Portal Technology
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Change Management, Communications, Engagement, Enterprise Solutions, HR Service Delivery, HR Technology, Portal, Portal Technology, Web 2.0
Android versus iPhones
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The web is alive with comparisons of Google Android phones and Apple iPhones. While it seemed for a long time that the iPhone was going to own the market, Android has slowly picked up steam. In fact, Apple may have…
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Collaboration, Communications, Engagement, Enterprise Solutions, HR Technology, Innovation, Portal Technology, Web 2.0
Meaningful Experiences in Web 2.0
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I’ve complained about information overload before. As we get into lists and networks and blogs, and microblogs, we subject ourselves to information from increasingly diverse sources. Some of these are annoying sources that we wish we didn’t have anything to…
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Screen Flicker and End User Annoyances
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There has been so much publicity around e-readers and the Apple iPad lately. In truth, I’m totally captivated by both of these technologies, but have not jumped in the market yet. The iPad seems wonderful since it is basically the…
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Defining Web 2.0
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It’s probably long past time to write some definitions. In fact, I’ve done this before, probably every time I write a post about Web 2.0. A few years ago, I said that Web 2.0 would not be on the radar…
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Cycling Technology: Bike Frame Materials
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Karen Beaman wrote a guest post somewhere on the technology of tennis. I’ve occasionally written about cycling here, but thought I’d go into more detail on the technology of cycling and its impacts on performance. Cycling is actually one of…
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What is portal?
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I mean really, we have these things called portals that are mostly transactional self service engines these days. But we at least realize there is potential for so much more. Instead of allowing employee and manager look-ups and transactions, we’ve…
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HR’s Long Tail
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I’ll be honest – I’m a bit sick of talking about the long tail. We’re all so enamored by talking about is as if it makes us all business theorists. I find that half of us don’t really know what…
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HBR on Service Oriented Architecture
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Far be it for feeble minded me to critique HBR’s SOA article entitled “Then Next Revolution in Productivity,” ((HBR June 2008, pg 73)) but that’s what I’ll do anyway. While I’m a firm believer that SOA and that we’ll see…
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Will the Real Oracle Fusion Middleware Please Stand Up?
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It’s not mystery that Oracle’s Fusion Middleware product was really only a half baked cobbling of old products when it was released a couple years ago. Much like Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” sign, Oracle proclaimed “Half Way to Fusion!” We all…
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The Times They Are A-Changing
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Or are they? Bob Dylan aside, it would seem that the past year has brought Web 2.0 to the HR desktop quickly and effectively. The problem is that this Web 2.0 seems to exist primarily in the best of breed…
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Give Me A “Sexy” UI Any Day
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Jason and I might have to disagree on this one. Can we please stop saying “…and the user interface is sexy”! User interfaces should not be “sexy” nor are they! User interfaces should be clean and simple, presenting only the…
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How Web 2.0 Will Boost Productivity
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The introduction of consumer driven Web 2.0 technologies into businesses is set to usher in a phase of productivity growth that could surpass that of the late 1990’s boom, says John Chambers, chairman and chief executive of Cisco Systems. “We…