to robotic automation generally live in the back office administrative functions of large, customer oriented businesses, such as Banks, Utilities, Telco’s and BPO’s. Processes can range from general F&A to specific functions such as HR, remediation and order processing for example. The unifying theme is that there is repetitive rules based administrative work that could be performed by a robotic workforce which is supported, managed and trained by accredited operational teams.

Technically, robotic automation in this context refers to process automations where a computer drives existing application software in the same way that a user does. This means that unlike traditional application software, Robotic Automation operates and orchestrates other application software through the existing application's user interface and in this sense is not "integrated".

The Operational Agility Forum, an industry forum for operational change professionals (www.operationalagility.com) believes that with new advancements in robotic automation there is an opportunity to "self-build" a Virtual Back Office with "Robotic FTE's" to process manual, rules based processes at a new economic price point and at a new speed which makes automation viable whilst supporting operational agility. This means that processes can be potentially repatriated and FTE can be deployed into customer facing, high value roles.

The benefits for organisations wishing to reduce clerical costs and improve quality include:

1. “Robotic FTE's” are 1/3 of the price of off-shored FTE's and can work 24/7 without errors

2. Speed to automation - days and weeks to automate processes that would takes months and years with traditional automation approaches

3. ”Self Build" - no need for specialist IT, the "super users" in operations "train" the robots

4. Robots are trained with the business rules of repetitive clerical tasks and are deployed to drive existing applications so that no costly integration and expensive process re-design expertise is needed

5. A small specialist team from the business operations works with the robotic team to train them, manage referrals and continually improve the robots operational performance

6. The robotic automation platform is secure, audited and managed within an IT corridor of governance

7. The software robots run in a virtualised environment and so can be rapidly scaled up and down on demand and operate in any jurisdiction

2.2 How does this support Operational Agility?

Operational agility is the capability of an organisation to automate local business processes rapidly, react to unplanned business events autonomously and cost effectively, enabling business operations to move with greater flexibility and speed. All this should be possible without requiring heavyweight IT support and be executed within an empowered framework of IT governance and control.

Blue Prism software and methodology enables organisations to become more agile without introducing operational risks. Business operations have the ability to integrate, automate and orchestrate business systems and processes to build a "virtual workforce" with the enterprise strength Robotic Automation Platform. The virtual workforce can be rapidly deployed, at scale, to address people resource intensive tasks, delivering operational flexibility, consistency of service and cost efficiency.

Through our work in large and complex organisations and with organisation such as Forrester Research and Horses for Sources we have identified that many businesses do not have the means to react quickly to change, other than hiring more people or diverting key resource. In addition IT programs that deliver excellent long term benefits are not always able to fully support rapid and agile responses to immediate business issues. We call this the “long tail of change” (Figure 1.1)

Operational needs and technical demands include:

1. Responding to business processing demand driven by seasonal peaks and troughs

2. Responding to competitor product launches and market dynamics

3. Responding to regulatory mandates

4. Automating legacy manual workarounds and processes

5. Addressing important day to day operational changes during major transformation programs

6. Operational changes driven by mergers and acquisitions.

7. Integration with systems where web services or APIs are not feasible

8. Meeting dynamic business challenges, deadlines, and rapidly changing market conditions

9. A need to reduce operational costs

10. Workload peaks, troughs, backlogs and an excess of temporary staff or overtime

11. Removing process workarounds using spreadsheets, tactical databases etc.

12. A need to improve accuracy, consistency and improve customer satisfaction

13. A need to reduce recruitment and training costs

14. Core IT systems that are too inflexible, too costly to change, or too rigid to be able to service customers efficiently and effectively

15. Limited IT resources and a high level of on-going un-met change requests

16. A need for technology that the business or IT can use to rapidly build business processes with light IT involvement whist adhering to IT architecture and operational standards

2.3 Why is Blue Prism Technology Different?

Blue Prism offers what Forrester Research calls an "Empowered Business Technology."

Our unique and innovative robotic automation technology provides an alternative to traditional IT driven approaches by enabling accredited business users, supported by IT, to rapidly, securely and flexibly build, validate, and execute new business processes - across multiple applications and systems, deployed into the enterprise production environment.

Blue Prism has taken a simple concept, replicating user activity on the desktop, and made it enterprise strength. The technology is scalable, secure, resilient, and flexible and is supported by a comprehensive methodology, operational framework and provided as packaged software. The technology is developed and deployed within a “corridor of IT governance” and has sophisticated error handling and process modelling capabilities to ensure it can perform at scale within demanding, highly sophisticated operating environments.

Blue Prism is specifically designed from first principles to address the “long tail of change” by providing the operations teams with a self-service capability to address the myriad of short to medium term change and automation opportunities that can be part of the “business as usual” operational framework or be new requirements driven by competitive pressures, regulatory demands, M&A activity and the ever changing operational demands of modern businesses.

Operational agility increasingly depends on the ability of a business to quickly and easily modify the decisions and business logic that drive and manage its fastest-changing and most dynamic business processes. As a result, business process automation must be rapidly created and repurposed to meet ever changing business requirements.

With the increasing scarcity of technology skills and resource time required for developing or implementing process automations businesses often resort to either utilising their overburdened internal IT resources or employing outsourcing or offshore partners. Another issue is that business requirements often change between specification and delivery. All these factors usually result in lengthy, costly and ultimately unsuccessful results.

