The next big thing to come to the Salesforce.com platform is Salesforce1. Here’s a glimpse of what’s in store for the next release: Salesforce1 is focusing on mobile driven development, allowing for 10 times as many APIs for apps. Beginning in March, the Chatter App will become the main interface users interact with while working in Salesforce.com. App development is going to be more flexible, including a Private App Exchange where developers can manage private applications. Admins will also have the capability to manage and distribute apps from the mobile platform. They can create apps that are business process oriented; … Read More
Windows 8.1 and the return of the start button
At last, the long awaited Windows 8.1 update is here! Windows users can now get back to using the familiar ‘Start Button’ we are all used to. Before I get into the new features of Windows 8.1 both ascetically and behind the scenes, I’d like to talk about the install time and process. For starters, the install time isn’t exactly speedy, and instead of telling the user what is being updated, Microsoft has chosen to to use phrases like ‘Getting Ready’ , ‘Setting up a Few More Things’, and ‘Taking Care of a few Things’. Once the install is complete, the … Read More
Happy Ada Lovelace Day!
Before Tesla and Turing and Edison and Einstein, there was Ada Lovelace. Those first four names are nearly all household names, especially in the world of science and technology. But Ada Lovelace is not a name one hears as often. She is often referred to as the first person to write a computer program. There is a movement based on Ada’s namesake to spread awareness of women who inspire from the world of Science Technology Engineering and Math, or more frequently referred to as STEM. To introduce Lovelace, she was born on December 10th, 1815 and is the daughter of … Read More
Keep Your Salesforce.com Versions Straight
Winter is just around the corner, and so is the next version of Salesforce.com! Currently if you are using Salesforce.com, and have multiple instances such as a production and sandbox environment you may be running two different API versions. The sandbox may be at version 29.0 which is winter ’14, when production is running 28.0 Summer ’13. This can cause issues with change sets that contain items created in the 29.0 version environment. Production environments will see the new version in October. Below is a handy link that can help you identify when your version will see Winter ’14. https://trust.salesforce.com/trust/maintenance/ … Read More
A Kickin’ [Interactive] Map
Mountaineer United Soccer Club (MUSC) came to us with a problem. Not a cloud (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS), big data, Oracle, or enterprise application problem; a different kind of problem. The field maps they had showing off their various soccer fields were very rudimentary with some not-to-scale representations of the play spaces. They lacked visual appeal that people desire when it comes to maps. They asked us to update the maps so so they had a bit more visual interest, so we took on the challenge and did a bit of research. We had some good design ideas for the map.
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[message_box title=”Interactive Map” color=”green”]CLICK HERE for the interactive map.[/message_box]
Oracle APEX Not Going Anywhere – Oracle Database Cloud Built On APEX
Many people I know consider Oracle APEX to be one of Oracle’s best products. Though it’s hard to compare some of the product offerings against each other (e.g. WebLogic Server is quite good in its own right), I usually don’t disagree. You may not know it, but Oracle’s Database Cloud environment (whereas, of course, “cloud” is pretty much the hottest thing for every software vendor now including Oracle) is built on Oracle APEX as well, as stated in Oracle latest Statement of Direction: [quote align=”center”]The Oracle Database Cloud Service is built on the multi-tenant infrastructure of Oracle Application Express, and … Read More
Identity & Access Management – Vendor & Product Matrix
As with any packaged suite, finding the best Identity Management products for your enterprise is a not a trivial task. This is especially true when different products from different vendors, that accomplish different objectives or services have remarkably similar (and therefore confusing) naming conventions. To help layout the current Identity Management vendor / product landscape as we see it, we’ve put together the following matrix of products by vendors. Service Identity Governance User Life Cycle, Self-Service, Request / Role Based, Provisioning & Deprovisioning, Password Management, Attestation & Compliance / Separation of Duties Oracle Identity Manager IBM® Security Identity Manager CA … Read More
Oracle Identity Management vs. Oracle Identity and Access Management
Many of our customers get hung up on the terminology for Oracle’s Identity and Access Management offerings, and perhaps rightfully so. There are more names and acronyms given to these products as there are people implementing them. Following is a quick breakdown of the latest version of both 1) Oracle Identity Management and 2) Oracle Identity and Access Management from the technical perspective of downloading and installing the products (as opposed to product packaging/licensing). When you speak with an identity management implementation partner like M&S Consulting, you will want to use the below terminology to ensure everyone is on the … Read More