|
Dallas Delight:
The OHUG Global Conference 2013 Wrap-Up
It’s been about a month since more than 1,600 OHUG friends and colleagues gathered in the city of Dallas to learn, share and grow at the OHUG Global Conference 2013. The week of June 10-14 was packed (sometimes literally!) with outstanding speakers, valuable training events and one-of-a-kind networking opportunities.
 Attendees had the chance to learn more about the products they use every day and come face-to-face with Oracle representatives who develop and manage those products. It was a fantastic event — one that OHUG hopes to top in Las Vegas in 2014!
Twitter was alive during the conference with tweets from attendees, exhibitors, keynote presenters and session speakers. Below are just a few of many, all of which can be found at @OHUGUpdates:
Amazing motivational speaker @ #ohugglobal Robyn Benincasa —@Vanya_Kal
@OHUGUpdates Having a blast at the members appreciation event! Especially the French members of my team! Thanks OHUG! —@tillymanning
Stop by the @Peoplefluent booth 504 to hear about our new collaborative learning offering at #ohugglobal —@KristenMonsey
There's more data now created every two days than from the beginning of time to 2003. #infobesity #OHUGGlobal —@talemetry
There was also tons of social activity on OHUG's Facebook page. "Like" us on Facebook and check out a conference photo gallery.
Headlines
News from OHUG
Evaluate the OHUG Global Conference 2013
OHUG Thanks SIG/RUG Leaders and Volunteers
Access OHUG Global Conference Presentation Slides
Get Credits/Certifications for Your OHUG Conference Attendance
Upcoming Webinar: Connected Query and XML Publisher
Volunteer with OHUG
Rowe Henson Receives HCM Lifetime Achievement Award
OHUG Attendees, Dallas City Employees Rescue Kitten During #ohugglobal
Industry News
HCM Applications at Core of New Oracle-NetSuite Alliance
Talent Intelligence: The Secret Formula for Seizing Competitive Advantage
Build a Winning Cloud HCM Business Case From the CFO's Perspective
The Future of HR Technology
Oracle, Salesforce.com Ink Nine-Year Technology Partnership
HR Technology Booming as Businesses Turn to the Cloud
Oracle Modernizes E-Business Suite With Endeca Extensions
Is HR Passing the Talent Management Test?
Effective Performance Management Systems Are a Competitive Advantage
Human Capital to Get Metric Treatment From CIPD
The Enterprise Management Trend That's Driving Integration Work
Innovating Human Capital Management? Yes!
News from OHUG
Evaluate the OHUG Global Conference 2013
Please take some time to fill out the general conference evaluation survey. By completing this evaluation, the OHUG team will be able to compile your suggestions and opinions to ensure that our events are meeting your needs and expectations. Your participation and involvement in this survey is greatly appreciated. Thank you to those of you who already have completed the survey.
To fill out the online survey, click here.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact info@ohug.org.
OHUG Thanks SIG/RUG Leaders and Volunteers
OHUG would like to extend a warm thanks to the SIG/RUG leaders and volunteers at this year's OHUG Global Conference. Their hard work and dedication were invaluable to this year's outstanding event!
SIG/RUG Leaders:
Lt. Col. Erwin Huisman and Lt. Col. André Therrien, Defense User Group
Carrie Hollack and Megan Martens, Retail Service Hospitality SIG
Gloria Smith and Kathi Connell, Payroll SIG
Thomas Lang, Technical SIG
Steve Smith and Sheryl Johnson, Fusion SIG
Jacueline Averett, PeopleSoft Compensation & Benefits SIG
Anjula Mittal, E-Business Suite Compensation and Benefits SIG
Janet Martin and Bill Hansen, Time and Attendance SIG
Zain Farooqi and Nidhi Paul, Taleo Eastern Regional User Group
Kiel Sanders, Taleo Central Regional User Group
April Iwaszko, Taleo Western Regional User Group
Brent Sinn, Taleo Recruiting/Onboarding User Group
Jeffrey Druce, Ann Hansen and Nidhi Paul, Taleo Integrations User Group
Ritee Rouf, Taleo Learn User Group
Melanie Moore, Taleo Global SIG
Program and Marketing Committee Volunteers:
Michael Stutz
Lois Buonagurio
Dawne Rager
Sarah Tobio
Misty Toler
Meg Smith
Kelli Kidd
Rob Rogers
Steve Cunningham
Matt Watson
Jim Rogers
Tracy Beach
Karen Busko
Ravi Patil
Tushar Kumar
Jatinder Dhoot
Steven Smith
Ann Hansen
Zach Thomas
Access OHUG Global Conference Presentation Slides
Presentation slides are now available to all conference attendees on the OHUG website. Slides are categorized by the session track and listed by title. You must be logged into the OHUG website to access the content.