Most organisations have too much of their business logic tied up in applications that are difficult to modify rapidly and adapt to the challenges at the edge of the business.

Opportunities for business process automation are often missed and, according to a recent Forrester report, up to 60% of the process automation landscape cannot be economically automated using SOA initiatives and BPMS approaches. This is because these technologies are not designed for this level of granularity and speed of process change and are dependent on deep technical knowledge to manage data.

The Solution – A Strategic Platform for Tactical Change

Provisioning self-service robotic automation technology to the operations teams is the only viable means for dealing with continual change and business operations automation requirements.

Therefore, the combination of SOA/BPMS and Blue Prism Robotic Automation platform provides almost total coverage of process automation opportunities. Blue Prism enables rapidly changing, transient, seasonal and operationally localised automations to be configured directly by the business users - delivered within fully audited and controlled, IT governed delivery and support methodologies.

Blue Prism complements existing application investments, infrastructure and enterprise data repositories, enabling cutting edge and legacy systems to co-exist and share data easily. Another significant benefit of a centrally IT-managed business user configurable robotic automation platform, is the opportunity to consolidate and remove rogue IT initiatives from business operations, and to do all of this without creating new data repositories. Blue Prism is a complete technology and methodology for rapid business process automation

One of the key advantages of using Blue Prism robotic technology is speed to delivery, enabling organisations to:

1. Automate business processes rapidly which had previously been un-economic to address

2. Rapidly build, test and deploy new components from existing applications using a simple drag and drop process flowchart interface

3. Preserve data integrity by leveraging the existing application presentation layer and underlying application logic with already exists

4. Re-use existing application validation without deep understanding and re- engineering

By creating re-useable components that leverage the presentation layer, the integrity of your business rules and application data can be preserved and extended.

This means that solutions can be built, tested and proven in the live context, which, supported by appropriate controls and the Blue Prism methodology significantly reduces deployment timescales.

3 Operational Architecture

3.1 How is Blue Prism Deployed in the Enterprise?

Blue Prism technology is supported by a complete methodology for rapid business process development, deployment and operational support, a whole business process cycle within the same environment.

Figure 2.1 – Blue Prism Operational Architecture

The above figure illustrates the architectural components of an Enterprise Blue Prism deployment with all of the facets to support governance, security and control whilst implementing the inherent flexibility to support operational agility and self-service.

Monitoring and Referrals

Technical service monitoring and business owned referral management for work items that require further, manual steps

Operational Methodology

A complete methodology for best practice Blue Prism implementations, including analysis, design, development and implementation

IT Governance

The rules that underpin “best practice” in terms of process selection, change management and release procedures

Operational Configuration

Ownership of the Blue Prism product for configuration, testing and execution

Roles & Responsibilities

Clear, devolved roles within the methodology for managing and implementing the different facets of on-going agility

Security

Product, infrastructure and methodology functions that support a secure and compliant implementation

Support and Hosting

A resilient, scalable infrastructure that supports rapid deployment and expansion based on business need

3.2 Supporting Business Driven Process Automation

In order to effectively and robustly support a business configured process automation capability, the Blue Prism platform has been designed to be configured by the business, within the guardrails of an IT governed implementation architecture.

At the heart of the solution is a true shared service, with security, audit, hosting and failover strategy devolved to IT and configuration, monitoring and reporting held within business operations.

IT Governance Requirements Operational Governance Requirements

Secure, scalable and resilient enterprise architecture No change to existing applications, No new data

Robust error handling and exception reporting without service interruption

Centralised and extensible component registry

Integrated and centralised system admin and support model Enforced component model demanding re-use of procedural definitions

IT governed security, audit and alerting model with a low resource profile Clear procedures and functions for adapting to underlying system change

No overlap with existing projects, technologies and platforms Managed, controlled and visible mechanisms for process change

Blue Prism technology is proven in allowing organisations to master change, test operational strategies, respond to initiatives, respond to competitive and regulatory pressures and tackle long standing issues within a robust, re-useable, secure and supportable infrastructure.

4 Blue Prism – Enterprise Strength Technology

When tackling the long tail of automation, a key consideration is speed to delivery. Blue Prism enables users to:

• Rapidly build, test and deploy new components from existing applications using a simple drag and drop process flowchart interface

• Preserve data integrity by leveraging the existing application context

• Reuse existing application validation without deep understanding and re-engineering

• Streamline data evaluation and manipulation with simplified data types

By creating re-useable components that leverage existing data representation, process validation and access privilege, the integrity of business rules and application data can be preserved and extended rapidly without requiring in-depth knowledge of the application architecture.

4.1 How Blue Prism Meets Enterprise Requirements

Blue Prism provides the most demanding clients with the flexibility, scalability and governance requirements demanded of a strategic application. The combination of a strong platform with best-practice methodology enables organisations to extend the reach of technology further and faster than ever before.

Blue Prism Provides… Benefit

Enterprise-class, “Agility Platform”

Engenders a centrally managed platform for meeting agile requirements - couples enterprise strength technologies and methodologies to enable rapid configuration of existing IT assets into rapidly assembled business process scenarios

Business agility with IT adoption and support

Governance and compliance considerations are delivered across the platform allowing the business to implement agile solutions and leverage the benefits of IT infrastructure without requiring extensive resources and support

Rapid deployment methodology

Processes can be quickly assembled to meet urgent or tactical requirements. Object and Process hierarchies build an extensive library of business components, which can be used and re-used across changing business scenarios.

