Wednesday, 10 December 2008

www.ukocn.com - Most Popular Forum Posts - October and November 2008

Scandal Scandal… How not to be breaking news - An Oracle Webcast
Top Reasons to Implement a SOA Governance Strategy: A List for IT Executives
Management Excellence: How Tomorrow's Leaders Will Get Ahead
Oracle Fusion Middleware for E-Business Suite
Oracle Fusion Middleware for PeopleSoft updated
Oracle Fusion Middleware for PeopleSoft updated
Oracle Fusion Middleware for E-Business Suite updated
Oracle Advanced Compression - White Paper
Sustainability Matters
Integrating Operations and Finance: A Two-Way Street
Beoley Mill Software lead the way at UKOUG Partner of the Year Awards
Preparing for Fusion Applications
Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems new
Oracle Business Intelligence Roadmap (Archive) new
Welcome to the ukocn.com Interest Group for Business Intelligence/EPM new
Get Serious About SOA Governance: A Five-Step Action Plan for Executives
Getting Started with Oracle and .NET new
Accelerating Business Execution—The Value of Oracle Fusion Middleware for Oracle Applications Customers updated
Release 12 Upgrade - Anatomy of a Successful Upgrade Based on Field Experience new
Technology Direction and Highlights - Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 new
Welcome to the ukocn.com Interest Group for Oracle Applications/E-Business Suite new
Web 2.0 does the business new
Content Enabling Siebel CRM for Competitive Advantage new
Oracle hails UK's SOA readiness new
Oracle Buys Haley
BEA Welcome and Oracle's Middleware Strategy Briefing new
Oracle APEX with RAC (Real Application Cluster) updated
Oracle-Sponsored Enterprise 2.0 Presentation new
How Empowering Customer-Facing Employees Leads to Extraordinary Results new
The What's and Why's of CRM updated
Native Service-Oriented Architecture in Oracle E-Business Suite new
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12: Technology Essentials new
Oracle Web Applications Desktop Integrator for Oracle E-Business Suite new
Statement of Direction: Oracle Database 11g on Windows Server 2008
Critical Data Protection and Security in Oracle E-Business Suite
Oracle News for Midsize Organisations – Autumn 2008
Slideshare Links
Siebel Sales Overview and Roadmap
Oracle Sales Prospector and “Social CRM” Bring Enterprise 2.0 to Sales Organizations
Are You Maximizing the Benefits of Your Order Management Process
Customer Relationship Management Implementation Best Practice
The state of the CRM industry today....Audio Podcast (Re-Posted)
Fusion Middleware - Future Direction - Webcast
Library Post - Data Services from Oracle Fusion Middleware
Drive Competitive Advantage with Better End-User Experience for Web Sites & Apps
SOA Governance for IT Executives
Content Enabling Siebel CRM for Competitive Advantage
Finding Value In Social Networks
Oracle Buys Primavera

Top Links at www.ukocn.com 19/11 > 10/12

Just some of the most popular links at www.ukocn.com posted between 19th November 2008 and 10th December 2008

Forrester Research Makes the Case for Database Encryption
Independent Software Vendors Rely on Oracle Database 11g
Supply Chain Makeover - The benefits of a demand-driven model
Supply Chain Makeover - The benefits of a demand-driven model
Developing an Innovative Public Sector (video - 8:03 min.)
Creating an Entrepreneurial and Innovative Business Culture (video - 7:08 min.)
Building on the Human Resource Legacy (video - 7:15 min.)
Making the Most of EU Membership (video - 7:35 min.)
Central and Eastern Europe in a Global Perspective (video - 9:45 min.)
Oracle Announces Most Innovative Partners at 9th OPN Innovation Awards
Attracting and Retaining Global Talent
Oracle Technology Enables Italian RFID Milestone
Top Database Stories of 2008
Oracle Playing Key Role in EC-Funded Data Privacy Research
Oracle Playing Key Role in EC-Funded Data Privacy Research
Business Process Management, Service-Oriented Architecture, and Web 2.0: Business Transformation or Train Wreck?
PeopleSoft Human Content Management Information Solutions
Getting Started on Your PeopleSoft Upgrade
Oracle users more happy with services but issues remain
Going green can save a packet
Extending the Value of Your Oracle E-Business Suite 11i.10 Investment
Extending PeopleSoft Applications with Oracle Fusion Middleware
Extending PeopleSoft Applications with Oracle Fusion Middleware
Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise 8.9 Upgrade Strategies (PDF)
Oracle Fusion Applications: Building-in a Superior OwnershipExperience
Application Integration Architecture: Pre-Built SOA (PDF)
The Forrester WaveTM: Order Management Hubs, Q4 2008
Oracle Web 2.0 - Product Information and Resources
Oracle Web 2.0 - Product Information and Resources
Web 2.0 in the Enterprise - Oracle Video
Web 2.0 – Product Demos
Microsoft SharePoint with Oracle Fusion Middleware
Document solutions for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
Oracle Shared Services in the Public Sector
Oracle 11g upgrade bug causes unnecessary disk sorts
Cloud computing has little attraction for Oracle
SAP wants judge to limit TomorrowNow suit
Oracle Fusion apps: Is 2010 delivery too little, too late?
Oracle Vertical CRM Applications
Oracle Fusion Middleware with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne.
PL/SQL Programming for .NET Developers: Tips, Tricks, and Debugging
Best Practices for Oracle Database and Client Deployment on Windows
Database Development Lifecycle with Visual Studio: SQL, PL/SQL,.NET Stored Procedures, Source Control, and Deployment
Demantra Demand Management Integration
Demantra Demand Management and JD Edwards World
OWB - Product Roadmap
The Future of Oracle Applications
Integrating Operations and Finance: A Two-Way Street
How Oracle Applications Customers Can Benefit from Oracle Fusion Middleware Today

Wednesday, 3 December 2008

Hoffman backs Enterprise 2.0



Reid Hoffman, founder of Linkedin predicts the future will see more developments in Enterprise 2.0, web applications for business and not consumers, according to an article published in the Business Section of the Sunday Times on 30 November 2008. The article gives an interesting insight into the man and his driving passion for web-based business community websites.


Enterprise 2.0 moved and developed Web 2.0 tools and technologies into the workplace. It enables business communities of suppliers, partners, employees and customers to harness the potential of social websites for like-minded people to share information. These Web-based customer communities, focused around a brand or a set of products and services, come together and interact online. It takes the original concept of the Web to feed content and instead of a one-way dialogue, allows communities to converse, comment and share information using forums, blogs and social networking in a business environment.

UKOCN at http://www.ukocn.com/ fits this model perfectly and brings together the tried and trusted methods of social networks with the more demanding needs of a professional group within a business community (i.e. the Oracle Community). It is flexible enough to adjust and evolve its services as the markets and business environment change and adapt accordingly.

Whilst the global economic downturn is beginning to bite in Silicon Valley, Hoffman sees this as an opportunity. In the area of recruitment he has adjusted some of the Linkedin services to help jobless executives find temporary contract and consulting work. Linkedin expanded into an advice service and recruitment companies now buy subscriptions to enable them to go hunting for job candidates.

Linkedin is profitable and is valued at $1 Billion. In October it had its best month when 1.8m new members joined – it has 2m members in Britain alone. It currently has 31m members and a third of these ‘check-in’ to the site every month. It derives most of its revenues from corporate subscriptions and individuals paying to search data. On-line advertising is slowing but the business is fortunate that only 25% of its revenue is from this source. “Their simple aim is to recruit one in four of the world’s population: anyone aged 22 to 65 with an eye on their career.” To help achieve this aim, Linkedin has just launched a French local language version.


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