Please note: these will become available to all OHUG members on Sept. 1.
Get Credits/Certifications for Your OHUG Conference Attendance
Visit the OHUG site to learn more about various credits and certifications available, including APA, HRCI, IHRIM and the Canadian Payroll Association.
Upcoming Webinar: Connected Query and XML Publisher
Webinar: Connected Query and XML Publisher
Date: Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EST
Speaker: Michael Stutz, Michael Stutz Consulting Company
Register today!
Connected Query and XML Publisher. Connected Query is a recently introduced functionality which simplifies writing hierarchical queries. When used with XML Publisher is enables powerful content into reports and communications.
Volunteer with OHUG
OHUG has made a commitment to the user group community to solicit and maintain quality volunteer team members to serve on committees. The organization recognizes that volunteer team members are vital to sustain and accomplish the strategic goals of OHUG. OHUG board members are typically nominated from the volunteer team member pool, based upon volunteer team member involvement and contribution.
The OHUG volunteer director solicits volunteer team members and appoints members to serve on committees and special projects on an ongoing basis.
Individuals interested in becoming an OHUG volunteer team member should review the criteria below and fill out OHUG's Volunteer Interest form.
Please click here to find out more about Volunteer Responsibilities.
Row Henson Receives HCM Lifetime Achievement Award
 Row Henson was honored at the OHUG Global Conference 2013 with the HCM Lifetime Achievement Award. Henson is an icon who has given 43 years in the HCM space.
In 1992, she moved to PeopleSoft. For 12 years, she became the first PeopleSoft Fellow; after 2004, she quickly became an Oracle HCM Fellow. Henson has supported the OHUG annual events by moderating several panels in the past. In 2012, she interviewed our keynote speakers, Jenna and Barbara Bush.
OHUG Attendees, Dallas City Employees Rescue Kitten During #ohugglobal
OHUG attendees, exhibitors and speakers were not the only ones who had a good week during the conference. Thanks to the compassion of one OHUG attendee, Diana Muntzel, and a few employees of the City of Dallas, a tiny stray kitten was rescued.
Below is an excerpt of Diana's story:
"I was ... sitting outside and heard what [sounded] like a kitten crying. I walked across the street and stood next to the sewer grate to see if maybe that was where the sound was coming from ... I looked down and saw a small face peering back up at me. The sewer itself is so deep that there was no way that the kitten would ever be able to climb out."
After Diana called 911, the city sent a fire truck to the location. "The four firemen did remove the sewer grate and attempt to get the kitten, but the kitten immediately ran into the sewer pipe under the street and they were unable to get him."
 "I was pretty much wondering what I could possibly do next when two [City of Dallas] employees (Sebrenna Hamilton and Michael Smith) came along the street on their street cleaners. I flagged Sebrenna down and explained the situation to her. I don’t know exactly what I expected her to do, I was just trying to get someone, anyone, to help. I must say that I don’t think I could have run into anyone that cared more or did as much as Sebrenna, Michael, Eddie and Karl did."
The group tried to lure the kitten out of the sewer pipe to no success. Diana came back to the scene after attending more OHUG Global Conference activities, and the city employees were still hard at work trying to save the kitten.
"Sebrenna actually crawled into the sewer pipe and was finally able to rescue the kitten. The kitten was so small that it wasn’t even weaned yet, was missing hair on its head and had open sores on its feet. Eddie immediately volunteered to adopt the kitten and in fact took it home with him that evening. I ran into him the next day and received the wonderful news that the kitten (named Roscoe by Eddie’s wife) had survived the night and was doing well."