Non-invasive technology

Application development, SOA and APIs are not required. Blue Prism technology allows existing applications to be modelled and retrospectively componentised without knowledge of or access to underlying data or code structures by wrapping the presentation layer in a robust, reusable service.

Process-based architecture

Architecture is driven by the business process as the leading requirement.

Applications are modelled and componentised on an “as needed” basis, building a library based on immediate requirement, responding to current demand.

Secure, centralised solution

Processes and components are managed and controlled centrally around a server based architecture, with object oriented principles used to avoid duplication of effort and bring the advantages of object inheritance to business scenarios.

Scheduler

Business processes can be scheduled to run at varying intervals and periods and can be initiated automatically across the peer-to-peer resource network.

Referral Handling

Sophisticated process capability for dealing with unexpected scenarios, allowing specific remedies to be applied or business referrals created.

Workflow Queues

Workload strategies to manage, share, work and report caseloads in a robust framework

5 Product Architecture - Configuration

At the core of the Blue Prism operational architecture is the v4.2 product, available in both cloud and self-hosted configurations, with a centralised server architecture providing components to support an enterprise implementation.

The configuration of Blue Prism processes involves the use of four key software elements:

Object Studio Enables the business users or IT professional to create re-useable Blue Prism Objects as the building blocks for the business process using existing systems and procedures by modelling existing applications and “training” Blue Prism as a robotic user.

Process Studio Enables the business or IT to design, build, edit and test processes, constructed from reusable Blue Prism objects

Control Room Enables the business or IT services to schedule, run and manage processes.

Release Manager Streamlines and automates release and change management functions within the Blue Prism platform

5.1 Object Studio - Application Modelling

Object Studio is the design canvas where the Blue Prism “robot” is “trained” to perform the basic system tasks that form the building blocks of processes. The target desktop application is rapidly modelled and verified through the presentation layer, which provides a library of elements with which to work.

Any application type can be modelled by exploring and highlighting the presentation layer, building a hierarchy of screens and controls which provide an easily maintained library of system elements.

Designers then encapsulate user’s discrete interactions with the system as “Blue Prism actions”, describing reading data, updating fields, validating information, handling “edge cases” and orchestrating the system, actions which can then be re-used within the process layer.

Blue Prism is also supplied with a number of built in business objects, providing off the shelf functionality for functions such as Microsoft Office automation, e-mail automation, encryption and credential management.

5.2 Process Studio - Business Process Configuration

As the library of business objects is built, the actions can be sequenced and controlled in the upper tier of the Blue Prism hierarchy, the Process layer.

Process Studio has a similar interface to Object Studio, and allows business logic, control loops, variables and object calls to be sequenced and tested in a visible business flow.

Blue Prism processes are similar to software procedures – they can call objects and processes, in order to drive applications, automate rules based processes and business logic.

This highly flexible, re-useable model enables processes to be rapidly configured using ready-made and tested business logic and validation rules, with parameterisation used to change the behaviour or control the implementation in context.

Designing a new process using Process Studio is simple yet powerful. Using the components provided within the product, complex business processes can be rapidly automated.

5.3 Control Room

The Blue Prism Control Room interface enables Blue Prism platform administrators to monitor and review the status of the inter-connected runtime resources in the production environment.

The interface also facilitates manual starting and stopping of processes, automated process schedule configuration and provides detailed Management Information and drill downs into Blue Prism work queues.

5.4 Release Manager

Blue Prism best practice incorporates a number of staging environments within any given implementation, to include development, test and production.

In order to effectively package objects, processes, schedules, work queues and other dependencies, the Release Manager component allows administrators to move inter- dependent modules of configurations between environments using a repeatable release pattern.

6 Product Architecture – Runtime

The flexibility, adaptability and rapid deployment model afforded by Blue Prism solutions are wrapped by a number of layers of control technology. This underpins a robust enterprise methodology for deployment, spanning process control, execution control and change control, as well as the disciplines around business goals and ROI.

Blue Prism is deployed using a grid based virtualised runtime and control methodology, where lightweight Blue Prism resources are interconnected within the data centre through a series of Blue Prism server components to a back end database. This architecture enables a rapid and straightforward expansion of the deployment, and facilitates rapid scalability to deal with peaks in demand and unexpected events.

In addition to this scalability, a number of enterprise strength capabilities reinforce the maturity of the platform:

Monitoring and Referrals

Blue Prism monitoring refers to both maintaining a high availability of the technical aspects of the platform, and also to the process of referring work items to business units for further processing. Blue Prism processes have a full exception management capability which allows system exceptions and process referrals (eg items which require a human review) to be routed automatically to designated processing or technical support teams.

System Monitoring

Blue Prism resources and server components are fully integrated with Microsoft Windows event logging and monitoring solutions in order to allow seamless integration into existing IT support infrastructure and procedures.

Queue Management

Work Queues are used in processes which need to examine cases one by one from a shared list and they facilitate the load-balancing of items across the Blue Prism infrastructure. Typical examples include processing financial transactions from a feed, or migrating customer data from one system to another in a sequential fashion (eg customer by customer).

Blue Prism has integrated support for work queues, and securely encrypts and stores the contents of each queue on a Blue Prism enterprise server. This provides the capability for a number of resources to share a work queue, for individual case locking and reporting to be implemented, and also for the provision of detailed MI regarding unit time, exception rates, case priorities and the pausing and resumption of any work queue.

