The JSUG sessions kicked off this year with a presentation in March on Fusion CRM with international speaker James Penfold.

As with most professions there is a constant need, if not a necessity, to keep up with ever-changing technologies and approaches. This session brought to light Oracle’s ‘aggressive acquisition’ approach and where they see themselves heading. James gave a well-rounded overview of Oracle Fusion Customer Relationship Management (CRM), a component of the Oracle Fusion Applications suite, which sets a new standard for CRM in sales performance management, enterprise integration, and business flexibility.

We encourage all who could not make it to the presentation to watch it on the link provided and see for themselves some of the highlights James brought to the fore.

March Siebel User Group – Fusion CRM Video

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Look forward to the next User group session. See you there!

Thanks to for sponsoring the evening and for hosting the venue.

“Oracle Fusion Customer Relationship Management (CRM), a component of the Oracle Fusion Applications suite, sets a new standard for CRM in sales performance management, enterprise integration, and business flexibility”

James Penfold is Oracle’s Senior Director of CRM Product Management and Product Development for Europe, Middle East and Africa. James has worked for over 15 years in the software industry focused on the delivery of enterprise applications and has held a variety of Development, Technical Architect and Product Management roles. James joined Oracle from salesforce.com where he was instrumental in building the AppExchange marketplace in EMEA and helping ISV’s develop, and deliver, commercial applications on the Force.com platform.

Agenda:
17:30 – 18:00 Drinks and socializing
18:00 – 18:45 Presentation
18:45 – onward Pizza, drinks and socializing

Please RSVP on:
Facebook
Meetup

Sponsors for the evening are Tetrad IT.

We look forward to seeing you there!
Start Time: 17:30
Date: 2012-03-14

Agenda:
17:30 – 18:00 Drinks and socializing
18:00 – 18:45 Presentation
18:45 – onward Pizza, drinks and socializing

Sponsors for the evening are Tetrad IT. Please RSVP to the Facebook group or Meetup.com

As Siebel professionals in the CRM industry, we need to know of the competing products. You cannot in good conscience recommend Siebel unless you understand where it fits in the CRM landscape. The only way to get a balanced perspective is to hear from people who have experience with a particular product. This session provided just that with respect to Sales Force.

Varsha is a great speaker with vast subject matter knowledge. It was a pleasure to hear her speak and the attendees took full advantage of her knowledge in the Q&A session.

Sales Force Presentation

For those who weren’t able to make it, here is the presentation plus some extra material on the Sales Force governor limits:
Siebel Sales Force Comparison
Sales Force Governor Limits

Don’t forget next month’s session on Exadata!

Thanks to Tetrad IT for sponsoring the evening.

“The Oracle Exadata Database Machine is the only database machine that provides extreme performance for both data warehousing and online transaction processing (OLTP) applications, making it the ideal platform for consolidating onto grids or private clouds. It is a complete package of servers, storage, networking, and software that is massively scalable, secure, and redundant. With Oracle Exadata Database Machine, customers can reduce IT costs through consolidation, manage more data on multiple compression tiers, improve performance of all applications, and make better business decisions in real time.”- http://www.oracle.com/us/products/database/exadata-database-machine/index.html

This is not a sales pitch! Bill has experience with Exadata and you’ll get the views of someone who’s had to implement this technology in the real world.

Oracle is sponsoring a book giveaway! “Achieving Extreme Performance with Oracle Exadata”. Bring a guest to the evening and get an extra chance to win.

Agenda:
17:30 – 18:00 Drinks and socializing
18:00 – 18:45 Presentation
18:45 – onward Pizza, drinks and socializing

Sponsors for the evening are Tetrad IT. Please RSVP to events@jsug.co.za, the Facebook group or Meetup.com

Start Time: 17:30
Date: 2011/10/03

Varsha has experience with both Sales Force and Siebel implementations, so will be able to give us a balanced view on when each is appropriate.

Agenda:
17:30 – 18:00 Drinks and socializing
18:00 – 18:45 Presentation
18:45 – onward Pizza, drinks and socializing

Sponsors for the evening are Tetrad IT. Please RSVP to events@jsug.co.za, the Facebook group or Meetup.com

Start Time: 17:30
Date: 2011-09-05

Date: 1 August 2011
Time: 15:30 onwards
Venue: The Woods Paintball
Fourways

Please RSVP by Thursday to
Facebook or
Meetup.com

Sponsors for the event are Tetrad IT.

Directions
8Km’s North of fourways mall, on William Nicol. Between the Jukskei and Diepsloot Rivers, across from Verwey driving range, you will find the River Sands farm, and entrance to the paintball range.

From Pretora/Krugersdrop, take the Sandton/Diepsloot turnoff from the N14 Krugersdorp Highway, travel towards Sandton for approx 4km, and find the River Sands Farm and entrance to the Woods paintball on your left.

GPS Co-Ords
25 Deg 58 min 10 sec South, 28 Deg 1 min 3 sec East.

Please RSVP to events@jsug.co.za or on the Facebook group.

Sponsors for the evening are Tetrad IT.
Start Time: 17:30
Date: 2011-06-13

Chillroom May 2011 Software Testing

How refreshing this month’s Johannesburg Siebel User Group  was. Held at IS chillroom, we had an experienced Speaker, Peter Sage. He is from iLab  and presented on Software Testing. Let it be known that to say he is passionate about testing is an understatement and this was clearly evident as the night proceeded. He took a different totally different approach in his presentation. In all honestly I was expected to be bombarded with details and techniques on testing and had even read up on some of the terms used in the ‘testing world’ (Regression testing, Stress testing, Performance testing, Maturity Model etc.) but all that, however, was in vain – it was like preparing for a math’s test and finding your given a session on the do’s and don’ts of crossing the highway during peak traffic. Peter addressed the issues involved around testing and how it should be looked at, from a business and development point of view. He stressed the value in communication (him being a firm agile enthusiast) and how we, all involved in a particular project, need to work together to achieve the same goal. 

Working together

Developers weren’t off the hook, they need to be as vigilant with their unit tests and not simply think testers will pick up the bugs. Overall Peter Sage said things that were of great value and I’m sure that many who attended can attest to this. Have a look at the video recording.  Thanks to all who attended and to the host, Tetrad IT as well as all involved in the organizing of this successful event. We look forward to the next one with keen anticipation.

Agenda:
17:30 – 18:30 Drinks and socialising
18:30 – 19:10 Presentation
19:10 onward Pizza and drinks

Sponsors for the evening are Tetrad IT.

Please RSVP to the Facebook group or events@jsug.co.za
Start Time: 17:30
Date: 2011-05-09
End Time: 20:30