Back in Sydney from my week in Hong Kong. While very hot and humid it was a good trip, with successful outcomes from my meetings. What was very interesting was being there on the 7th anniversary of the handover. While much has not changed, there were massive protests over Beijing’s handling of Hong Kong andContinue reading “Home”
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Adobe Launches PDF Platform For Web Services
Found this interesting article on InternetNews last week Adobe Launches PDF Platform For Web Services when reading it inconjuction with this article from Joel on Software. I began to wonder….. Is Adobe trying to put too much into their products? Are they trying the commercialise or control the web? Or are they providing a supplementaryContinue reading “Adobe Launches PDF Platform For Web Services”
More on privacy
It seems that all the media organisations are now picking up on the Email snooping. The message is watch this space!
Spying in the workplace
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”