Web Service Support

Blue Prism can also be used to invoke existing web services - the URL of the Web Service definition is stored within the system and Blue Prism is able to use the WSDL to present the service as a Blue Prism object within Object Studio and Process Studio.

RPC/Literal, RPC/Encoded and Document/Literal based web services are supported, and Blue Prism can support both complex and simple data-types using mappings to Blue Prism data items and collections (which support nesting)

Advanced Scheduler

Underpinned by the request broker architecture, the process scheduler builds on the concept of resource pools in order to group resource PCs into schedule enabled machines.

Any number of schedule pools can be created, within which a series of schedules can then be set up by the administrator.

Security

The Blue Prism platform has been designed to meet the most demanding of security requirements. It captures all configuration changes by user and supports full enterprise audit and system management disciplines.

7 The Blue Prism way of working

7.1 Blue Prism University

The Blue Prism robotic automation platform is a sophisticated SW product with associated methodologies and operating models for all aspects of the adoption life-cycle from development through to deployment and on-going operational support. The Blue Prism technology is only one component of an effective operational agility program and Blue Prism University is designed to equip and support organisations with best practice operating models and methodologies to design, build and roll out an effective program. More details on all aspects of the University and Blue Prism’s life cycle methodologies can be found at our website www.blueprism.com

One component of the University is the Developer Accreditation Program. Using a combination of eLearning, classroom learning and mentoring by experienced Blue Prism consultants, developers new to Blue Prism can quickly acquire the necessary skills and experience to deliver professional Blue Prism solutions.

Continually guided and supported by Blue Prism, trainees are escorted through a methodical and controlled accreditation programme at a pace and path suited their individual requirements.

Following accreditation, on-going education is provided online via the Blue Prism Portal. Blue Prism users can benefit from high quality eLearning courses to refresh their skills, learn about more advanced or complex subjects or get up to speed with functionality in the latest release.

8 Summary

Blue Prism’s Robotic Automation software enables business operations to be agile and cost effective through rapid automation of manual, rules based, back office administrative processes, reducing cost and improving accuracy by creating a "virtual workforce" to deliver dynamic and rapidly scalable workload capacity.

The virtual workforce is built by the operational teams themselves using the "self-service" robotic automation technology from Blue Prism to rapidly build and deploy their own process automations through leveraging the presentation layer of existing enterprise applications. Critically, the automations are built by the business but are fully managed within an IT governed framework.

Blue Prism's proven technology plays a key role in enabling organisations to rapidly respond to business change through agile back office operations. Forrester Research has recently identified the "mega trend" of "Empowered Business Technology" and Blue Prism is one of the first examples of EBT in action.

Based in the UK, with offices in London and Manchester, Blue Prism was formed by a group of process automation experts in 2001. The company currently operates in the Financial Services, Energy, Telco, BPO and Healthcare sectors.

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Murex Ranked 1 Treasury Capital Markets Solution

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 11 Nov 2017 12:12:00 +0000

Murex, a global leader in trading, risk management and processing solutions, has been recognized by IBS Intelligence as the top selling treasury and capital markets solution of 2016. In addition to topping the ranking, Murex has been included in the new IBS Leadership Club thanks to the impressive sales figures for the MX.3 platform. MX.3 also placed prominently in the IBS Risk Management Systems table.

The annual Sales League Table ranking is based on the number of new client wins in 2016. Murex topped this year’s ranking, with fifteen new clients signed in the treasury and capital markets category. As part of the SLT survey, IBS recorded a 44% investment increase in treasury applications for 2016. Over the past three years, the total number of deals in the wholesale treasury and capital category hovered around 50. However, in 2016, perhaps driven by increasingly complex regulatory requirements, the number of new client signatures increased significantly to 75.

“In a highly competitive market, it is very rewarding to see MX.3 positioned as the technology vendor of choice for financial institutions” said Philippe Helou, Co-founder and Managing Partner at Murex. “We believe that the signing of a new deal marks the start of a strong partnership. Murex is committed to delivering successful projects around the globe and working closely with clients to help them achieve their business objectives.”

This is the first year that Murex has led the category, highlighting how our vision and product strategy is resonating with the market. The IBS Sales League Table caps off a stream of recent award wins for Murex, including a leading position in the 2016 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Trading Platforms, and Market Risk Technology Vendor of the Year in the 2017 Risk Awards.

About Murex (www.murex.com)

For more than 30 years, Murex has been providing enterprise-wide, cross-asset financial technology solutions to capital markets players. Its cross-function platform, MX.3, supports trading, treasury, risk and post-trade operations, enabling clients to better meet regulatory requirements, manage enterprise-wide risk, and control IT costs. With more than 45,000 daily users in 65 countries, Murex has clients in many sectors, from banking and asset management to energy and commodities.

Murex is an independent company with over 2,000 employees across 17 countries. Murex is committed to providing cutting-edge technology, superior customer service, and unique product innovation.

Article Source : Business Wire

ORACLE OAF Training

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 04:30:00 +0000

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noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 09:17:00 +0000

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Oracle HCM Software Review

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 04:30:00 +0000

Oracle Fusion HCM Strengths and Weaknesses

Competitive positioning in the Human Capital Management and HR software industry is highlighted with the following strengths and weaknesses:

Oracle Fusion HCM Strengths

As the largest enterprise software competitor within the HR software space, Oracle has a brand weight that fuels both long-term viability and customer attraction—making the solution difficult to dismiss in any HCM software selection process.