Industry News
HCM Applications at Core of New Oracle-NetSuite Alliance
CRN (06/26/13) Whiting, Rick
Oracle has partnered with NetSuite to deliver an integration of Oracle's cloud human capital management applications with NetSuite's enterprise resource planning apps. "These are two companies that like each other," says Oracle president Mark Hurd. "We're going to put a lot of effort into making this alliance extremely successful." Oracle and NetSuite will merge Oracle's HCM Cloud apps with NetSuite ERP, and Hurd and NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson say the integration will give joint customers the choice of using Oracle HCM Cloud with the NetSuite software. Included in Oracle HCM Cloud are modules for talent management, recruiting, employee performance management, compensation management, and other tasks. "Customers will benefit from the commonality of the products' underlying Oracle-based architecture and the enormous investment in R&D and customer service that both companies bring to the table," Nelson says. Deloitte is participating in the Oracle-NetSuite alliance by developing a practice to offer tools and deployment services to help customers implement the combined apps. The new alliance follows Oracle's announcement of partnerships with Microsoft and Salesforce.com. Oracle says it will certify and support its software on Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud platform and Hyper-V virtualization technology.
Talent Intelligence: The Secret Formula for Seizing Competitive Advantage
Malaysian Reserve (06/21/13) Fernandez, Charles
Companies that leverage talent intelligence via the use of workforce data can acquire a competitive edge, as talent intelligence is a vital link between human resource, business leadership, and human capital. Oracle's Shaun Han says the critical element is the delivery of workforce data in a manner that enables managers to make more informed decisions about talent, and the key to gaining strategic advantage is making those decisions sooner. "Insights like these help companies build their talent intelligence based on Taleo talent intelligence approach and this is fast becoming the secret formula for seizing competitive advantage," Han notes. The novelty of the Taleo talent intelligence strategy resides in the presence of embedded analytics across the full product suite, the ability of the Taleo cloud-based platform to collect information at every stage in the talent process, and Taleo having the biggest applicant information database. Han notes that companies following the talent intelligence approach tend to better manage their workforces while retaining staff and expanding with the establishment. "Bosses are also better at drawing connections between retention and recruiting and at calculating human resource impact on business strategy," he points out. Furthermore, talent intelligence correlates with financial metrics such as return on assets, relative stock market performance, and market-to-book ratios.
Build a Winning Cloud HCM Business Case From the CFO's Perspective
TechTarget (07/05/13)
Cloud-based human capital management (HCM) software must deliver solid proof of savings if the company chief financial officer is to sign off on a cloud HCM deployment. Consultant Rebecca Wettemann says human resource leaders can make an effective business case for HCM by demonstrating its return on investment, such as by measuring the cloud's advantages, assessing the expected outcome's credibility, and getting endorsement from users. Wettemann's research shows that cloud apps deliver 1.7 times more ROI than their on-premises equivalents, with one benefit being lower initial and ongoing costs of cloud HCM versus on-premises apps. "[Since] I'm configuring up front, I also have lower ongoing costs to manage and support the application, because I can make changes with less expensive resources," Wettemann notes. She also points out that cloud HCM can be implemented in a shorter time frame. "For the financial decision maker, faster time to value means faster payback, which means lower risk because I can then afford to reinvest that money somewhere else," Wettemann observes. She also says cloud HCM systems can help companies exploit new technologies such as mobile and social, as well as offer companies more tax savings compared to on-premises systems because cloud HCM can be classified as a capital expenditure rather than an operational one.
The Future of HR Technology
Human Resource Executive (06/03/13) McIlvaine, Andrew R.
Human resource experts are anticipating various significant developments in the field of HR technology within the next few years. With so many vendors offering products through the cloud/software-as-a-service model, HR leaders will need to make hard decisions to ensure better integration between these solutions, according to some experts. Meanwhile, smartphone and tablet technology is advancing to a level where ordinary consumers now have access to better technology than most businesses, which will intensify the urgency HR vendors are feeling to enhance their products' user experience. Expecting the unexpected from vendor innovation should become de rigueur, according to Ventana Research CEO Mark Smith. He cites Oracle's development of new apps for the tablet and its social network, as well as more collaborative tools and analytics incorporated into its apps, as examples of this trend. Bloom & Wallace's Naomi Bloom says predictive analytics could potentially help companies create better workforce strategies, but first HR has to obtain "an understanding of what is meant by 'better.'" Increased alignment between customer and employee data is another HR technology advance projected in the next several years. CedarCrestone's Alexia Martin notes the emergence of embedded analytics offered by vendors of core HR and talent-management solutions versus enterprise-level business-intelligence tools.
