Trends in Cloud Computing: The Rise of SaaS and PaaS
January 29, 2015
Grazed from Oracle. Author: Debra Lilley.
Cloud has proven to be the adoption platform of choice for Oracle Applications customers. Companies can still implement them on-premises, but CIOs really need to think hard as to why they wouldn’t choose cloud, as the benefits are so compelling. Here are some trends I’m seeing in relation to Oracle Cloud Applications:
Oracle Human Capital Management (HCM) Cloud has been really popular, and that will continue. The simplified user interface of Oracle HCM Cloud means that users get to their information easily. Managers can take the formality out of managing talent—for instance, using a tablet to record appraisal comments whilst sitting next to an employee during a performance review rather than going back to their PC to enter them afterwards or even worse sitting behind a PC during the review…
Likewise, employees can find the information they want about areas such as pay, vacation, and benefits easily, on the move and without needing to be trained in an IT system. I recently attended a human resources (HR) conference, and everyone to whom we showed Oracle HCM Cloud was really impressed. These were HR professionals who want mobile and immediate access to all employee information and equally want employees to have a simple way to view and update their personal information…