Oracle Fusion expands customer choice by offering more options when it comes to HR software deployment—by giving the customer the choice to deploy the HR and payroll software on-premise, hosted by Oracle or hosted by a third party data center or public network. This empowers customers to choose the deployment model that best meets their business objectives, uptime requirements, security considerations, internal controls or service level agreement goals.

One of the newer products for Fusion, Network at Work, shows incredible promise for its internal (behind the firewall) networking and collaboration capabilities.

Oracle Fusion HCM software has native Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics embedded into HCM processes—providing accessible decision support in real-time and as part of the user experience.

With 6-month new release intervals, the Oracle Fusion HCM solution capitalizes on SaaS provisioning in terms of pace and frequency of continued innovation.

Oracle's offerings provide some of the best enterprise information security in the HCM software industry; thanks in large part to Oracle's database beginnings which allow for granular security (including encryption at column/row or full table depth), as well as an IT infrastructure for hosting that is best-in-class.

Per Gartner research, the "hybrid approach" (of mixed on-premise and cloud solutions) that Oracle Fusion applications deliver are reflective of what the HR software market desires for the foreseeable future.

Several of the modules within the Oracle Fusion HCM software suite provide best-of-breed functionality, including Talent Review and the Global Human Resources module's self-service.

International Support for the Oracle Fusion HCM software is impressive and represents a solid solution for those organizations looking to deploy HCM software, especially in emerging markets.

Oracle Fusion HCM Weaknesses

A distinct problem with several "core" HRMS software vendors (most notably Workday), Oracle Fusion does not provide Recruitment (though from an integration perspective EBS does have iRecruitment) or Learning functionality—an interesting but true phenomenon given the fact that "talent management" is offered.
Oracle Fusion applications have taken an inordinate amount of time to come to market and as such have created both confusion and some disdain over the Oracle offering—creating an unfortunate storm of negative press for both the application(s) as well as the company. Further, although Fusion has been in the development pipeline for 5+ years, the system itself is brand new to customers. Aside from the implications of first version software such as bugs needing to be fixed and early adopter issues ironed out, the newness of the system also adversely impacts the ecosystem (of 3rd-party solutions) countless customers rely on.
As cited by numerous analysts and customers, communicating with Oracle is an arduous process. Add to that the fact that the company provides little information proactively to decision-makers, and fiercely guards any information regarding their products, and a perfect storm of secrecy and distrust has been unnecessarily created. This doesn't bode well for the groundswell movement of social customers who demand access, information and transparency with their suppliers.
Customers looking for on-premise software deployment of Fusion HCM should be aware of increasing IT infrastructure requirements, such as the physical memory needed for installment of the software of approximately 128GB (prior to data uploads)—a sizeable amount given the fact that only a fraction of that amount of RAM is needed for Oracle's EBS.
While current Oracle customers do have the ability to run a hybrid deployment approach (through deploying some Fusion functionality but not all), upgrades to specific EBS and PeopleSoft releases (i.e. at least EBS 12.1 and PeopleSoft 8.9) are necessary in order to make that coexistence possible—meaning paying both upgrade and implementation costs.
The aforementioned coexistence strategy is not available with all EBS and PeopleSoft applications and current support for JD Edwards is extremely limited.
Oracle's Fusion HCM software has yet to attract the attention of organizations with 10K+ employees, a distinct issue for any company within that market segment looking to benefit from a robust large-enterprise ecosystem.

Original Post @ HRLab

Authorized Blue Prism Training Partner - Symphony

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 02 Nov 2017 12:27:00 +0000

Symphony Ventures, the world leader in enterprise digital transformation, today announced it has been certified as a global training partner of Blue Prism. As the largest robotic process automation (RPA) pureplay specialist, Symphony is deeply experienced at training and developing best-in-class Blue Prism design and configuration talent, and uniquely qualified to help enterprises nurture their own RPA consultants to excel as members of in-house RPA Centers of Excellence.

Symphony becomes the only authorized Blue Prism training partner who is also an accredited delivery partner. No other training partner can claim the same global scale, depth of expertise as both practitioners and training providers, and vertical-agnostic breadth. Symphony’s Blue Prism training services add to its extensive history building scalable RPA capabilities and delivering superior deployments for its global clientele.

On June 6, the company was awarded Best Practice and Implementation Partner of North America and Latin America at Blue Prism World in New York. Symphony was selected among its peers for its outstanding and innovative use of Blue Prism’s RPA software to deliver transformational change and business benefit by a panel of industry judges that included third-party analysts, scholars and consultants.

Already, Symphony has enabled dozens of customers to deploy digital workforces powered by Blue Prism, automating millions of seamless transactions. Now with new on-site and virtual training solutions, customers can benefit from Symphony’s expertise in multiple ways.

“We’ve seen our dedication to the training process pay off through our consultants’ perfect track record of passing the Blue Prism accreditation exams on the first attempt,” said David Brain, co-founder and COO, Symphony Ventures, “and we are very confident in our continued ability to similarly train our clients. We are constantly re-evaluating our internal training processes to ensure we are cultivating best-of-breed RPA consultants.”