Oracle, Salesforce.com Ink Nine-Year Technology Partnership
InfoWorld (06/25/13) Kanaracus, Chris
Oracle and Salesforce.com have entered into a nine-year agreement to combine their technologies, while Salesforce.com will substantially invest in Oracle products for its cloud computing platform. "When customers choose cloud applications they expect rapid low-cost implementations; they also expect application integrations to work right out of the box—even when the applications are from different vendors," says Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. "That's why [Salesforce.com CEO] Marc [Benioff] and I believe it's important that our two companies work together to make it happen." Salesforce.com will standardize on Oracle's Linux OS distribution, Java middleware, and Exadata server platform, and will maintain its use of Oracle's database. Oracle will merge Salesforce.com's software with its Fusion human capital management and cloud-based financial software, and Salesforce.com will deploy those two Oracle apps across the company as well. Salesforce also is expected to use Oracle's soon-to-be-issued 12c database, which could lead to a significant shift in multitenancy architecture for Salesforce.com.
HR Technology Booming as Businesses Turn to the Cloud
Computer Weekly (06/19/13) Goodwin, Bill
There is an explosion in demand for human resource technology as businesses supplant on-premise legacy technology with cloud applications. Forty-six percent of HR executives in global firms say their companies manage HR in their enterprise resource planning systems using Oracle PeopleSoft, according to a Bersin by Deloitte study. Oracle is offering user-friendly cloud-based services to attract corporate use of its solutions. The study found that one of the largest HR technology growth areas is talent analytics, which could potentially yield major returns on investment for employers. Another area of growth is retention analytics, because the technology enables companies to anticipate when skilled staff are likely to exit, giving them the opportunity to intervene to retain them. "Increasing your retention rate can add millions to the bottom line," says Josh Bersin. "Not only are you losing people, but you have to hire someone else. Sometimes that can cost two or three times the salary."
Oracle Modernizes E-Business Suite With Endeca Extensions
InformationWeek (07/03/13) Henschen, Doug
Oracle has launched the Oracle E-Business Suite Extensions for Oracle Endeca, a slate of 15 extension apps for its E-Business Suite that focus on promoting self-service and significantly shrinking the IT workload. Endeca's key strength is information-driven navigation, a search-based strategy that the technology supports by integrating diverse data and helping users derive meaning from it with tools and visualizations that include faceted search, range filters, tag clouds, charts, and key indicators. The Endeca technology also is capable of drilling down into semi-structured attachments and documents, such as invoices, purchase orders, and notes fields. With the extension modules, business users can drill down to problems and exception conditions without IT support. "We have pre-aggregated information in the Endeca in-memory database that serves up things like summary totals on how many orders are late as a key indicator," says Oracle's Cliff Godwin. "If there's a certain reason why orders are late, a tag cloud might display top causes, such as 'damaged during shipping.'" Godwin notes the extensions use role-based access and security provisions already bundled into E-Business Suite and Oracle Fusion Middleware, and there is no need for E-Business customers to separately purchase Oracle Endeca Information Discovery.
Is HR Passing the Talent Management Test?
Human Resource Executive (06/20/13) McGraw, Mark
A recent survey asked more than 1,000 board members across 59 countries to rate their companies' performance in nine areas of talent management. The survey's goal was to measure how well companies are attracting top talent, hiring top talent, assessing talent, developing talent, rewarding talent, retaining talent, firing, leveraging diversity, and aligning talent strategy with business strategy. Organizations in North America, Australia, and New Zealand received high scores in talent management, but there was still room for improvement. Just 20 percent of respondents said they strongly agree their organization is effective at attracting top talent. North American companies scored the lowest in the area of firing and leveraging diversity, with just 8 percent and 7 percent of directors strongly agreeing their companies are effective in these areas, respectively. Experts say the findings suggest that human resource executives need to address talent management initiatives with their boards. Heidrick & Struggles' Bonnie Gwin believes that the best chief HR officers "work in lock step with CEOs and boards to ensure that the business and talent strategies are aligned, anticipating future goals and objectives, and remain focused on overall organizational effectiveness and executing robust talent-management programs." Gwin also notes that "if a talent concern arises, they present it to the board as a business issue."
|