The Rule of Thirds

The Ministry of Defence is struggling to reconcile a range of complex warehousing systems with financial databases, it has emerged.

via Ministry of Defence can’t reconcile inventory and financial systems – ComputerworldUK.com.

A High Court judge has rejected the majority of a preliminary appeal by Accenture aimed at blocking a £182 million lawsuit by British Gas over a troubled SAP-based customer system implementation. The case will go to trial.

via British Gas defeats majority of Accenture appeal – ComputerworldUK.com.

Swiss Re has renewed a business process outsourcing deal with CSC until 2020.

via Swiss Re renews BPO until 2020 – ComputerworldUK.com.

While vendors tout multiple benefits for Unified Communications UC, many IT managers struggle to apply vendor claims for benefits to their own company business processes when considering UC solutions.

via Blogs – Technology Blog and Community from IT Experts – ComputerworldUK.com.

Forrester Wave for HRMS 2008 (Mid-size and Enterprise)

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Forrester evaluated 19 leading customer relationship management (CRM) suite solutions against 516 criteria reflecting the requirements of midsized organizations.

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Project ranking is at the heart of project portfolio management PPM. A good project portfolio ranking system should not only make the job much easier and faster, but also yield a superior result over doing it manually or with simple spreadsheets.

via Project Ranking: The Heart of Project Portfolio Management.

Google has updated its awesome RSS reader with new social networking features similar to those found on Facebook. Now, when you come across an article you particularly enjoy, you can “like” it, adding a smiley face icon beneath the piece’s title. Your choice appears publicly, meaning anyone who also subscribes to that feed can experience your bliss, click on your name, and view your Google Profile.

via Google Reader Gets Facebooked, Adds Social Networking – CIO.com.

New Release of Oracle Service Bus 11g, a Key Component of Oracle SOA Suite 11g, Improves Performance and Scalability of SOA and Cloud Environments

via Oracle Announces Update to Oracle SOA Suite 11g.

Oracle Internet Directory 11g (11.1.1.2) Certified on Eight New Platforms for EBS (Oracle E-Business Suite Technology).

Oracle Single Sign-On (SSO) and Oracle Internet Directory (OID) 10g 10.1.4.3 are now certified with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i and 12. Existing Apps environments integrated with earlier version of SSO and OID can be upgraded to the 10.1.4.3 Patch Set. Customers on Single Sign-On and Oracle Internet Directory 10.1.2.0.2 must first upgrade to 10.1.4.0.1 before applying the 10.1.4.3 Patch Set. If you’ve already upgraded your SSO and OID components to 10.1.4.2, you may apply the 10.1.4.3 Patch Set directly.

via Oracle Single Sign-On and Oracle Internet Directory 10g 10.1.4.3 Certified With EBS 11i and R12 (Oracle E-Business Suite Technology).

Oracle Single Sign-On (SSO) and Oracle Internet Directory (OID) 10g 10.1.4.3 are now certified with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i and 12. Existing Apps environments integrated with earlier version of SSO and OID can be upgraded to the 10.1.4.3 Patch Set. Customers on Single Sign-On and Oracle Internet Directory 10.1.2.0.2 must first upgrade to 10.1.4.0.1 before applying the 10.1.4.3 Patch Set. If you’ve already upgraded your SSO and OID components to 10.1.4.2, you may apply the 10.1.4.3 Patch Set directly.

via Oracle Single Sign-On and Oracle Internet Directory 10g 10.1.4.3 Certified With EBS 11i and R12 (Oracle E-Business Suite Technology).

Here are some of the new feature of General Ledger in R12.

via R12 – Oracle General Ledger – New and enhanced features | OracleApps Epicenter.

Oracle Access Manager 10gR3 (10.1.4.3) is now certified for use with E-Business Suite Releases 11.5.10 and 12.1, using the new component, Oracle E-Business Suite AccessGate. For information on how to obtain, install, and configure this new component

via Oracle Access Manager 10gR3 Certified with E-Business Suite (Oracle E-Business Suite Technology).