Neil Wright, director of professional services at Blue Prism, added, “The team at Symphony Ventures knows our technology inside and out, and has some of the most qualified individuals in the world training organizations on our RPA technology. ”

Symphony Ventures is sought after by global organizations not only for its training capabilities, but for more broadly optimizing “Future of Work” technologies including RPA, artificial intelligence, impact sourcing and other inspired delivery models. For more information, visit the services page.

Article Source : SymphonyHQ

SAP HANA Training

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 06:05:00 +0000

SAP HANA is a fast evolving its level of importance and product to SAP customers will continue to increase exponentially over the next several years. SAP HANA combined with mobility and SAP HANA is an in-memory platform for processing high volumes of data in real-time. HANA’s columnar-based data store is ACID supports and compliant standards multi-dimensional expressions (MDX) and structured query language (SQL).

SAP HANA Training Course Curriculum

Introduction
HANA Architecture
HANA Studio
Transformations
Data Provisioning
SAP BODS and HANA
SAP HANA Modeling
HANA Reporting
SAP HANA User Management

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SAP Business Warehouse Training

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 06:04:00 +0000

Business Warehouse, earlier known as Business Information Warehouse is a comprehensive and packaged Business Intelligence product optimized for SAP R/3 environment around a data warehouse. SAP BW distributes Analysis, Interpretation and Reporting of business data to optimize and facilitate the organizations to meet the necessity and to take crucial business decisions. SAP BW enables OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) for resolving the information from huge amount of historical and operative data. SAP BW training makes you understand the business warehousing concepts right from the scratch to the advanced levels.

SAP BW Course Objectives

SAP BW enables Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) to format the information of large amounts of operative and historical data. OLAP technology activates the multi-dimensional analyses according to various business perspectives. The SAP BW System is an enterprise wide information hub, which allows you to analyze data from R/3 and non-R/3 application and present it in an Excel-Based user interface.

Learn about InfoObject and InfoCube in SAP
The Data transfer process in SAP BI
SAP R/3, BW and ECC Introduction
Data store objects functionality
Access and combine data fast and accurately
Learn LO-Cockpit description and Data Sources
Evaluate data from R/3 and non R/3 applications
Business Explorer web application and query
Improve your data mining skills for maximum insight
Using BEx Analyzer for Restrictions and Exceptions
Deliver flawless, cleaner, and more tangible reports
SAP BW Performance Tuning Techniques

SAP BW Training Curriculum

SAP Introduction
SAP Case Study SAP Data warehousing
SAP BW/BI IntroductionIntroduction to SAP BW/BI, History of SAP BW/BI, Necessity of SAP BW/BI
SAP BW/BI Architecture
SAP BW Data Modeling
SAP BW Data Extraction
SAP BW Data Loading & Scheduling
BW Data Reporting
SAP BW Miscellaneous Topics
SAP BW Real Time/Project Scenarios
SAP BW Clients & Projects Discussions
Importance of SAP BW Projects in Market
SAP BW Data Transportation
SAP BW Performance Tuning Techniques
SAP Interview Perspective Discussions
SAP Knowledge Sharing Sessions

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Microsoft SCCM Training

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 06:02:00 +0000

SCCM Training – The Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) helps administrators manage large groups of Windows-based computer systems. SCCM allows campus administrators to provide their users with operating systems, applications, and updates.

With System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager, you can manage PCs and servers, keeping software up-to-date, setting configuration and security policies, and monitoring system status while giving your employees access to corporate applications on the devices that they choose.

Through integration with Microsoft In tune, you can extend your existing System Center Configuration Manager infrastructure to manage corporate-connected PCs, Macs and Unix/Linux servers along with cloud-based mobile devices running Windows, Windows Phone, iOS, and Android, all from a single management console.

SCCM training offers a comprehensive learning solution to assess, deploy and update enterprise servers, client servers and devices.

Course Objectives:

After completion of this SCCM training course, you will be able to :

Understand the new features and functionalities of SCCM 2012
Utilize System Center Configuration Manager Console and its associated toolset for managing and troubleshooting sites
Implement boundaries and role based administration, and manage device and user collections
Understand and configure client deployment methods and processes
Deploy applications and software updates
Configure clients and monitor client status
Understand the inventory collection process to Install and manage software & hardware inventory while monitoring inventory data flow
Integrate and deploy Endpoint Protection
Create queries and get reports to analyze data
Implement data replication and content management
Configure and manage internet, mobile devices and cloud based client

SCCM Training Course Curriculum:

Overview Of System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager
Planning And Deploying A Stand-Alone Primary Site
Discovering And Organizing Resources
Managing The Configuration Manager Client Agent
Managing Inventory And Software Metering
Querying And Reporting Data
Managing Software Deployments By Using Packages And Programs
Creating And Deploying Applications

Deploying And Managing Software Updates
Implementing Endpoint Protection By Using System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager
Managing Operating System Deployment
Managing Compliance Settings And Profiles
Mobile Device Management Using System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager
Configuring Wake On LAN, Power Management, And Remote Control
Maintaining And Monitoring System Center 2012 Configuration Manager

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Maximo Training

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 06:00:00 +0000

IBM Maximo Asset Management is an enterprise asset management (EAM) software solution product produced by IBM. It is a solution which is used to operate, maintain and dispose of enterprise assets.

