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Brazil: IT's next India?

Brazil: IT's next India? Brazil's IT workforce offers the business savvy and technical skills to make offshoring there a worthwhile option for IT's outsourcing needs TAGS:  Outsourcing Whereas India, China, Eastern Europe, and Russia get the most attention when it comes to outsourcing IT work, Brazil is fast becoming a competitive destination, offering top-quality IT talent in an intriguing location, business-wise. Of course, every location and workforce, including here in the States, has pluses and minuses -- be it wage scale, time zone, professionalism, or understanding of business requirements. With that in mind, Brazil offers a workforce of IT professionals worth considering for your next outsourcing endeavor. [ For tips on landing an IT job in Brazil and beyond, see  InfoWorld's guide to offshoring yourself . ] I spoke with Antonio Moreira, CEO of Stefanini IT Solutions' North American operations. Stefanini is a Brazilian IT service provider with 7,000 employee

JDE Metalink 3 - First Look

Today i had my training session about Oracle Metalink 3. It's nothing like the Old "Knowledge Garden" or Peoplesoft web site. A new concept is being introduced to the JDEdwards users. It represents Oracle's effort to continue improving support, shows up a new generation search engine, and a new way to interact with businesses. The class that I had was broadcasted from São Paulo, Brazil - Last week I made a mistake with the english training hour. The course began 3pm CST, but I went 4pm CST, so I lost the course. The first class on monday was 11am CST in portugese and i got it! Andrea Freitas from Oracle explained everything very well. I was the only person who attended the course, but we had more 4 subscriptions. Unfortunatelly, the free number (0800) didn't accept an international call. The audio went through the training software and I interacted typing on the chat window. She patiently answered my questions. At the end of the course, I asked her about a survey

We are 32 now!!

JDEFusion Forun has 32 members! Thanks all who joined in our forums! There you can easily post your question to others and discuss in many groups as: Technical Tools SOA General Accounting Fixed Assets DBA AS/400 RPG And more! Feel free to join our forum and let's start a new approach in how to find a solution! In our forum, you can search as google style, just type what you want and the result will come. Not more complex way to search and not get the result as you want!!

Customer Connection Retires The Weekend of November 7-9, 2008

Find Out What You Need To Know Global Customer Support is pleased to announce the launch of your new online support portal, Oracle MetaLink 3. To deliver a more streamlined customer and partner support experience, Oracle MetaLink 3 will replace Customer Connection, your current support portal, beginning the weekend of November 7-9, 2008. During the November 7-9 transition weekend, you will not be able to access Customer Connection or MetaLink 3. This means that you will be unable to create, update, or escalate service requests (cases) via the customer portal for your PeopleSoft and JD Edwards products. If you need to perform any of the above tasks during the transition weekend, please contact Global Customer Support via telephone for your service request needs. ESSENTIAL INFORMATION The transition to MetaLink 3 is part of the move to consolidate all of Oracle's support applications to a single platform. Because Customer Connection will retire this weekend, it is

Oracle Magazine - Nov / Dez 2008

The most recent Oracle Magazine issue: November / December 08 http://www.oraclemagazine-digital.com/oraclemagazine/20081112/ Update yourself!!

Oracle Database Machine

With Larry Ellison's OpenWorld 2008 announcement of the HP Oracle Exadata Storage Server and the HP Oracle Database Machine, Oracle is revolutionizing high performance data warehousing. Customers are experiencing performance boosts of 10x or more over their current Oracle data warehouses. The  HP Oracle Exadata Storage Server  has smart storage software that offloads data-intensive query processing from Oracle Database 11 g  Servers and does the query processing closer to the data. It is at the heart of the  HP Oracle Database Machine , a complete system, including software, servers, and storage, designed to run high performance multi-terabyte data warehouse. Learn more about  Oracle Exadata Storage Learn more about  HP Oracle Database Machine Learn more about  how customers are achieving 10x or more performance boosts to their Oracle data warehouses