Ephlux Insights

So the most awaited Oracle event of the year finally kicked off in San Francisco. Here’s a look at the inaugural activities from the first day of Oracle OpenWorld. The day started off with the welcoming smiles of the ladies at the registration desk. The place was buzzing with energy with an atmosphere tailored for people to connect.

The face of technology is changing at a faster rate than ever and every business is expected to catch up with this transformation. IT enabling business might sound like a simple task but in actuality involves redefining and aligning every aspect of a business without jeopardizing the business vision and integrity.

Managers, workers, partners and customers are always on-the-go, and so is the need for businesses to become mobile as well. More than 90% of businesses believe enterprise mobility is critical to their future success. Empowering workforces with real-time wireless, roaming mobile and voice-enable operations has become a dream solution for companies worldwide.

Businesses need to take their planning to the next level and adopt technologies that transform raw data into meaningful and useful information for business purposes. A solution that can handle ‘BIG DATA’ literally and help identify and develop new opportunities. This software should be able to provide a competitive market advantage and long-term stability.The answer is: Business Intelligence. BI technologies provide historical, current and predictive views of business operations and have a variety of functionalities, as shown in the figure below:

Well the answer is quite simple. Oracle open world is the biggest events of the year attracting everyone from developers, consultants, CEOs, managers and business to be a part of this phenomenal experience. The hype is understandable; it’s not every day that all the big players of the IT and consulting world come together under one roof- the opportunities are limitless. Collaborations, partnerships and most importantly the wave of innovative knowledge are all very real possibilities of this conference. Oracle Open World is the hub for all the latest updates, developments and news pertaining to business oriented software.

In a brief Google Hangout session, we took the opportunity to have an interview with Mr. Ali Nasim, CEO of Ephlux. He discusses the exciting new trends in the enterprise software market, how Oracle is leading those trends and how Ephlux fits in to this dynamic marketplace.

The allure of ERP is immense. But as any other business decision, you should have a strong business case to advocate it as being valuable for your organization and also justifying the huge capital to be invested. It may need time and effort, but don’t force it. If you’re just doing it to get on the ERP bandwagon then that intent will be very visible when you’re trying to justify the reasons why you’re actually going for it.

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world”, was once rightfully said by Mahatma Gandhi. With constant variations in the consumer behavior, competitive environments and even the technology landscape, it has become arduous for businesses to plan and strategize. So, to bring about the change that is sought after, it is essential to be able to deliver on the brand promises and drive profitable growth as well.

The digital universe has had an explosion of data, creating new management careers. The challenge is to acquire talent. The US alone needs 1.5 million more data savvy managers to pounce on the big data revolution, according to a recent Mckinsey survey. Here, the emphasis on managers as opposed to IT pros, the challenge is for leadership instead of programmers.

Oracle Sales Cloud has just celebrated it’s completed its first year of going live. Within this year opportunities, accounts and territories in 145 countries are now covered by a single deployment of Oracle’s SaaS CRM tool in sales operations globally.
Oracle’s vast sales network of sales pros worldwide in Key Accounts, Field Sales, Inside Sales, and Channels rely on Oracle Sales Cloud at every passing moment as it makes Oracle’s revenue climb to greater heights ($37 billion according to the company’s annual report).

First of all, we would like to thank everyone for such a wonderful response on our Part-1 and Part-2 for JD Edwards Business Service Integration series, if you haven’t seen it yet Click here to read Part-1 and similarly Click here to read Part-2. In this part we will continue from where we left off and develop business service object using Java inside JDeveloper. We will be exploring the two major classes for BSSV integration which includes ValueObject class and Business Service class. Lets take a look at what we will be covering in this part.

Big data is now posing itself as the next frontier for innovation, competition and productivity. The amount of data in our world has been exploding, and analyzing these large data sets will define competition, underpinning new waves of productivity growth, innovation, consumer surplus, and eventually success of a business.

Talk about ‘walking the talk’. Today, Ephlux has launched iOS and Android apps specifically for Oracle OpenWorld 2013 #oow13
Now you can keep a track of ‘all things Oracle OpenWorld’ right inside your pocket.

With the boom of Social Media and exponential growth of competitors in the field, it has become crucial for a business to make MOST out of their Social Marketing. This can be achieved by Making Objectives, Strategies and Tactics that work efficiently. Co-incidentally, these terms are also associated with a well played football game. Like a hearty game of football, Social Marketing too requires a well-planned – strategic and tactic – game plan.

“The customer is always right”, the phrase holds more meaning now than when it first originated in the early 20th century. They’re right, and they know what they want. If they don’t get it, don’t expect them to stick around until you get your act together.

Over the past few decades we’ve been constantly gifted with a new way to communicate even when we are out and about. From car phones starting in the ‘40s, cell phones in the ’80s, and mobile social networking through smart phones in the 21st Century; the fact is, as this decade is still getting out of its infancy, smartphone technology and the way we communicate through social networks is still evolving.

An independent survey showed that cloud infrastructure was the number one IT investment priority for CIOs in the short and long terms. There were also concerns expressed about the pace at which the cloud has matured.

Oracle Open World 2013, a much awaited event is just around the corner and the customer as well as the partners are eager to find out innovation they are about to discover. This new era of technology is user centric with applications designed to improve and simplify their experience. Oracle has always designed its solutions with an aim of providing the users the best solution but keeping simple and usable so that the training and support costs could be kept low while providing maximum profitability.