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Mobile app keeps Merit Service Solutions from getting snowed under

Merit Service Solutions' unusual business model called for an unusual mobile application. It developed a custom app, running on a back-end Oracle database, to manage its snow removal and landscaping contractors. Continue Reading
Prep now for Collaborate 2014

Collaborate 2014: SearchOracle will be on-site to cover the news, trends and technologies that are defining Oracle user challenges in 2014. Continue Reading
Oracle Cloud authors on buzzwords, misconceptions and more

Authors Madhup Gulati, Adeesh Fulay and Sudip Datta answered some questions we had about the Oracle cloud. See what they shared with us. Continue Reading
New Oracle user group president talks upgrades, customizations

Margaret Wright, the new president of the Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG), talks about her vision for the group and challenges its users face. Continue Reading
Business process management systems pushed as game changer

What is BPM and how can it help your organization? We asked the authors of the Oracle Business Process Management Suite 11g Handbook to weigh in on several hot topics. Their take? Business process management is changing the world today. Continue Reading

BPM basics: The what, why and how

Business process management (BPM) is designed to help an organization do its job better. Read this excerpt from the Oracle Business Process Management Suite 11g Handbook to learn the basics of BPM and its benefits. Continue Reading
Oracle cloud migration success starts with design

Where do you start when your organization decides to undertake a migration to the cloud? Learn what needs to be considered from an excerpt of the book Migrating to the Cloud. Continue Reading
Application software upgrades difficult for Oracle apps professionals

Application software upgrades tops the list of challenges for Oracle application professionals, according to a SearchOracle.com survey this year. Continue Reading

Data companies vie to fill spots in AWS cloud data lineup

Third-party players looking to join Amazon Web Services' cloud data lineup tout hedges against cloud lock-in. The vendors must ...

FaunaDB distributed cloud database hunts transactional NoSQL

Startup Fauna has built a "relational NoSQL" database for distributed transaction processing. Data consistency and speedy builds ...

HR makes major strides toward improving employee engagement

SearchBusinessAnalytics

5 self-service BI best practices for larger organizations

Self-service analytics programs can streamline the BI process by allowing users access to data, but scaling out to thousands of ...

Tips for creating curated data sets for self-service BI users

Data curation initiatives can help streamline BI processes by reducing the amount of time users spend locating and preparing data...

What the Tableau Hyper engine does and how it was developed

Tableau's new Hyper data engine is designed to boost processing speeds in its BI and data visualization software. Making it work ...

SearchSAP

SAP Enterprise Asset Management targets IIoT data

Manufacturers are using IIoT data they gather with the SAP Enterprise Asset Management platform to provide predictive maintenance...

Do SAP Cloud Platform integration services deliver?

SAP Cloud Platform is touted for its integration capabilities, but some think that while it's good for SAP-to-SAP, it may not be ...

SAP intelligent enterprise requires new skills from partners

SAP partners need to change their thinking if they're going to enable the 'intelligent enterprise.' That was the big message from...

SearchSQLServer

Faster R&D pace complicates SQL Server upgrades for users

Microsoft is updating SQL Server and Azure SQL Database more quickly than it did in the past -- and keeping up with the new ...

Microsoft data platform gets new cloud, on-prem features

Microsoft released a second preview of SQL Server 2019 and said users can now run applications in either on-premises SQL Server ...

5 FAQs on SQL Server containers and how to manage them

Running SQL Server in containers creates new challenges for database administrators. The answers to these questions can guide you...

TheServerSide.com

Don't contribute to the high IT project failure rate

Enterprise software development is difficult, so it's no surprise to discover there is a high IT project failure rate. Here's how...

What is the preferred developer operating system?

Does the developer operating system play a part in the SDLC equation anymore? Well, it depends on what you're programming. Mobile...

Avoid boilerplate code with this typable Spring beans tutorial

Java is always criticized for being bloated. But there are ways to minimize all the fill-in code. This Spring beans tutorial ...

SearchDataCenter

Security, staffing land atop IT's edge computing challenges

Edge computing is a new way for data center admins to process data closer to the source, but it comes with challenges around ...

Edge computing architecture helps IT support augmented reality

Augmented reality benefits greatly from reduced latency, which makes edge computing a perfect partner in the data center.

Streamline data center power usage tracking with DCIM

If you want a more in-depth picture of your data center's power consumption, explore DCIM options that provide server workload ...

SearchContentManagement

Which is the best ECM application for your business?

Examine the top commercial and open source ECM software to help you determine which product is best for your organization.

SharePoint features elevate Microsoft DMS in market

With new SharePoint features, Microsoft sets its sights on the document management space, which it has historically left to other...

Payless ShoeSource switches digital asset management tools

A new DAM tool from Cloudinary helps the shoe seller get ready for the holiday shopping rush by automating the management of ...

SearchHRSoftware

Boomerang employees drive interest in offboarding tools

Boomerang employees, workers who leave a company and later return, are leading HR departments to seek out offboarding tools that ...

6 HR vendors make Glassdoor's Best Places to Work

HR tech vendors make tools designed to improve a company's employee experience. So, it makes sense that a handful should appear ...

Ideas to curb bad candidate experience, including a free tool

Your hiring efforts should monitor job applicant resentment, which happens when candidates feel spurned by a company's ...