Maximo Course objectives

Understand the database structure used by Maximo.
Maximo business processes
Learn about Modifying Error Logging and system properties.
Integration implementation and troubleshooting.
Develop workflows, escalations, Query Based Reports and administer reports.
Modifying Application Server and its services.
Managing Users and Security.
Migration of Data to Different Maximo Environments.
End-user Maximo usage

Maximo Training Curriculum

IBM Maximo Asset Management Overview

Core Data Setup and Configuration
Item and Asset Planning and Setup
Procurement
Work Management

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Blue Prism | Live Training

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 05:00:00 +0000

Blue Prism is a set of tools, libraries, and run-time environments for RPA. Blue Prism has built-in support for connecting business objects to various kinds of application user interfaces, including browser-based HTML interfaces, Windows interfaces, mainframe applications accessed via terminals, and interfaces built using Java. The Blue Prism technology is intended to be used by IT people and business people working together. IT must be involved originally to set things up and configure deployments. Blue Prism training in Tekslate makes an aspirant learn all the concepts right from the basics to the advanced levels of Blue Prism technology.

Blue Prism Training Curriculum:

Introduction
Process Studio
Process Flow
Inputs And Outputs
Business Objects
Object Studio
Overview Of Error Case And Management
Case Management
Additional Features
Consolidation Exercise
Advanced Features
Further Application Types
Benefits To Our Global Learners

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Hyperion Financial Management | Live Training

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 04:54:00 +0000

Hyperion Financial Management Training, Hyperion is a Business Intelligence [BI] and Business Performance Management [BPM] tool for Operational and Strategic Planning. Oracle Hyperion Financial Management is a comprehensive, Web-based application that delivers global financial consolidation, reporting and analysis in a single, highly scalable software solution. Oracle Hyperion Financial Management utilizes today’s most advanced technology, yet is built to be owned and maintained by the enterprise’s finance team.

Course Objectives

Enter and calculate data
Create journal entries
Enter intercompany data
Consolidate data
Translate data
Analyze and enter data in Smartview
Create reports in Financial Reporting
Navigate Financial Management

Hyperion Financial Management Curriculum:

Architecture
Managing Applications
Managing Metadata
Application Security
Managing Data Forms
Using Data Grids On Web
Managing Data
Consolidating Data
Consolidation Options
Using Journals
Managing Inter Company Transactions
Using Smart View
Managing Member Lists
Basics Of Rules
Managing Process Management
Hyperion Financial Reporting Basics
Migration And LCM

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Manual Testing and QTP | Live Training

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 04:46:00 +0000

QTP is a UI computerization structure planned mostly for Windows and Web-based applications. It works by distinguishing the items in the application UI or a site page and playing out the coveted operations on them (like mouse snaps or console occasions); it can likewise be utilized to catch protest properties like name or handler ID and so on. A standout amongst the most vital subjects in QTP is Object Identification.QTP utilizes a scripting language based over VBScript to determine the test technique, and to control the articles and controls of the application under test.

Despite the fact that QTP is typically utilized for “UI Based” Test Case Automation, it can undoubtedly deal with “Non-UI” based Test Cases. (e.g. Programming interface, Database Testing, and so forth.)

Course Objectives:

Quick Test Professional is a functional test automation tool.

It uses VB scripting as a programming language.
It is a commercial, object based and supports technologies such as Web, Java .Net, SAP, Oracle, Siebel, PeopleSoft, Web Services, etc.
It is the perfect software that paves the path for successful automation projects and their delivery.
Using QTP tests can be created, debugged, finalized, executed (any number of times) etc.
Integrates with Test Management tools to make the overall testing process easier
It also lets the testers have the flexibility in terms of the way it supports various automation frameworks like Keyword driven, data driven or any other custom frameworks
Provides a lot of scope for modularity and reusability which are very important for an automation project’s success
Test scripts can be created easily by novices and experts. Experts often use descriptive programming to avoid the dependency on AUT’s availability.

QTP Course Curriculum:

Automation Testing
Introduction To QTP 11.00
Working With Test Objects And Object Repositories
User Defined Functions
VB Script Language Overview
Advanced VB Scripting
Working With Test Object And Object Repositories
Synchronization
Checkpoints
Transactions
Working With Actions
Developing Data Driven Tests
Regular Expressions
Debugging
Recovery Scenarios
Descriptive Programming
Virtual Objects
Working With WebTables AOM Scripts
API Programming
Scripting In Real-Time Environment
Automation Frameworks
Working With Quality Center
Database Verification
Run-Time Error Handling
Additional Coverage

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SIEBEL CRM Online Training

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 12:07:00 +0000

SIEBEL CRM Training Concepts Using Siebel CRM Introducing Siebel Applications, Using the Siebel Web Client, Working with Siebel Data, Access Control and Organization.

SIEBEL CRM Training Concepts

Using Siebel CRM

Introducing Siebel Applications, Using the Siebel Web Client, Working with Siebel Data, Access Control and Organization Setup, Responsibilities and Views, Users, Positions, and Organizations, Controlling Access to Customer Data, Catalogs and Master Data, Physical Architecture and Management, The Siebel Web Architecture, Server Components and Parameters, Server Management, Siebel Client Types

Installation and Security

Securing Access to the Application, Installing Siebel Applications, Siebel Application Architecture, Siebel Application Architecture, Using Siebel Tools to Examine Object Definitions, The Siebel Data Model, Siebel Business Components, Siebel Party Business Components, Siebel Business Objects, Configuration Strategy, The Configuration Process.

