Reflections on Oracle OpenWorld 2012

Over the last few years, Oracle has used OpenWorld to show how every product (both hardware and software) is, if not Cloud-oriented the certainly relevant to Cloud Computing. Oracle OpenWorld 2012 was no exception. This year’s announcements brought new meaning to understanding the types of concept of the “Cloud” and possible architectures of Oracle products. Let’s review what happened this at Oracle OpenWorld 2012. Seguí leyendo “Reflections on Oracle OpenWorld 2012”

Summer trip to USA

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The summer roadshow trip to US is about to finish. It last 8 weeks and more than 20 flights, above 40 hours driving cars, lots of hotels, many meetings with CIOs of multiple companies doing business with IT Convergence. Recorded more than 50 videos. 5 sessions on events. Agreed and plan multiple decisions with IT Convergence and Oracle’s executives. And also some fun.

This roadshow took me to these cities: Green Bay, WI – Austin, TX – Beloit, WI – Milwakee, WI – Irvine, CA – Los Angeles, CA – Dallas, TX – Richardson, TX – Plano, TX – Chicago, IL – Barrington, IL – San Francisco, CA – Novato, CA – Redwood City, CA – Seattle, WA – Stateline, CA – San Diego, CA – San Jose, CA – New York, NY – Houston, TX

The results exceeded my personal expectations and I’m comfortable that also for those who planned this trip with me. The potential of IT Convergence was confirmed and the strategy which I’ve been working for more than one year has started to take shape. We’re starting to see some results and the vision of creating a new line of services is starting to grow. There’s a huge team of strong and skilled professionals behind it.

From my personal experience, at the beginning with my family the trip went fast. The final weeks without them was hard and I’m thinking that it might not happen again. My professional growth was amazing. Meeting experienced executives there’s always room for learning and taking new concepts to apply.

The show must go on. This is just the beginning.

Oracle Fusion Applications – The new business software

The ground is shifting in the ERP world and it’s an exciting time to be involved. Here at IT Convergence, we’ve formally joined the Oracle Fusion Applications Early Adopter Program. We’re following their recommended path of implementing Fusion modules along side our existing Oracle E-Business Suite footprint.

Our experience doesn’t stop with being end-users. Over the past few months our team has gained first hand experience with the challenges of a Fusion Applications implementation and learned how to seamlessly deploy this revolutionary software to support business operations.

I’m inviting you to check out this video with an introduction to Fusion Applications.

 

Method Behind the Madness – Understanding Oracle Unified Methodology

 

 

Method Behind the Madness: Understanding Oracle Unified Methodology
Join us at our May 23rd webcast!
Oracle’s decade-long buying spree has radically transformed the ERP landscape. While executives now enjoy a world of choices for acquiring “best of breed” solutions, it leaves IT project managers sorting through a jumble of inconsistent methodologies and documentation strategies.

To solve this problem, Oracle released the Oracle Unified Methodology (OUM). Although OUM has been available for about a year, its still new to most of the Oracle ERP community. That’s why we’re inviting you to our webcast:

Method Behind the Madness: Understanding Oracle Unified Methodology
in conjunction with Tom Spitz
– VP of Oracle’s Global Methods organization
leading the OUM development program –
on May 23rd at 8:00 am Pacific/11:00 am Eastern
Register here >>


Join us for a high level overview of OUM that highlights specifics such as:

 

OUM’s Manage Focus, Envision Focus, and Implementation Focus Areas
How to use OUM as a flexible and scalable methodology
Terminology and definitions critical to understanding OUM
Steps for making the transition from Oracle AIM to Oracle OUM

This webcast is for ERP professionals and project managers and will last approximately 45 minutes with additional time for your questions.

Register now and reserve your spot at “Method Behind the Madness: Understanding Oracle Unified Methodology.”

Meet
the Presenters
Gustavo González

Gustavo González is an Oracle ACE and IT Convergence’s Chief Technology Officer and has led our internal Oracle team since 2006. Prior to that Gustavo worked as an Oracle end-user at companies such as Danone and Nike.

Tom Spitz

Tom Spitz is Oracle’s VP of Global Methods. Tom brings us over 30 years of IT industry experience and currently leads the OUM development program.

Oracle Gold Partner
IT Convergence
Did you know? We Take Our Own Medicine. We’re not just an Oracle service provider. We also use Oracle for our Finance, HR, and Project Management functions. We used OBIEE and the BI Applications on Release 11i and we’ve continued to rely on those after upgrading to R12 in 2009. Currently we’re Oracle R12.2 Beta Testers and Oracle Fusion Applications early adopters. Contact us today to learn more.