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The August 11 edition of EdTech Digest includes the following guest column by Cole Clark, global vice president of education and research, Oracle. Clark notes the three key areas that are necessary in transforming higher education IT: delivering education and research at scale, differentiating between institutions, and reducing friction in the student experience.

The August 11 edition of EdTech Digest includes the following guest column by Cole Clark, global vice president of education and research, Oracle. Clark notes the three key areas that are necessary in transforming higher education IT: delivering education and research at scale, differentiating between institutions, and reducing friction in the student experience.

Since replacing its home-grown e-commerce software in 2011 with Oracle Corp.'s Oracle Commerce software, National Pen has grown e-commerce sales by about 20% per year, CEO Dave Thompson says. As a result, e-commerce now accounts for 20% of total revenue, or $54 million out of $270 million this year, he notes.

Hot Applications For SaaS In Retail Dorf agrees that the agility of data access and analysis afforded by the cloud is fueling its adoption. Leveraging SaaS-based analytics tools, he says, allows retail tech shops to move away from mundane IT tasks and refocus their efforts on real retail work. "SaaS lightens the load on IT by removing the burdens associated with backups, audits, upgrades, and security management. Business insight afforded by SaaS-based analytics tools affords retailers a really good understanding of the data they already have," says Dorf. "As we add more analytics capabilities via the cloud, we can grant that access more quickly via automatic upgrades, which dramatically reduces the retailer's time to value." Because these tools are offered in a pay-only- for-what-you-use style fashioned after the utilities model, retailers can strategically and incrementally build on their data analytics initiatives at their own pace. "Retailers have been sitting on a lot of Big Data for a long time. SaaS-based analytics applies 'Big Science' to that Big Data, allowing merchants to finally extract value from it," says Dorf.

Adidas turns to a new Oracle data collection system to pinpoint problems and reduce shrinkage. ...In the end, Oracle Micros provided the best overall solution. "They had the highest degree of knowledge, they were very experienced and we were already using their Store 21 as our POS system," he says. "They were a really good fit." Not only that, but Micros managed to find a live internal theft case buried in the test data it had been given. "They were the only vendor that identified this," he says. "Before we even actually implemented the system, we had investigated a case and taken out an employee who had committed [$220,000] worth of fraud against us in the preceding 12 months. It was quite impressive."

We spoke to various industry experts who revealed their top predictions for the future of retail including Oracle, IBM, Retail Wire ... ...David Dorf / Oracle: Retail will change in many ways, but immediacy will have the biggest impact. Our homes will replenish themselves; our packages will arrive hours after the order; retailers will bid on the right to sell us products in real time; our in-home printers will produce products as we watch. These are examples of consumers having immediate access to the products they want. The technologies to support these scenarios already exist, so we're not waiting on anything new to be invented. All of these scenarios are already a reality in small, independent deployments. It's only a matter of time before retailers evolve their business models to fully embrace this notion of immediacy. That's not to say traditional channels will cease to exist. Physical and digital retail won't fade away, nor will the importance of good customer service. But massive improvements achieved in forecasting, sourcing, and moving products will radically change the landscape in which we trade. Obviously no one will wake up tomorrow to this new reality. It will emerge slowly over many years, but we can already see evidence of the coming changes. Every retailer needs to think in these terms, and make sure each investment moves them closer to the goal.

The August 26 edition of eCampus News includes the following article highlighting the challenges that higher education institutions face when migrating to the cloud. The article quotes, Mark Armstrong, vice president for higher education product development, Oracle, who discusses his experience working with higher education clients to migrate their Oracle ERPs to the cloud. Armstrong notes the significance of change management and standardization in the migration process.

The August 26 edition of eCampus News includes the following article highlighting the challenges that higher education institutions face when migrating to the cloud. The article quotes, Mark Armstrong, vice president for higher education product development, Oracle, who discusses his experience working with higher education clients to migrate their Oracle ERPs to the cloud. Armstrong notes the significance of change management and standardization in the migration process.

The August 27 edition of TechDecisions: Higher Ed includes the following article highlighting Central Washington University's (CWU) upgrade to Oracle PeopleSoft Human Capital Management 9.2 and PeopleSoft Financials 9.2. The article quotes Cole Clark, global vice president, education & research, Oracle, who discusses how the Oracle PeopleSoft solutions allow users to access applications on any device. The article also quotes Jill Hernandez, director of enterprise applications at CWU, who discusses how the upgrade improved the university's HR and finance operations.

The August 27 edition of TechDecisions: Higher Ed includes the following article highlighting Central Washington University's (CWU) upgrade to Oracle PeopleSoft Human Capital Management 9.2 and PeopleSoft Financials 9.2. The article quotes Cole Clark, global vice president, education & research, Oracle, who discusses how the Oracle PeopleSoft solutions allow users to access applications on any device. The article also quotes Jill Hernandez, director of enterprise applications at CWU, who discusses how the upgrade improved the university's HR and finance operations.

