June 2004 – Michael Specht

More on privacy

It seems that all the media organisations are now picking up on the Email snooping. The message is watch this space!

An article in The Age recently spoke about the potential changes in the law in Victoria that will impact both IT and HR. This comes on the back of announcements made by the NSW Attorney-General in late March that outlawed employers spying on workers email messages. Although just because you know that you are beingContinue reading “Spying in the workplace”

Cedar annual workforce technologies survey

I am tapping away this post from Hong Kong, escaped the winter of Sydney to the sticky heat of Hong Kong. Here to spend so time with the EmployeeConnect Greater China team. Well it is on again. Cedar Enterprise Solutions is running it’s 7th Annual survey of what is happening in the HR systems marketplace.Continue reading “Cedar annual workforce technologies survey”

My effort in the SOE Challenge

This might be late but, I firmly believe better late than never. If you are interested in Nigritude Ultramarine have a read. There is a whole lot going on about the pros and cons fo Google and other search engine. You can find more info about the challenge at DarkBlue. Ok, not relevant to HRContinue reading “My effort in the SOE Challenge”

Oracle vs PeopleSoft vs SAP vs Microsoft

Now I wrote briefly about this yesterday but here is another interesting article on the whole “let’s buy PeopleSoft” issue from Oracle. From all of the press and thoughts of people in the marketplace we really do seem to have four major players SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft and Microsoft. Even SAP’s VP of operations Richard KnowlesContinue reading “Oracle vs PeopleSoft vs SAP vs Microsoft”

Good morning world

As l write this morning l am standing at the station waiting for my train (which in Sydney these days can be a long exercise) using my Three phone. Why would l do such a thing? Mainly to see how it works. My thoughts are if it is easy more people might take it upContinue reading “Good morning world”

An email blog

I have been researching blogs for the past week trying to understand the potential impact to employees and therefore HR. My interest was generated from an article in CIO on Blogging For Fun and Profit. As such I have signed up to blogger (as you know because you are reading this here) and nowContinue reading “An email blog”

Microsoft in Australia

I have just been reading an article on the Great Plains 8.0 release with mixed emotions. While it is good to see a new player in the ERP space, is Microsoft the right player? And what about the impact in Australia? To date there are the major player or tier 1 vendors (SAP, PeopleSoft, Oracle,Continue reading “Microsoft in Australia”

Welcome

Well, I have decided to start writting online. Not for any particular purpose other than to write. So if you like what you read let me know, if you don’t also let me know. What will the blog cover? That is an intesting question. Most likely there will be two major streams of thought:- HumanContinue reading “Welcome”