Oracle OpenWorld 2011 is now history, a 40,000 person strong testament to the global sweep of Oracle technology. Here is a quite good collection of OOW11 PeopleSoft related reviews…

In “For Bloomberg, Waste Mars Another Digital Project” (September 23, 2011) David M. Halbfinger looks back on the New York City Automated Personnel System (NYCAPS) project started a decade or more ago, adding up the costs incurred so far…

The wisdom of duels: Larry vs. Larry There is a certain wisdom to be gleaned from dueling. America’s history is filled with many famous duels, a slow stepping off of paces, usually ten but sometimes more and sometimes less, an eventual turning to face the other’s weapon, and a finale leaving one or the other, [...]

A while back some said that PeopleSoft’s days were numbered, on a steady decline to irrelevance, enterprise software soon to be discarded like those old cars you sometimes see as you drive America’s back roads, in the front yard, prominently displayed like yard art, up on blocks, containing more rust than sheet metal. Now it [...]

Welcome to Certain Wisdom, your new home. I trust your move was transparent, easy, and painless. This new site uses advanced technology, offers more features, and provides overall a much better user experience. I think you will like it. The primary focus of the new Certain Wisdom site will remain the same: emphasizing the importance [...]

As the upgrade season moves into full swing some may get caught up in the momentum, the excitement of new functions and new features, perhaps, leading to considerable changes in how your people do their work. It is fun, even necessary, to visualize the improvements, yet, like a baseball bat made from rotted wood, your [...]

Oracle recently announced a new name and a new price for the PeopleSoft portal, known to many as the PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal and to others as the PeopleSoft Community Portal. The new name is: PeopleSoft Applications Portal, a description that Oracle hopes will clarify this product’s role, unifier of user experience and content, facilitator of [...]