The Sept. 2 edition of Channelnomics includes the following article highlighting that the U.S. Department of Defense granted Oracle an Authority to Operate with its selection of Oracle Service Cloud. The article quotes David Vap, group vice president of Oracle Service Cloud, who discusses how the Oracle Service Cloud will provide government agencies with improved efficiency and security.

The Sept. 2 edition of Channelnomics includes the following article highlighting that the U.S. Department of Defense granted Oracle an Authority to Operate with its selection of Oracle Service Cloud. The article quotes David Vap, group vice president of Oracle Service Cloud, who discusses how the Oracle Service Cloud will provide government agencies with improved efficiency and security.

The Sept. 3 edition of Enterprise Times includes the following article about Oracle's new data center in Canada. The article quotes Mario Meroni, area vice president, Oracle Canada Public Sector, who discusses the value of the Oracle Cloud offerings supported by the Canadian data center for customers.

The Sept. 3 edition of Enterprise Times includes the following article about Oracle's new data center in Canada. The article quotes Mario Meroni, area vice president, Oracle Canada Public Sector, who discusses the value of the Oracle Cloud offerings supported by the Canadian data center for customers.

Oracle has opened a fully functional data centre in Canada in order to satisfy the demand for data sovereignty. To help customers achieve the benefits of cloud, the Canadian data centre will support Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud (Oracle HCM Cloud), Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning Cloud (Oracle ERP Cloud), and Oracle Customer Experience (CX) Cloud applications.

Oracle has opened a fully functional data centre in Canada in order to satisfy the demand for data sovereignty. To help customers achieve the benefits of cloud, the Canadian data centre will support Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud (Oracle HCM Cloud), Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning Cloud (Oracle ERP Cloud), and Oracle Customer Experience (CX) Cloud applications.

Oracle has opened a fully functional data centre in Canada in order to satisfy the demand for data sovereignty. To help customers achieve the benefits of cloud, the Canadian data centre will support Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud (Oracle HCM Cloud), Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning Cloud (Oracle ERP Cloud), and Oracle Customer Experience (CX) Cloud applications.

... As the world of retailing becomes more complex, simplified integration, improved agility and faster innovation become ever more valuable qualities. Cloud solutions' ability to remove complexity from IT - and from retail business operations in general - are key parts of that value equation and ease implementation timelines as retailers scramble to drive maximum performance during the upcoming holiday season.

The Sept. 8 edition of Data Center Knowledge includes the following article highlighting the announcement of Oracle's new data center opening in Canada. The article notes that the new site will support Oracle's cloud application services for human resources, enterprise resource planning, and customer relationship management.

The Sept. 8 edition of Data Center Knowledge includes the following article highlighting the announcement of Oracle's new data center opening in Canada. The article notes that the new site will support Oracle's cloud application services for human resources, enterprise resource planning, and customer relationship management.

The Sept. 8 edition of Data Center Knowledge includes the following article highlighting the announcement of Oracle's new data center opening in Canada. The article notes that the new site will support Oracle's cloud application services for human resources, enterprise resource planning, and customer relationship management.

The Sept. 8 edition of IT World Canada includes the following article highlighting the announcement of Oracle's new data center opening in Canada. The article quotes Mario Meroni, area vice president for Oracle Canada Public Sector, who discusses how the new data center addresses the issue of data residency and gives public sector organizations the ability to leverage Software as a Service in the cloud.

The Sept. 8 edition of IT World Canada includes the following article highlighting the announcement of Oracle's new data center opening in Canada. The article quotes Mario Meroni, area vice president for Oracle Canada Public Sector, who discusses how the new data center addresses the issue of data residency and gives public sector organizations the ability to leverage Software as a Service in the cloud.

The Sept. 10 edition of SearchOracle includes the following article highlighting the announcement of Oracle's new data center opening in Canada. The article quotes Mario Meroni, area vice president for Oracle Canada Public Sector, who discusses how the data center address concerns over data residency and data sovereignty by giving public sector organizations the opportunity to maintain government data within Canadian borders.

The Sept. 10 edition of SearchOracle includes the following article highlighting the announcement of Oracle's new data center opening in Canada. The article quotes Mario Meroni, area vice president for Oracle Canada Public Sector, who discusses how the data center address concerns over data residency and data sovereignty by giving public sector organizations the opportunity to maintain government data within Canadian borders.

Next-Gen POS Works with Mobile, Cloud and Social to Deliver Integrated Content As hotels and restaurants employ mobile, social, and informational tools to connect with guests, they require a new type of "engagement" device at the point of service (POS). To meet this need, Oracle today introduced Oracle's MICROS Workstation 6 with a fresh, modern design that provides hospitality and select retail venues with a next-generation POS terminal that works in concert with mobile, cloud, and social media to deliver consistent, integrated content across multiple sources.

Next-Gen POS Works with Mobile, Cloud and Social to Deliver Integrated Content As hotels and restaurants employ mobile, social, and informational tools to connect with guests, they require a new type of "engagement" device at the point of service (POS). To meet this need, Oracle today introduced Oracle's MICROS Workstation 6 with a fresh, modern design that provides hospitality and select retail venues with a next-generation POS terminal that works in concert with mobile, cloud, and social media to deliver consistent, integrated content across multiple sources.