Issue #22 – 4th October 2013
News and Latest Developments
Siemens chooses Fusion HCM in the Cloud
Oracle Open World
Thomas Kurian talks Fusion Middleware at OOW 
Thomas Kurian gave an overview of the new features of FusionMiddleware during his keynote at OOW. His session has been summarised by the Fusion Middleware blog, but you can watch his full keynote online here.
Is it all coming together for Oracle in 2014?
Top analyst Holger Mueller summarises his findings from OpenWorld and tries to predict what the future holds for Oracle.
Oracle’s Fusion Applications take a supporting role
Fusion Apps had star billing for two OOWs running, however this time they had to take a back seat as other products took centre stage. Here’s Chris Kanaracus’ summary of what we learnt about Fusion adoption.
Functional
Administering roles in Oracle Fusion Applications
The Profource team have implemented Fusion internally and have been posting blog entries on their experience. This time the topic is security.
Reading
Handicapping the HCM Horse Race
Industry analyst Bill Kutik takes a magnifying glass to Lexy Martin’s “CedarCrestone HR Systems Survey”. Using a horse racing analogy, which of the major HCM horses should we back?
The Grumpy Employee’s Guide to Being Happier at Work
When you look around the office, do you wonder about the people who seem to be happy all the time? This article claims that there are things that you can do to improve your feeling of happiness. Worth a read.
Oracle could be a serious Cloud contender
David Linthicum looks at the Cloud offerings that Oracle announced at OpenWorld and assesses whether they turn Oracle into a genuine Cloud contender.
Watching
Advice on Fusion from OpenWorld
We often feature blog posts from Holger Mueller in this newsletter, so it’s a change to hear him speak. As a key member of the analyst community (which has a chequered relationship with Oracle) it’s pleasing to hear him so positive about Fusion.
The Oracle Cloud Weekly 