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Gartner's HR Magic Quadrant: A (Strong) Rebuttal

Ahmed's Universe

The cloud definition misses out completely the private-cloud variant (Oracle recently renamed theirs Cloud @ Customer - which I always found an oxymoron.) And, of course, enjoy the amazing architecture, large avenues (9 de Julio is the world's largest avenue with 18 lanes), numerous parks and the world's best meat.

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Notes from a good conference in a tacky town

Ahmed's Universe

And, of course, Chicago is an amazing place with great architecture, culture and a true lake to breathe some fresh air. After this interesting experiment in Sin City I definitely vote for the conference to go back to the Windy City. The original Eiffel Tower is the one on the left-hand side.).

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Going Global: HR Hub, HR System of Record or Talent Profile? - That is the Question

Ahmed's Universe

It is so much easier to create a reporting relationship between Employee A in China and their manager, Employee B, in South Africa, when both are part of the same data structure than when you have to struggle with different systems that have their own data model, architecture and access rights.

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How in-memory technology could affect HR applications

Ahmed's Universe

My deepest apologies if I use a cliché (I positively hate those pompous and vacuous "paradign shifts" and "game-changing" when not "disruptive technologies") but for the first time since Workday introduced its object-oriented architecture here''s a technology that could truly enhance HR systems.

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Everything HR Needs to Know About Blockchain

HR Bartender

Jessica, let’s start with a definition. From your definition, it sounds like blockchain has been around for a while. A private blockchain leverages the same distributed architecture to keep track of blocks, but instead of running publicly, it runs privately on a network where all of the computers are known and proven secure.

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Issue 13 of IN Magazine celebrates ten years of workplace insight

Workplace Insight

That includes an architectural practice who came up with the idea during 2022 and whose name escapes me. Over the last year or so, I’ve witnessed several people invent the idea of activity based working. These include a number of people who really should know better.

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A wedding in the Land of White Moors

Ahmed's Universe

Day 2 was slightly different from the previous religious-cum-legal day with guests definitely on the younger side and men and women mixing and, to my utter surprise, dancing freely. Traditional Moorish architecture.