Application Configuration

Managing Object Definitions, Editing and Compiling Object Definitions, UI Layer Configuration: Web Templates, UI Layer Configuration: Applets, UI Layer Configuration: Applications, Screens, and Views, UI Layer Configuration: Drilldowns, Business Layer Configuration: Joins, Business Layer Configuration: Existing Business Components and Fields, Business Layer Configuration: New Business Components and Fields, Business Layer Configuration: Picklists, Configuring Multi-Value Groups, Data Layer Configuration.

Siebel Workflow

Siebel Business Services, Building Siebel Workflow Processes, Testing and Deploying Workflow Processes, Executing Workflow Processes, Using Workflow Policies, Configuring Business Logic
Siebel Task UI, Task UI: Creating a Task, Transient Business Components and Branching, Siebel Business Rules, Creating Business Rules, Introducing Siebel Assignment Manager, Creating Assignment Rules, Tailoring Assignment Manager Behaviour, Invoking Siebel Assignment Manager, State Models.

Data Loads

Introducing Enterprise Integration Manager, Creating Data Maps, Running Enterprise Integration Manager, Application Deployment, Introducing Application Deployment Manager, Deploying Application Customisation.

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Oracle Application Framework

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 11:24:00 +0000

Oracle Application Framework (OAF) is an architecture for creating web based front end pages and J2EE type of applications within the Oracle EBS ERP platform.Oracle Application Framework is the development and deployment platform developed by Oracle to develop the Oracle E-Business Suite “Self-Service” or HTML based Applications.
OA Framework, is based on the industry-standard Model-View-Controller(MVC) design pattern and can be used to develop extensions to existing E-Business Suite functionality. Oracle Application (OA) enables you to personalize the layout of the user interface and the content it displays to suit your business needs. Oracle’s JDeveloper tool with an Oracle Applications extension is used for development for the Oracle Applications Framework and uses Java & XML languages for the same.
Oracle Application Framework (OA Framework or OAF) is a framework developed by Oracle Corporation for application development within the Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS)
Oracle Application Framework (OAF) provides visual and declarative approaches to Java EE development. The OA framework is also available to customers for personalization’s, customizations and custom-application development.
– The OA Framework helps to create self Service pages in Oracle EBS.
– The OA Framework helps in controlling the flow of the application.
– OA Framework works on the basic Java EE principles.
– To Learn OAF you must know the Basics of Java like Core Java.
– User Interface is Very Interactive in OAF
– OA Framework contains inbuilt security
– We can view OA Framework pages in mobile phones too which contains Internet browsing feature
– OA Framework is J2EE based but it also supports various standards like HTML, XML, SQL, JSP.
OA Framework is based on J2EE technology called BC4J (Business Components for Java)
The OA Framework is a Model-view-controller (MVC) framework built using J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) technologies.

Oracle Application Framework Components
The MVC architecture is a component-based design pattern with clean interfaces between the Model, View, and Controller.
The Model is where the application implements its business logic. All the BC4J components in OAF comes under Model like AM (Application Module), VO (View Object), EO (Entity Object), VL (View Link) & AO (Association Object).
– EO(Entity Objects)
Entity Object is based on database table or other data source.Entity Object contains attributes which represent database columns.All insert/update/delete (DML Operations) transactions go through EO to database.
– VO
View Objects are based on EO or SQL Query which is again based on EO Objects
Two types
1. SQL based
2. EO based
Basically VO is synonymous to views used in PLSQL Programming they are used for joining tables, filtering based on conditions and sorting the data. Entity Objects can be based on any number of
EO and provide access to EO.
– Application Module
Its a container for VO. Once you create a Application Module you need to associate the corresponding VO to the Application Modules. Access to the VO is always provided through the Application Module.
Every Page in OAF Framework need to be associated with a AM.
The View is where the application implements its user interface. View means the UI (User Interface) that is visible to the Users.
The Controller is where the application handles user interaction and directs business flow. Controller is a simple java class file that contains methods for initial page request and post back request.
When user clicks a button, or performs certain action what responses should be triggered is coded in the Controller. All the responses to User actions, Application Flow is coded into the Controller. m
Model objects like EO and VO can’t be accessed directly from the Controller Class, except AM.
Some common methods that controller has
1. ProcessRequest: Fires when OAF page loads for the first time
2. ProcessFormRequest: Fires when user submits the page.

Oracle Application Framework UsesThe necessary to use OAF in Oracle applications is Integration, Security, and Customization.
Integration: Registration of Forms is easy.
Security: Flexibility reasons if we are using third party we don’t know when it is going to fail.
Customization: If we are integrating with third party customization is tough where as using OAF customization is little bit easier when comparing to Other Third party customization.

OAF Advantages & DisadvantagesThe advantages of OAF are:1) End user Productivity
2) Enterprise Grade Performance and Scalability
3) Highly extensible Architecture
4) Browser Look and Feel of all the pages in application.
5) Open Standards such as XML, HTML, Java, JSP, SQL, and Web Services.
6) Application Customizability.
7) Developer Productivity.
The disadvantages of OAF are:1) Cannot see the layout at design time.
2) OAF Pages are integrated / compatible only with the Oracle Apps.
3) Drag and Drop options are not available.
4) More R&D is required to design a form layout which is time consuming.

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Structure of OAF
SPEL in OAF
Creating First OAF Page In Project
Difference Between OAF and Oracle Forms
MD-50 of Sample Project in OAF
OAF Interview Questions & Answers
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